The 1951 Tour de France was the 38th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Metz with a flat stage on 4 July and Stage 13 occurred on 17 July with a mountainous stage from Dax. The race finished in Paris on 29 July.
Stage 13 17 July 1951 - Dax to Tarbes,
Stage 13 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 France - East/South-East s.t. 3 France s.t. 4 France s.t. 5 France - Paris + 7' 55" 6 France - East/South-East s.t. 7 Belgium s.t. 8 Italy + 9' 15" 9 France - East/South-East s.t. 10 Belgium s.t.General classification after stage 13 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France - East/South-East 2 France + 6' 18" 3 Italy s.t. 4 France - West/South-West + 10' 05" 5 Switzerland + 12' 56" 6 France + 13' 19" 7 Belgium + 13' 21" 8 Spain + 15' 43" 9 France + 16' 33" 10 Italy + 18' 35"
Stage 14 18 July 1951 - Tarbes to Luchon,
Stage 14 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Switzerland 2 Italy s.t. 3 Italy + 2' 04" 4 France + 2' 52" 5 France + 6' 10" 6 Belgium + 7' 26" 7 France + 8' 59" 8 France s.t. 9 Belgium s.t. 10 Belgium s.t.General classification after stage 14 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Switzerland 2 France - East/South-East + 21" 3 France + 32" 4 Italy + 5' 09" 5 France + 7' 29" 6 France - West/South-West + 12' 15" 7 Spain + 12' 53" 8 Italy s.t. 9 France + 13' 40" 10 Italy + 16' 17"
Stage 15 19 July 1951 - Luchon to Carcassonne,
Stage 15 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 Belgium + 12" 3 France - Paris s.t. 4 France - Paris s.t. 5 Belgium s.t. 6 France s.t. 7 France s.t. 8 Belgium s.t. 9 Spain s.t. 10 France - East/South-East s.t.General classification after stage 15 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Switzerland 2 France - East/South-East + 21" 3 France + 32" 4 Italy + 5' 09" 5 France + 7' 29" 6 Italy + 11' 21" 7 France - West/South-West + 12' 15" 8 Spain + 12' 53" 9 Italy s.t. 10 France + 13' 40"
Stage 16 20 July 1951 - Carcassonne to Montpellier,
Stage 16 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Switzerland 2 France - Île-de-France/North-West s.t. 3 France s.t. 4 France s.t. 5 France s.t. 6 Italy + 4' 14" 7 France - Île-de-France/North-West s.t. 8 France s.t. 9 Belgium + 5' 34" 10 Belgium s.t.General classification after stage 16 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Switzerland 2 France + 1' 32" 3 France + 8' 29" 4 France - East/South-East + 13' 21" 5 Italy + 18' 07" 6 France + 20' 14" 7 France + 22' 48" 8 France + 22' 54" 9 Belgium + 23' 48" 10 Belgium + 25' 19"
Rest Day 2 21 July 1951 - Montpellier
Stage 17 22 July 1951 - Montpellier to Avignon,
Stage 17 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France + 50" 3 Italy + 56" 4 France s.t. 5 Switzerland s.t. 6 France s.t. 7 Belgium + 1' 15" 8 Belgium + 1' 26" 9 Belgium s.t. 10 France - East/South-East + 4' 50"General classification after stage 17 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Switzerland 2 France + 1' 32" 3 France + 7' 49" 4 Italy + 17' 47" 5 France + 20' 58" 6 France + 22' 12" 7 France + 24' 08" 8 Belgium + 25' 38" 9 France - East/South-East + 28' 20" 10 Spain + 31' 49"
Stage 18 23 July 1951 - Avignon to Marseille,
Stage 18 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 Belgium s.t. 3 France - Île-de-France/North-West s.t. 4 France - East/South-East s.t. 5 France - West/South-West s.t. 6 France - East/South-East s.t. 7 Belgium s.t. 8 France s.t. 9 France - West/South-West s.t. 10 Italy s.t.General classification after stage 18 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Switzerland 2 France + 1' 32" 3 France + 7' 49" 4 France + 17' 38" 5 Italy + 17' 47" 6 Belgium + 20' 34" 7 France + 20' 58" 8 France - East/South-East + 23' 46" 9 France + 24' 08" 10 Italy + 26' 34"
