Overview of the year 1955

Date: July 7 - July 30 1955
Le Havre - Paris | total distance: 4495.0 km | number of stages: 22

Winner: Louison Bobet | France | France | age: 30
time: 130hr 29min 26sec | average speed: 34.446 km/h
2nd place: Jean Brankart (+ 4min 53sec)
3rd place: Charly Gaul (+ 11min 30sec)
winning team: France
number of participants: 130 (finished: 69 |not finished: 61)
Jerseys winners:
 Louison Bobet
 Stan Ockers
 Charly Gaul

Stages in 1955

number of stages in this year*: 23 | display finish towns on map
*total number of posibbilities to win the stage

STAGES - start, finish, length, winner, time, average speed
1aLe Havre - Dieppe  102.0 km  ESP  Miguel POBLET  2:39:31  38.4 km/h
1bDieppe - Dieppe  12.5 km  NED  Netherlands   0:16:25  45.7 km/h
2Dieppe - Roubaix  204.0 km  FRA  Antonin ROLLAND  5:54:00  34.6 km/h
3Roubaix - Namur  210.0 km  FRA  Louison BOBET  6:37:39  31.7 km/h
4Namur - Metz  225.0 km  LUX  Willy KEMP  6:41:07  33.7 km/h
5Metz - Colmar  229.0 km  FRA  Roger HASSENFORDER  5:57:54  38.4 km/h
6Colmar - Zurich  195.0 km  FRA  André DARRIGADE  4:32:14  43.0 km/h
7Zurich - Thonon  267.0 km  NED  Jos HINSEN  7:22:01  36.2 km/h
8Thonon - Briançon  253.0 km  LUX  Charly GAUL  7:42:55  32.8 km/h
9Briançon - Monaco  275.0 km  FRA  Raphaël GÉMINIANI  8:15:50  33.3 km/h
10Monaco - Marseille  240.0 km  FRA  Lucien LAZARIDÈS  6:45:12  35.5 km/h
11Marseille - Avignon  198.0 km  FRA  Louison BOBET  5:42:32  34.7 km/h
12Avignon - Millau  240.0 km  ITA  Alessandro FANTINI  6:53:50  34.8 km/h
13Millau - Albi  205.0 km  NED  Daan DE GROOT  5:52:41  34.9 km/h
14Albi - Narbonne  156.0 km  FRA  Louis CAPUT  4:12:05  37.1 km/h
15Narbonne - Ax-les-Thermes  151.0 km  ITA  Luciano PEZZI  4:32:53  33.2 km/h
16Ax-les-Thermes - Toulouse  123.0 km  BEL  Rik VAN STEENBERGEN  2:57:09  41.7 km/h
17Toulouse - Saint-Gaudens  249.0 km  LUX  Charly GAUL  7:31:31  33.1 km/h
18Saint-Gaudens - Pau  206.0 km  BEL  Jean BRANKART  6:39:39  30.9 km/h
19Pau - Bordeaux  195.0 km  NED  Wout WAGTMANS  5:15:38  37.1 km/h
20Bordeaux - Poitiers  243.0 km  FRA  Jean FORESTIER  7:24:12  32.8 km/h
21Chatellerault - Tours  68.6 km  BEL  Jean BRANKART  1:39:31  41.4 km/h
22Tours - Paris  229.0 km  ESP  Miguel POBLET  6:38:25  34.5 km/h

Winners of stages in 1955 by nations (6):
FRA » 9 | NED » 4 | BEL » 3 | LUX » 3 | ESP » 2 | ITA » 2 |
Winners of stages in 1955 by cyclists (19):
Jean BRANKART » 2 | Miguel POBLET » 2 | Louison BOBET » 2 | Charly GAUL » 2 | Netherlands » 1 | André DARRIGADE » 1 | Alessandro FANTINI » 1 | Willy KEMP » 1 | Raphaël GÉMINIANI » 1 | Luciano PEZZI » 1 | Antonin ROLLAND » 1 | Jos HINSEN » 1 | Daan DE GROOT » 1 | Wout WAGTMANS » 1 | Roger HASSENFORDER » 1 | Lucien LAZARIDÈS » 1 | Rik VAN STEENBERGEN » 1 | Louis CAPUT » 1 | Jean FORESTIER » 1 |

Climbs in 1955

number of categorized climbs in this year*: 17 | display climbs on map
*ascents of the second, first and "hors" category


Winners of categorised climbs in 1955 by nations (4):
LUX » 11 | FRA » 4 | ITA » 1 | ESP » 1 |
Winners of ascents in 1955 by cyclists (7):
Charly GAUL » 11 | Luciano PEZZI » 1 | Miguel POBLET » 1 | François MAHE » 1 | Raphael GEMINIANI » 1 | Louis CAPUT » 1 | Louison BOBET » 1 |