General Information
Distance
4476.1 km
Stages
22
Finishers / Starters
69 / 130
Dates
7 July 1955 - 30 July 1955
Jerseys
Green Jersey
Stan Ockers
322 pts
Polka Dot Jersey
Charly Gaul
84 pts
Top 10 GC
| # | Rider | Time / Gap |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Louison Bobet |
127h 29' 26" |
| 2 | Jean Brankart |
+ 4' 53" |
| 3 | Charly Gaul |
+ 11' 30" |
| 4 |  Pasquale Fornara |
+ 12' 44" |
| 5 | Antonin Rolland |
+ 13' 18" |
| 6 | Raphaël Géminiani |
+ 15' 01" |
| 7 | Giancarlo Astrua |
+ 18' 13" |
| 8 | Stan Ockers |
+ 27' 13" |
| 9 | Alex Close |
+ 31' 10" |
| 10 | François Mahé |
+ 36' 27" |
Stage Results
Stage 1a
Le Havre → Dieppe 102 km
| 1 | Miguel Poblet | 2h 39' 31" |
| 2 | Louis Caput | + 0" |
| 3 | Edgard Sorgeloos | + 0" |
| 4 | Wout Wagtmans | + 0" |
| 5 | Eugène Telotte | + 0" |
| 6 | Giancarlo Astrua | + 0" |
| 7 | Alfred De Bruyne | + 0" |
| 8 | Jean Robic | + 0" |
| 9 | Agostino Coletto | + 0" |
| 10 | Kurt Schneider | + 0" |
Stage 1b
Dieppe → Dieppe 12.5 km
| 1 | Pays-Bas | 49' 15" |
| 2 | France | + 15" |
| 3 | Italie | + 54" |
| 4 | Nord-Est-Centre | + 54" |
| 5 | Belgique | + 1' 24" |
Stage 2
Dieppe → Roubaix 204 km
| 1 | Antonin Rolland | 5h 54' 00" |
| 2 | Wout Wagtmans | + 0" |
| 3 | Alfred De Bruyne | + 0" |
| 4 | Eugène Telotte | + 0" |
| 5 | Claude Le Ber | + 0" |
| 6 | Robert Varnajo | + 1' 37" |
| 7 | Jacques Vivier | + 1' 37" |
| 8 | Roger Hassenforder | + 1' 37" |
| 9 | Raymond Impanis | + 1' 53" |
| 10 | Isaac Vitré | + 1' 53" |
Stage 3
Roubaix → Namur 210 km
| 1 | Louison Bobet | 6h 37' 39" |
| 2 | Richard Van Genechten | + 0" |
| 3 | Bruno Monti | + 0" |
| 4 | Wout Wagtmans | + 0" |
| 5 | Raymond Impanis | + 15" |
| 6 | Jean Robic | + 15" |
| 7 | Jean Malléjac | + 15" |
| 8 | Jean Bobet | + 17" |
| 9 | Antonin Rolland | + 21" |
| 10 | Fernand Picot | + 37" |
Stage 4
Namur → Metz 225 km
| 1 | Willy Kemp | 6h 41' 07" |
| 2 | Maurice Quentin | + 8" |
| 3 | Pierre Molinéris | + 8" |
| 4 | Ugo Anzile | + 8" |
| 5 | Bernard Bultel | + 8" |
| 6 | François Mahé | + 20" |
| 7 | Antonin Rolland | + 20" |
| 8 | Eugenio Bertoglio | + 31" |
| 9 | Francisco Alomar Florit | + 35" |
| 10 | G. Voorting | + 7' 06" |
Stage 5
Metz → Colmar 229 km
| 1 | Roger Hassenforder | 5h 57' 54" |
| 2 | Vincent Vitetta | + 0" |
| 3 | Jean Bobet | + 0" |
| 4 | Francis Siguenza | + 0" |
| 5 | Lampre | + 8' 27" |
| 6 | Louis Bergaud | + 8' 27" |
| 7 | Jean Dacquay | + 8' 27" |
| 8 | Antonio Gelabert | + 8' 27" |
| 9 | Jan Adriaensens | + 8' 27" |
| 10 | Francisco Alomar Florit | + 8' 27" |
Stage 6
Colmar → Zurich 195 km
| 1 | André Darrigade | 4h 32' 14" |
| 2 | Ferdi Kübler | + 0" |
| 3 | Pierre Molinéris | + 0" |
| 4 | Pietro Giudici | + 0" |
| 5 | Alfred De Bruyne | + 0" |
| 6 | Pasquale Fornara | + 0" |
| 7 | Jean Dacquay | + 0" |
| 8 | Wies Van Dongen | + 3' 22" |
| 9 | Pierre Ruby | + 5' 03" |
| 10 | Rik Van Steenbergen | + 5' 03" |
