Tour de Suisse 1955

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Final score
Tour winner SwitzerlandSwitzerland Hugo Koblet 47:27:41 h
Second BelgiumBelgium Stan Ockers + 5:48 min
Third SwitzerlandSwitzerland Carlo Clerici + 6:16 min
Fourth SwitzerlandSwitzerland Ferdy Kübler + 8:26 min
fifth BelgiumBelgium Jean Brankart + 8:47 min
Sixth SwitzerlandSwitzerland Max Schellenberg + 10:03 min
seventh ItalyItaly Arrigo Padovan + 16:56 min
Eighth ItalyItaly Guido bonuses + 17:16 min
Ninth SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marcel Huber + 17:57 min
Tenth NetherlandsNetherlands Jan Nolten + 18:40 min
Mountain scoring SwitzerlandSwitzerland Hugo Koblet 34.0 P.
Second SwitzerlandSwitzerland Carlo Clerici 31.0 P.
Third SwitzerlandSwitzerland Hans Hollenstein 30.5 p.

The 19th Tour de Suisse took place from June 11th to 18th, 1955. It led over eight stages and a total distance of 1,648 kilometers.

The overall winner was Hugo Koblet from Switzerland . He won the Tour de Suisse for the third time after 1950 and 1953 and was able to draw level with his national rival Ferdy Kübler . The tour started in Zurich with 78 drivers, 58 of whom made it to the finish - also in Zurich.

Stages

stage Day Start finish km Stage winner Jersey yellow.svg Overall rating
1st stage June 11th Zurich - Baden 218 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Fritz Schär SwitzerlandSwitzerland Fritz Schär
2nd stage June 12 Baden - Delémont 220 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Hugo Koblet
3rd stage June 13th Delémont - Geneva 234 BelgiumBelgium Edgard Sorgeloos BelgiumBelgium Edgard Sorgeloos
4th stage 14th June Geneva - manners 268 ItalyItaly Arrigo Padovan SwitzerlandSwitzerland Hugo Koblet
5th stage 15th June Sion - Locarno 202 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Ferdy Kübler
6th stage June 16 Locarno - Bad Ragaz 188 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Ferdy Kübler
7th stage 17th of June Bad Ragaz - Lucerne 235 LuxembourgLuxembourg Marcel Ernzer
8th stage 18th of June Lucerne - Zurich 83 (EZF) BelgiumBelgium Jean Brankart

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