The 1952 Tour de France was the 39th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 25 June to 19 July. It was composed of 23 stages over .

The Tour began in Brest on 25 June, and Stage 13 occurred on 8 July with a flat stage to Aix-en-Provence. The race finished in Paris on 19 July.

Classification standings

Legend Denotes the leader of the general 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 13 8 July 1952 — Monaco to Aix-en-Provence,

+ Stage 13 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France s.t. 3 France s.t. 4 West/South-West + 4' 03" 5 West/South-West + 7' 26" 6 West/South-West s.t. 7 Belgium s.t. 8 Italy s.t. 9 North Africa s.t. 10 Netherlands s.t.+ General classification after stage 13 Rank Rider Team Time 1 MG Italy 2 Belgium + 24' 02" 3 Spain + 25' 26" 4 Belgium + 25' 27" 5 Italy + 26' 04" 6 Italy + 26' 46" 7 France + 27' 37" 8 Italy + 30' 16" 9 France + 31' 50" 10 South-East + 33' 48"

Stage 14 9 July 1952 — Aix-en-Provence to Avignon,

+ Stage 14 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Italy + 1' 37" 3 France s.t. 4 Belgium s.t. 5 Netherlands s.t. 6 Spain s.t. 7 MG Italy s.t. 8 France s.t. 9 Italy + 3' 18" 10 Switzerland s.t.+ General classification after stage 14 Rank Rider Team Time 1 MG Italy 2 Belgium + 25' 27" 3 Italy + 26' 16" 4 Belgium + 26' 22" 5 France + 27' 37" 6 Italy + 27' 46" 7 Spain + 28' 22" 8 France + 28' 34" 9 Italy + 36' 56" 10 South-East + 40' 28"

Stage 15 10 July 1952 — Avignon to Perpignan,

+ Stage 15 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Paris 2 Italy + 8' 53" 3 North Africa + 18' 34" 4 Netherlands + 24' 31" 5 Spain + 24' 32" 6 Luxembourg/Australia + 24' 36" 7 West/South-West + 24' 39" 8 Paris s.t. 9 France s.t. 10 North Africa s.t.+ General classification after stage 15 Rank Rider Team Time 1 MG Italy 2 Belgium + 25' 27" 3 Italy + 26' 16" 4 Belgium + 26' 22" 5 France + 27' 37" 6 Italy + 27' 46" 7 Spain + 28' 22" 8 France + 28' 34" 9 Italy + 36' 56" 10 South-East + 40' 28"

Stage 16 11 July 1952 — Perpignan to Toulouse,

+ Stage 16 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 West/South-West s.t. 3 Italy s.t. 4 South-East s.t. 5 Paris s.t. 6 France s.t. 7 North Africa s.t. 8 Paris s.t. 9 Luxembourg/Australia s.t. 10 Belgium s.t.+ General classification after stage 16 Rank Rider Team Time 1 MG Italy 2 Belgium + 25' 27" 3 Belgium + 25' 53" 4 Italy + 26' 16" 5 France + 27' 37" 6 Italy + 27' 46" 7 Spain + 28' 22" 8 France + 28' 34" 9 Italy + 36' 56" 10 Belgium + 39' 17"

Stage 17 13 July 1952 — Toulouse to Bagnères-de-Bigorre,

+ Stage 17 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France + 1' 14" 3 Belgium s.t. 4 Italy s.t. 5 MG Italy s.t. 6 Netherlands s.t. 7 France s.t. 8 West/South-West s.t. 9 Belgium s.t. 10 Belgium s.t.+ General classification after stage 17 Rank Rider Team Time 1 MG Italy 2 Belgium + 25' 27" 3 Italy + 26' 16" 4 Belgium + 26' 22" 5 France + 27' 37" 6 Spain + 28' 22" 7 France + 28' 34" 8 Italy + 31' 04" 9 Italy + 36' 56" 10 Belgium + 39' 17"

