Jacques Anquetil - Major Achievements

Major Achievements

Tour de France
1957 – 1st overall; 4 stage wins; 16 days in maillot jaune
1959 – 3rd overall
1961 – 1st overall; 2 stage wins; 21 days in maillot jaune
1962 – 1st overall; 2 stage wins; 3 days in maillot jaune
1963 – 1st overall; 4 stage wins; 5 days in maillot jaune
1964 – 1st overall; 4 stage wins; 5 days in maillot jaune
Giro d'Italia
1959 – 2nd overall; Stage 2 ITT win; Stage 19 ITT win; 7 days in maglia rosa
1960 – 1st overall; Stage 9b ITT win; Stage 14 ITT win; 11 days in maglia rosa
1961 – 2nd overall; Stage 9 ITT win; 4 days in maglia rosa
1964 – 1st overall; Stage 5 ITT win; 17 days in maglia rosa
1966 – 3rd overall
1967 – 3rd overall
Vuelta a España
1963 – 1st overall; 1 stage win; 16 days in jersey de oro
Other one-day classics and stage races
Super Prestige Pernod International (1961, 1963, 1965, 1966)
Grand Prix des Nations (1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1965, 1966)
Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1966)
Gent–Wevelgem (1964)
Bordeaux–Paris (1965)
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (1963 - 1st overall; 1 stage win; 1965 – 1st overall, 3 stage wins)
Paris–Nice
1957 - 1st overall; 1 stage win – Time Trial Stage
1961 - 1st overall; 1 stage win
1963 - 1st overall; 1 stage win
1965 - 1st overall; 1 stage win
1966 - 1st overall; 1 stage win
Vuelta al País Vasco (1969)
Four Days of Dunkirk (1958, 1959)
Trofeo Baracchi (1962 with Rudi Altig, 1965 with Jean Stablinski, 1968 with Felice Gimondi)
Hour record in 1956 – 46.159 km

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