Stage 7
Zurich → Thonon-les-Bains 267 km
| 1 | Jos Hinsen | 7h 22' 01" |
| 2 | Alessandro Fantini | + 0" |
| 3 | Louis Caput | + 0" |
| 4 | Jean Stablinski | + 0" |
| 5 | Raymond Hoorelbeke | + 0" |
| 6 | Wim van Est | + 0" |
| 7 | Roger Walkowiak | + 0" |
| 8 | Jean Dacquay | + 0" |
| 9 | Bernard Gauthier | + 0" |
| 10 | Miguel Poblet | + 17' 33" |
Stage 8
Thonon-les-Bains → Briançon 253 km
| 1 | Charly Gaul | 7h 42' 55" |
| 2 | Ferdi Kübler | + 13' 47" |
| 3 | Agostino Coletto | + 13' 47" |
| 4 | Louison Bobet | + 13' 47" |
| 5 | Antonio Gelabert | + 13' 47" |
| 6 | Vincent Vitetta | + 13' 47" |
| 7 | Pasquale Fornara | + 13' 47" |
| 8 | Jean Brankart | + 13' 47" |
| 9 | Raphaël Géminiani | + 15' 46" |
| 10 | Antonin Rolland | + 15' 46" |
Stage 9
Briançon → Monaco 275 km
| 1 | Raphaël Géminiani | 8h 15' 50" |
| 2 | Gilbert Bauvin | + 2' 00" |
| 3 | Pasquale Fornara | + 2' 00" |
| 4 | Antonin Rolland | + 2' 00" |
| 5 | Louison Bobet | + 2' 00" |
| 6 | Giancarlo Astrua | + 2' 00" |
| 7 | Carlo Clerici | + 3' 13" |
| 8 | Agostino Coletto | + 3' 28" |
| 9 | Roger Walkowiak | + 3' 33" |
| 10 | Charly Gaul | + 3' 36" |
Stage 10
Monaco → Marseille 240 km
| 1 | Lucien Lazaridès | 6h 45' 12" |
| 2 | Francisco Alomar Florit | + 0" |
| 3 | Roger Buchonnet | + 1' 24" |
| 4 | André Darrigade | + 4' 43" |
| 5 | Wout Wagtmans | + 4' 43" |
| 6 | Denilo Barozzi | + 4' 43" |
| 7 | Jean Stablinski | + 6' 05" |
| 8 | Wim van Est | + 6' 05" |
| 9 | Alessandro Fantini | + 6' 22" |
| 10 | Rino Benedetti | + 6' 22" |
Stage 11
Marseille → Avignon 198 km
| 1 | Louison Bobet | 5h 42' 32" |
| 2 | Jean Brankart | + 49" |
| 3 | Pasquale Fornara | + 55" |
| 4 | Agostino Coletto | + 55" |
| 5 | Giancarlo Astrua | + 1' 00" |
| 6 | Wout Wagtmans | + 5' 40" |
| 7 | Antonin Rolland | + 5' 40" |
| 8 | Vincent Vitetta | + 5' 40" |
| 9 | Jan Nolten | + 5' 59" |
| 10 | Raphaël Géminiani | + 5' 59" |
Stage 12
Avignon → Millau 240 km
| 1 | Alessandro Fantini | 6h 53' 50" |
| 2 | Stan Ockers | + 0" |
| 3 | Nello Lauredi | + 0" |
| 4 | Wim van Est | + 0" |
| 5 | Bernard Gauthier | + 0" |
| 6 | Alex Close | + 0" |
| 7 | Jean Bobet | + 0" |
| 8 | François Mahé | + 0" |
| 9 | Jean Forestier | + 38" |
| 10 | Jean Stablinski | + 2' 07" |
Stage 13
Millau → Albi 205 km
| 1 | Daan De Groot | 5h 52' 41" |
| 2 | André Darrigade | + 20' 31" |
| 3 | Georges Gay | + 20' 31" |
| 4 | Kurt Schneider | + 20' 31" |
| 5 | Louis Caput | + 20' 45" |
| 6 | Denilo Barozzi | + 20' 45" |
| 7 | Hein van Breenen | + 20' 45" |
| 8 | Miguel Poblet | + 21' 09" |
| 9 | Stan Ockers | + 21' 09" |
| 10 | Wim van Est | + 21' 09" |
Stage 14
Albi → Narbonne 156 km
| 1 | Louis Caput | 4h 12' 05" |
| 2 | Alfred De Bruyne | + 0" |
| 3 | Rino Benedetti | + 0" |
| 4 | Bruno Monti | + 0" |
| 5 | Jean Forestier | + 0" |
| 6 | Max Cohen | + 0" |
| 7 | Ugo Anzile | + 0" |
| 8 | Maurice Quentin | + 0" |
| 9 | Jan Nolten | + 0" |
