Tour de Suisse 1938
Final score | ||
Tour winner |
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48:12:16 h |
Second |
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+ 12:49 min |
Third |
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+ 16:20 min |
Fourth |
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+ 17:07 min |
fifth |
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+ 18:10 min |
Sixth |
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+ 20:07 min |
seventh |
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+ 20:58 min |
Eighth |
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+ 26:39 min |
Ninth |
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+ 33:26 min |
Tenth |
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+ 34:29 min |
Mountain scoring |
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57 P. |
Second |
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40 p. |
Third |
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40 p. |
Team evaluation | ![]() |
145: 15: 06 h |
The 6th Tour de Suisse took place from August 6th to 14th, 1938. The cycle tour was held in eight stages over a distance of 1,683 kilometers.
Overall winner was the Italian Giovanni Valetti , who had also won the Giro d'Italia in the same year . This tour was the first that did not start and end in Zurich - like the previous ones - but Bern was the start and finish. 70 drivers started, 40 of them reached the finish.
Stages
stage | Day | Start finish | km | Stage winner |
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1st stage | 6th of August | Bern - Schaffhausen | 270.3 |
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2nd stage | August 7th | Schaffhausen - Chur | 227 |
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3rd stage | 8th August | Chur - Bellinzona | 127 |
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4th stage | August 9 | Bellinzona - Sierre | 198.1 |
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5th stage | August 11th | Sierre - Freiburg | 186.6 |
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6th stage | 12. August | Friborg - Geneva | 183.3 |
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7th stage | 13 August | Geneva - Biel | 219.1 |
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8th stage | August 14th | Biel - Bern | 272 |
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Web links
- Tour de Suisse website
- Tour de Suisse - Statistics. (PDF) Tour de Suisse, accessed on January 29, 2015 .