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1955 Tour de France

Winner

FranceLouison Bobet
  • Dates7 July - 30 July 1955
  • Stages224476.1 km
  • Winning margin+ 4' 53"Jean Brankart

General Information

Distance
4476.1 km
Stages
22
Finishers / Starters
69 / 130
Dates
7 July 1955 - 30 July 1955

Jerseys

Yellow Jersey
FranceLouison Bobet
127h 29' 26"
Green Jersey
BelgiumStan Ockers
322 pts
Polka Dot Jersey
LuxembourgCharly Gaul
84 pts

Top 10 GC

# Rider Time / Gap
1 FranceLouison Bobet 127h 29' 26"
2 BelgiumJean Brankart + 4' 53"
3 LuxembourgCharly Gaul + 11' 30"
4 ItalyPasquale Fornara + 12' 44"
5 FranceAntonin Rolland + 13' 18"
6 FranceRaphaël Géminiani + 15' 01"
7 ItalyGiancarlo Astrua + 18' 13"
8 BelgiumStan Ockers + 27' 13"
9 BelgiumAlex Close + 31' 10"
10 FranceFrançois Mahé + 36' 27"

Stage Results

Stage 1a
Le Havre → Dieppe 102 km
1 SpainMiguel Poblet 2h 39' 31"
2 Louis Caput + 0"
3 Edgard Sorgeloos + 0"
4 NetherlandsWout Wagtmans + 0"
5 Eugène Telotte + 0"
6 ItalyGiancarlo Astrua + 0"
7 BelgiumAlfred De Bruyne + 0"
8 FranceJean Robic + 0"
9 ItalyAgostino 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 FranceAntonin Rolland 5h 54' 00"
2 NetherlandsWout Wagtmans + 0"
3 BelgiumAlfred De Bruyne + 0"
4 Eugène Telotte + 0"
5 Claude Le Ber + 0"
6 Robert Varnajo + 1' 37"
7 Jacques Vivier + 1' 37"
8 FranceRoger Hassenforder + 1' 37"
9 BelgiumRaymond Impanis + 1' 53"
10 Isaac Vitré + 1' 53"
Stage 3
Roubaix → Namur 210 km
1 FranceLouison Bobet 6h 37' 39"
2 Richard Van Genechten + 0"
3 Bruno Monti + 0"
4 NetherlandsWout Wagtmans + 0"
5 BelgiumRaymond Impanis + 15"
6 FranceJean Robic + 15"
7 FranceJean Malléjac + 15"
8 FranceJean Bobet + 17"
9 FranceAntonin Rolland + 21"
10 FranceFernand Picot + 37"
Stage 4
Namur → Metz 225 km
1 Willy Kemp 6h 41' 07"
2 Maurice Quentin + 8"
3 FrancePierre Molinéris + 8"
4 Ugo Anzile + 8"
5 Bernard Bultel + 8"
6 FranceFrançois Mahé + 20"
7 FranceAntonin Rolland + 20"
8 Eugenio Bertoglio + 31"
9 Francisco Alomar Florit + 35"
10 G. Voorting + 7' 06"
Stage 5
Metz → Colmar 229 km
1 FranceRoger Hassenforder 5h 57' 54"
2 FranceVincent Vitetta + 0"
3 FranceJean Bobet + 0"
4 Francis Siguenza + 0"
5 Lampre + 8' 27"
6 FranceLouis Bergaud + 8' 27"
7 Jean Dacquay + 8' 27"
8 SpainAntonio Gelabert + 8' 27"
9 BelgiumJan Adriaensens + 8' 27"
10 Francisco Alomar Florit + 8' 27"
Stage 6
Colmar → Zurich 195 km
1 FranceAndré Darrigade 4h 32' 14"
2 SwitzerlandFerdi Kübler + 0"
3 FrancePierre Molinéris + 0"
4 Pietro Giudici + 0"
5 BelgiumAlfred De Bruyne + 0"
6 ItalyPasquale Fornara + 0"
