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 12 occurred on 19 July with a mountainous stage from Avignon. The race finished in Paris on 30 July.
Stage 12 19 July 1955 - Avignon to Millau,
Stage 12 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 Belgium s.t. 3 France – South-East s.t. 4 Netherlands s.t. 5 France s.t. 6 Belgium s.t. 7 France s.t. 8 France s.t. 9 France + 38" 10 France – North-East/Centre + 2' 07"General classification after stage 12 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France + 4' 53" 3 Italy + 6' 18" 4 Belgium + 10' 44" 5 Italy + 12' 44" 6 Netherlands + 12' 50" 7 France – South-East + 13' 56" 8 Luxembourg/International + 14' 00" 9 Belgium + 18' 41" 10 France + 19' 19"
Stage 13 20 July 1955 - Millau to Albi,
Stage 13 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 France + 20' 31" 3 France – South-West s.t. 4 Luxembourg/International s.t. 5 France – Île-de-France + 20' 45" 6 Italy s.t. 7 Netherlands s.t. 8 Spain + 21' 09" 9 Belgium s.t. 10 Netherlands s.t.General classification after stage 13 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France + 4' 53" 3 Italy + 6' 18" 4 Belgium + 10' 44" 5 Italy + 12' 44" 6 Netherlands + 12' 50" 7 France – South-East + 13' 56" 8 Luxembourg/International + 14' 00" 9 Belgium + 18' 41" 10 France + 19' 19"
Stage 14 21 July 1955 - Albi to Narbonne,
Stage 14 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France – Île-de-France 2 Belgium s.t. 3 Italy s.t. 4 Italy s.t. 5 France s.t. 6 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 7 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 8 France – West s.t. 9 Netherlands s.t. 10 Belgium s.t.General classification after stage 14 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France + 4' 53" 3 Italy + 6' 18" 4 Belgium + 10' 44" 5 France + 12' 20" 6 Italy + 12' 44" 7 Netherlands + 12' 50" 8 France – South-East + 13' 56" 9 Luxembourg/International + 14' 00" 10 Belgium + 18' 41"
Stage 15 22 July 1955 - Narbonne to Ax-les-Thermes,
Stage 15 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 Netherlands s.t. 3 Spain + 5' 50" 4 Italy s.t. 5 Belgium s.t. 6 Italy s.t. 7 Italy s.t. 8 Netherlands s.t. 9 France s.t. 10 Belgium s.t.General classification after stage 15 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France + 4' 53" 3 Italy + 6' 18" 4 Belgium + 10' 44" 5 France + 12' 20" 6 Italy + 12' 44" 7 Netherlands + 12' 50" 8 France – South-East + 13' 56" 9 Luxembourg/International + 14' 00" 10 Belgium + 18' 41"
Rest Day 2 23 July 1955 - Ax-les-Thermes
Stage 16 24 July 1955 - Ax-les-Thermes to Toulouse,
Stage 16 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 Italy s.t. 3 Spain s.t. 4 Belgium s.t. 5 Netherlands s.t. 6 Luxembourg/International s.t. 7 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 8 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 9 France – West s.t. 10 France s.t.General classification after stage 16 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France + 4' 53" 3 Italy + 6' 18" 4 Belgium + 10' 44" 5 France + 12' 20" 6 Italy + 12' 44" 7 Netherlands + 12' 50" 8 France – South-East + 13' 56" 9 Luxembourg/International + 14' 00" 10 Belgium + 18' 41"
Stage 17 25 July 1955 - Toulouse to Saint-Gaudens,
Stage 17 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Luxembourg/International 2 France + 1' 24" 3 Italy + 3' 18" 4 Belgium s.t. 5 Spain s.t. 6 France s.t. 7 Belgium s.t. 8 Italy + 3' 23" 9 Switzerland s.t. 10 Italy + 3' 26"General classification after stage 17 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France + 3' 08" 3 Italy + 3' 57" 4 Luxembourg/International + 7' 13" 5 Belgium + 8' 15" 6 France + 9' 51" 7 Italy + 10' 15" 8 France – South-East + 17' 04" 9 Belgium + 19' 36" 10 Belgium + 21' 49"
Stage 18 26 July 1955 - Saint-Gaudens to Pau,
Stage 18 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 France s.t. 3 Luxembourg/International s.t. 4 France s.t. 5 Belgium + 2' 26" 6 Spain s.t. 7 Belgium s.t. 8 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 9 Netherlands s.t. 10 France s.t.General classification after stage 18 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France + 6' 04" 3 Luxembourg/International + 7' 43" 4 Belgium + 7' 45" 5 France + 10' 21" 6 Italy + 13' 11" 7 Italy + 14' 56" 8 Belgium + 22' 32" 9 Belgium + 24' 45" 10 France – West + 28' 12"
Stage 19 27 July 1955 - Pau to Bordeaux,
Stage 19 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 Switzerland s.t. 3 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 4 Italy s.t. 5 France s.t. 6 France – West s.t. 7 France + 4' 54" 8 Italy s.t. 9 France – Île-de-France s.t. 10 France – North-East/Centre s.t.General classification after stage 19 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France + 6' 04" 3 Luxembourg/International + 7' 43" 4 Belgium + 7' 45" 5 France + 10' 21" 6 Italy + 13' 11" 7 Italy + 14' 56" 8 Belgium + 22' 32" 9 Belgium + 24' 45" 10 France – West + 28' 12"
Stage 20 28 July 1955 - Bordeaux to Poitiers,
Stage 20 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 3 Netherlands s.t. 4 Italy s.t. 5 France – Île-de-France s.t. 6 Netherlands s.t. 7 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 8 Netherlands s.t. 9 Italy + 17" 10 France – West + 35"General classification after stage 20 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France + 6' 04" 3 Luxembourg/International + 7' 43" 4 Belgium + 7' 45" 5 France + 10' 21" 6 Italy + 13' 11" 7 Italy + 14' 56" 8 Belgium + 22' 32" 9 Belgium + 24' 45" 10 France – West + 28' 12"
Stage 21 29 July 1955 - Châtellerault to Tours, (ITT)
Stage 21 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 Italy + 10" 3 France + 1' 52" 4 Netherlands + 3' 54" 5 Belgium + 4' 58" 6 Luxembourg/International + 5' 39" 7 France – West + 5' 41" 8 Netherlands + 5' 56" 9 Italy + 6' 00" 10 France + 6' 32"General classification after stage 21 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Belgium + 4' 53" 3 Luxembourg/International + 11' 30" 4 Italy + 12' 44" 5 France + 13' 18" 6 France + 15' 01" 7 Italy + 18' 13" 8 Belgium + 27' 13" 9 Belgium + 31' 10" 10 France + 36' 27"
Stage 22 30 July 1955 - Tours to Paris,
Stage 22 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Spain 2 France + 14" 3 Italy s.t. 4 Belgium s.t. 5 Italy s.t. 6 France – Île-de-France s.t. 7 France s.t. 8 Italy s.t. 9 Luxembourg/International s.t. 10 Netherlands s.t.General classification after stage 22 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Belgium + 4' 53" 3 Luxembourg/International + 11' 30" 4 Italy + 12' 44" 5 France + 13' 18" 6 France + 15' 01" 7 Italy + 18' 13" 8 Belgium + 27' 13" 9 Belgium + 31' 10" 10 France + 36' 27"
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