1948 Tour de France
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.

1948 Tour de France

Section Title: Route and stages
Table Section Text: Bartali's three stage wins in a row was the last time that happened, until Mario Cipollini achieved four in a row in 1999.

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner

1	30 June	Paris to Trouville	237 km (147 mi)	Plain stage	Gino Bartali (ITA)

2	1 July	Trouville to Dinard	259 km (161 mi)	Plain stage	Vincenzo Rossello (ITA)

3	2 July	Dinard to Nantes	251 km (156 mi)	Plain stage	Guy Lapébie (FRA)

4	3 July	Nantes to La Rochelle	166 km (103 mi)	Plain stage	Jacques Pras (FRA)

5	4 July	La Rochelle to Bordeaux	262 km (163 mi)	Plain stage	Raoul Remy (FRA)

6	5 July	Bordeaux to Biarritz	244 km (152 mi)	Plain stage	Louison Bobet (FRA)

6 July	Biarritz	Rest day

7	7 July	Biarritz to Lourdes	219 km (136 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Gino Bartali (ITA)

8	8 July	Lourdes to Toulouse	261 km (162 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Gino Bartali (ITA)

9 July	Toulouse	Rest day

9	10 July	Toulouse to Montpellier	246 km (153 mi)	Plain stage	Raymond Impanis (BEL)

10	11 July	Montpellier to Marseille	248 km (154 mi)	Plain stage	Raymond Impanis (BEL)

11	12 July	Marseille to Sanremo	245 km (152 mi)	Plain stage	Gino Sciardis (ITA)

12	13 July	Sanremo to Cannes	170 km (106 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Louison Bobet (FRA)

14 July	Cannes	Rest day

13	15 July	Cannes to Briançon	274 km (170 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Gino Bartali (ITA)

14	16 July	Briançon to Aix-les-Bains	263 km (163 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Gino Bartali (ITA)

17 July	Aix-les-Bains	Rest day

15	18 July	Aix-les-Bains to Lausanne	256 km (159 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Gino Bartali (ITA)

16	19 July	Lausanne to Mulhouse	243 km (151 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Edward Van Dijck (BEL)

20 July	Mulhouse	Rest day

17	21 July	Mulhouse to Strasbourg	120 km (75 mi)	Individual time trial	Roger Lambrecht (BEL)

18	22 July	Strasbourg to Metz	195 km (121 mi)	Plain stage	Giovanni Corrieri (ITA)

19	23 July	Metz to Liège (Belgium)	249 km (155 mi)	Plain stage	Gino Bartali (ITA)

20	24 July	Liège (Belgium) to Roubaix	228 km (142 mi)	Plain stage	Bernard Gauthier (FRA)

21	25 July	Roubaix to Paris	286 km (178 mi)	Plain stage	Giovanni Corrieri (ITA)

Total	4,922 km (3,058 mi)

Sentence(s)

The 1948 Tour de France consisted of 21 stages over 4,922 km (3,058 mi).

final_sentence: The 1948 Tour de France consisted of 21 stages over 4,922 km (3,058 mi).