1948 Tour de France

April 2019 May 2019 1948 Tour de France Route of the 1948 Tour de France.png Route of the 1948 Tour de France followed counterclockwise, starting and finishing in Paris 360px 30 June – 25 July 1948 21 4922 km 147h 10' 36" Gino Bartali ITA yellow Italy Briek Schotte BEL Belgium Guy Lapébie FRA Centre–South-East Belgium Gino Bartali ITA Italy 1947 1949 The 1948 Tour de France was the 35th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 30 June to 25 July 1948. It consisted of 21 stages over 4922 km 0 on. The race was won by Italian cyclist Gino Bartali, who had also won the Tour de France in 1938. Bartali had almost given up during the race, but drew inspiration from a phone call from the Italian prime minister, who asked him to win the Tour de France to prevent civil unrest in Italy after assassination attempt against Togliatti. Bartali also won the mountains classification, while the team classification was won by the Belgian team. Innovations and changes The prize for wearing the yellow jersey was introduced in 1948, sponsored by Les Laines, a French wool company.Thompson 2006 49 In 1947, the media had complained that too many cyclists reached the end of the race, so the race was no longer heroic; this may have motivated a new rule between the third and the eighteenth stage, the rider last in the general classification was eliminated.Thompson 2006 115 Whereas the 1947 Tour de France had been France-centred, the 1948 race became a more cosmopolitan race.Dauncey Hare 2003 213 The Tour visited the Saar protectorate for the first time when the 18th stage passed Saarbrücken and Saarlouis. A second visit took place in 1953.http://www.saar-nostalgie.de/Tour_de_France.htm Die Tour de France im Saarland Saar-Nostalgie 2013 3 July 2013 de Rainer Freyer https://web.archive.org/web/20130311134127/http://www.saar-nostalgie.de/Tour_de_France.htm 11 March 2013 live The first live television broadcast from the Tour de France was in 1948,Dauncey Hare 2003 132 when the arrival at the velodrome of Parc des Princes was broadcast live.Augendre 2016 39 Teams List of teams and cyclists in the 1948 Tour de France Gino Bartali, Tour de France 1950.jpg 146 Fausto Coppi, Tour de France 1952 01 (cropped).jpg 160 Gino Bartali (left, pictured at the 1950 Tour) and Fausto Coppi (right, pictured at the 1952 Tour) As was the custom since the 1930 Tour de France, the 1948 Tour de France was contested by national and regional teams. After there had not been an official Italian team allowed in the previous edition, the Italians were back. The Italian cyclists were divided between Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi. Both argued in the preparation of the race about who would be the team leader. The Tour organisation wanted to have both cyclists in the race, so they allowed the Italians and Belgians to enter a second team.Maso 2003 37 In the end, Coppi refused to participate, and Bartali became the team leader.Ligget Raia Lewis 2005 213 The organisation still allowed the Italians and Belgians to enter a second team, but they were to be composed of young cyclists, and were named the Italy Cadets and the Belgium Aiglons.Maso 2003 37 The Tour organisation invited the Swiss to send a team, as they wanted Ferdinand Kübler, the winner of the 1948 Tour de Suisse, in the race. Kübler refused this because he could earn more money in other races. When the brothers Georges and Roger Aeschlimann announced that they wanted to join the race, they were quickly accepted, especially because they were from Lausanne, where the Tour would pass through. They were put in a team with eight non-French cyclists living in France, and were named the Internationals.Maso 2003 26 Twelve teams of ten cyclists entered the race, consisting of 60 French cyclists, 24 Italian, 22 Belgian, 6 Dutch, 4 Luxembourgian, 2 Swiss, 1 Polish and 1 Algerian cyclist.The history of the Tour de France – Year 1948 – The starters http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1948/partants.