Stages
| Stage | Date | Route | Terrain | Length | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 June | Paris – Trouville | Plain stage | 237 km (147 mi) | Gino Bartali (ITA) |
| 2 | 1 July | Trouville – Dinard | Plain stage | 259 km (161 mi) | Vincenzo Rossello (ITA) |
| 3 | 2 July | Dinard – Nantes | Plain stage | 251 km (156 mi) | Guy Lapébie (FRA) |
| 4 | 3 July | Nantes – La Rochelle | Plain stage | 166 km (103 mi) | Jacques Pras (FRA) |
| 5 | 4 July | La Rochelle – Bordeaux | Plain stage | 262 km (163 mi) | Raoul Remy (FRA) |
| 6 | 5 July | Bordeaux – Biarritz | Plain stage | 244 km (152 mi) | Louison Bobet (FRA) |
| 7 | 6 July | Biarritz – Lourdes | Stage with mountain(s) | 219 km (136 mi) | Gino Bartali (ITA) |
| 8 | 8 July | Lourdes – Toulouse | Stage with mountain(s) | 261 km (162 mi) | Gino Bartali (ITA) |
| 9 | 10 July | Toulouse – Montpellier | Plain stage | 246 km (153 mi) | Raymond Impanis (BEL) |
| 10 | 11 July | Montpellier – Marseille | Plain stage | 248 km (154 mi) | Raymond Impanis (BEL) |
| 11 | 12 July | Marseille – Sanremo | Plain stage | 245 km (152 mi) | Gino Sciardis (ITA) |
| 12 | 13 July | Sanremo – Cannes | Stage with mountain(s) | 170 km (106 mi) | Louison Bobet (FRA) |
| 13 | 15 July | Cannes – Briançon | Stage with mountain(s) | 274 km (170 mi) | Gino Bartali (ITA) |
| 14 | 16 July | Briançon – Aix-les-Bains | Stage with mountain(s) | 263 km (163 mi) | Gino Bartali (ITA) |
| 15 | 18 July | Aix-les-Bains – Lausanne | Stage with mountain(s) | 256 km (159 mi) | Gino Bartali (ITA) |
| 16 | 19 July | Lausanne – Mulhouse | Stage with mountain(s) | 243 km (151 mi) | Edward Van Dijck (BEL) |
| 17 | 20 July | Mulhouse – Strasbourg | Individual time trial | 120 km (75 mi) | Roger Lambrecht (BEL) |
| 18 | 21 July | Strasbourg – Metz | Plain stage | 195 km (121 mi) | Giovanni Corrieri (ITA) |
| 19 | 23 July | Metz – Liège | Plain stage | 249 km (155 mi) | Gino Bartali (ITA) |
| 20 | 24 July | Liège – Roubaix | Plain stage | 228 km (142 mi) | Bernard Gauthier (FRA) |
| 21 | 25 July | Roubaix – Paris | Plain stage | 286 km (178 mi) | Giovanni Corrieri (ITA) |
Bartali's three stage wins in a row was the last time that happened, until Mario Cipollini achieved four in a row in 1999.
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Famous quotes containing the word stages:
“Whoe’er has travelled life’s dull round,
Where’er his stages may have been,
May sigh to think he still has found
The warmest welcome, at an inn.”
—William Shenstone (1714–1763)
“Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead,
Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep sea swell
And the profit and loss.
A current under sea
Picked his bones in whispers. As he rose and fell
He passed the stages of his age and youth
Entering the whirlpool.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
“But parents can be understanding and accept the more difficult stages as necessary times of growth for the child. Parents can appreciate the fact that these phases are not easy for the child to live through either; rapid growth times are hard on a child. Perhaps it’s a small comfort to know that the harder-to-live-with stages do alternate with the calmer times,so parents can count on getting periodic breaks.”
—Saf Lerman (20th century)