Tour de France 1939

Tour de France 1939 — Sylvère Maes wins overall after 18 stages

Edition key stats

GC Winner

Sylvère Maes

Belgique

18

Stages

4,224

Total km

35.3

Avg km/h

3

Time Trials

Stage profile breakdown

17

Flat

94%

1

Mountain

6%

3

Time Trial

17%

Stage winners and teams — Maurice Archambaud takes 3 stages

Final general classification (top 30)

RankRiderTeamTime
01
BELGIQUE132h 03' 17''
02
SUD-EST132h 33' 55''
03
BELGIQUE132h 35' 25''
04
LUXEMBOURG132h 39' 26''
05
BELGIQUE132h 41' 22''
06
FRANCE132h 48' 33''
07
BELGIQUE132h 50' 11''
08
PAYS-BAS132h 51' 18''
09
BELGIQUE132h 51' 44''
10
BELGIQUE132h 53' 01''
11
FRANCE132h 59' 12''
12
SUD-OUEST133h 00' 40''
13
FRANCE133h 05' 22''
14
NORD EST-ILE DE FRANCE133h 09' 41''
15
PAYS-BAS133h 13' 18''
16
NORD EST-ILE DE FRANCE133h 13' 39''
17
NORD EST-ILE DE FRANCE133h 16' 50''
18
LUXEMBOURG133h 22' 24''
19
FRANCE133h 27' 10''
20
LUXEMBOURG133h 28' 05''
21
BELGIQUE133h 30' 16''
22
SUD-EST133h 32' 16''
23
SUD-OUEST133h 38' 41''
24
SUD-EST133h 49' 18''
25
FRANCE133h 51' 04''
26
BELGIQUE133h 57' 59''
27
BELGIQUE134h 08' 41''
28
PAYS-BAS134h 08' 51''
29
FRANCE134h 10' 15''
30
SUISSE134h 11' 55''

Stage winners (14 riders)

Maurice Archambaud

3 stages

Stages 10, 12, 17

Amédée Fournier

2 stages

Stages 1, 5

Pierre-Marie Cloarec

2 stages

Stages 3, 14

Eloi Tassin

1 stage

Stages 2

Raymond Louviot

1 stage

Stages 4

Edmond Pages

1 stage

Stages 6

Raymond Passat

1 stage

Stages 7

Karl Litschi

1 stage

Stages 8

Edward Vissers

1 stage

Stages 9

Fabien Galateau

1 stage

Stages 11

Pierre Gallien

1 stage

Stages 13

Sylvère Maes

1 stage

Stages 15

Antoon Van Schendel

1 stage

Stages 16

Marcel Kint

1 stage

Stages 18

Teams at the 1939 edition

TeamRidersBest GC
BELGIQUE10#1
SUD-EST7#2
LUXEMBOURG4#4
FRANCE7#6
PAYS-BAS6#8
SUD-OUEST2#12
NORD EST-ILE DE FRANCE5#14
SUISSE3#30
OUEST5#31

Stage profiles in the 1939 edition

17

Flat

1

Mountains flat finish

Compare with other editions of the Tour de France

2025

Tadej Pogacar

21 stages

2024

Tadej Pogacar

21 stages

2023

Jonas Vingegaard Hansen

21 stages

2022

Jonas Vingegaard Hansen

21 stages

2021

Tadej Pogacar

21 stages

2020

Tadej Pogacar

21 stages

2019

Egan Bernal Gomez

21 stages

2018

Geraint Thomas

21 stages

Stage-by-stage data: all 18 stages of the 1939 Tour de France

All 18 stages

StageDateRouteDist.WinnerProfileSpeed
Stage 110 JulParis → Caen215 kmAmédée FournierFlat33.8 km/h
Stage 211 JulVire → Rennes64 kmEloi TassinFlat38.3 km/h
Stage 311 JulRennes → Brest119 kmPierre-Marie CloarecFlat37.4 km/h
Stage 412 JulBrest → Lorient244 kmRaymond LouviotFlat35.5 km/h
Stage 513 JulLorient → Nantes174 kmAmédée FournierFlat37.4 km/h
Stage 614 JulLa Rochelle → Royan207 kmEdmond PagesFlat36.5 km/h
Stage 715 JulRoyan → Bordeaux144 kmRaymond PassatFlat32.8 km/h
Stage 815 JulSalies-de-Béarn → Pau107 kmKarl LitschiFlat35.6 km/h
Stage 917 JulPau → Toulouse198 kmEdward VissersFlat34.2 km/h
Stage 1018 JulBéziers → Montpellier210 kmMaurice ArchambaudFlat31.8 km/h
Stage 1118 JulMontpellier → Marseille69 kmFabien GalateauFlat36.9 km/h
Stage 1219 JulSaint-Raphaël → Monaco311 kmMaurice ArchambaudMountains flat finish29.9 km/h
Stage 1321 JulMonaco → Monaco149 kmPierre GallienFlat36.1 km/h
Stage 1421 JulMonaco → Digne-les-Bains27 kmPierre-Marie CloarecFlat43.2 km/h
Stage 1521 JulDigne-les-Bains → Briançon70 kmSylvère MaesFlat38.1 km/h
Stage 1622 JulBourg Saint Maurice → Annecy212 kmAntoon Van SchendelFlat32.5 km/h
Stage 1723 JulDole → Dijon157 kmMaurice ArchambaudFlat30.3 km/h
Stage 1823 JulTroyes → Paris122 kmMarcel KintFlat34.2 km/h