Tour de France 1953

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40th Tour de France 1953 - Final result
Route length 22 stages, 4479 km
Tour winner Louison Bobet 129: 23: 25 h
(34.616 km / h)
Second Jean Malléjac + 14:18 min
Third Giancarlo Astrua + 15:02 min
Fourth Alex Close + 17:35 min
fifth Wout Wagtmans + 18:05 min
Sixth Fritz Schär + 18:44 min
seventh Antonin Rolland + 23:03 min
Eighth Nello Lauredi + 26:03 min
Ninth Raphaël Géminiani + 27:18 min
Tenth François Mahé + 28:26 min
Green jersey Fritz Schär 271 P.
Second Fiorenzo Magni 307 P.
Third Raphaël Géminiani 406 P.
Mountain scoring Jesús Loroño 54 P.
Second Louison Bobet 36 P.
Third Joseph Mirando 30 p.
Team evaluation Netherlands

The 40th Tour de France ran from 3 to 26 July 1953 on 22 stages over 4,479 km. Last year's winner Fausto Coppi was unable to take part due to an injury. The Swiss Hugo Koblet , winner of 1951 , retired after a fall during the tour. 119 racers took part in the tour, 76 of which were classified.

Race course

The Swiss Fritz Schär was able to win the first two stages and wore the yellow jersey for a few days . On the fifth stage, Roger Hassenford, who was represented in a breakaway group, took the lead before Schär was allowed to wear the jersey again for two more days. At the end of the tour, Schär was happy to receive the green jersey , which was awarded for the first time.

On the eleventh stage, the tour winner from 1947 , Jean Robic , won after he had crossed all the mountains of the day first and took the lead in the overall standings. For the first time he was allowed to wear the yellow jersey the following day; when he won in 1947, he had only taken the lead on the last day. But on the next stage Robic fell and had to watch the French national team attack. His team "France West" could not support him enough and Robic was more than 20 minutes behind.

On the 18th stage to Briançon Louison Bobet attacked at the Col d'Izoard and after a solo escape he crossed the finish line in over five minutes. On the descent from Izoard, Robic picked up a ten kilogram water bottle, but could no longer catch up with his compatriot Bobet. Bobet took over the overall lead, which he consolidated two days later with a victory in the individual time trial. On his sixth participation, Bobet celebrated his first tour victory. Second was Frenchman Jean Malléjac , who had worn the yellow jersey for five days before Bobet attacked.

The stages

Stages Start finish km Stage winner Yellow jersey
1st stage Strasbourg - Metz 195 Fritz Schär Fritz Schär
2nd stage Metz - Liège ( BEL ) 227 Fritz Schär Fritz Schär
3rd stage Liege (BEL) - Lille 221 Stanislas Bober Fritz Schär
4th stage Lille - Dieppe 188 Gerrit Voorting Fritz Schär
5th stage Dieppe - Caen 200 Jean Malléjac Roger Hassenforder
6th stage Caen - Le Mans 206 Martin Van Geneughden Roger Hassenforder
7th stage Le Mans - Nantes 181 Livio Isotti Roger Hassenforder
8th stage Nantes - Bordeaux 345 Jan Nolten Roger Hassenforder
9th stage Bordeaux - Pau 197 Fiorenzo Magni Fritz Schär
10th stage Pau - Cauterets 103 Jesús Loroño Fritz Schär
11th stage Cauterets - Luchon 115 Jean Robic Jean Robic
12th stage Luchon - Albi 228 André Darrigade François Mahé
13th stage Albi - Beziers 189 Nello Lauredi Jean Malléjac
14th stage Béziers - Nîmes 214 Bernard Quennehen Jean Malléjac
15th stage Nîmes - Marseille 173 Maurice Quentin Jean Malléjac
16th stage Marseille - Monaco 236 Wim van Est Jean Malléjac
17th stage Monaco - Gap 261 Wout Wagtmans Jean Malléjac
18th stage Gap - Briançon 165 Louison Bobet Louison Bobet
19th stage Briançon - Lyon 227 Georges Meurnier Louison Bobet
20th stage Lyon - Saint-Etienne 70 ( EZF ) Louison Bobet Louison Bobet
21st stage Saint-Etienne - Montluçon 210 Wout Wagtmans Louison Bobet
22nd stage Montluçon - Paris 328 Fiorenzo Magni Louison Bobet

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