The 1953 Tour de France was the 40th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place from 3 to 26 July, with 22 stages covering a distance of .
The 1953 Tour de France saw the introduction of the points classification, which gives the green jersey to its leader.
The Tour began in Strasbourg on 3 July, and Stage 11 occurred on 14 July with a mountainous stage to Luchon. The race finished in Paris on 26 July.
Classification standings
Legend Denotes the leader of the general classification Denotes the leader of the points classification MG Denotes the leader of the mountains classification (meilleur grimpeur) s.t. indicates that the rider was credited with the same time as the one directly above him.
Stage 1 3 July 1953 — Strasbourg to Metz,
+ Stage 1 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Switzerland 2 Netherlands s.t. 3 Netherlands s.t. 4 France s.t. 5 South-West + 3' 13" 6 France s.t. 7 Italy s.t. 8 Italy s.t. 9 Île-de-France s.t. 10 West s.t.+ General classification after stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Switzerland 2 Netherlands + 0' 30" 3 Netherlands + 1' 00" 4 France + 1' 00" 5 South-West + 4' 13" 6 France s.t. 7 Italy s.t. 8 Italy s.t. 9 Île-de-France s.t. 10 West s.t.
Stage 2 4 July 1953 — Metz to Liège (Belgium),
+ Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Switzerland 2 Netherlands + 0' 02" 3 Italy + 0' 47" 4 Switzerland s.t. 5 Italy s.t. 6 West s.t. 7 Belgium s.t. 8 Italy s.t. 9 Italy s.t. 10 France s.t.+ General classification after stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Switzerland 2 MG Netherlands + 1' 02" 3 Netherlands + 3' 55" 4 Italy + 6' 00" 5 Italy s.t. 6 West s.t. 7 Italy s.t. 8 North-East/Centre + 8' 53" 9 Netherlands + 10' 28" 10 France s.t.
Stage 3 5 July 1953 — Liège (Belgium) to Lille,
+ Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Île-de-France 2 France + 1' 12" 3 Belgium s.t. 4 Italy s.t. 5 North-East/Centre s.t. 6 Netherlands s.t. 7 Île-de-France s.t. 8 Spain + 1' 31" 9 Île-de-France + 1' 36" 10 North-East/Centre + 1' 38"+ General classification after stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Switzerland 2 MG Netherlands + 1' 02" 3 Île-de-France + 3' 30" 4 Netherlands + 3' 55" 5 North-East/Centre + 3' 56" 6 Netherlands + 5' 26" 7 Belgium + 5' 39" 8 Italy + 6' 00" 9 Italy s.t. 10 West s.t.
Stage 4 6 July 1953 — Lille to Dieppe,
+ Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 South-East s.t. 3 France s.t. 4 West s.t. 5 South West + 5' 02" 6 Netherlands s.t. 7 Switzerland + 5' 09" 8 Italy s.t. 9 West s.t. 10 Belgium s.t.+ General classification after stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Switzerland 2 MG Netherlands + 1' 02" 3 Île-de-France + 3' 30" 4 Netherlands + 3' 55" 5 North-East/Centre + 4' 43" 6 Netherlands + 5' 26" 7 Belgium + 5' 39" 8 Italy + 6' 00" 9 Italy s.t. 10 West s.t.
Stage 5 7 July 1953 — Dieppe to Caen,
+ Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 West 2 North-East/Centre + 0' 13" 3 Belgium s.t. 4 Île-de-France s.t. 5 Switzerland s.t. 6 West s.t. 7 South-East s.t. 8 North-East/Centre + 1' 28" 9 Switzerland + 9' 43" 10 Italy s.t.+ General classification after stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 North-East/Centre 2 Switzerland + 0' 48" 3 MG Netherlands + 1' 50" 4 Île-de-France + 4' 18" 5 Netherlands + 4' 43" 6 North-East/Centre + 5' 31" 7 Netherlands + 6' 14" 8 Belgium + 6' 27" 9 Italy + 6' 48" 10 Italy s.t.