7 Jean Dacquay + 0"
8 Wies Van Dongen + 3' 22"
9 Pierre Ruby + 5' 03"
10 BelgiumRik 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 FranceJean Stablinski + 0"
5 Raymond Hoorelbeke + 0"
6 NetherlandsWim van Est + 0"
7 FranceRoger Walkowiak + 0"
8 Jean Dacquay + 0"
9 Bernard Gauthier + 0"
10 SpainMiguel Poblet + 17' 33"
Stage 8
Thonon-les-Bains → Briançon 253 km
1 LuxembourgCharly Gaul 7h 42' 55"
2 SwitzerlandFerdi Kübler + 13' 47"
3 ItalyAgostino Coletto + 13' 47"
4 FranceLouison Bobet + 13' 47"
5 SpainAntonio Gelabert + 13' 47"
6 FranceVincent Vitetta + 13' 47"
7 ItalyPasquale Fornara + 13' 47"
8 BelgiumJean Brankart + 13' 47"
9 FranceRaphaël Géminiani + 15' 46"
10 FranceAntonin Rolland + 15' 46"
Stage 9
Briançon → Monaco 275 km
1 FranceRaphaël Géminiani 8h 15' 50"
2 FranceGilbert Bauvin + 2' 00"
3 ItalyPasquale Fornara + 2' 00"
4 FranceAntonin Rolland + 2' 00"
5 FranceLouison Bobet + 2' 00"
6 ItalyGiancarlo Astrua + 2' 00"
7 SwitzerlandCarlo Clerici + 3' 13"
8 ItalyAgostino Coletto + 3' 28"
9 FranceRoger Walkowiak + 3' 33"
10 LuxembourgCharly Gaul + 3' 36"
Stage 10
Monaco → Marseille 240 km
1 FranceLucien Lazaridès 6h 45' 12"
2 Francisco Alomar Florit + 0"
3 Roger Buchonnet + 1' 24"
4 FranceAndré Darrigade + 4' 43"
5 NetherlandsWout Wagtmans + 4' 43"
6 Denilo Barozzi + 4' 43"
7 FranceJean Stablinski + 6' 05"
8 NetherlandsWim van Est + 6' 05"
9 Alessandro Fantini + 6' 22"
10 Rino Benedetti + 6' 22"
Stage 11
Marseille → Avignon 198 km
1 FranceLouison Bobet 5h 42' 32"
2 BelgiumJean Brankart + 49"
3 ItalyPasquale Fornara + 55"
4 ItalyAgostino Coletto + 55"
5 ItalyGiancarlo Astrua + 1' 00"
6 NetherlandsWout Wagtmans + 5' 40"
7 FranceAntonin Rolland + 5' 40"
8 FranceVincent Vitetta + 5' 40"
9 Jan Nolten + 5' 59"
10 FranceRaphaël Géminiani + 5' 59"
Stage 12
Avignon → Millau 240 km
1 Alessandro Fantini 6h 53' 50"
2 BelgiumStan Ockers + 0"
3 FranceNello Lauredi + 0"
4 NetherlandsWim van Est + 0"
5 Bernard Gauthier + 0"
6 BelgiumAlex Close + 0"
7 FranceJean Bobet + 0"
8 FranceFrançois Mahé + 0"
9 FranceJean Forestier + 38"
10 FranceJean Stablinski + 2' 07"
Stage 13
Millau → Albi 205 km
1 Daan De Groot 5h 52' 41"
2 FranceAndré 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 SpainMiguel Poblet + 21' 09"
9 BelgiumStan Ockers + 21' 09"
10 NetherlandsWim van Est + 21' 09"
Stage 14
Albi → Narbonne 156 km
1 Louis Caput 4h 12' 05"
2 BelgiumAlfred De Bruyne + 0"
3 Rino Benedetti + 0"
4 Bruno Monti + 0"
5 FranceJean Forestier + 0"
6 Max Cohen + 0"
7 Ugo Anzile + 0"
8 Maurice Quentin + 0"
9 Jan Nolten + 0"
10 BelgiumRaymond Impanis + 0"
