1948 Tour de France

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Final Standings
Overall Gino Bartali 147h 10' 36"
Second Briek Schotte +26' 16"
Third Guy Lapébie +28' 48"
Climber Gino Bartali 62 points
Second Apo Lazaridès 43 points
Third Jean Robic 38 points
Teams Belgium 443h 58' 20"
Second France +28' 40"
Third Paris +56' 49"

The 1948 Tour de France was the 35th Tour de France, taking place June 30 to July 25, 1948. It consisted of 21 stages over 4,922 km, ridden at an average speed of 33.443 km/h.

The winner of the 1948 Tour de France, Gino Bartali, deserves special mention, since he has the unique record of longest gap between Tour de France first place finishes; he won in 1938 and again in 1948, a ten-year gap that has never been matched since. His second win was all the more remarkable because he was part of a generation of cyclists who lost most of their best career years due to World War II, which caused the Tour to be suspended from 1940 through 1946.

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[edit] Results

[edit] Overall standings

Rank Name Country Time
(Avg. Speed)
1 Gino Bartali Flag of Italy Italy 145h 36' 56"
(33.443 km/h)
2 Briek Schotte Flag of Belgium Belgium 26' 16"
3 Guy Lapébie Flag of France France 28' 48"
4 Louison Bobet Flag of France France 32' 59"
5 Jean Kirchen Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 37' 53"
6 Lucien Teisseire Flag of France France 40' 17"
7 Roger Lambrecht Flag of Belgium Belgium 49' 56"
8 Fermo Camellini Flag of Italy Italy 51' 36"
9 Louis Thiétard Flag of France France 55' 23"
10 Raymond Impanis Flag of Belgium Belgium 1h 00' 03"

[edit] Jersey progression

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