Tour de Suisse 1949

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Final score
Tour winner SwitzerlandSwitzerland Gottfried Weilenmann 55:36:17 h
Second SwitzerlandSwitzerland Georges Aeschlimann + 0:09 min
Third SwitzerlandSwitzerland Ernst Stettler + 11:59 min
Fourth FranceFrance André Brulé + 13:20 min
fifth ItalyItaly Danilo Barozzi + 17:41 min
Sixth ItalyItaly Nello Sforacchi + 23:39 min
seventh SwitzerlandSwitzerland Fritz Zbinden + 24:09 min
Eighth ItalyItaly Vittorio Rossello + 25:23 min
Ninth LuxembourgLuxembourg Marcel Ernzer + 28:26 min
Tenth BelgiumBelgium Waard Peters + 33:59 min
Mountain scoring SwitzerlandSwitzerland Martin Metzger 35 p.
Second ItalyItaly Vittorio Rossello 32 p.
Third FranceFrance André Brulé 30 p.

The 13th Tour de Suisse took place from July 30th to August 6th, 1949. It was held in eight stages over a distance of 1874 kilometers.

The overall winner was the Swiss Gottfried Weilenmann . The tour started in Zurich with 75 drivers, 45 of whom also finished in Zurich on the last day.

At this event, the longest of all stages of the Tour de Suisse from Ascona to Geneva was covered over 350 kilometers. The Frenchman André Brulé reached the Simplon Hospice a quarter of an hour before the strolling field. In view of the prophesied headwind in the Rhone Valley and a seemingly endless drive to Geneva, he allowed himself a siesta on the Simplon and is said to have written postcards: “Salutations du Simplon, André”. He was the first to reach Geneva with a lead of 11:20:31 minutes.

Stages

stage Day Start finish km Stage winner Jersey yellow.svg Overall rating
1st stage 30th July Zurich - Arbon 250 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Ernst Stettler SwitzerlandSwitzerland Ernst Stettler
2nd stage July 31 Arbon - Davos 174 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Georges Aeschlimann
3rd stage August 1st Davos - Ascona 201 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Charles Guyot SwitzerlandSwitzerland Gottfried Weilenmann
4th stage August 2nd Ascona - Geneva 350 FranceFrance André Brulé
5th stage 3rd August Geneva - Friborg 183 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Ernst Stettler
6th stage 4th of August Friborg - Bern 268 BelgiumBelgium Adolph Verschueren
7th stage 5th of August Bern - Basel 223 BelgiumBelgium Waard Peters
8th stage 6th of August Basel - Zurich 225 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Fritz Schär

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sepp Renggli : When the Tour de Suisse learned to drive. In: nzz.ch. June 9, 2011, accessed February 2, 2015 .