Tour de Suisse 1951

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Final score
Tour winner SwitzerlandSwitzerland Ferdy Kübler 55:15:14 h
Second SwitzerlandSwitzerland Hugo Koblet + 4:15 min
Third ItalyItaly Alfredo Martini + 14:03 min
Fourth SwitzerlandSwitzerland Fritz Schär + 17:08 min
fifth ItalyItaly Vittorio Rossello + 25:50 min
Sixth ItalyItaly Bruno Pasquini + 28:33 min
seventh LuxembourgLuxembourg Jean churches + 29:28 min
Eighth ItalyItaly Dino Rossi + 30:43 min
Ninth ItalyItaly Pasquale Fornara + 32:01 min
Tenth ItalyItaly Vincenzo Rossello + 32:35 min
Mountain scoring SwitzerlandSwitzerland Ferdy Kübler 40 p.
Second SwitzerlandSwitzerland Hugo Koblet 35 p.
Third SwitzerlandSwitzerland Fritz Schär 35 p.

The 15th Tour de Suisse took place from June 15 to 23, 1951. It led over eight stages and a total distance of 1882 kilometers.

The tour started in Zurich with 79 drivers, 49 of whom made it to the finish - also in Zurich.

This tour is considered to be the "most beautiful and spectacular in history". On the first two days, the Swiss rivals Hugo Koblet and Ferdy Kübler stayed in sight. Kübler managed to gain a one-minute lead with two stage wins. On the sixth stage Koblet had multiple bad luck, which set him back by eight minutes. Shortly before the finish, Koblet attacked again, but unsuccessfully, and Kübler reached the open race track Zurich-Oerlikon with a lead of more than four minutes in cold and rain . Shortly before entering the cycling track, Koblet congratulated Ferdy Kübler: "You have won."

Kübler won the Tour de Suisse for the third time after 1942 and 1948 .

Stages

stage Day Start finish km Stage winner Jersey yellow.svg Overall rating
1st stage 15th June Zurich - Aarau 251 ItalyItaly Alfredo Martini ItalyItaly Alfredo Martini
2nd stage a June 16 Aarau - Basel 135 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Ferdy Kübler ItalyItaly Dino Rossi
2nd stage B June 16 Basel - Boncourt 65 (EZF) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Hugo Koblet
3rd stage 18th of June Boncourt - Bern 239 LuxembourgLuxembourg Jean Goldschmit
4th stage June 19th Bern - Gstaad 261 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Ferdy Kübler
5th stage 20th June Gstaad - Lucerne 208 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dino Rossi
6th stage June 21st Lucerne - Lugano 249 ItalyItaly Vittorio Rossello SwitzerlandSwitzerland Ferdy Kübler
7th stage June 22 Lugano - Davos 240 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Hugo Koblet
8th stage 23rd June Davos - Zurich 234 LuxembourgLuxembourg Jean Goldschmit

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Martin Born, Sepp Renggli : Tour de Suisse: 75 years 1933–2008 . Ed .: Peter Schnyder. AS Verlag, 2011, p. 115 .