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 Tour began in Strasbourg on 3 July, and Stage 12 occurred on 15 July with a flat stage from Luchon. The race finished in Paris on 26 July.

Jean Robic entered the stage 12 as the first cyclist in the history of the Tour de France to ever lead in the three most important classifications: he wore the yellow jersey, green jersey and led King of the Mountains ranking.

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 12 15 July 1953 — Luchon to Albi,

+ Stage 12 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 South West 2 Belgium s.t. 3 South-West s.t. 4 Belgium s.t. 5 Île-de-France s.t. 6 North-East/Centre s.t. 7 Belgium s.t. 8 Spain s.t. 9 Luxembourg s.t. 10 Luxembourg s.t.+ General classification after stage 12 Rank Rider Team Time 1 West 2 Luxembourg + 1' 18" 3 Italy + 2' 23" 4 MG West + 8' 50" 5 Switzerland + 9' 08" 6 North-East/Centre + 10' 40" 7 Netherlands + 10' 59" 8 Île-de-France + 12' 50" 9 West + 14' 49" 10 Italy + 16' 02"

Stage 13 16 July 1953 — Albi to Béziers,

+ Stage 13 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France s.t. 3 France s.t. 4 France s.t. 5 Italy s.t. 6 Netherlands s.t. 7 South-East s.t. 8 Belgium s.t. 9 West s.t. 10 Italy + 6' 59"+ General classification after stage 13 Rank Rider Team Time 1 West 2 Italy + 1' 13" 3 France + 3' 13" 4 North-East/Centre + 4' 24" 5 Belgium + 4' 41" 6 West + 5' 02" 7 France + 5' 55" 8 Switzerland + 6' 08" 9 Italy + 7' 25" 10 France + 7' 49"

Stage 14 17 July 1953 — Béziers to Nîmes,

+ Stage 14 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 North-East/Centre 2 Île-de-France s.t. 3 France s.t. 4 Netherlands s.t. 5 South-East + 0' 09" 6 South West + 13' 54" 7 Italy s.t. 8 Netherlands s.t. 9 Switzerland s.t. 10 Italy s.t.+ General classification after stage 14 Rank Rider Team Time 1 West 2 Italy + 1' 13" 3 France + 3' 13" 4 North-East/Centre + 4' 24" 5 Belgium + 4' 41" 6 West + 5' 02" 7 France + 5' 55" 8 Switzerland + 6' 08" 9 Italy + 7' 25" 10 France + 7' 49"

Stage 15 18 July 1953 — Nîmes to Marseille,

+ Stage 15 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Île-de-France 2 Netherlands s.t. 3 North-East/Centre s.t. 4 Italy + 0' 23" 5 Switzerland s.t. 6 France s.t. 7 South-East s.t. 8 South-East s.t. 9 Spain + 2' 35" 10 Spain + 4' 46"+ General classification after stage 15 Rank Rider Team Time 1 West 2 Italy + 1' 13" 3 France + 3' 13" 4 Belgium + 4' 41" 5 France + 5' 50" 6 France + 5' 55" 7 Switzerland + 7' 51" 8 West + 8' 02" 9 France + 8' 15" 10 North-East/Centre + 8' 59"

Stage 16 19 July 1953 — Marseille to Monaco,

+ Stage 16 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 South-East + 1' 49" 3 Belgium + 2' 19" 4 South-East s.t. 5 Switzerland + 3' 49" 6 Italy + 4' 15" 7 Italy s.t. 8 Italy s.t. 9 Spain s.t. 10 West s.t.+ General classification after stage 16 Rank Rider Team Time 1 West 2 Italy + 1' 13" 3 France + 3' 13" 4 Belgium + 5' 38" 5 France + 6' 47" 6 France + 6' 52" 7 Switzerland + 7' 25" 8 France + 8' 15" 9 North-East/Centre + 9' 38" 10 West + 12' 44"

