Tour de Suisse 1938

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Final score
Tour winner Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Giovanni Valetti 48:12:16 h
Second LuxembourgLuxembourg Arsène Mersch + 12:49 min
Third Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Severino Canavesi + 16:20 min
Fourth SwitzerlandSwitzerland Werner Buchwalder + 17:07 min
fifth SwitzerlandSwitzerland Leo Amberg + 18:10 min
Sixth SwitzerlandSwitzerland Robert Zimmermann + 20:07 min
seventh Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Cesare Del Cancia + 20:58 min
Eighth Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Ezio Cecchi + 26:39 min
Ninth BelgiumBelgium Albert Hendrickx + 33:26 min
Tenth SwitzerlandSwitzerland Edgar Buchwalder + 34:29 min
Mountain scoring Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Giovanni Valetti 57 P.
Second SwitzerlandSwitzerland Robert Zimmermann 40 p.
Third Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Cesare Del Cancia 40 p.
Team evaluation Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Italy 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 Jersey yellow.svg Overall rating
1st stage 6th of August Bern - Schaffhausen 270.3 LuxembourgLuxembourg Arsène Mersch LuxembourgLuxembourg Arsène Mersch
2nd stage August 7th Schaffhausen - Chur 227 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Hans Martin
3rd stage 8th August Chur - Bellinzona 127 Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Giovanni Valetti Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Severino Canavesi
4th stage August 9 Bellinzona - Sierre 198.1 Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Giovanni Valetti Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Giovanni Valetti
5th stage August 11th Sierre - Freiburg 186.6 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Robert Zimmermann
6th stage 12. August Friborg - Geneva 183.3 BelgiumBelgium Frans Demondt
7th stage 13 August Geneva - Biel 219.1 LuxembourgLuxembourg François Neuens
8th stage August 14th Biel - Bern 272 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Theo Perret

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