Tour de France 1955

Tour de France 1955 — Louison Bobet wins overall after 22 stages

Edition key stats

GC Winner

Louison Bobet

Espagne

22

Stages

4,495

Total km

34.7

Avg km/h

2

Time Trials

Stage profile breakdown

7

Flat

32%

5

Mountain

23%

8

Hilly

36%

2

Time Trial

9%

Stage winners and teams — Louison Bobet takes 2 stages

Final general classification (top 30)

RankRiderTeamTime
01
FRANCE130h 29' 26''
02
BELGIQUE130h 34' 19''
03
LUXEMBOURG MIXTE130h 40' 46''
04
ITALIE130h 42' 10''
05
FRANCE130h 42' 44''
06
FRANCE130h 44' 27''
07
ITALIE130h 47' 39''
08
BELGIQUE130h 56' 39''
09
BELGIQUE131h 00' 36''
10
FRANCE131h 05' 53''
11
OUEST131h 06' 18''
12
ITALIE131h 08' 40''
13
BELGIQUE131h 15' 29''
14
FRANCE131h 29' 31''
15
PAYS-BAS131h 34' 16''
16
SUD EST131h 34' 44''
17
BELGIQUE131h 34' 55''
18
NORD EST-CENTRE131h 39' 24''
19
PAYS-BAS131h 39' 42''
20
ESPAGNE131h 48' 51''
21
PAYS-BAS131h 51' 11''
22
ESPAGNE131h 55' 14''
23
ITALIE132h 05' 47''
24
OUEST132h 09' 27''
25
ITALIE132h 14' 11''
26
ESPAGNE132h 14' 56''
27
PAYS-BAS132h 19' 15''
28
BELGIQUE132h 26' 35''
29
GRANDE BRETAGNE132h 26' 36''
30
ITALIE132h 27' 44''

Stage winners (19 riders)

Louison Bobet

2 stages

Stages 3, 11

Charly Gaul

2 stages

Stages 8, 17

Jean Brankart

2 stages

Stages 18, 21

Pays-Bas

1 stage

Stages 1

Antonin Rolland

1 stage

Stages 2

Willy Kemp

1 stage

Stages 4

Roger Hassenforder

1 stage

Stages 5

André Darrigade

1 stage

Stages 6

Jos Hinsen

1 stage

Stages 7

Raphaël Geminiani

1 stage

Stages 9

Lucien Lazarides

1 stage

Stages 10

Alessandro Fantini

1 stage

Stages 12

Daan De Groot

1 stage

Stages 13

Louis Caput

1 stage

Stages 14

Luciano Pezzi

1 stage

Stages 15

Jean Bobet

1 stage

Stages 16

Wout Wagtmans

1 stage

Stages 19

Jean Forestier

1 stage

Stages 20

Miguel Poblet

1 stage

Stages 22

Teams at the 1955 edition

TeamRidersBest GC
FRANCE8#1
BELGIQUE7#2
LUXEMBOURG MIXTE5#3
ITALIE9#4
OUEST4#11
PAYS-BAS6#15
SUD EST6#16
NORD EST-CENTRE6#18
ESPAGNE5#20
GRANDE BRETAGNE2#29
ILE DE FRANCE5#31
SUD-OUEST2#43
SUISSE4#48

Stage profiles in the 1955 edition

9

Hills flat finish

7

Flat

4

Mountains flat finish

1

Mountains uphill finish

1

Hills uphill 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 1955 Tour de France

All 22 stages

StageDateRouteDist.WinnerProfileSpeed
Stage 17 JulDieppe → Dieppe102 kmPays-BasHills flat finish38.4 km/h
Stage 27 JulDieppe → Roubaix13 kmAntonin RollandFlat15.2 km/h
Stage 38 JulRoubaix → Namur204 kmLouison BobetFlat34.6 km/h
Stage 49 JulNamur → Metz210 kmWilly KempHills flat finish31.7 km/h
Stage 510 JulMetz → Colmar225 kmRoger HassenforderHills flat finish33.7 km/h
Stage 611 JulColmar → Zurich229 kmAndré DarrigadeHills flat finish38.4 km/h
Stage 712 JulZurich → Thonon195 kmJos HinsenHills flat finish43.0 km/h
Stage 813 JulThonon → Briançon267 kmCharly GaulFlat36.2 km/h
Stage 914 JulBriançon → Monaco253 kmRaphaël GeminianiMountains flat finish32.8 km/h
Stage 1015 JulMonaco → Marseille275 kmLucien LazaridesMountains uphill finish33.3 km/h
Stage 1116 JulMarseille → Avignon240 kmLouison BobetHills flat finish35.5 km/h
Stage 1218 JulAvignon → Millau198 kmAlessandro FantiniMountains flat finish34.7 km/h
Stage 1319 JulMillau → Albi240 kmDaan De GrootHills flat finish34.8 km/h
Stage 1420 JulAlbi → Narbonne205 kmLouis CaputHills flat finish34.9 km/h
Stage 1521 JulNarbonne → Ax-les-Thermes156 kmLuciano PezziHills flat finish37.1 km/h
Stage 1622 JulAx-les-Thermes → Toulouse151 kmJean BobetHills uphill finish33.2 km/h
Stage 1724 JulToulouse → Saint Gaudens123 kmCharly GaulFlat41.7 km/h
Stage 1825 JulSaint Gaudens → Pau250 kmJean BrankartMountains flat finish33.2 km/h
Stage 1926 JulPau → Bordeaux205 kmWout WagtmansMountains flat finish30.8 km/h
Stage 2027 JulBordeaux → Poitiers195 kmJean ForestierFlat37.1 km/h
Stage 2128 JulChâtellerault → Tours243 kmJean BrankartFlat32.8 km/h
Stage 2229 JulTours → Paris69 kmMiguel PobletFlat41.2 km/h