Stage 19 24 July 1951 - Marseille to Gap,
Stage 19 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 Italy + 1' 33" 3 Italy s.t. 4 France - Paris s.t. 5 Belgium s.t. 6 France s.t. 7 Switzerland s.t. 8 France - Île-de-France/North-West s.t. 9 France - West/South-West s.t. 10 France s.t.General classification after stage 19 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Switzerland 2 France + 1' 32" 3 France + 7' 49" 4 Italy + 16' 57" 5 France + 17' 58" 6 Belgium + 20' 34" 7 France + 21' 18" 8 France - East/South-East + 23' 46" 9 France + 24' 08" 10 Italy + 26' 34"
Stage 20 25 July 1951 - Gap to Briançon,
Stage 20 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 France - East/South-East + 3' 43" 3 Switzerland + 4' 09" 4 Italy + 7' 36" 5 Belgium + 9' 03" 6 France s.t. 7 France - Paris + 11' 39" 8 France - East/South-East s.t. 9 France s.t. 10 Italy + 11' 46"General classification after stage 20 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Switzerland 2 France + 9' 02" 3 France + 12' 43" 4 Italy + 20' 24" 5 Belgium + 25' 28" 6 France + 30' 41" 7 France - East/South-East + 31' 16" 8 Italy + 34' 41" 9 France + 37' 23" 10 Italy + 38' 23"
Stage 21 26 July 1951 - Briançon to Aix-les-Bains,
Stage 21 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Spain 2 France - Paris + 1' 46" 3 France - West/South-West s.t. 4 France - East/South-East s.t. 5 France s.t. 6 France - West/South-West + 6' 33" 7 Belgium + 6' 38" 8 Italy s.t. 9 France - East/South-East s.t. 10 Italy s.t.General classification after stage 21 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Switzerland 2 France + 9' 02" 3 France + 12' 43" 4 Italy + 20' 04" 5 Belgium + 25' 28" 6 France + 30' 41" 7 Spain + 31' 48" 8 France - East/South-East + 32' 43" 9 Italy + 34' 41" 10 Italy + 38' 23"
Stage 22 27 July 1951 - Aix-les-Bains to Geneva, (ITT)
Stage 22 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Switzerland 2 Belgium + 4' 50" 3 France + 4' 59" 4 Italy + 5' 43" 5 Belgium + 6' 25" 6 Italy + 7' 28" 7 Italy + 8' 05" 8 France + 8' 07" 9 France + 10' 33" 10 France - West/South-West + 11' 26"General classification after stage 22 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Switzerland 2 France + 22' 00" 3 France + 24' 16" 4 Italy + 29' 09" 5 Belgium + 32' 53" 6 France + 36' 40" 7 Italy + 41' 24" 8 France - East/South-East + 45' 53" 9 Spain + 45' 55" 10 Italy + 46' 51"
Stage 23 28 July 1951 - Geneva to Dijon,
Stage 23 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 France s.t. 3 France - East/South-East s.t. 4 Belgium s.t. 5 North Africa s.t. 6 North Africa s.t. 7 France - East/South-East s.t. 8 France - East/South-East s.t. 9 France - West/South-West + 21" 10 Belgium + 5' 52"General classification after stage 23 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Switzerland 2 France + 22' 00" 3 France + 24' 16" 4 Italy + 29' 09" 5 Belgium + 32' 53" 6 France + 36' 40" 7 Italy + 41' 24" 8 France - East/South-East + 45' 53" 9 Spain + 45' 55" 10 Italy + 46' 51"
Stage 24 29 July 1951 - Dijon to Paris,
Stage 24 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France - East/South-East 2 Italy s.t. 3 Belgium + 1' 40" 4 France - Paris s.t. 5 Belgium s.t. 6 France - East/South-East s.t. 7 Switzerland s.t. 8 Switzerland s.t. 9 Switzerland s.t. 10 Switzerland s.t.General classification after stage 24 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Switzerland 2 France + 22' 00" 3 France + 24' 16" 4 Italy + 29' 09" 5 Belgium + 32' 53" 6 France + 36' 40" 7 Italy + 39' 14" 8 France - East/South-East + 45' 53" 9 Spain + 45' 55" 10 Italy + 46' 51"
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