Tour de Suisse 1939

Final score
Tour winner	Robert Zimmermann	48:55:06 h
Second	Max Bolliger	+ 0:29 min
Third	Christoph Didier	+: 36 min
Fourth	Paul Egli	+ 1:23 min
fifth	Walter Diggelmann	+ 16:17 min
Sixth	Michele Benente	+ 17:31 min
seventh	Karl Lychee	+ 20:19 min
Eighth	Settimo Simonini	+ 20:22 min
Ninth	Robert Lang	+ 21:50 min
Tenth	Leo Amberg	+ 22:55 min
Mountain scoring	Enrico Mollo	38 P.
Second	Settimo Simonini	31 P.
Third	Christoph Didier	24 p.
Team evaluation	Switzerland	146: 24: 32 h

The 7th Tour de Suisse took place from August 5th to 12th, 1939. The cycling tour was held in eight stages over a distance of 1724 kilometers.

The overall winner was Robert Zimmermann from Switzerland . The tour started in Zurich with 79 drivers, 39 of whom crossed the finish line on the last day - also in Zurich, in the Förrlibuck stadium .

Stages

stage	Day	Start finish	km	Stage winner	Overall rating
1st stage	5th of August	Zurich - Grenchen	219.6	Constant Lauwers	Constant Lauwers
2nd stage	6th of August	Grenchen - Murten	194.5	Edgar Buchwalder	Edgar Buchwalder
3rd stage	August 7th	Murten - Sierre	191.9	Robert Lang	Christoph Didier
4th stage	8th August	Sierre - Thun	174.1	Robert Zimmermann	Josef Wagner
5th stage	August 9	Thun - Lucerne	208	Karl Lychee	Christoph Didier
6th stage	August 10	Lucerne - Lugano	205.4	Robert Zimmermann	Robert Zimmermann
7th stage	August 11th	Lugano - Rorschach	312.5	Joseph Somers
8th stage	12. August	Rorschach - Zurich	218	Arsène Mersch

Web links

• Tour de Suisse website
• Tour de Suisse - Statistics ( Memento from June 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive )