1955 Tour de France
Route and stages
The 1955 Tour de France started on 7 July, and had two rest days, in Monaco and Ax-les-Thermes. The 1955 Tour saw the introduction of the photo finish.

1955 Tour de France

Section Title: Route and stages
Table Section Text: The 1955 Tour de France started on 7 July, and had two rest days, in Monaco and Ax-les-Thermes. The 1955 Tour saw the introduction of the photo finish.

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner

1a	7 July	Le Havre to Dieppe	102 km (63 mi)	Plain stage	Miguel Poblet (ESP)

1b	Dieppe	12.5 km (8 mi)	Team time trial	Netherlands

2	8 July	Dieppe to Roubaix	204 km (127 mi)	Plain stage	Antonin Rolland (FRA)

3	9 July	Roubaix to Namur (Belgium)	210 km (130 mi)	Plain stage	Louison Bobet (FRA)

4	10 July	Namur (Belgium) to Metz	225 km (140 mi)	Plain stage	Willy Kemp (LUX)

5	11 July	Metz to Colmar	229 km (142 mi)	Plain stage	Roger Hassenforder (FRA)

6	12 July	Colmar to Zürich (Switzerland)	195 km (121 mi)	Plain stage	André Darrigade (FRA)

7	13 July	Zürich (Switzerland) to Thonon-les-Bains	267 km (166 mi)	Plain stage	Jos Hinsen (NED)

8	14 July	Thonon-les-Bains to Briançon	253 km (157 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Charly Gaul (LUX)

9	15 July	Briançon to Monaco	275 km (171 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Raphaël Géminiani (FRA)

16 July	Monaco	Rest day

10	16 July	Monaco to Marseille	240 km (149 mi)	Plain stage	Lucien Lazaridès (FRA)

11	18 July	Marseille to Avignon	198 km (123 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Louison Bobet (FRA)

12	19 July	Avignon to Millau	240 km (149 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Alessandro Fantini (ITA)

13	20 July	Millau to Albi	205 km (127 mi)	Plain stage	Daan de Groot (NED)

14	21 July	Albi to Narbonne	156 km (97 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Louis Caput (FRA)

15	22 July	Narbonne to Ax-les-Thermes	151 km (94 mi)	Plain stage	Luciano Pezzi (ITA)

23 July	Ax-les-Thermes	Rest day

16	24 July	Ax-les-Thermes to Toulouse	123 km (76 mi)	Plain stage	Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)

17	25 July	Toulouse to Saint-Gaudens	250 km (155 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Charly Gaul (LUX)

18	26 July	Saint-Gaudens to Pau	205 km (127 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Jean Brankart (BEL)

19	27 July	Pau to Bordeaux	195 km (121 mi)	Plain stage	Wout Wagtmans (NED)

20	28 July	Bordeaux to Poitiers	243 km (151 mi)	Plain stage	Jean Forestier (FRA)

21	29 July	Châtellerault to Tours	68.6 km (43 mi)	Individual time trial	Jean Brankart (BEL)

22	30 July	Tours to Paris	229 km (142 mi)	Plain stage	Miguel Poblet (ESP)

Total	4,495 km (2,793 mi)

Sentence(s)

1955 Tour de France, consisted of 22 stages over 4,495 km (2,793 mi).

final_sentence: 1955 Tour de France, consisted of 22 stages over 4,495 km (2,793 mi).