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The '''1952 Tour de France''' was the 39th edition of the [[Tour de France]], taking place from 25 June to 19 July. It was composed of 23 stages over {{convert|4898|km|0|abbr=on}}. Newly introduced were the arrivals on mountain peaks.
The '''1952 Tour de France''' was the 39th edition of the [[Tour de France]], taking place from 25 June to 19 July. It was composed of 23 stages over {{convert|4807|km|0|abbr=on}}. Newly introduced were the arrivals on mountain peaks.


The race was won by Italian [[Fausto Coppi]]. Coppi dominated the race, winning five stages and the mountains classification, and was a member of the winning Italian team. His dominance was so large that the Tour organisation had to double the prize money for second place to make the race interesting. At the end, Coppi had a margin of almost half an hour over the second-ranked cyclist; such a margin has never been achieved again.
The race was won by Italian [[Fausto Coppi]]. Coppi dominated the race, winning five stages and the mountains classification, and was a member of the winning Italian team. His dominance was so large that the Tour organisation had to double the prize money for second place to make the race interesting. At the end, Coppi had a margin of almost half an hour over the second-ranked cyclist; such a margin has never been achieved again. Although more than 25 years later during the [[1979 Tour de France|1979 edition]], the 1st and 2nd-place finishers [[Bernard Hinault]] and [[Joop Zoetemelk]] were both nearly a half hour ahead of the 3rd-place finisher.


==Teams==
==Teams==
{{main list|List of teams and cyclists in the 1952 Tour de France}}
{{main list|List of teams and cyclists in the 1952 Tour de France}}


As was the custom since the [[1930 Tour de France]], the 1952 Tour de France was contested by national and regional teams. The three major cycling countries in 1952, Italy, Belgium and France, each sent a team of 12 cyclists. Other countries sent teams of 8 cyclists: Switzerland, Luxembourg (together with Australia), Netherlands and Spain. The French regional cyclists were divided into four teams of 12 cyclists: Paris, North-East/Centre, South-East and West/South-West. The last team of eight cyclists was made up out of cyclists from the French North African colonies. In the end, Luxembourg only sent 6 cyclists, so altogether this made 122 cyclists.<ref name="mdc1952"/> There were 57 French (of which 6 were Algerian), 13 Italian, 12 Belgian, 8 Dutch, 8 Spanish, 8 Swiss, 5 Luxembourgian and 1 Australian cyclists.<ref name="tgv">{{cite web|url=https://www.tour-giro-vuelta.net|title=Tour-Giro-Vuelta|work=www.tour-giro-vuelta.net|accessdate=4 December 2009}}</ref>
As was the custom since the [[1930 Tour de France]], the 1952 Tour de France was contested by national and regional teams. The three major cycling countries in 1952, Italy, Belgium and France, each sent a team of 12 cyclists. Other countries sent teams of 8 cyclists: Switzerland, Luxembourg (together with Australia), Netherlands and Spain. The French regional cyclists were divided into four teams of 12 cyclists: Paris, North-East/Centre, South-East and West/South-West. The last team of eight cyclists was made up out of cyclists from the French North African colonies. In the end, Luxembourg only sent 6 cyclists, so altogether this made 122 cyclists. There were 57 French (of which 6 were Algerian), 13 Italian, 12 Belgian, 8 Dutch, 8 Spanish, 8 Swiss, 5 Luxembourgian and 1 Australian cyclists.<ref name="letour-start-list">{{cite web|title=The history of the Tour de France – Year 1952 – The starters|url=https://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1952/partants.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=[[Amaury Sport Organisation]]|access-date=2 April 2020|archive-date=3 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403084040/https://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1952/partants.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>


The teams entering the race were:
The teams entering the race were:<ref name="letour-start-list" />


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==Pre-race favourites==
==Pre-race favourites==


The winners of the last two editions, Swiss cyclists [[Hugo Koblet]] and [[Ferdinand Kübler]], were injured and did not enter the race, nor did French cyclist [[Louison Bobet]].<ref name="mdc1952"/> On the last press conference before the race, [[Jacques Goddet]] conducted a poll amongst journalists to see who they considered the favourite. Coppi received 29 votes in that poll, followed by Géminiani and Bartali, both with 26 votes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://archiefeemland.courant.nu/index.php?page=1&mod=krantresultaat&q=%22jacques+goddet%22&datering=&krant=&qt=paragraaf&pagina=&sort=datum+asc,krant+asc,pagina+asc&paragraaf=41&doc=8&p=4&paragraaf=39&y=641 |title=Wagtmans bij favorieten |date=23 June 1952 |page=4 |publisher=Archief Eemland |work=Dagblad voor Amersfoort |accessdate=13 September 2010 |language=Dutch |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811172023/https://archiefeemland.courant.nu/index.php?page=1&mod=krantresultaat&q=%22jacques%2Bgoddet%22&datering=&krant=&qt=paragraaf&pagina=&sort=datum%2Basc%2Ckrant%2Basc%2Cpagina%2Basc&paragraaf=41&doc=8&p=4&paragraaf=39&y=641 |archivedate=11 August 2011 |df= }}</ref>
The winners of the last two editions, Swiss cyclists [[Hugo Koblet]] and [[Ferdinand Kübler]], were injured and did not enter the race, nor did French cyclist [[Louison Bobet]].<ref name="mdc1952"/> On the last press conference before the race, [[Jacques Goddet]] conducted a poll amongst journalists to see who they considered the favourite. Coppi received 29 votes in that poll, followed by Géminiani and Bartali, both with 26 votes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://archiefeemland.courant.nu/index.php?page=1&mod=krantresultaat&q=%22jacques+goddet%22&datering=&krant=&qt=paragraaf&pagina=&sort=datum+asc,krant+asc,pagina+asc&paragraaf=41&doc=8&p=4&paragraaf=39&y=641 |title=Wagtmans bij favorieten |date=23 June 1952 |page=4 |publisher=Archief Eemland |work=Dagblad voor Amersfoort |access-date=13 September 2010 |language=nl |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811172023/https://archiefeemland.courant.nu/index.php?page=1&mod=krantresultaat&q=%22jacques%2Bgoddet%22&datering=&krant=&qt=paragraaf&pagina=&sort=datum%2Basc%2Ckrant%2Basc%2Cpagina%2Basc&paragraaf=41&doc=8&p=4&paragraaf=39&y=641 |archive-date=11 August 2011 }}</ref>


==Route and stages==
==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. A newspaper described it as linking the two cities together. The stop in Vichy was successful, with a new record of 150.000 live spectators.<ref>Thompson, pp. 85–94</ref> An innovation was the stage arrivals on mountain peaks. This happened three times in 1952, on stages 10, 11 and 21. There were two rest days, in Alpe d'Huez and Toulouse.{{sfn|Augendre|2016|p=43}}
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. A newspaper described it as linking the two cities together. The stop in Vichy was successful, with a new record of 150.000 live spectators.<ref>Thompson, pp. 85–94</ref> An innovation was the stage arrivals on mountain peaks. This happened three times in 1952, on stages 10, 11 and 21. There were two rest days, in Alpe d'Huez and Toulouse.{{sfn|Augendre|2016|p=43}} The [[List of highest points reached in the Tour de France|highest point of elevation in the race]] was {{convert|2556|m|ft|abbr=on}} at the summit tunnel of the [[Col du Galibier]] mountain pass on stage 11.{{sfn|Augendre|2016|pp=177–178}}<ref>{{cite news|title=Tour de France met een gewijzigd karakter|trans-title=Tour de France with a changed character|url=https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010951270:mpeg21:p003|work=[[Het Vrije Volk]]|date=23 June 1952|page=3|language=nl|via=[[Delpher]]}}</ref>


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|+ Stage characteristics and winners<ref name="mdc1952">{{cite web|url=https://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1952.php|publisher=Mémoire du cyclisme|title=38ème Tour de France 1952|language=French|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306132223/https://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1947_1977/tdf1952.php|archive-date=6 March 2012|access-date=26 September 2016|url-status=dead }}</ref>{{sfn|Augendre|2016|p=43}}<ref name="topten">{{cite web|url=https://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html#1952 |title=Tour de France GC top ten |first=Arian |last=Zwegers |publisher=CVCC |accessdate=4 December 2009 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5hQnRPAvL?url=https://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html |archivedate=10 June 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|+ Stage characteristics and winners<ref name="mdc1952">{{cite web|title=39ème Tour de France 1952|trans-title=39th Tour de France 1952|url=https://memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/eta_tdf/tdf1952.php|work=Mémoire du cyclisme|access-date=6 April 2020|language=fr}}</ref>{{sfn|Augendre|2016|p=43}}<ref name="topten">{{cite web|url=https://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html#1952 |title=Tour de France GC top ten |first=Arian |last=Zwegers |publisher=CVCC |access-date=4 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516071832/https://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html |archive-date=16 May 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="letour-stage-winners">{{cite web|title=The history of the Tour de France – Year 1952 – The stage winners|url=https://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1952/vainqueurs.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=[[Amaury Sport Organisation]]|access-date=2 April 2020|archive-date=3 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403002820/https://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1952/vainqueurs.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="col" | Stage
! scope="col"|Stage
! scope="col" | Date
! scope="col"|Date
! scope="col" | Course
! scope="col"|Course
! scope="col" | Distance
! scope="col"|Distance
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Type
! scope="col" colspan="2"|Type
! scope="col" | Winner
! scope="col"|Winner
|-
|-
! scope="row" |1
! scope="row" | [[1952 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12#Stage 1|1]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 25 June
| style="text-align:center;"|25 June
| [[Brest, France|Brest]] to [[Rennes]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|246|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[Brest, France|Brest]] to [[Rennes]]|| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|246|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage ||{{flagathlete|[[Rik Van Steenbergen]]|BEL}}
| [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage ||{{flagathlete|[[Rik Van Steenbergen]]|BEL}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" |2
! scope="row" | [[1952 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12#Stage 2|2]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 26 June
| style="text-align:center;"|26 June
| [[Rennes]] to [[Le Mans]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|181|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[Rennes]] to [[Le Mans]]|| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|181|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage ||{{flagathlete|[[André Rosseel]]|BEL}}
| [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage ||{{flagathlete|[[André Rosseel]]|BEL}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" |3
! scope="row" | [[1952 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12#Stage 3|3]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 27 June
| style="text-align:center;"|27 June
| [[Le Mans]] to [[Rouen]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|189|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[Le Mans]] to [[Rouen]]|| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|189|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage ||{{flagathlete|[[Nello Lauredi]]|FRA}}
| [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage ||{{flagathlete|[[Nello Lauredi]]|FRA}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" |4
! scope="row" | [[1952 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12#Stage 4|4]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 28 June
| style="text-align:center;"|28 June
| [[Rouen]] to [[Roubaix]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|232|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[Rouen]] to [[Roubaix]]|| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|232|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage ||{{flagathlete|[[Pierre Molinéris]]|FRA}}
| [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage ||{{flagathlete|[[Pierre Molinéris]]|FRA}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" |5
! scope="row" | [[1952 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12#Stage 5|5]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 29 June
| style="text-align:center;"|29 June
| [[Roubaix]] to [[Namur]] (Belgium)|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|197|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[Roubaix]] to [[Namur]] (Belgium)|| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|197|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage ||{{flagathlete|[[Jean Diederich]]|LUX}}
| [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage ||{{flagathlete|[[Jean Diederich]]|LUX}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" |6
! scope="row" | [[1952 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12#Stage 6|6]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 30 June
| style="text-align:center;"|30 June
| [[Namur]] (Belgium) to [[Metz]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|228|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[Namur]] (Belgium) to [[Metz]]|| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|228|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage ||{{flagathlete|[[Fiorenzo Magni]]|ITA}}
| [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage ||{{flagathlete|[[Fiorenzo Magni]]|ITA}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" |7
! scope="row" | [[1952 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12#Stage 7|7]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 1 July
| style="text-align:center;"|1 July
| [[Metz]] to [[Nancy, France|Nancy]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|60|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[Metz]] to [[Nancy, France|Nancy]]|| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|60|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Time Trial.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || [[Individual time trial]] ||{{flagathlete|[[Fausto Coppi]]|ITA}}
| [[File:Time Trial.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || [[Individual time trial]] ||{{flagathlete|[[Fausto Coppi]]|ITA}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" |8
! scope="row" | [[1952 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12#Stage 8|8]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 2 July
| style="text-align:center;"|2 July
| [[Nancy, France|Nancy]] to [[Mulhouse]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|252|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[Nancy, France|Nancy]] to [[Mulhouse]]|| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|252|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) ||{{flagathlete|[[Raphaël Géminiani]]|FRA}}
| [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) ||{{flagathlete|[[Raphaël Géminiani]]|FRA}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" |9
! scope="row" | [[1952 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12#Stage 9|9]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 3 July
| style="text-align:center;"|3 July
| [[Mulhouse]] to [[Lausanne]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|238|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[Mulhouse]] to [[Lausanne]]|| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|238|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) ||{{flagathlete|[[Walter Diggelmann]]|SUI}}
| [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) ||{{flagathlete|[[Walter Diggelmann]]|SUI}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" |10
! scope="row" | [[1952 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12#Stage 10|10]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 4 July
| style="text-align:center;"|4 July
| [[Lausanne]] to [[Alpe d'Huez]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|266|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[Lausanne]] to [[Alpe d'Huez]]|| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|266|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) ||{{flagathlete|[[Fausto Coppi]]|ITA}}
| [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) ||{{flagathlete|[[Fausto Coppi]]|ITA}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" |
! scope="row" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 5 July
| style="text-align:center;"|5 July
| colspan="2" | [[Alpe d'Huez]]
| colspan="2"|[[Alpe d'Huez]]
|
|
| colspan="2" | Rest day
| colspan="2"|Rest day
|-
|-
! scope="row" |11
! scope="row" | [[1952 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12#Stage 11|11]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 6 July
| style="text-align:center;"|6 July
| [[Le Bourg-d'Oisans]] to [[Sestriere]] (Italy)|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|182|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[Le Bourg-d'Oisans]] to [[Sestriere]] (Italy)|| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|182|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) ||{{flagathlete|[[Fausto Coppi]]|ITA}}
| [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) ||{{flagathlete|[[Fausto Coppi]]|ITA}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" |12
! scope="row" | [[1952 Tour de France, Stage 13 to Stage 23#Stage 12|12]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 7 July
| style="text-align:center;"|7 July
| [[Sestriere]] (Italy) to [[Monaco]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|251|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[Sestriere]] (Italy) to [[Monaco]]|| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|251|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) ||{{flagathlete|[[Jan Nolten]]|NED}}
| [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) ||{{flagathlete|[[Jan Nolten]]|NED}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" |13
! scope="row" | [[1952 Tour de France, Stage 13 to Stage 23#Stage 13|13]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 8 July
| style="text-align:center;"|8 July
| [[Monaco]] to [[Aix-en-Provence]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|214|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[Monaco]] to [[Aix-en-Provence]]|| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|214|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage ||{{flagathlete|[[Raoul Rémy]]|FRA}}
| [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage ||{{flagathlete|[[Raoul Rémy]]|FRA}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" |14
! scope="row" | [[1952 Tour de France, Stage 13 to Stage 23#Stage 14|14]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 9 July
| style="text-align:center;"|9 July
| [[Aix-en-Provence]] to [[Avignon]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|178|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[Aix-en-Provence]] to [[Avignon]]|| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|178|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) ||{{flagathlete|[[Jean Robic]]|FRA}}
| [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) ||{{flagathlete|[[Jean Robic]]|FRA}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" |15
! scope="row" | [[1952 Tour de France, Stage 13 to Stage 23#Stage 15|15]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 10 July
| style="text-align:center;"|10 July
| [[Avignon]] to [[Perpignan]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|275|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[Avignon]] to [[Perpignan]]|| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|255|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage ||{{flagathlete|[[Georges Decaux]]|FRA}}
| [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage ||{{flagathlete|[[Georges Decaux]]|FRA}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" |16
! scope="row" | [[1952 Tour de France, Stage 13 to Stage 23#Stage 16|16]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 11 July
| style="text-align:center;"|11 July
| [[Perpignan]] to [[Toulouse]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|200|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[Perpignan]] to [[Toulouse]]|| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|200|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage ||{{flagathlete|[[André Rosseel]]|BEL}}
| [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage ||{{flagathlete|[[André Rosseel]]|BEL}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" |
! scope="row" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 12 July
| style="text-align:center;"|12 July
| colspan="2" | [[Toulouse]]
| colspan="2"|[[Toulouse]]
|
|
| colspan="2" | Rest day
| colspan="2"|Rest day
|-
|-
! scope="row" |17
! scope="row" | [[1952 Tour de France, Stage 13 to Stage 23#Stage 17|17]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 13 July
| style="text-align:center;"|13 July
| [[Toulouse]] to [[Bagnères-de-Bigorre]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|204|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[Toulouse]] to [[Bagnères-de-Bigorre]]|| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|204|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) ||{{flagathlete|[[Raphaël Géminiani]]|FRA}}
| [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) ||{{flagathlete|[[Raphaël Géminiani]]|FRA}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" |18
! scope="row" | [[1952 Tour de France, Stage 13 to Stage 23#Stage 18|18]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 14 July
| style="text-align:center;"|14 July
| [[Bagnères-de-Bigorre]] to [[Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Pau]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|149|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[Bagnères-de-Bigorre]] to [[Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Pau]]|| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|149|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) ||{{flagathlete|[[Fausto Coppi]]|ITA}}
| [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) ||{{flagathlete|[[Fausto Coppi]]|ITA}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" |19
! scope="row" | [[1952 Tour de France, Stage 13 to Stage 23#Stage 19|19]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 15 July
| style="text-align:center;"|15 July
| [[Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Pau]] to [[Bordeaux]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|195|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Pau]] to [[Bordeaux]]|| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|195|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage ||{{flagathlete|[[Hans Dekkers (cyclist born 1928)|Hans Dekkers]]|NED}}
| [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage ||{{flagathlete|[[Hans Dekkers (cyclist born 1928)|Hans Dekkers]]|NED}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" |20
! scope="row" | [[1952 Tour de France, Stage 13 to Stage 23#Stage 20|20]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 16 July
| style="text-align:center;"|16 July
| [[Bordeaux]] to [[Limoges]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|228|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[Bordeaux]] to [[Limoges]]|| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|228|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage ||{{flagathlete|[[Jacques Vivier]]|FRA}}
| [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage ||{{flagathlete|[[Jacques Vivier]]|FRA}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" |21
! scope="row" | [[1952 Tour de France, Stage 13 to Stage 23#Stage 21|21]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 17 July
| style="text-align:center;"|17 July
| [[Limoges]] to [[Puy de Dôme]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|245|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[Limoges]] to [[Puy de Dôme]]|| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|245|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) ||{{flagathlete|[[Fausto Coppi]]|ITA}}
| [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Stage with mountain(s) ||{{flagathlete|[[Fausto Coppi]]|ITA}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" |22
! scope="row" | [[1952 Tour de France, Stage 13 to Stage 23#Stage 22|22]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 18 July
| style="text-align:center;"|18 July
| [[Clermont-Ferrand]] to [[Vichy]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|63|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[Clermont-Ferrand]] to [[Vichy]]|| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|63|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Time Trial.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || [[Individual time trial]] ||{{flagathlete|[[Fiorenzo Magni]]|ITA}}
| [[File:Time Trial.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || [[Individual time trial]] ||{{flagathlete|[[Fiorenzo Magni]]|ITA}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" |23
! scope="row" | [[1952 Tour de France, Stage 13 to Stage 23#Stage 23|23]]
| style="text-align:center;" | 19 July
| style="text-align:center;"|19 July
| [[Vichy]] to [[Paris]]|| style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|354|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[Vichy]] to Paris|| style="text-align:center;"|{{convert|354|km|0|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage ||{{flagathlete|[[Antonin Rolland]]|FRA}}
| [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Plain stage ||{{flagathlete|[[Antonin Rolland]]|FRA}}
|-
|-
! scope="row" |
! scope="row" |
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| Total
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| Total
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center"| {{convert|4898|km|0|abbr=on}}{{sfn|Augendre|2016|p=109}}
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center"| {{convert|4807|km|0|abbr=on}}<ref name="mdc1952" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Le palmarès du Tour de France|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bd6t51008435/f4.item.zoom|work=[[L'Équipe]]|date=3 July 1953|page=2|language=fr|via=[[Gallica]]}}</ref>
|}
|}


==Race overview==
==Race overview==
{{main|1952 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12|1952 Tour de France, Stage 13 to Stage 23}}

[[File:Fausto Coppi, Tour de France 1952 02.jpg|thumb|upright|[[General classification in the Tour de France|General classification]] winner [[Fausto Coppi]] taking his victory lap at the end of the Tour in the [[Parc des Princes]] in Paris]]
[[File:Fausto Coppi, Tour de France 1952 02.jpg|thumb|upright|[[General classification in the Tour de France|General classification]] winner [[Fausto Coppi]] taking his victory lap at the end of the Tour in the [[Parc des Princes]] in Paris]]
In the fourth stage, [[Jean Robic]], the winner of the [[1947 Tour de France]] was in a group with his teammate [[Raphaël Géminiani]], and Robic let Géminiani do all the work. After the stage, Robic told reporters that he had been smart, because he had saved energy and was in a better position to win the Tour. Géminiani then became angry and held Robic's head in a hotel room sink. It was the last year that Robic rode on the national team.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=183–188}} At that moment, [[Nello Lauredi]] was the leader in the race.
In the fourth stage, [[Jean Robic]], the winner of the [[1947 Tour de France]] was in a group with his teammate [[Raphaël Géminiani]], and Robic let Géminiani do all the work. After the stage, Robic told reporters that he had been smart, because he had saved energy and was in a better position to win the Tour. Géminiani then became angry and held Robic's head in a hotel room sink. It was the last year that Robic rode on the national team.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=183–188}} At that moment, [[Nello Lauredi]] was the leader in the race.
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In the ninth stage, a group of eight cyclists got away, including Coppi's teammate [[Andrea Carrea]]. At the end of the stage, the group had a margin of more than nine minutes. Carrea went to the hotel after the finish, but was picked up by the police. Carrea asked what he had done wrong, but he was told that he was the new leader of the race, and had to go to the ceremony to receive the yellow jersey. Carrea apologised to his team leader Coppi, in fear that his team leader would be angry because a helper occupied the highest rank, but Coppi was not angry.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=183–188}}
In the ninth stage, a group of eight cyclists got away, including Coppi's teammate [[Andrea Carrea]]. At the end of the stage, the group had a margin of more than nine minutes. Carrea went to the hotel after the finish, but was picked up by the police. Carrea asked what he had done wrong, but he was told that he was the new leader of the race, and had to go to the ceremony to receive the yellow jersey. Carrea apologised to his team leader Coppi, in fear that his team leader would be angry because a helper occupied the highest rank, but Coppi was not angry.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=183–188}}


In the tenth stage, Robic attacked, and only Coppi was able to follow him. Later, Robic had a flat tire. Because his team director was far away, he lost several minutes, and lost so much time that he dropped from second place to fifth place.<ref name="letour.fr">{{cite web|url=https://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1952/histoire.html|title=The Tour - Year 1952|author=[[Amaury Sport Organisation]]|work=letour.fr|accessdate=10 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717060204/https://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1952/histoire.html|archive-date=17 July 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Coppi rode away and won the stage, taking over the lead in the general classification from his teammate. The top three riders were all Italian at that moment.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=183–188}}
In the tenth stage, Robic attacked, and only Coppi was able to follow him. Later, Robic had a flat tire. Because his team director was far away, he lost several minutes, and lost so much time that he dropped from second place to fifth place.<ref name="letour.fr">{{cite web|url=https://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1952/histoire.html|title=The Tour - Year 1952|author=Amaury Sport Organisation|author-link=Amaury Sport Organisation|work=letour.fr|access-date=10 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717060204/https://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1952/histoire.html|archive-date=17 July 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Coppi rode away and won the stage, taking over the lead in the general classification from his teammate. The top three riders were all Italian at that moment.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=183–188}}


After the rest day, the eleventh stage was again a mountain stage. The cyclists from the French national team, especially Géminiani, attacked on the Galibier, but Coppi counterattacked and escaped easily. At the end of the stage, Coppi won by a large margin. His lead in the general classification was now almost 20 minutes.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=183–188}}
After the rest day, the eleventh stage was again a mountain stage. The cyclists from the French national team, especially Géminiani, attacked on the Galibier, but Coppi counterattacked and escaped easily. At the end of the stage, Coppi won by a large margin. His lead in the general classification was now almost 20 minutes.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=183–188}}
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Coppi also won the last mountain stage, stage 21, and increased his lead to more than 31 minutes. In the time trial on the next day, Coppi apparently took it easy. Previously he was an expert in such time trials, but on that day he allowed other cyclists to win back some time, and finished on the fourteenth place.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=183–188}}
Coppi also won the last mountain stage, stage 21, and increased his lead to more than 31 minutes. In the time trial on the next day, Coppi apparently took it easy. Previously he was an expert in such time trials, but on that day he allowed other cyclists to win back some time, and finished on the fourteenth place.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=183–188}}


==Classification leadership==
==Classification leadership and minor prizes==
[[File:Arrivée de la 1ère étape du Tour de France 1952.png|thumb|[[Rik Van Steenbergen]], winning the first stage. He would hold the yellow jersey for two days]]

The time that each cyclist required to finish each stage was recorded, and these times were added together for the [[general classification in the Tour de France|general classification]]. If a cyclist had received a time bonus, it was subtracted from this total; all time penalties were added to this total. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey.{{sfn|Nauright|Parrish|2012|pp=452–453}} Of the 123 cyclists that started the 1951 Tour de France, 66 finished the race.
The time that each cyclist required to finish each stage was recorded, and these times were added together for the [[general classification in the Tour de France|general classification]]. If a cyclist had received a time bonus, it was subtracted from this total; all time penalties were added to this total. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey.{{sfn|Nauright|Parrish|2012|pp=452–453}} Of the 123 cyclists that started the 1951 Tour de France, 66 finished the race.


Points for the [[mountains classification in the Tour de France|mountains classification]] were earned by reaching the mountain tops first.{{sfn|Nauright|Parrish|2012|p=454}} The system was the same as in 1951: there were two types of mountain tops: the hardest ones, in category 1, gave 10 points to the winner, the easier ones in category 2 gave 6 points to the winner. Fausto Coppi won this classification.<ref name="mdc1952"/>
Points for the [[mountains classification in the Tour de France|mountains classification]] were earned by reaching the mountain tops first.{{sfn|Nauright|Parrish|2012|p=454}} The system was the same as in 1951: there were three types of mountain tops: the hardest ones, in category 1, gave 10 points to the winner, the easier ones in category 2 gave 6 points to the winner, and the easiest in category 3 gave 3 points.{{sfn|van den Akker|2021|p=170}} Fausto Coppi won this classification.<ref name="mdc1952"/>

⚫
The [[Team classification in the Tour de France|team classification]] had been awarded and calculated since [[1930 Tour de France|1930]], but in 1952 the daily team classification was also calculated: for each stage, the best team (calculated as the team of which the best three cyclists had the lowest accumulated team in that stage) received a prize.<ref name="mdc1952"/>{{sfn|Nauright|Parrish|2012|p=455}} The riders in the team that led this classification wore yellow [[Casquette|caps]] for the first time in 1952.{{sfn|van den Akker|2021|p=156}} It was won by the Italian team. The Luxembourgian team finished with only two cyclists, and therefore were not eligible for the team classification.


The 1952 Tour de France saw the introduction of the [[Combativity award in the Tour de France|combativity award]], a daily award for the most combative rider of the stage.{{sfn|Woodland|2007|p=96}} The winner of that award received 100,000 French francs.{{sfn|Augendre|2016|p=43}} The super-combativity award, the award for the most combative rider of the entire Tour de France, was also first given in 1953, determined by a jury vote,{{sfn|van den Akker|2021|p=217}} to Robic.<ref name="tdf-statistics"/> The [[Souvenir Henri Desgrange]] was given to the first rider to pass the memorial to Tour founder [[Henri Desgrange]] near the summit of the [[Col du Galibier]] stage 11. This prize was won by Fausto Coppi.<ref>{{cite news|title=Coppi le plus fort|trans-title=Coppi the strongest|url=https://doc.rero.ch/record/99521/files/1952-07-07.pdf|work=[[L'Impartial]]|date=7 July 1952|page=3|language=fr|via=[[RERO (Library Network of Western Switzerland)|RERO]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ronde-Klok|trans-title=Tour bell|url=https://krantenarchief.concentra.be/vw/article.do?code=GVA&date=19520708&id=GVA-19520708-01009007|work=[[Gazet van Antwerpen]]|date=8 July 1952|page=9|language=nl}}</ref> The special award for the best regional rider was won by eighteenth-placed [[Marcel Zelasco]].{{sfn|Augendre|2016|p=43}}
⚫
The [[Team classification in the Tour de France|team classification]] had been awarded and calculated since [[1930 Tour de France|1930]], but in 1952 the daily team classification was also calculated: for each stage, the best team (calculated as the team of which the best three cyclists had the lowest accumulated team in that stage) received a prize.<ref name="mdc1952"/>{{sfn|Nauright|Parrish|2012|p=455}} It was won by the Italian team. The Luxembourgian team finished with only two cyclists, and therefore were not eligible for the team classification.


The 1952 Tour de France saw the introduction of the [[Combativity award in the Tour de France|combativity award]], a daily award for the most combative rider of the stage.<ref name="veloarchive"/> The winner of that award received 100,000 French francs.{{sfn|Augendre|2016|p=43}} The super-combativity award, the award for the most combative rider of the entire Tour de France, was first given in 1953. The special award for the best regional rider was won by eighteenth-placed [[Marcel Zelasco]].{{sfn|Augendre|2016|p=43}}
There were also a few minor awards. After every stage, an award was given to the cyclist with the most bad luck, and to the most 'cold-blooded' cyclist. At the end of the Tour the award for the cyclist with the most bad luck was given to [[Wim van Est]]. The award for most beloved cyclist was given to [[Antonin Rolland]].<ref name="tdf-statistics"/>


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:smaller; clear:both;"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:smaller; clear:both;"
|+Classification leadership by stage<ref name="tdf-statistics">{{cite web|last=van den Akker|first=Pieter|title=Informatie over de Tour de France van 1952|trans-title=Information about the Tour de France from 1952|url=https://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/tour.php?jaar=1952|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302050101/https://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/tour.php?jaar=1952|archivedate=2 March 2019|language=Dutch|website=TourDeFranceStatistieken.nl|accessdate=2 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
|+Classification leadership by stage<ref name="tdf-statistics">{{cite web|last=van den Akker|first=Pieter|title=Informatie over de Tour de France van 1952|trans-title=Information about the Tour de France from 1952|url=https://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/tour.php?jaar=1952|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302050101/https://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/tour.php?jaar=1952|archive-date=2 March 2019|language=nl|website=TourDeFranceStatistieken.nl|access-date=2 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="col" style="width:1%;"| Stage
! scope="col" style="width:1%;"| Stage
! scope="col" style="width:19%;"| Winner
! scope="col" style="width:19%;"| Winner
! scope="col" style="width:19%;"| [[General classification in the Tour de France|General classification]]<br />[[File:Jersey yellow.svg|25px|alt=|link=]]
! scope="col" style="width:19%;"| [[General classification in the Tour de France|General classification]]<br />[[File:Jersey yellow.svg|25px|alt=|link=]]
! scope="col" style="width:19%;"| [[Mountains classification in the Tour de France|Mountains classification]]{{refn|No jersey was awarded to the leader of the mountains classification until a white jersey with red [[polka dot]]s was introduced in [[1975 Tour de France|1975]].{{sfn|Nauright|Parrish|2012|p=454}}|group="n"|name="mountains-jersey"}}
! scope="col" style="width:19%;"| [[Mountains classification in the Tour de France|Mountains classification]]{{efn|name=mountains-jersey|No jersey was awarded to the leader of the mountains classification until a white jersey with red [[polka dot]]s was introduced in [[1975 Tour de France|1975]].{{sfn|Nauright|Parrish|2012|p=454}}}}
! scope="col" style="width:19%;"| [[Team classification in the Tour de France|Team classification]]
! scope="col" style="width:19%;"| [[Team classification in the Tour de France|Team classification]]
! scope="col" style="width:19%;" | [[Combativity award in the Tour de France|Combativity award]]
! scope="col" style="width:19%;"|[[Combativity award in the Tour de France|Combativity award]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 1
! scope="row"|1
| [[Rik Van Steenbergen]]
| [[Rik Van Steenbergen]]
| style="background:#FFEB64;" rowspan="2"| [[Rik Van Steenbergen]]
| style="background:#FFEB64;" rowspan="2"| [[Rik Van Steenbergen]]
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| [[Pierre Pardoën]]
| [[Pierre Pardoën]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 2
! scope="row"|2
| [[André Rosseel]]
| [[André Rosseel]]
| [[Jean Malléjac]]
| [[Jean Malléjac]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 3
! scope="row"|3
| [[Nello Lauredi]]
| [[Nello Lauredi]]
| style="background:#FFEB64;" rowspan="3"| [[Nello Lauredi]]
| style="background:#FFEB64;" rowspan="3"| [[Nello Lauredi]]
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| [[Nello Lauredi]]
| [[Nello Lauredi]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 4
! scope="row"|4
| [[Pierre Molinéris]]
| [[Pierre Molinéris]]
| [[Nello Lauredi]]
| [[Nello Lauredi]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 5
! scope="row"|5
| [[Jean Diederich]]
| [[Jean Diederich]]
| [[Bim Diederich]]
| [[Bim Diederich]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 6
! scope="row"|6
| [[Fiorenzo Magni]]
| [[Fiorenzo Magni]]
| style="background:#FFEB64;"| [[Fiorenzo Magni]]
| style="background:#FFEB64;"| [[Fiorenzo Magni]]
| [[Fiorenzo Magni]]
| [[Fiorenzo Magni]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 7
! scope="row"|7
| [[Fausto Coppi]]
| [[Fausto Coppi]]
| style="background:#FFEB64;"| [[Nello Lauredi]]
| style="background:#FFEB64;"| [[Nello Lauredi]]
| [[Armand Papazian]]
| [[Armand Papazian]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 8
! scope="row"|8
| [[Raphaël Géminiani]]
| [[Raphaël Géminiani]]
| style="background:#FFEB64;"| [[Fiorenzo Magni]]
| style="background:#FFEB64;"| [[Fiorenzo Magni]]
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| [[Raphaël Géminiani]]
| [[Raphaël Géminiani]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 9
! scope="row"|9
| [[Walter Diggelmann]]
| [[Walter Diggelmann]]
| style="background:#FFEB64;"| [[Andrea Carrea]]
| style="background:#FFEB64;"| [[Andrea Carrea]]
| [[Jan Nolten]]
| [[Jan Nolten]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 10
! scope="row"|10
| [[Fausto Coppi]]
| [[Fausto Coppi]]
| style="background:#FFEB64;" rowspan="14"| [[Fausto Coppi]]
| style="background:#FFEB64;" rowspan="14"| [[Fausto Coppi]]
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| [[Fausto Coppi]]
| [[Fausto Coppi]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 11
! scope="row"|11
| [[Fausto Coppi]]
| [[Fausto Coppi]]
| rowspan="13"| [[Fausto Coppi]]
| rowspan="13"| [[Fausto Coppi]]
| [[Jean Le Guilly]]
| [[Jean Le Guilly]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 12
! scope="row"|12
| [[Jan Nolten]]
| [[Jan Nolten]]
| [[Jan Nolten]]
| [[Jan Nolten]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 13
! scope="row"|13
| [[Raoul Rémy]]
| [[Raoul Rémy]]
| [[Jean Dotto]]
| [[Jean Dotto]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 14
! scope="row"|14
| [[Jean Robic]]
| [[Jean Robic]]
| [[Jean Robic]]
| [[Jean Robic]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 15
! scope="row"|15
| [[Georges Decaux]]
| [[Georges Decaux]]
| rowspan="9"| Italy
| rowspan="9"| Italy
| [[Georges Decaux]]
| [[Georges Decaux]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 16
! scope="row"|16
| [[André Rosseel]]
| [[André Rosseel]]
| [[Wim van Est]]
| [[Wim van Est]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 17
! scope="row"|17
| [[Raphaël Géminiani]]
| [[Raphaël Géminiani]]
| [[Raphaël Géminiani]]
| [[Raphaël Géminiani]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 18
! scope="row"|18
| [[Fausto Coppi]]
| [[Fausto Coppi]]
| [[Fausto Coppi]]
| [[Fausto Coppi]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 19
! scope="row"|19
| [[Hans Dekkers (cyclist born 1928)|Hans Dekkers]]
| [[Hans Dekkers (cyclist born 1928)|Hans Dekkers]]
| [[Hans Dekkers (cyclist born 1928)|Hans Dekkers]]
| [[Hans Dekkers (cyclist born 1928)|Hans Dekkers]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 20
! scope="row"|20
| [[Jacques Vivier]]
| [[Jacques Vivier]]
| [[Georges Decaux]]
| [[Georges Decaux]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 21
! scope="row"|21
| [[Fausto Coppi]]
| [[Fausto Coppi]]
| ''no award''
| ''no award''
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 22
! scope="row"|22
| [[Fiorenzo Magni]]
| [[Fiorenzo Magni]]
| ''no award''
| ''no award''
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 23
! scope="row"|23
| [[Antonin Rolland]]
| [[Antonin Rolland]]
| [[Jean Robic]]
| [[Jean Robic]]
|-
|-
! colspan="2" | Final
! colspan="2"|Final
! style="background:#FFDB00;"|[[Fausto Coppi]]
! style="background:#FFDB00;"|[[Fausto Coppi]]
! [[Fausto Coppi]]
! [[Fausto Coppi]]
! Italy
! Italy
! [[Jean Robic]]
! ''no award''
|}
|}


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{| class="wikitable" style="width:38em;margin-bottom:0;"
{| class="wikitable" style="width:38em;margin-bottom:0;"
|+ Final general classification (1–10)<ref name="letour-class-final">{{cite web|title=The history of the Tour de France – Year 1952 – Stage 23 Vichy > Paris|url=https://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1952/2300/etape.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=[[Amaury Sport Organisation]]|access-date=2 April 2020|archive-date=2 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402220315/https://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1952/2300/etape.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|+ Final general classification (1–10)<ref name="mdc1952"/>
|-
|-
! scope="col" | Rank!! scope="col" | Rider!! scope="col" | Team!! scope="col" | Time
! scope="col"|Rank!! scope="col"|Rider!! scope="col"|Team!! scope="col"|Time
|-
|-
! scope="row" |1
! scope="row" |1
| {{flagathlete|[[Fausto Coppi]]|ITA}} || Italy || style="text-align:right;" | 151h 57' 20"
| {{flagathlete|[[Fausto Coppi]]|ITA}} || Italy || style="text-align:right;"| 151h 57' 20"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |2
! scope="row" |2
| {{flagathlete|[[Stan Ockers]]|BEL}} || Belgium || style="text-align:right;" | + 28' 17"
| {{flagathlete|[[Stan Ockers]]|BEL}} || Belgium || style="text-align:right;"|+ 28' 17"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |3
! scope="row" |3
| {{flagathlete|[[Bernardo Ruiz]]|ESP|1945}} || Spain || style="text-align:right;" | + 34' 38"
| {{flagathlete|[[Bernardo Ruiz]]|ESP|1945}} || Spain || style="text-align:right;"|+ 34' 38"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |4
! scope="row" |4
| {{flagathlete|[[Gino Bartali]]|ITA}} || Italy || style="text-align:right;" | + 35' 25"
| {{flagathlete|[[Gino Bartali]]|ITA}} || Italy || style="text-align:right;"|+ 35' 25"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |5
! scope="row" |5
| {{flagathlete|[[Jean Robic]]|FRA}} || France || style="text-align:right;" | + 35' 36"
| {{flagathlete|[[Jean Robic]]|FRA}} || France || style="text-align:right;"|+ 35' 36"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |6
! scope="row" |6
| {{flagathlete|[[Fiorenzo Magni]]|ITA}} || Italy || style="text-align:right;" | + 38' 25"
| {{flagathlete|[[Fiorenzo Magni]]|ITA}} || Italy || style="text-align:right;"|+ 38' 25"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |7
! scope="row" |7
| {{flagathlete|[[Alex Close]]|BEL}} || Belgium || style="text-align:right;" | + 38' 32"
| {{flagathlete|[[Alex Close]]|BEL}} || Belgium || style="text-align:right;"|+ 38' 32"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |8
! scope="row" |8
| {{flagathlete|[[Jean Dotto]]|FRA}} || France || style="text-align:right;" | + 48' 01"
| {{flagathlete|[[Jean Dotto]]|FRA}} || France || style="text-align:right;"|+ 48' 01"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |9
! scope="row" |9
| {{flagathlete|[[Andrea Carrea]]|ITA}} || Italy || style="text-align:right;" | + 50' 20"
| {{flagathlete|[[Andrea Carrea]]|ITA}} || Italy || style="text-align:right;"|+ 50' 20"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |10
! scope="row" |10
| {{flagathlete|[[Antonio Gelabert]]|ESP|1945}} || Spain || style="text-align:right;" | + 58' 16"
| {{flagathlete|[[Antonio Gelabert]]|ESP|1945}} || Spain || style="text-align:right;"|+ 58' 16"
|}
|}
{| class="collapsible collapsed wikitable" style="width:38em;margin-top:-1px;"
{| class="collapsible collapsed wikitable" style="width:38em;margin-top:-1px;"
|-
|-
! scope="col" colspan="4" | Final general classification (11–66)
! scope="col" colspan="4"|Final general classification (11–66)<ref name="letour-class-final" />
|-
|-
! scope="col" | Rank!! scope="col" | Rider!! scope="col" | Team!! scope="col" | Time
! scope="col"|Rank!! scope="col"|Rider!! scope="col"|Team!! scope="col"|Time
|-
|-
! scope="row" |11
! scope="row" |11
| {{flagathlete|[[Raphaël Géminiani]]|FRA}} || France || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 02' 47"
| {{flagathlete|[[Raphaël Géminiani]]|FRA}} || France || style="text-align:right;"|+ 1h 02' 47"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |12
! scope="row" |12
| {{flagathlete|[[Gottfried Weilenmann, Jr.]]|SUI}} || Switzerland || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 04' 19"
| {{flagathlete|[[Gottfried Weilenmann Jr.]]|SUI}} || Switzerland || style="text-align:right;"|+ 1h 04' 19"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |13
! scope="row" |13
| {{flagathlete|[[Aloïs De Hertog]]|BEL}} || Belgium || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 07' 15"
| {{flagathlete|[[Aloïs De Hertog]]|BEL}} || Belgium || style="text-align:right;"|+ 1h 07' 15"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |14
! scope="row" |14
| {{flagathlete|[[Edward Van Ende]]|BEL}} || Belgium || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 17' 37"
| {{flagathlete|[[Edward Van Ende]]|BEL}} || Belgium || style="text-align:right;"|+ 1h 17' 37"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |15
! scope="row" |15
| {{flagathlete|[[Jan Nolten]]|NED}} || Netherlands || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 30' 34"
| {{flagathlete|[[Jan Nolten]]|NED}} || Netherlands || style="text-align:right;"|+ 1h 30' 34"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |16
! scope="row" |16
| {{flagathlete|[[Jean Goldschmit]]|LUX}} || Luxembourg || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 49' 47"
| {{flagathlete|[[Jean Goldschmit]]|LUX}} || Luxembourg || style="text-align:right;"|+ 1h 49' 47"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |17
! scope="row" |17
| {{flagathlete|[[Wim van Est]]|NED}} || Netherlands || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 50' 54"
| {{flagathlete|[[Wim van Est]]|NED}} || Netherlands || style="text-align:right;"|+ 1h 50' 54"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |18
! scope="row" |18
| {{flagathlete|[[Marcel Zélasco]]|FRA}} || North Africa || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 51' 02"
| {{flagathlete|[[Marcel Zélasco]]|FRA}} || North Africa || style="text-align:right;"|+ 1h 51' 02"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |19
! scope="row" |19
| {{flagathlete|[[Nello Lauredi]]|FRA}} || France || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 59' 43"
| {{flagathlete|[[Nello Lauredi]]|FRA}} || France || style="text-align:right;"|+ 1h 59' 43"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |20
! scope="row" |20
| {{flagathlete|[[Vincent Vitetta]]|FRA}} || South-East || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 01' 17"
| {{flagathlete|[[Vincent Vitetta]]|FRA}} || South-East || style="text-align:right;"|+ 2h 01' 17"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |21