Stage 15
Narbonne → Ax-les-Thermes 151 km
1 Luciano Pezzi 4h 32' 53"
2 Jan Nolten + 0"
3 SpainMiguel Poblet + 5' 50"
4 ItalyGiancarlo Astrua + 5' 50"
5 BelgiumStan Ockers + 5' 50"
6 Alessandro Fantini + 5' 50"
7 Pietro Giudici + 5' 50"
8 NetherlandsWim van Est + 5' 50"
9 FranceLouison Bobet + 5' 50"
10 BelgiumAlfred De Bruyne + 5' 50"
Stage 16
Ax-les-Thermes → Toulouse 123 km
1 BelgiumRik Van Steenbergen 2h 57' 09"
2 Rino Benedetti + 0"
3 SpainMiguel Poblet + 0"
4 BelgiumStan Ockers + 0"
5 NetherlandsWim van Est + 0"
6 Russell Mockridge + 0"
7 Jean-Marie Cieleska + 0"
8 FranceGilbert Bauvin + 0"
9 Pierre Ruby + 0"
10 FranceAndré Darrigade + 0"
Stage 17
Toulouse → Saint-Gaudens 249 km
1 LuxembourgCharly Gaul 7h 31' 31"
2 FranceLouison Bobet + 1' 24"
3 ItalyGiancarlo Astrua + 3' 18"
4 BelgiumStan Ockers + 3' 18"
5 SpainJesús Loroño + 3' 18"
6 FranceRaphaël Géminiani + 3' 18"
7 BelgiumJean Brankart + 3' 18"
8 ItalyAgostino Coletto + 3' 23"
9 Jacky Bovay + 3' 23"
10 ItalyPasquale Fornara + 3' 26"
Stage 18
Saint-Gaudens → Pau 206 km
1 BelgiumJean Brankart 6h 39' 39"
2 FranceLouison Bobet + 0"
3 LuxembourgCharly Gaul + 0"
4 FranceRaphaël Géminiani + 0"
5 BelgiumStan Ockers + 2' 26"
6 SpainBernardo Ruiz + 2' 26"
7 BelgiumRaymond Impanis + 2' 26"
8 Roger Buchonnet + 2' 26"
9 Jan Nolten + 2' 26"
10 FranceAntonin Rolland + 2' 26"
Stage 19
Pau → Bordeaux 195 km
1 NetherlandsWout Wagtmans 5h 15' 38"
2 Max Schellenberg + 0"
3 FranceGilbert Bauvin + 0"
4 Denilo Barozzi + 0"
5 Bernard Gauthier + 0"
6 Henri Sitek + 0"
7 FranceAndré 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 FranceJean Forestier 7h 24' 12"
2 FranceGilbert Bauvin + 0"
3 NetherlandsWim van Est + 0"
4 Bruno Monti + 0"
5 Raymond Hoorelbeke + 0"
6 Jan Nolten + 0"
7 FranceJean Stablinski + 0"
8 Hein van Breenen + 0"
9 Rino Benedetti + 17"
10 Claude Colette + 35"
Stage 21
Châtellerault → Tours 68.6 km
1 BelgiumJean Brankart 1h 39' 51"
2 ItalyPasquale Fornara + 10"
3 FranceLouison Bobet + 1' 52"
4 NetherlandsWim van Est + 3' 54"
5 BelgiumAlfred De Bruyne + 4' 58"
6 LuxembourgCharly Gaul + 5' 39"
7 Pierre Ruby + 5' 41"
8 NetherlandsWout Wagtmans + 5' 56"
9 ItalyAgostino Coletto + 6' 00"
10 FranceRaphaël Géminiani + 6' 32"
Stage 22
Tours → Paris 229 km
1 SpainMiguel Poblet 6h 38' 25"
2 FranceAndré Darrigade + 14"
3 Alessandro Fantini + 14"
4 BelgiumStan Ockers + 14"
5 Bruno Monti + 14"
6 Louis Caput + 14"
7 FranceLouison Bobet + 14"
8 Rino Benedetti + 14"
9 Kurt Schneider + 14"
10 NetherlandsWim van Est + 14"

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