1947 Tour de France
Route and stages
The 1947 Tour de France started on 25 June, and had five rest days, in Besançon, Briançon, Nice, Luchon and Vannes.

1947 Tour de France

Section Title: Route and stages
Table Section Text: The 1947 Tour de France started on 25 June, and had five rest days, in Besançon, Briançon, Nice, Luchon and Vannes.

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner

1	25 June	Paris to Lille	236 km (147 mi)	Plain stage	Ferdinand Kübler (SUI)

2	26 June	Lille to Brussels (Belgium)	182 km (113 mi)	Plain stage	René Vietto (FRA)

3	27 June	Brussels (Belgium) to Luxembourg City (Luxembourg)	314 km (195 mi)	Plain stage	Aldo Ronconi (ITA)

4	28 June	Luxembourg City (Luxembourg) to Strasbourg	223 km (139 mi)	Plain stage	Jean Robic (FRA)

5	29 June	Strasbourg to Besançon	248 km (154 mi)	Plain stage	Ferdinand Kübler (SUI)

30 June	Besançon	Rest day

6	1 July	Besançon to Lyon	249 km (155 mi)	Plain stage	Lucien Teisseire (FRA)

7	2 July	Lyon to Grenoble	172 km (107 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Jean Robic (FRA)

8	3 July	Grenoble to Briançon	185 km (115 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Fermo Camellini (ITA)

4 July	Briançon	Rest day

9	5 July	Briançon to Digne	217 km (135 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	René Vietto (FRA)

10	6 July	Digne to Nice	255 km (158 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Fermo Camellini (ITA)

7 July	Nice	Rest day

11	8 July	Nice to Marseille	230 km (143 mi)	Plain stage	Édouard Fachleitner (FRA)

12	9 July	Marseille to Montpellier	165 km (103 mi)	Plain stage	Henri Massal (FRA)

13	10 July	Montpellier to Carcassonne	172 km (107 mi)	Plain stage	Lucien Teisseire (FRA)

14	11 July	Carcassonne to Luchon	253 km (157 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Albert Bourlon (FRA)

12 July	Luchon	Rest day

15	13 July	Luchon to Pau	195 km (121 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Jean Robic (FRA)

16	14 July	Pau to Bordeaux	195 km (121 mi)	Plain stage	Giuseppe Tacca (ITA)

17	15 July	Bordeaux to Les Sables-d'Olonne	272 km (169 mi)	Plain stage	Éloi Tassin (FRA)

18	16 July	Les Sables-d'Olonne to Vannes	236 km (147 mi)	Plain stage	Pietro Tarchini (SUI)

17 July	Vannes	Rest day

19	18 July	Vannes to Saint-Brieuc	139 km (86 mi)	Individual time trial	Raymond Impanis (BEL)

20	19 July	Saint-Brieuc to Caen	235 km (146 mi)	Plain stage	Maurice Diot (FRA)

21	20 July	Caen to Paris	257 km (160 mi)	Plain stage	Briek Schotte (BEL)

Total	4,642 km (2,884 mi)

Sentence(s)

The 1947 Tour de France total race distance was 21 stages over 4,642 km (2,884 mi).

final_sentence: The 1947 Tour de France total race distance was 21 stages over 4,642 km (2,884 mi).