Stage 6 8 July 1953 — Caen to Le Mans,
+ Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 Île-de-France s.t. 3 France s.t. 4 West s.t. 5 Netherlands s.t. 6 North-East/Centre s.t. 7 South-East s.t. 8 Luxembourg + 3' 13" 9 Netherlands + 4' 02" 10 Italy + 4' 13"+ General classification after stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 North-East/Centre 2 Switzerland + 0' 48" 3 MG Netherlands + 1' 50" 4 Île-de-France + 4' 18" 5 Netherlands + 4' 43" 6 North-East/Centre + 5' 28" 7 North-East/Centre + 5' 31" 8 Netherlands + 6' 14" 9 Belgium + 6' 27" 10 Italy + 6' 48"
Stage 7 9 July 1953 — Le Mans to Nantes,
+ Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 Île-de-France s.t. 3 North-East/Centre s.t. 4 France s.t. 5 North-East/Centre s.t. 6 South-East s.t. 7 West + 6' 31" 8 Switzerland + 8' 06" 9 South West s.t. 10 West s.t.+ General classification after stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 North-East/Centre 2 Switzerland + 0' 48" 3 MG Netherlands + 1' 50" 4 Île-de-France + 4' 18" 5 Netherlands + 4' 43" 6 North-East/Centre + 5' 28" 7 North-East/Centre + 5' 31" 8 Netherlands + 6' 14" 9 Belgium + 6' 27" 10 West + 6' 34"
Stage 8 10 July 1953 — Nantes to Bordeaux,
+ Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 Belgium + 1' 26" 3 Luxembourg + 2' 24" 4 West s.t. 5 North-East/Centre s.t. 6 Spain + 5' 25" 7 Luxembourg + 5' 29" 8 West s.t. 9 Switzerland s.t. 10 Netherlands + 5' 34"+ General classification after stage 8 Rank Rider Team Time 1 North-East/Centre 2 Switzerland + 0' 48" 3 MG Netherlands + 1' 50" 4 Île-de-France + 4' 18" 5 Netherlands + 4' 43" 6 North-East/Centre + 5' 28" 7 North-East/Centre + 5' 31" 8 Netherlands + 6' 14" 9 Belgium + 6' 27" 10 Netherlands + 6' 33"
Stage 9 12 July 1953 — Bordeaux to Pau,
+ Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 Switzerland s.t. 3 West s.t. 4 Switzerland s.t. 5 Italy s.t. 6 Netherlands s.t. 7 Belgium s.t. 8 South-West s.t. 9 France s.t. 10 France s.t.+ General classification after stage 9 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Switzerland 2 MG Netherlands + 1' 02" 3 Île-de-France + 3' 30" 4 Netherlands + 3' 55" 5 North-East/Centre + 4' 40" 6 Netherlands + 5' 26" 7 Netherlands + 5' 45" 8 West + 5' 46" 9 Italy + 6' 00" 10 West s.t.
Stage 10 13 July 1953 — Pau to Cauterets,
+ Stage 10 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Spain 2 West + 5' 56" 3 Italy s.t. 4 Switzerland s.t. 5 France + 6' 04" 6 Belgium + 6' 07" 7 North-East/Centre s.t. 8 France + 6' 19" 9 Italy + 6' 37" 10 Spain + 7' 25"+ General classification after stage 10 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Switzerland 2 Netherlands + 3' 40" 3 North-East/Centre + 4' 51" 4 West + 5' 30" 5 Italy + 6' 00" 6 Belgium + 9' 28" 7 West + 9' 32" 8 Netherlands + 10' 34" 9 Belgium + 10' 58" 10 Île-de-France + 11' 00"
Stage 11 14 July 1953 — Cauterets to Luchon,
+ Stage 11 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 West 2 France + 1' 27" 3 North-East/Centre + 1' 29" 4 Switzerland + 4' 48" 5 France + 5' 33" 6 Italy + 5' 42" 7 Luxembourg s.t. 8 Italy s.t. 9 Spain s.t. 10 France s.t.+ General classification after stage 11 Rank Rider Team Time 1 MG West 2 Switzerland + 0' 18" 3 North-East/Centre + 1' 50" 4 Italy + 7' 12" 5 France + 9' 12" 6 Belgium + 10' 40" 7 West + 11' 54" 8 France + 12' 54" 9 Luxembourg + 13' 12" 10 France + 13' 48"
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