1952 Tour de France
Route and stages
The final stage was from Vichy, the capital of Vichy France in the Second World War, to Paris. Vichy had never before been visited, and the distance from Vichy to Paris was significantly longer than the other stages.

1952 Tour de France

Section Title: Route and stages
Table Section Text: The final stage was from Vichy, the capital of Vichy France in the Second World War, to Paris. Vichy had never before been visited, and the distance from Vichy to Paris was significantly longer than the other stages.

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner

1	25 June	Brest to Rennes	246 km (153 mi)	Plain stage	Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)

2	26 June	Rennes to Le Mans	181 km (112 mi)	Plain stage	André Rosseel (BEL)

3	27 June	Le Mans to Rouen	189 km (117 mi)	Plain stage	Nello Lauredi (FRA)

4	28 June	Rouen to Roubaix	232 km (144 mi)	Plain stage	Pierre Molinéris (FRA)

5	29 June	Roubaix to Namur (Belgium)	197 km (122 mi)	Plain stage	Jean Diederich (LUX)

6	30 June	Namur (Belgium) to Metz	228 km (142 mi)	Plain stage	Fiorenzo Magni (ITA)

7	1 July	Metz to Nancy	60 km (37 mi)	Individual time trial	Fausto Coppi (ITA)

8	2 July	Nancy to Mulhouse	252 km (157 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Raphaël Géminiani (FRA)

9	3 July	Mulhouse to Lausanne	238 km (148 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Walter Diggelmann (SUI)

10	4 July	Lausanne to Alpe d'Huez	266 km (165 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Fausto Coppi (ITA)

5 July	Alpe d'Huez	Rest day

11	6 July	Le Bourg-d'Oisans to Sestriere (Italy)	182 km (113 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Fausto Coppi (ITA)

12	7 July	Sestriere (Italy) to Monaco	251 km (156 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Jan Nolten (NED)

13	8 July	Monaco to Aix-en-Provence	214 km (133 mi)	Plain stage	Raoul Rémy (FRA)

14	9 July	Aix-en-Provence to Avignon	178 km (111 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Jean Robic (FRA)

15	10 July	Avignon to Perpignan	275 km (171 mi)	Plain stage	Georges Decaux (FRA)

16	11 July	Perpignan to Toulouse	200 km (124 mi)	Plain stage	André Rosseel (BEL)

12 July	Toulouse	Rest day

17	13 July	Toulouse to Bagnères-de-Bigorre	204 km (127 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Raphaël Géminiani (FRA)

18	14 July	Bagnères-de-Bigorre to Pau	149 km (93 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Fausto Coppi (ITA)

19	15 July	Pau to Bordeaux	195 km (121 mi)	Plain stage	Hans Dekkers (NED)

20	16 July	Bordeaux to Limoges	228 km (142 mi)	Plain stage	Jacques Vivier (FRA)

21	17 July	Limoges to Puy de Dôme	245 km (152 mi)	Stage with mountain(s)	Fausto Coppi (ITA)

22	18 July	Clermont-Ferrand to Vichy	63 km (39 mi)	Individual time trial	Fiorenzo Magni (ITA)

23	19 July	Vichy to Paris	354 km (220 mi)	Plain stage	Antonin Rolland (FRA)

Total	4,898 km (3,043 mi)

Sentence(s)

The 1952 Tour de France was composed of 23 stages with 4,898 km (3,043 mi).
The 1952 Tour de France was composed of 23 stages over 4,898 km (3,043 mi).
The 1952 Tour de France was composed of 23 stages over 4,898 km (3,043 mi).

final_sentence: The 1952 Tour de France was composed of 23 stages with 4,898 km (3,043 mi).
final_sentence: The 1952 Tour de France was composed of 23 stages over 4,898 km (3,043 mi).
final_sentence: The 1952 Tour de France was composed of 23 stages over 4,898 km (3,043 mi).