| 10 | Raymond Impanis | + 0" |
Stage 15
Narbonne → Ax-les-Thermes 151 km
| 1 | Luciano Pezzi | 4h 32' 53" |
| 2 | Jan Nolten | + 0" |
| 3 | Miguel Poblet | + 5' 50" |
| 4 | Giancarlo Astrua | + 5' 50" |
| 5 | Stan Ockers | + 5' 50" |
| 6 | Alessandro Fantini | + 5' 50" |
| 7 | Pietro Giudici | + 5' 50" |
| 8 | Wim van Est | + 5' 50" |
| 9 | Louison Bobet | + 5' 50" |
| 10 | Alfred De Bruyne | + 5' 50" |
Stage 16
Ax-les-Thermes → Toulouse 123 km
| 1 | Rik Van Steenbergen | 2h 57' 09" |
| 2 | Rino Benedetti | + 0" |
| 3 | Miguel Poblet | + 0" |
| 4 | Stan Ockers | + 0" |
| 5 | Wim van Est | + 0" |
| 6 | Russell Mockridge | + 0" |
| 7 | Jean-Marie Cieleska | + 0" |
| 8 | Gilbert Bauvin | + 0" |
| 9 | Pierre Ruby | + 0" |
| 10 | André Darrigade | + 0" |
Stage 17
Toulouse → Saint-Gaudens 249 km
| 1 | Charly Gaul | 7h 31' 31" |
| 2 | Louison Bobet | + 1' 24" |
| 3 | Giancarlo Astrua | + 3' 18" |
| 4 | Stan Ockers | + 3' 18" |
| 5 | Jesús Loroño | + 3' 18" |
| 6 | Raphaël Géminiani | + 3' 18" |
| 7 | Jean Brankart | + 3' 18" |
| 8 | Agostino Coletto | + 3' 23" |
| 9 | Jacky Bovay | + 3' 23" |
| 10 | Pasquale Fornara | + 3' 26" |
Stage 18
Saint-Gaudens → Pau 206 km
| 1 | Jean Brankart | 6h 39' 39" |
| 2 | Louison Bobet | + 0" |
| 3 | Charly Gaul | + 0" |
| 4 | Raphaël Géminiani | + 0" |
| 5 | Stan Ockers | + 2' 26" |
| 6 | Bernardo Ruiz | + 2' 26" |
| 7 | Raymond Impanis | + 2' 26" |
| 8 | Roger Buchonnet | + 2' 26" |
| 9 | Jan Nolten | + 2' 26" |
| 10 | Antonin Rolland | + 2' 26" |
Stage 19
Pau → Bordeaux 195 km
| 1 | Wout Wagtmans | 5h 15' 38" |
| 2 | Max Schellenberg | + 0" |
| 3 | Gilbert Bauvin | + 0" |
| 4 | Denilo Barozzi | + 0" |
| 5 | Bernard Gauthier | + 0" |
| 6 | Henri Sitek | + 0" |
| 7 | André Darrigade | + 4' 54" |
| 8 | Alessandro Fantini | + 4' 54" |
| 9 | Louis Caput | + 4' 54" |
| 10 | Roger Buchonnet | + 4' 54" |
Stage 20
Bordeaux → Poitiers 243 km
| 1 | Jean Forestier | 7h 24' 12" |
| 2 | Gilbert Bauvin | + 0" |
| 3 | Wim van Est | + 0" |
| 4 | Bruno Monti | + 0" |
| 5 | Raymond Hoorelbeke | + 0" |
| 6 | Jan Nolten | + 0" |
| 7 | Jean Stablinski | + 0" |
| 8 | Hein van Breenen | + 0" |
| 9 | Rino Benedetti | + 17" |
| 10 | Claude Colette | + 35" |
Stage 21
Châtellerault → Tours 68.6 km
| 1 | Jean Brankart | 1h 39' 51" |
| 2 | Pasquale Fornara | + 10" |
| 3 | Louison Bobet | + 1' 52" |
| 4 | Wim van Est | + 3' 54" |
| 5 | Alfred De Bruyne | + 4' 58" |
| 6 | Charly Gaul | + 5' 39" |
| 7 | Pierre Ruby | + 5' 41" |
| 8 | Wout Wagtmans | + 5' 56" |
| 9 | Agostino Coletto | + 6' 00" |
| 10 | Raphaël Géminiani | + 6' 32" |
Stage 22
Tours → Paris 229 km
| 1 | Miguel Poblet | 6h 38' 25" |
| 2 | André Darrigade | + 14" |
| 3 | Alessandro Fantini | + 14" |
| 4 | Stan Ockers | + 14" |
| 5 | Bruno Monti | + 14" |
| 6 | Louis Caput | + 14" |
| 7 | Louison Bobet | + 14" |
| 8 | Rino Benedetti | + 14" |
| 9 | Kurt Schneider | + 14" |
| 10 | Wim van Est | + 14" |