The 1938 Tour de France was the 32nd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Paris with a flat stage on 5 July, and Stage 10c occurred on 17 July with a flat stage to Montpellier. The race finished in Paris on 31 July.

Stage 1 5 July 1938 – Paris to Caen,

Stage 1 result and general classification after stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Germany 2 Italy + 10" 3 Netherlands s.t. 4 Belgium s.t. 5 Germany s.t. 6 Belgium + 30" 7 France - Cadets s.t. 8 Netherlands + 38" 9 France s.t. 10 Italy s.t.

Stage 2 6 July 1938 – Caen to Saint-Brieuc,

Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Luxembourg 2 France s.t. 3 Germany s.t. 4 France s.t. =5 France s.t. =5 Germany s.t. =5 France - Cadets s.t. =5 France s.t. =5 Belgium s.t. =5 Luxembourg s.t.General classification after stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Luxembourg 2 Germany + 32" 3 France - Cadets + 52" 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Stage 3 7 July 1938 – Saint-Brieuc to Nantes,

Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 Belgium + 5" 3 Switzerland + 9" 4 Germany s.t. 5 Netherlands s.t. 6 Italy s.t. 7 Belgium s.t. 8 Italy s.t. 9 France - Bleuets s.t. 10 France s.t.General classification after stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Luxembourg 2 Germany + 32" 3 France - Cadets + 52" 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Stage 4a 8 July 1938 – Nantes to La Roche-sur-Yon,

Stage 4a result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 Italy s.t. 3 Italy s.t. 4 Belgium s.t. 5 Germany s.t. 6 Italy s.t. 7 Italy s.t. 8 Belgium s.t. 9 France s.t. 10 Belgium s.t.General classification after stage 4a Rank Rider Team Time 1 Luxembourg 2 Germany + 32" 3 France - Cadets + 52" 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Stage 4b 8 July 1938 – La Roche-sur-Yon to La Rochelle,

Stage 4b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 Italy s.t. 3 France - Bleuets s.t. 4 France s.t. 5 Luxembourg s.t. =6 Belgium s.t. =6 Belgium s.t. =6 Belgium s.t. =6 Belgium s.t. =6 Belgium s.t.General classification after stage 4b Rank Rider Team Time 1 Luxembourg 2 Germany + 32" 3 France - Cadets + 52" 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Stage 4c 8 July 1938 – La Rochelle to Royan,

Stage 4c result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 Netherlands + 18" 3 Italy + 32" 4 Italy s.t. =5 Belgium s.t. =5 Belgium s.t. =5 Belgium s.t. =5 Belgium s.t. =5 Belgium s.t. =5 Belgium s.t.General classification after stage 4c Rank Rider Team Time 1 Luxembourg 2 Germany + 32" 3 France - Cadets + 52" 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Rest day 1 9 July 1938 – Royan

Stage 5 10 July 1938 – Royan to Bordeaux,

Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 Italy s.t. 3 Italy s.t. 4 France s.t. =5 Belgium s.t. =5 Belgium s.t. =5 Belgium s.t. =5 Belgium s.t. =5 Belgium s.t. =5 Belgium s.t.General classification after stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Luxembourg 2 France - Cadets + 52" =3 France + 1' 00" =3 Luxembourg s.t. 5 6 7 8 9 10

Stage 6a 11 July 1938 – Bordeaux to Arcachon,

Stage 6a result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 Italy s.t. 3 France s.t. 4 France - Bleuets s.t. 5 France - Cadets s.t. 6 France - Bleuets s.t. 7 France + 2' 02" 8 Italy + 3' 38" 9 Italy s.t. 10 France s.t.General classification after stage 6a Rank Rider Team Time 1 Luxembourg 2 France - Cadets + 52" 3 France + 1' 00" 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Stage 6b 11 July 1938 – Arcachon to Bayonne,

Stage 6b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 Italy s.t. 3 Germany s.t. 4 France - Cadets s.t. 5 France - Cadets s.t. 6 Italy s.t. 7 Italy + 1' 40" 8 Germany s.t. 9 France s.t. 10 Italy s.t.General classification after stage 6b Rank Rider Team Time 1 France - Cadets 2 Germany + 26" 3 Luxembourg + 48" 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Stage 7 12 July 1938 – Bayonne to Pau,

Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 Germany s.t. 3 Belgium s.t. 4 Spain + 11" 5 France + 13" 6 Italy s.t. =7 Belgium s.t. =7 Belgium s.t. =7 Belgium s.t. =7 Belgium s.t.General classification after stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France - Cadets 2 Germany + 13" 3 Luxembourg + 48" 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Rest day 2 13 July 1938 –- Pau

Stage 8 14 July 1938 – Pau to Luchon,

Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 Belgium s.t. 3 Italy + 55" 4 France + 4' 12" 5 Belgium + 6' 04" 6 France + 8' 05" 7 France - Bleuets + 8' 56" 8 France - Cadets + 9' 11" 9 Luxembourg + 10' 14" 10 Italy + 11' 31"General classification after stage 8 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 Italy + 2' 18" 3 France + 5' 09" 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Rest day 3 15 July 1938 – Luchon

Stage 9 16 July 1938 – Luchon to Perpignan,

Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Italy s.t. 3 France + 50" 4 Spain s.t. 5 Belgium s.t. 6 Netherlands + 2' 17" 7 France - Cadets s.t. 8 Italy + 2' 47" 9 Belgium s.t. 10 Italy s.t.General classification after stage 9 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 Italy + 53" 3 France + 5' 09" 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Stage 10a 17 July 1938 – Perpignan to Narbonne,

Stage 10a result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 Italy + 9" 3 Belgium s.t. 4 Italy s.t. 5 France s.t. 6 Italy s.t. 7 Italy s.t. 8 France - Cadets s.t. =9 Belgium s.t. =9 Belgium s.t.General classification after stage 10a Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 Italy + 53" 3 France + 5' 09" 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Stage 10b 17 July 1938 – Narbonne to Béziers, (ITT)

Stage 10b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 Italy + 35" 3 Luxembourg + 40" 4 France + 49" 5 Belgium + 1' 04" 6 Italy + 1' 06" 7 Italy + 1' 18" =8 France - Cadets + 1' 25" =8 Luxembourg s.t. 10 France - Cadets + 1' 27"General classification after stage 10b Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 Italy + 3' 45" 3 Belgium + 7' 46" 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Stage 10c 17 July 1938 – Béziers to Montpellier,

Stage 10c result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Belgium s.t. 3 Luxembourg s.t. 4 France - Cadets s.t. 5 Luxembourg s.t. 6 Luxembourg s.t. 7 France - Cadets s.t. 8 France - Cadets s.t. 9 Netherlands s.t. 10 France - Cadets + 1' 09"General classification after stage 10c Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 Italy + 3' 45" 3 Belgium + 7' 46" 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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