Stage 17 21 July 1953 — Monaco to Gap,

+ Stage 17 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 Italy + 0' 44" 3 Netherlands s.t. 4 France s.t. 5 North-East/Centre + 1' 10" 6 Spain + 1' 15" 7 Italy + 2' 10" 8 Spain s.t. 9 Île-de-France s.t. 10 Switzerland s.t.+ General classification after stage 17 Rank Rider Team Time 1 West 2 Italy + 1' 13" 3 France + 3' 13" 4 France + 3' 51" 5 Belgium + 5' 38" 6 France + 6' 52" 7 Switzerland + 7' 25" 8 France + 8' 15" 9 North-East/Centre + 9' 38" 10 Netherlands + 9' 39"

Stage 18 22 July 1953 — Gap to Briançon,

+ Stage 18 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Netherlands + 5' 23" 3 MG Spain + 5' 57" 4 Spain + 8' 22" 5 Belgium + 8' 30" 6 South-East + 9' 44" 7 Switzerland + 9' 45" 8 Netherlands + 9' 48" 9 Italy + 10' 29" 10 France + 10' 48"+ General classification after stage 18 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 West + 8' 35" 3 Italy + 9' 48" 4 Belgium + 11' 55" 5 Switzerland + 14' 57" 6 France + 16' 26" 7 France + 16' 45" 8 France + 16' 50" 9 Netherlands + 17' 14" 10 West + 21' 24"

Stage 19 23 July 1953 — Briançon to Lyon,

+ Stage 19 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 North-East/Centre 2 North-East/Centre s.t. 3 Spain s.t. 4 MG Spain + 2' 36" 5 Belgium + 7' 10" 6 West + 9' 59" 7 Italy s.t. 8 Italy s.t. 9 Switzerland s.t. 10 Belgium s.t.+ General classification after stage 19 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 West + 8' 35" 3 Italy + 9' 48" 4 Belgium + 11' 55" 5 Switzerland + 14' 57" 6 France + 16' 26" 7 France + 16' 45" 8 France + 16' 50" 9 Netherlands + 17' 14" 10 West + 21' 24"

Stage 20 24 July 1953 — Lyon to Saint-Étienne, (ITT)

+ Stage 20 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Netherlands + 1' 45" 3 Switzerland + 2' 47" 4 Netherlands + 3' 25" 5 MG Spain + 3' 56" 6 North-East/Centre + 3' 57" 7 Italy + 4' 13" 8 Switzerland + 4' 39" 9 Belgium + 4' 40" 10 West + 4' 43"+ General classification after stage 20 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 West + 14' 18" 3 Italy + 15' 01" 4 Belgium + 17' 35" 5 Switzerland + 18' 44" 6 Netherlands + 21' 39" 7 France + 23' 03" 8 France + 24' 06" 9 France + 27' 18" 10 West + 28' 26"

Stage 21 25 July 1953 — Saint-Étienne to Montluçon,

+ Stage 21 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 North-East/Centre s.t. 3 Netherlands + 2' 11" 4 South-East s.t. 5 Île-de-France + 2' 16" 6 Italy + 2' 29" 7 South-East s.t. 8 Italy + 2' 34" 9 South West s.t. 10 Italy s.t.+ General classification after stage 21 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 West + 14' 18" 3 Italy + 15' 01" 4 Belgium + 17' 35" 5 Netherlands + 18' 05" 6 Switzerland + 18' 44" 7 France + 23' 03" 8 France + 24' 06" 9 France + 27' 18" 10 West + 28' 26"

Stage 22 26 July 1953 — Montluçon to Paris (Parc des Princes),

+ Stage 22 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 Italy s.t. 3 North-East/Centre s.t. 4 Belgium s.t. 5 Switzerland s.t. 6 France s.t. 7 Italy s.t. 8 South-East s.t. 9 Netherlands s.t. 10 France + 0' 31"+ General classification after stage 22 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 West + 14' 18" 3 Italy + 15' 01" 4 Belgium + 17' 35" 5 Netherlands + 18' 05" 6 Switzerland + 18' 44" 7 France + 23' 03" 8 France + 26' 03" 9 France + 27' 18" 10 West + 28' 26"

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