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 2020 The teams entering the race were: 20em Belgium Netherlands/Luxembourg Internationals Italy France Belgium Aiglons Italy Cadets Centre/South-West Île-de-France/North-East West Paris South-East Route and stages Bartali's three stage wins in a row was the last time that happened, until Mario Cipollini achieved four in a row in 1999. There were five rest days, in Biarritz, Toulouse, Cannes, Aix-les-Bains and Mulhouse.Augendre 2016 39 The highest point of elevation in the race was 2556 m ft on at the summit tunnel of the Col du Galibier mountain pass on stage 14.Augendre 2016 177–178Il 35º Giro di Francia si Metterà in moto domani The 35th Tour of France will start tomorrow http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=6074 Corriere dello Sport 29 June 1948 1 it https://web.archive.org/web/20200221002601/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&f=6074 21 February 2020 live + Stage characteristics and winners35ème Tour de France 1948 35th Tour de France 1948 http://memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/eta_tdf/tdf1948.php Mémoire du cyclisme 6 April 2020 frAugendre 2016 39http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html#1948 Tour de France GC top ten Arian Zwegers CVCC 30 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20080516071832/http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html 16 May 2008 live The history of the Tour de France – Year 1948 – The stage winners http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1948/vainqueurs.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 2020 3 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200403002809/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1948/vainqueurs.html dead Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 30 June Paris to Trouville 237 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Gino Bartali ITA 2 1 July Trouville to Dinard 259 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Vincenzo Rossello ITA 3 2 July Dinard to Nantes 251 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Guy Lapébie FRA 4 3 July Nantes to La Rochelle 166 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Jacques Pras FRA 5 4 July La Rochelle to Bordeaux 262 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Raoul Rémy FRA 6 5 July Bordeaux to Biarritz 244 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Louison Bobet FRA 6 July Biarritz Rest day 7 7 July Biarritz to Lourdes 219 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Gino Bartali ITA 8 8 July Lourdes to Toulouse 261 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Gino Bartali ITA 9 July Toulouse Rest day 9 10 July Toulouse to Montpellier 246 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Raymond Impanis BEL 10 11 July Montpellier to Marseille 248 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Raymond Impanis BEL 11 12 July Marseille to Sanremo 245 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Gino Sciardis ITA 12 13 July Sanremo to Cannes 170 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Louison Bobet FRA 14 July Cannes Rest day 13 15 July Cannes to Briançon 274 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Gino Bartali ITA 14 16 July Briançon to Aix-les-Bains 263 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Gino Bartali ITA 17 July Aix-les-Bains Rest day 15 18 July Aix-les-Bains to Lausanne 256 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Gino Bartali ITA 16 19 July Lausanne to Mulhouse 243 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Edward Van Dijck BEL 20 July Mulhouse Rest day 17 21 July Mulhouse to Strasbourg 120 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Individual time trial Roger Lambrecht BEL 18 22 July Strasbourg to Metz 195 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Giovanni Corrieri ITA 19 23 July Metz to Liège (Belgium) 249 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Gino Bartali ITA 20 24 July Liège (Belgium) to Roubaix 228 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Bernard Gauthier FRA 21 25 July Roubaix to Paris 286 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Giovanni Corrieri ITA Total 4922 km 0 onAugendre 2016 109 Race overview thumb|alt=Graph with "Margin" on the y-axis and "Stage" on the x-axis. The x-axis goes from 1 to 21, and the graph starts at stage 1 at 0:00, rises to above 20:00 but returns to 0:00 at stage 13.|The margin between Gino Bartali and the leader of the race in the 1948 Tour de France. After the twelfth stage, the margin reached it maximum at 21:28, but after that it quickly went down. As the Italian team had not entered the Tours de France of 1939 and 1947, it was the first Tour de France for Bartali since his victory ten years before in 1938. His results in the Giro d'Italia had not been well, and it was not thought that Bartali could compete for the win.http://www.veloarchive.com/races/tour/1948.php Veloarchive Tom James 15 August 2003 2 December 2009 1948: Bartali saves Italy Bartali however won the sprint in the first stage, and thanks to the bonification of one minute for the winner, he was leading the race. After that, the Italian team took a low profile in the race. In the second stage, Bartali lost the lead already; although his teammate Vincenzo