Tour de France 1953

Tour de France 1953 — Louison Bobet wins overall after 22 stages

Edition key stats

GC Winner

Louison Bobet

Italie

22

Stages

4,476

Total km

35.4

Avg km/h

49,584

Total Elev. m

1

Time Trials

Stage profile breakdown

4

Flat

18%

4

Mountain

18%

13

Hilly

59%

1

Time Trial

5%

Stage winners and teams — Fritz Schaer takes 2 stages

Final general classification (top 30)

RankRiderTeamTime
01
FRANCE129h 23' 25''
02
OUEST129h 37' 43''
03
ITALIE129h 38' 26''
04
BELGIQUE129h 41' 00''
05
PAYS-BAS129h 41' 30''
06
SUISSE129h 42' 09''
07
FRANCE129h 46' 28''
08
FRANCE129h 49' 28''
09
FRANCE129h 50' 43''
10
OUEST129h 51' 51''
11
ITALIE129h 55' 25''
12
SUD EST130h 01' 46''
13
PAYS-BAS130h 02' 25''
14
ESPAGNE130h 03' 57''
15
ITALIE130h 04' 12''
16
NORD EST-CENTRE130h 05' 28''
17
PAYS-BAS130h 07' 27''
18
LUXEMBOURG130h 10' 06''
19
PAYS-BAS130h 10' 54''
20
NORD EST-CENTRE130h 14' 03''
21
SUD EST130h 15' 41''
22
ITALIE130h 18' 12''
23
BELGIQUE130h 22' 37''
24
ESPAGNE130h 28' 00''
25
ILE DE FRANCE130h 31' 41''
26
FRANCE130h 36' 22''
27
NORD EST-CENTRE130h 38' 08''
28
BELGIQUE130h 39' 29''
29
PAYS-BAS130h 45' 29''
30
FRANCE130h 45' 40''

Stage winners (18 riders)

Fritz Schaer

2 stages

Stages 1, 2

Fiorenzo Magni

2 stages

Stages 9, 22

Wout Wagtmans

2 stages

Stages 17, 21

Louison Bobet

2 stages

Stages 18, 20

Stanislas Bober

1 stage

Stages 3

Gerrit Voorting

1 stage

Stages 4

Jean Mallejac

1 stage

Stages 5

Martin Van Geneugden

1 stage

Stages 6

Livio Isoti

1 stage

Stages 7

Jan Nolten

1 stage

Stages 8

Jésus Lorono

1 stage

Stages 10

Jean Robic

1 stage

Stages 11

André Darrigade

1 stage

Stages 12

Nello Lauredi

1 stage

Stages 13

Bernard Quennehen

1 stage

Stages 14

Maurice Quentin

1 stage

Stages 15

Wim Van Est

1 stage

Stages 16

Georges Meunier

1 stage

Stages 19

Teams at the 1953 edition

TeamRidersBest GC
FRANCE9#1
OUEST7#2
ITALIE8#3
BELGIQUE8#4
PAYS-BAS7#5
SUISSE5#6
SUD EST6#12
ESPAGNE7#14
NORD EST-CENTRE7#16
LUXEMBOURG3#18
ILE DE FRANCE6#25
SUD-OUEST3#37

Stage profiles in the 1953 edition

14

Hills flat finish

4

Flat

2

Mountains uphill finish

2

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 22 stages of the 1953 Tour de France

Edition difficulty profile

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All 22 stages

StageDateRouteDist.WinnerProfileElev.Speed
Stage 13 JulStrasbourg → Metz195 kmFritz Schaer2,159 m39.7 km/h
Stage 24 JulMetz → Liège227 kmFritz Schaer2,875 m35.8 km/h
Stage 35 JulLiège → Lille221 kmStanislas Bober1,079 m36.2 km/h
Stage 46 JulLille → Dieppe188 kmGerrit Voorting1,195 m35.2 km/h
Stage 57 JulDieppe → Caen200 kmJean Mallejac1,614 m35.4 km/h
Stage 68 JulCaen → Le Mans206 kmMartin Van Geneugden1,427 m39.8 km/h
Stage 79 JulLe Mans → Nantes181 kmLivio Isoti1,177 m38.0 km/h
Stage 810 JulNantes → Bordeaux345 kmJan Nolten1,806 m34.7 km/h
Stage 912 JulBordeaux → Pau197 kmFiorenzo Magni1,360 m38.1 km/h
Stage 1013 JulPau → Cauterets103 kmJésus Lorono3,000 m31.8 km/h
Stage 1114 JulCauterets → Luchon115 kmJean Robic3,500 m30.0 km/h
Stage 1215 JulLuchon → Albi228 kmAndré Darrigade1,776 m40.2 km/h
Stage 1316 JulAlbi → Béziers189 kmNello Lauredi3,000 m35.6 km/h
Stage 1417 JulBéziers → Nîmes214 kmBernard Quennehen2,500 m33.7 km/h
Stage 1518 JulNîmes → Marseille173 kmMaurice Quentin1,949 m38.1 km/h
Stage 1619 JulMarseille → Monaco236 kmWim Van Est2,500 m32.1 km/h
Stage 1721 JulMonaco → Gap261 kmWout Wagtmans4,500 m31.4 km/h
Stage 1822 JulGap → Briançon165 kmLouison Bobet4,000 m31.8 km/h
Stage 1923 JulBriançon → Lyon227 kmGeorges Meunier2,500 m36.0 km/h
Stage 2024 JulLyon → Saint-Etienne70 kmLouison Bobet1,299 m38.5 km/h
Stage 2125 JulSaint-Etienne → Montluçon210 kmWout Wagtmans2,554 m33.2 km/h
Stage 2226 JulMontluçon → Paris328 kmFiorenzo Magni1,814 m33.8 km/h