The 1959 Paris–Nice–Rome was the 17th edition of the

Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the ...

cycle race and was held from 4 March to 14 March 1959. The race started in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

and finished in

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

. It was the only time the race covered this route from Nice to Rome. The race was won by

Jean Graczyk Jean Graczyk (26 May 1933 – 27 June 2004) was a French road bicycle racer who won two Points classification in the Tour de France, points classifications in the Tour de France and several stages each at the Tour de France and Vuelta a España. ...

of the

Helyett Helyett was a French professional cycling team A cycling team is a group of cycle sport, cyclists who join a team or are acquired and train together to compete in bicycle racing, bicycle races whether amateur or professional – and the supporti ...

team.

General classification

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