Rossello won the stage, Belgian Jan Engels took over the yellow jersey.Amels 1984 56 In the third stage, a group escaped and built up a lead of almost 14 minutes. Among that group was Louison Bobet, and as he was the best-placed cyclist in that group he became the next leader. Also in that group was Roger Lambrecht; when Lambrecht again was able to be in the first group in the fourth stage, he took the lead, becoming the fourth rider in four stages to don the yellow jersey. Lambrecht kept it in the next stage, but after Bobet won the sixth stage, Bobet took back the lead, and the yellow jersey made him confident.Amels 1984 56 In the Pyrenées, Bartali won both stages in a sprint, but Bobet was near and became the hero of the French spectators.Amels 1984 56 After the ninth stage, Bobet had built up a lead of more than nine minutes. In the tenth stage, he lost time, and Belgian cyclist Roger Lambrecht reduced the margin to 29 seconds. After the eleventh stage, Bobet was still in the lead, but was having problems, and after he fainted at the finish, he wanted to give up. After a meal, massage and sleeping, he changed his mind, and won the twelfth stage.http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1948/histoire.html The Tour - Year 1948 letour.fr Amaury Sport Organisation Amaury Sport Organisation 2 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20100225041159/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1948/histoire.html 25 February 2010 dead dmy-all After the twelfth stage, Bartali was 20 minutes behind. Bartali thought about quitting the tour, but was persuaded to race on.http://outside.away.com/outside/events/column/col0705.html Looking back: Tour de France 1948 Bill Henderson 5 July 1996 2 December 2009 away.com That night, Bartali received a phone call while he was in bed. Alcide De Gasperi, prime minister of Italy, from the Christian Democratic party, told him that a few days earlier Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian Communist Party, had been shot, and Italy might be on the edge of a civil war. De Gasperi asked Bartali to do his best to win a stage, because the sport news might distract people from the politics. Bartali replied that he would do better, and win the race. The next day, Bartali won stage 13 with a large margin. In the general classification, he jumped to second place, trailing by only 66 seconds. In the fourteenth stage, Bartali and Bobet rode together over the Galibier and the Croix de Fer, but Bartali had been saving his energy, and left Bobet and every body else behind on the Col de Porte. Bartali won again, and took over the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification. Bobet was now in second place, eight minutes behind. The next stage, stage 15, was also won by Bartali. The sixteenth stage was not won by Bartali, but because his direct competitors lost time, he increased his lead to 32 minutes. Bartali lost minutes in the time trial in stage 17, but his lead was never endangered. With each stage win of Bartali (seven in total), the Italian excitement about the Tour de France increased, and the political tensions quieted.http://www.cyclingrevealed.com/timeline/Race%20Snippets/TdF/TdF1948.htm Gino "the Pious", an Inspirational Win Barry Boyce 2004 2 December 2009 Classification leadership and minor prizes The time that each cyclist required to finish each stage was recorded, and these times were added together for the general classification. If a cyclist had received a time bonus, it was subtracted from this total; all time penalties were added to this total. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey.Nauright Parrish 2012 452–453 The budget of the Tour de France in 1948 was 45 million Francs, from which one third was provided by private enterprises.Dauncey, p.110 In total, 7 million Francs of prizes were awarded in the 1948 Tour de France. Of these, 600.000 Francs were given to Bartali for winning the general classification.http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1948/index.html l'Historique du Tour de France, Année 1948 letour.fr Amaury Sport Organisation Amaury Sport Organisation 2 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090715154737/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1948/index.html 15 July 2009 dead dmy-all Bartali is the only cyclist to win two Tours de France ten years apart.McGann McGann 2006 156–159 Of the 120 cyclists, 44 finished the race. Points for the mountains classification were earned by reaching the mountain tops first.Nauright Parrish 2012 454 There were two types of mountain tops: the hardest ones, in category A, gave 10 points to the first cyclist, the