1938 Tour de France
Route and stages

1938 Tour de France

Section Title: Route and stages
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Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner

1	5 July	Paris to Caen	215 km (134 mi)	Plain stage	Willi Oberbeck (GER)

2	6 July	Caen to Saint-Brieuc	237 km (147 mi)	Plain stage	Jean Majerus (LUX)

3	7 July	Saint-Brieuc to Nantes	238 km (148 mi)	Plain stage	Gerrit Schulte (NED)

4a	8 July	Nantes to La Roche-sur-Yon	62 km (39 mi)	Plain stage	Éloi Meulenberg (BEL)

4b	La Roche-sur-Yon to La Rochelle	83 km (52 mi)	Plain stage	Éloi Meulenberg (BEL)

4c	La Rochelle to Royan	83 km (52 mi)	Plain stage	Félicien Vervaecke (BEL)

9 July	Royan	Rest day

5	10 July	Royan to Bordeaux	198 km (123 mi)	Plain stage	Éloi Meulenberg (BEL)

6a	11 July	Bordeaux to Arcachon	53 km (33 mi)	Plain stage	Jules Rossi (ITA)

6b	Arcachon to Bayonne	171 km (106 mi)	Plain stage	Glauco Servadei (ITA)

7	12 July	Bayonne to Pau	115 km (71 mi)	Plain stage	Theo Middelkamp (NED)

13 July	Pau	Rest day

8	14 July	Pau to Luchon	193 km (120 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Félicien Vervaecke (BEL)

15 July	Luchon	Rest day

9	16 July	Luchon to Perpignan	260 km (160 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Jean Fréchaut (FRA)

10a	17 July	Perpignan to Narbonne	63 km (39 mi)	Plain stage	Antoon van Schendel (NED)

10b	Narbonne to Béziers	27 km (17 mi)	Individual time trial	Félicien Vervaecke (BEL)

10c	Béziers to Montpellier	73 km (45 mi)	Plain stage	Antonin Magne (FRA)

11	18 July	Montpellier to Marseille	223 km (139 mi)	Plain stage	Gino Bartali (ITA)

12	19 July	Marseille to Cannes	199 km (124 mi)	Plain stage	Jean Fréchaut (FRA)

20 July	Cannes	Rest day

13	21 July	Cannes to Digne	284 km (176 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Dante Gianello (FRA)

14	22 July	Digne to Briançon	219 km (136 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Gino Bartali (ITA)

15	23 July	Briançon to Aix-les-Bains	311 km (193 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Marcel Kint (BEL)

24 July	Aix-les-Bains	Rest day

16	25 July	Aix-les-Bains to Besançon	284 km (176 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Marcel Kint (BEL)

17a	26 July	Besançon to Belfort	89 km (55 mi)	Plain stage	Émile Masson Jr. (BEL)

17b	Belfort to Strasbourg	143 km (89 mi)	Plain stage	Jean Fréchaut (FRA)

18	27 July	Strasbourg to Metz	186 km (116 mi)	Plain stage	Marcel Kint (BEL)

19	28 July	Metz to Reims	196 km (122 mi)	Plain stage	Fabien Galateau (FRA)

28 July	Reims	Rest day

20a	30 July	Reims to Laon	48 km (30 mi)	Plain stage	Glauco Servadei (ITA)

20b	Laon to Saint-Quentin	42 km (26 mi)	Individual time trial	Félicien Vervaecke (BEL)

20c	Saint-Quentin to Lille	107 km (66 mi)	Plain stage	François Neuville (BEL)

21	31 July	Lille to Paris	279 km (173 mi)	Plain stage	Antonin Magne (FRA) André Leducq (FRA)

Total	4,694 km (2,917 mi)

Sentence(s)

The 1938 Tour de France was composed of 21 stages with 4,694 km (2,917 mi) and was won by Italian Gino Bartali, who also won the mountains classification.

final_sentence: The 1938 Tour de France was composed of 21 stages with 4,694 km (2,917 mi) and was won by Italian Gino Bartali, who also won the mountains classification.