Stage 18 14 July 1952 — Bagnères-de-Bigorre to Pau,

+ Stage 18 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 MG Italy 2 Belgium + 0' 04" 3 France s.t. 4 Spain + 0' 07" 5 North-East/Centre + 0' 11" 6 Spain + 4' 13" 7 Netherlands s.t. 8 North-East/Centre s.t. 9 North-East/Centre s.t. 10 Belgium s.t.+ General classification after stage 18 Rank Rider Team Time 1 MG Italy 2 Belgium + 27' 01" 3 France + 30' 37" 4 Spain + 30' 49" 5 Italy + 32' 49" 6 Belgium + 32' 55" 7 France + 37' 26" 8 Italy + 37' 37" 9 Italy + 49' 43" 10 Belgium + 52' 04"

Stage 19 15 July 1952 — Pau to Bordeaux,

+ Stage 19 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 Netherlands + 0' 09" 3 North-East/Centre s.t. 4 Netherlands + 1' 45" 5 South-East s.t. 6 South-East s.t. 7 Belgium s.t. 8 West/South-West s.t. 9 North Africa s.t. 10 North Africa s.t.+ General classification after stage 19 Rank Rider Team Time 1 MG Italy 2 Belgium + 27' 01" 3 France + 30' 37" 4 Spain + 30' 49" 5 Italy + 32' 49" 6 Belgium + 32' 55" 7 France + 37' 26" 8 Italy + 37' 37" 9 Belgium + 48' 33" 10 Italy + 49' 43"

Stage 20 16 July 1952 — Bordeaux to Limoges,

+ Stage 20 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 West/South-West 2 Netherlands + 0' 06" 3 Paris s.t. 4 Paris s.t. 5 North Africa + 2' 53" 6 Belgium + 3' 01" 7 Luxembourg/Australia s.t. 8 Netherlands s.t. 9 Belgium s.t. 10 Spain s.t.+ General classification after stage 20 Rank Rider Team Time 1 MG Italy 2 Belgium + 27' 01" 3 France + 30' 37" 4 Spain + 30' 49" 5 Italy + 32' 49" 6 Belgium + 32' 35" 7 France + 37' 26" 8 Italy + 37' 37" 9 Belgium + 48' 33" 10 Italy + 49' 43"

Stage 21 17 July 1952 — Limoges to Puy de Dôme,

+ Stage 21 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 MG Italy 2 Netherlands + 0' 10" 3 Italy + 0' 31" 4 France + 0' 46" 5 Italy + 0' 51" 6 France + 1' 13" 7 Spain + 1' 39" 8 North-East/Centre + 2' 25" 9 Netherlands + 2' 32" 10 Belgium + 2' 33"+ General classification after stage 21 Rank Rider Team Time 1 MG Italy 2 Belgium + 31' 44" 3 France + 33' 30" 4 Italy + 35' 00" 5 Spain + 35' 53" 6 Belgium + 39' 01" 7 Italy + 42' 24" 8 France + 45' 50" 9 Italy + 52' 14" 10 Spain + 56' 00"

Stage 22 18 July 1952 — Clermont-Ferrand to Vichy, (ITT)

+ Stage 22 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 Belgium + 0' 02" 3 Italy + 1' 05" 4 Italy + 1' 07" 5 Netherlands + 1' 20" 6 France + 1' 33" 7 North Africa + 1' 35" 8 Spain + 1' 44" 9 Belgium + 1' 48" 10 Belgium + 2' 30"+ General classification after stage 22 Rank Rider Team Time 1 MG Italy 2 Belgium + 28' 17" 3 Spain + 34' 38" 4 Italy + 35' 25" 5 France + 35' 36" 6 Italy + 38' 25" 7 Belgium + 38' 32" 8 France + 48' 01" 9 Italy + 50' 20" 10 Spain + 58' 16"

Stage 23 19 July 1952 — Vichy to Paris (Parc des Princes),

+ Stage 23 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Switzerland s.t. 3 Netherlands s.t. 4 Belgium s.t. 5 North-East/Centre s.t. 6 Luxembourg/Australia s.t. 7 West/South-West s.t. 8 Italy s.t. 9 France s.t. 10 North-East/Centre s.t.+ General classification after stage 23 Rank Rider Team Time 1 MG Italy 2 Belgium + 28' 17" 3 Spain + 34' 38" 4 Italy + 35' 25" 5 France + 35' 36" 6 Italy + 38' 25" 7 Belgium + 38' 32" 8 France + 48' 01" 9 Italy + 50' 20" 10 Spain + 58' 16"

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