easier ones, in category B, gave 5 points to the first cyclist. The team classification was calculated by adding the times in the general classification of the best three cyclists per team.Nauright Parrish 2012 455 The Souvenir Henri Desgrange was given in honour of Tour founder Henri Desgrange in the opening few kilometres of stage 1 at the summit of the Côte de Picardie in Versailles, Paris.http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/eta_tdf_1947_1949/tdf1948_1.php Mémoire du cyclisme 35ème Tour de France 1948 - 1ère étape 35th Tour de France 1948 – 1st stage fr 19 November 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191202164631/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/eta_tdf_1947_1949/tdf1948_1.php 2 December 2019 liveTour de France begonnen Tour de France begins https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010830971:mpeg21:p003 Het Parool 30 June 1948 3 nl DelpherVersailles: les statues de La Fayette et Pershing inaugurées Versailles: La Fayette and Pershing statues inaugurated http://www.leparisien.fr/yvelines-78/versailles-78000/versailles-les-statues-de-la-fayette-et-pershing-inaugurees-05-10-2017-7309599.php 19 November 2019 Le Parisien 5 October 2017 fr https://web.archive.org/web/20191202164707/http://www.leparisien.fr/yvelines-78/versailles-78000/versailles-les-statues-de-la-fayette-et-pershing-inaugurees-05-10-2017-7309599.php 2 December 2019 live This prize was won by Roger Lambrecht. The Tour de France in 1948 for the first time had a special award for the best regional rider. This was won by third-placed Guy Lapébie.Augendre 2016 39 +Classification leadership by stagevan den Akker Pieter Informatie over de Tour de France van 1948 Information about the Tour de France from 1948 http://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/tour.php?jaar=1948 https://web.archive.org/web/20190302050036/http://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/tour.php?jaar=1948 2 March 2019 nl TourDeFranceStatistieken.nl 2 March 2019 live Stage Winner General classification25px|alt=|link= Mountains classificationmountains-jersey No jersey was awarded to the leader of the mountains classification until a white jersey with red polka dots was introduced in 1975.Cunningham Josh History of the Tour de France jerseys http://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/1409/history-of-the-tour-de-france-jerseys 2 October 2016 Cyclist Dennis Publishing 4 July 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161026180408/http://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/1409/history-of-the-tour-de-france-jerseys 26 October 2016 live Team classification 1 Gino Bartali Gino Bartali no award Belgium 2 Vincenzo Rossello Jan Engels Belgium B 3 Guy Lapébie Louison Bobet France 4 Jacques Pras Roger Lambrecht Internationals 5 Raoul Rémy 6 Louison Bobet Louison Bobet 7 Gino Bartali Bernard Gauthier France 8 Gino Bartali Jean Robic 9 Raymond Impanis 10 Raymond Impanis Internationals 11 Gino Sciardis 12 Louison Bobet Apo Lazaridès France 13 Gino Bartali Jean Robic 14 Gino Bartali Gino Bartali Gino Bartali 15 Gino Bartali 16 Edward Van Dijck 17 Roger Lambrecht Belgium 18 Giovanni Corrieri 19 Gino Bartali 20 Bernard Gauthier 21 Giovanni Corrieri FinalGino Bartali Gino Bartali Belgium Final standings General classification + Final general classification (1–10)The history of the Tour de France – Year 1948 – Stage 21 Roubaix > Paris http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1948/2100/etape.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 2020 2 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200402220254/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1948/2100/etape.html dead Rank Rider Team Time1 Gino Bartali ITA Italy 147h 10' 36"2 Briek Schotte BEL Belgium + 26' 16"3 Guy Lapébie FRA Centre/South-West + 28' 48"4 Louison Bobet FRA France + 32' 59"5 Jeng Kirchen LUX Netherlands/Luxembourg + 37' 53"6 Lucien Teisseire FRA France + 40' 17"7 Roger Lambrecht BEL Internationals + 49' 56"8 Fermo Camellini ITA Internationals + 51' 36"9 Louis Thiétard FRA Paris + 55' 23"10 Raymond Impanis BEL Belgium + 1h 00' 03" Final general classification (11–44) Rank Rider Team Time11 Stan Ockers BEL Belgium + 1h 00' 13"12 André Brulé FRA Paris + 1h 02' 30"13 Kléber Piot FRA Paris + 1h 25' 08"14 Edward Van Dijck BEL Belgium + 1h 32' 13"15 Raphaël Géminiani FRA Centre/South-West + 1h 39' 49"16 Jean Robic FRA France + 1h 41' 26"17 René Vietto FRA France + 1h 42' 48"18 Édouard Klabinski POL Internationals + 1h 45' 30"19 Bruno Pasquini ITA Italy + 1h 48' 50"20 Marcel Dupont BEL Belgium Aiglons + 1h 59' 47"21 Apo Lazaridès FRA France + 2h 01' 