Tour de Suisse 1939

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Final score
Tour winner SwitzerlandSwitzerland Robert Zimmermann 48:55:06 h
Second SwitzerlandSwitzerland Max Bolliger + 0:29 min
Third LuxembourgLuxembourg Christoph Didier +: 36 min
Fourth SwitzerlandSwitzerland Paul Egli + 1:23 min
fifth SwitzerlandSwitzerland Walter Diggelmann + 16:17 min
Sixth Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Michele Benente + 17:31 min
seventh SwitzerlandSwitzerland Karl Lychee + 20:19 min
Eighth Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Settimo Simonini + 20:22 min
Ninth SwitzerlandSwitzerland Robert Lang + 21:50 min
Tenth SwitzerlandSwitzerland Leo Amberg + 22:55 min
Mountain scoring Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Enrico Mollo 38 P.
Second Italy 1861Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946) Settimo Simonini 31 P.
Third LuxembourgLuxembourg Christoph Didier 24 p.
Team evaluation SwitzerlandSwitzerland 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 Jersey yellow.svg Overall rating
1st stage 5th of August Zurich - Grenchen 219.6 BelgiumBelgium Constant Lauwers BelgiumBelgium Constant Lauwers
2nd stage 6th of August Grenchen - Murten 194.5 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Edgar Buchwalder SwitzerlandSwitzerland Edgar Buchwalder
3rd stage August 7th Murten - Sierre 191.9 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Robert Lang LuxembourgLuxembourg Christoph Didier
4th stage 8th August Sierre - Thun 174.1 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Robert Zimmermann SwitzerlandSwitzerland Josef Wagner
5th stage August 9 Thun - Lucerne 208 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Karl Lychee SwitzerlandSwitzerland Christoph Didier
6th stage August 10 Lucerne - Lugano 205.4 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Robert Zimmermann SwitzerlandSwitzerland Robert Zimmermann
7th stage August 11th Lugano - Rorschach 312.5 BelgiumBelgium Joseph Somers
8th stage 12. August Rorschach - Zurich 218 LuxembourgLuxembourg Arsène Mersch

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