1950 Tour de France

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Final Standings
Overall Ferdi Kübler 145h 36' 56"
Second Stan Ockers +09' 30"
Third Louison Bobet +22' 19"
Climber Louison Bobet 58 points
Second Stan Ockers 44 points
Third Jean Robic 41 points
Teams Belgium 438h 54' 21"
Second France +38' 25"
Third Luxembourg +41' 25"

The 1950 Tour de France was the 37th Tour de France, taking place July 13 to August 7, 1950. It consisted of 22 stages over 4775 km, ridden at an average speed of 32.788 km/h.

Gino Bartali, captain of the Italian team, threatened and assaulted by some French supporters accusing him to have caused Jean Robic's fall, retired during the 12th stage and left the race together with all the other Italian riders (including Fiorenzo Magni, who was wearing the yellow jersey).

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[edit] Overall standings

Rank Name Country Time
(Avg. Speed)
1 Ferdi Kübler Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 145h 36' 56"
(32.778 km/h)
2 Stan Ockers Flag of Belgium Belgium 09' 30"
3 Louison Bobet Flag of France France 22' 19"
4 Raphaël Geminiani Flag of France France 31' 14"
5 Jean Kirchen Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 34' 21"
6 Kléber Piot Flag of France France 41' 35"
7 Pierre Cogan Flag of France France 52' 22"
8 Raymond Impanis Flag of Belgium Belgium 53' 34"
9 Georges Meunier Flag of France France 54' 29"
10 Jean Goldschmit Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 55' 21"

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