58"22 Jan Engels BEL Belgium Aiglons + 2h 15' 41"23 Raoul Rémy FRA South-East + 2h 15' 59"24 Bernard Gauthier FRA South-East + 2h 34' 19"25 Paul Giguet FRA France + 2h 38' 01"26 Georges Ramoulux FRA Centre/South-West + 2h 42' 46"27 Primo Volpi ITA Italy + 2h 46' 48"28 Robert Chapatte FRA Paris + 2h 56' 31"29 Giovanni Corrieri ITA Italy + 2h 59' 10"30 Florent Mathieu BEL Belgium + 3h 00' 54"31 Attilio Lambertini ITA Italy Cadets + 3h 02' 55"32 Alphonse Devreese FRA Île-de-France/North-East + 3h 05' 28"33 Antonio Bevilacqua ITA Italy + 3h 05' 56"34 Serafino Biagioni ITA Italy + 3h 07' 03"35 Pierre Baratin FRA Île-de-France/North-East + 3h 18' 44"36 Jefke Janssen NED Netherlands/Luxembourg + 3h 24' 59"37 Paul Néri ITA Internationals + 3h 26' 21"38 Vittorio Magni ITA Italy Cadets + 3h 34' 29"39 Georges Martin FRA South-East + 3h 45' 13"40 Daniel Thuayre FRA Île-de-France/North-East + 3h 48' 13"41 Egidio Feruglio ITA Italy + 3h 48' 30"42 Wim De Ruyter NED Netherlands/Luxembourg + 3h 50' 41"43 Jean Rey FRA South-East + 4h 14' 57"44 Vittorio Seghezzi ITA Italy Cadets + 4h 26' 43" Mountains classification + Final mountains classification (1–5)http://www.tour-giro-vuelta.net Tour-Giro-Vuelta www.tour-giro-vuelta.net 30 November 2009van den Akker Pieter Informatie over de Tour de France van 1948 Information about the Tour de France from 1948 https://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/bergdoorkomsten.php?jaar=1948#15 nl TourDeFranceStatistieken.nlA Bartali les 100.000 francs… https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bd6t5996568/f2.item.zoom L'Équipe 20 July 1948 2 fr Gallica Rank Rider Team Points1 Gino Bartali ITA Italy 622 Apo Lazaridès FRA France 433 Jean Robic FRA France 384 André Brulé FRA Paris 305 Lucien Teisseire FRA France 286 Louison Bobet FRA France 267 Briek Schotte BEL Belgium 208 Raphaël Géminiani FRA Centre/South-West 179 Roger Lambrecht BEL Internationals 1610 Fermo Camellini ITA Internationals 15 Stan Ockers BEL Belgium 15 Team classification + Final team classification (1–5)Maso, p. 303 Rank Team Time1 Belgium 443h 58' 20"2 France + 28' 16"3 Paris + 56' 29"4 Internationals + 1h 00' 30"5 Italy + 2h 11' 36" Aftermath The 1948 Tour de France first showed the strengths of Louison Bobet. Bobet would be the first rider to win three consecutive Tours de France, from 1953 to 1955.http://walloffame.infostradasports.com/asp/index.asp?SortId=207 Wall of Fame – Louison Bobet Infostradasports 2009 2 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090201113843/http://walloffame.infostradasports.com/asp/index.asp?SortId=207 1 February 2009 dead After the race, the Italian team manager Alfredo Binda said about Bobet: "If I had directed Bobet, he would have won the Tour."Augendre 2016 39 Coppi, who had not competed in the 1948 Tour de France because of his bad relationship with Bartali, would enter and win the 1949 Tour de France. Notes References 30em Bibliography De Geschiedenis van de Tour de France 1903-1984 56 nl Wim Amels Sport-Express 1984 90-70763-05-2 Jacques Augendre Jacques Augendre http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf Guide historique Historical guide 2016 fr 27 October 2016 Tour de France Paris Amaury Sport Organisation https://web.archive.org/web/20160817121602/http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf 17 August 2016 live The Tour de France, 1903-2003: A century of sporting structures, meanings, and values Dauncey Hugh Hare Geoff Routledge 2003 0-7146-5362-4 https://books.google.com/books?id=54pAJY6Ix8YC Tour de France for dummies 175 Ligget Phil Raia James Lewis Sammarye For Dummies 0-7645-8449-9 2005 registration https://archive.org/details/tourdefranceford00phil/page/175 Wij waren allemaal goden Benjo Maso AmstelSport 978-90-482-0003-0 2003 nl McGann Bill McGann Carol The Story of the Tour de France: 1903–1964 1 https://books.google.com/books?id=jxq20JskqMUC Dog Ear Publishing Indianapolis 2006 978-1-59858-180-5 Nauright John Parrish Charles Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice 2 https://books.google.com/books?id=IkLYDgTnMxEC 2012 ABC-CLIO Santa Barbara, California 978-1-59884-300-2 The Tour de France: A Cultural History Thompson Christopher S. 2006 University of California Press 0-520-24760-4 https://books.google.com/books?id=M-vUF6Y_4RUC Further reading Mapping Le Tour Ellis Bacon HarperCollins Publishers Glasgow 2014 94–95 9780007543991 872700415 External links 1948 Tour de France 1 11 12 21 Category:1948 in French sport 1948 Category:1948 in road cycling Category:June 1948 sports events in Europe Category:July 1948 sports events in Europe Category:1948 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo