The 1955 Tour de France was the 42nd edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Le Havre with a flat stage on 7 July and Stage 11 occurred on 18 July with a mountainous stage to Avignon. The race finished in Paris on 30 July.
Stage 1a 7 July 1955 - Le Havre to Dieppe,
Stage 1a result and General Classification after Stage 1a Rank Rider Team Time 1 Spain 2 France – Île-de-France s.t. 3 Belgium s.t. 4 Netherlands s.t. 5 France – Île-de-France s.t. 6 Italy s.t. 7 Belgium s.t. 8 France – West s.t. 9 Italy s.t. 10 Luxembourg/International s.t.General classification after stage 1a Rank Rider Team Time 1 Spain 2 France – Île-de-France + 30" 3 Belgium + 1' 00" 4 Netherlands s.t. 5 France – Île-de-France s.t. 6 Italy s.t. 7 Belgium s.t. 8 France – West s.t. 9 Italy s.t. 10 Luxembourg/International s.t.
Stage 1b 7 July 1955 - Dieppe, (TTT)
Stage 1b result Rank Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 France + 15" 3 Italy + 54" 4 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 5 Belgium + 1' 24" 6 France – Île-de-France + 1' 27" 7 Spain + 1' 39" 8 France – West + 1' 42" 9 Luxembourg/International + 1' 54" 10 France – South-West + 1' 57"General classification after stage 1b Rank Rider Team Time 1 Spain 2 France – Île-de-France + 26" 3 Netherlands + 27" 4 Italy + 45" 5 Italy s.t. 6 Belgium + 55" 7 Belgium s.t. 8 France – Île-de-France + 56" 9 France – West + 1' 01" 10 Luxembourg/International + 1' 05"
Stage 2 8 July 1955 - Dieppe to Roubaix,
Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Netherlands s.t. 3 Belgium s.t. 4 France – Île-de-France s.t. 5 France – West s.t. 6 France – West + 1' 37" 7 France – South-West s.t. 8 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 9 Belgium + 1' 53" 10 France – Île-de-France s.t.General classification after stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 Belgium + 58" 3 France – Île-de-France + 59" 4 France + 1' 48" 5 Spain + 2' 26" 6 France – Île-de-France + 2' 52" 7 Italy + 3' 11" 8 Italy s.t. 9 France – West + 3' 17" 10 Belgium + 3' 21"
Stage 3 9 July 1955 - Roubaix to Namur,
Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Belgium s.t. 3 Italy s.t. 4 Netherlands s.t. 5 Belgium + 15" 6 France – West s.t. 7 France s.t. 8 France + 17" 9 France + 21" 10 France – West + 37"General classification after stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 France + 2' 09" 3 France – West + 3' 42" 4 France + 4' 11" 5 Italy + 4' 32" 6 Belgium + 5' 04" 7 Belgium + 5' 19" 8 Italy + 5' 24" 9 France + 5' 26" 10 France + 5' 28"
Stage 4 10 July 1955 - Namur to Metz,
Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Luxembourg/International 2 France – West + 8" 3 France – South-East s.t. 4 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 5 France – West s.t. 6 France + 20" 7 France s.t. 8 Italy + 31" 9 Spain + 35" 10 Netherlands + 7' 06"General classification after stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Netherlands + 9' 21" 3 France – West + 13' 03" 4 France + 13' 32" 5 Italy + 13' 53" 6 Belgium + 14' 25" 7 France – West + 14' 28" 8 Belgium + 14' 40" 9 Italy + 14' 45" 10 France + 14' 47"
Stage 5 11 July 1955 - Metz to Colmar,
Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France – North-East/Centre 2 France – South-East s.t. 3 France s.t. 4 France – Île-de-France s.t. 5 France – South-West + 8' 27" 6 France – South-West s.t. 7 France – Île-de-France s.t. 8 Spain s.t. 9 Belgium s.t. 10 Spain s.t.General classification after stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France – North-East/Centre + 4' 56" 3 France + 5' 49" 4 Netherlands + 9' 21" 5 France – West + 13' 03" 6 France + 13' 32" 7 Italy + 13' 53" 8 France – South-East + 14' 11" 9 Belgium + 14' 25" 10 Belgium + 14' 40"
Stage 6 12 July 1955 - Colmar to Zürich,
Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Switzerland s.t. 3 France – South-East s.t. 4 Italy s.t. 5 Belgium s.t. 6 Italy s.t. 7 France – Île-de-France s.t. 8 Netherlands + 3' 22" 9 France – West + 5' 03" 10 Belgium s.t.General classification after stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France – North-East/Centre + 4' 56" 3 Netherlands + 9' 21" 4 Italy + 13' 02" 5 France – West + 13' 03" 6 France + 13' 32" 7 Italy + 13' 53" 8 France – South-East + 14' 11" 9 Belgium + 14' 25" 10 Belgium + 14' 40"
Stage 7 13 July 1955 - Zürich to Thonon-les-Bains,
Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 Italy + 13' 47" 3 France – Île-de-France s.t. 4 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 5 France – Île-de-France s.t. 6 Netherlands s.t. 7 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 8 France – Île-de-France s.t. 9 France s.t. 10 Spain + 17' 33"General classification after stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 France + 25" 3 France – North-East/Centre + 5' 21" 4 Italy + 9' 15" 5 Netherlands + 9' 46" 6 Netherlands + 11' 40" 7 Italy + 13' 27" 8 France – West + 13' 28" 9 France + 13' 57" 10 Italy + 14' 18"
Stage 8 14 July 1955 - Thonon-les-Bains to Briançon,
Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Luxembourg/International 2 Switzerland + 13' 47" 3 Italy s.t. 4 France s.t. 5 Spain s.t. 6 France – South-East s.t. 7 Italy s.t. 8 Belgium s.t. 9 France + 15' 46" 10 France s.t.General classification after stage 8 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Netherlands + 7' 25" 3 Luxembourg/International + 10' 17" 4 Netherlands + 11' 02" 5 Italy + 11' 03" 6 France + 11' 33" 7 France – South-East + 12' 12" 8 Belgium + 13' 40" 9 France – West + 14' 44" 10 Belgium + 16' 21"
Stage 9 15 July 1955 - Briançon to Monaco,
Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France – North-East/Centre + 2' 00" 3 Italy s.t. 4 France s.t. 5 France s.t. 6 Italy s.t. 7 Switzerland + 3' 13" 8 Italy + 3' 28" 9 France – North-East/Centre + 3' 33" 10 Luxembourg/International + 3' 36"General classification after stage 9 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Italy + 11' 03" 3 France + 11' 33" 4 Luxembourg/International + 11' 53" 5 France – South-East + 13' 56" 6 Belgium + 16' 05" 7 Italy + 17' 24" 8 France + 19' 00" 9 France + 25' 10" 10 Switzerland + 25' 19"
Rest Day 1 16 July 1955 - Monaco
Stage 10 17 July 1955 - Monaco to Marseille,
Stage 10 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France – South-East 2 Spain s.t. 3 France – North-East/Centre + 1' 24" 4 France + 4' 43" 5 Netherlands s.t. 6 Italy s.t. 7 France – North-East/Centre + 6' 05" 8 Netherlands s.t. 9 Italy + 6' 22" 10 Italy s.t.General classification after stage 10 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Italy + 11' 03" 3 France + 11' 33" 4 Luxembourg/International + 11' 53" 5 France – South-East + 13' 56" 6 Belgium + 16' 05" 7 Italy + 17' 24" 8 France + 19' 00" 9 France + 25' 10" 10 Switzerland + 25' 19"
Stage 11 18 July 1955 - Marseille to Avignon,
Stage 11 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Belgium + 49" 3 Italy + 55" 4 Italy s.t. 5 Italy + 1' 00" 6 Netherlands + 5' 40" 7 France s.t. 8 France – South-East s.t. 9 Netherlands + 5' 59" 10 France s.t.General classification after stage 11 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France + 4' 53" 3 Italy + 6' 18" 4 Belgium + 10' 44" 5 Luxembourg/International + 12' 12" 6 Italy + 12' 44" 7 France – South-East + 13' 56" 8 France + 19' 19" 9 France – West + 29' 07" 10 Netherlands + 36' 55"
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