! scope="row" |21
| {{flagathlete|[[Antonin Rolland]]|FRA}} || France || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 02' 38"
| {{flagathlete|[[Antonin Rolland]]|FRA}} || France || style="text-align:right;"|+ 2h 02' 38"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |22
! scope="row" |22
| {{flagathlete|[[Gerrit Voorting]]|NED}} || Netherlands || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 07' 22"
| {{flagathlete|[[Gerrit Voorting]]|NED}} || Netherlands || style="text-align:right;"|+ 2h 07' 22"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |23
! scope="row" |23
| {{flagathlete|[[José Serra (cyclist)|José Serra]]|ESP|1945}} || Spain || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 08' 32"
| {{flagathlete|[[José Serra (cyclist)|José Serra]]|ESP|1945}} || Spain || style="text-align:right;"|+ 2h 08' 32"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |24
! scope="row" |24
| {{flagathlete|[[Adolphe Deledda]]|FRA}} || North-East/Centre || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 09' 44"
| {{flagathlete|[[Adolphe Deledda]]|FRA}} || North-East/Centre || style="text-align:right;"|+ 2h 09' 44"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |25
! scope="row" |25
| {{flagathlete|[[Wout Wagtmans]]|NED}} || Netherlands || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 09' 45"
| {{flagathlete|[[Wout Wagtmans]]|NED}} || Netherlands || style="text-align:right;"|+ 2h 09' 45"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |26
! scope="row" |26
| {{flagathlete|[[Jean Le Guilly]]|FRA}} || West/South-West || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 20' 09"
| {{flagathlete|[[Jean Le Guilly]]|FRA}} || West/South-West || style="text-align:right;"|+ 2h 20' 09"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |27
! scope="row" |27
| {{flagathlete|[[Franco Franchi (cyclist)|Franco Franchi]]|ITA}} || Italy || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 24' 16"
| {{flagathlete|[[Franco Franchi (cyclist)|Franco Franchi]]|ITA}} || Italy || style="text-align:right;"|+ 2h 24' 16"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |28
! scope="row" |28
| {{flagathlete|[[André Rosseel]]|BEL}} || Belgium || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 29' 59"
| {{flagathlete|[[André Rosseel]]|BEL}} || Belgium || style="text-align:right;"|+ 2h 29' 59"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |29
! scope="row" |29
| {{flagathlete|[[Maurice Neyt]]|BEL}} || Belgium || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 34' 31"
| {{flagathlete|[[Maurice Neyt]]|BEL}} || Belgium || style="text-align:right;"|+ 2h 34' 31"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |30
! scope="row" |30
| {{flagathlete|[[Francisco Masip]]|ESP|1945}} || Spain || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 41' 18"
| {{flagathlete|[[Francisco Masip]]|ESP|1945}} || Spain || style="text-align:right;"|+ 2h 41' 18"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |31
! scope="row" |31
| {{flagathlete|[[Jacques Marinelli]]|FRA}} || Paris || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 44' 42"
| {{flagathlete|[[Jacques Marinelli]]|FRA}} || Paris || style="text-align:right;"|+ 2h 44' 42"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |32
! scope="row" |32
| {{flagathlete|[[Gilbert Bauvin]]|FRA}} || North-East/Centre || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 47' 21"
| {{flagathlete|[[Gilbert Bauvin]]|FRA}} || North-East/Centre || style="text-align:right;"|+ 2h 47' 21"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |33
! scope="row" |33
| {{flagathlete|[[Jean Malléjac]]|FRA}} || West/South-West || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 48' 03"
| {{flagathlete|[[Jean Malléjac]]|FRA}} || West/South-West || style="text-align:right;"|+ 2h 48' 03"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |34
! scope="row" |34
| {{flagathlete|[[Maurice Quentin]]|FRA}} || France || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 49' 26"
| {{flagathlete|[[Maurice Quentin]]|FRA}} || France || style="text-align:right;"|+ 2h 49' 26"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |35
! scope="row" |35
| {{flagathlete|[[Luciano Pezzi]]|ITA}} || Italy || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 49' 57"
| {{flagathlete|[[Luciano Pezzi]]|ITA}} || Italy || style="text-align:right;"|+ 2h 49' 57"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |36
! scope="row" |36
| {{flagathlete|[[Georges Decaux]]|FRA}} || Paris || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 50' 35"
| {{flagathlete|[[Georges Decaux]]|FRA}} || Paris || style="text-align:right;"|+ 2h 50' 35"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |37
! scope="row" |37
| {{flagathlete|[[Raoul Rémy]]|FRA}} || France || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 51' 56"
| {{flagathlete|[[Raoul Rémy]]|FRA}} || France || style="text-align:right;"|+ 2h 51' 56"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |38
! scope="row" |38
| {{flagathlete|[[Roger Decock]]|BEL}} || Belgium || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 52' 16"
| {{flagathlete|[[Roger Decock]]|BEL}} || Belgium || style="text-align:right;"|+ 2h 52' 16"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |39
! scope="row" |39
| {{flagathlete|[[Ahmed Kebaili]]|FRA}} || North Africa || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 52' 48"
| {{flagathlete|[[Ahmed Kebaili]]|FRA}} || North Africa || style="text-align:right;"|+ 2h 52' 48"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |40
! scope="row" |40
| {{flagathlete|[[Jacques Renaud]]|FRA}} || Paris || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 53' 01"
| {{flagathlete|[[Jacques Renaud]]|FRA}} || Paris || style="text-align:right;"|+ 2h 53' 01"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |41
! scope="row" |41
| {{flagathlete|[[Mario Baroni]]|ITA}} || Italy || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 53' 09"
| {{flagathlete|[[Mario Baroni]]|ITA}} || Italy || style="text-align:right;"|+ 2h 53' 09"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |42
! scope="row" |42
| {{flagathlete|[[Andrés Trobat]]|ESP|1945}} || Spain || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 53' 48"
| {{flagathlete|[[Andrés Trobat]]|ESP|1945}} || Spain || style="text-align:right;"|+ 2h 53' 48"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |43
! scope="row" |43
| {{flagathlete|[[Lucien Lazaridès]]|FRA}} || France || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 54' 24"
| {{flagathlete|[[Lucien Lazaridès]]|FRA}} || France || style="text-align:right;"|+ 2h 54' 24"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |44
! scope="row" |44
| {{flagathlete|[[Siro Bianchi]]|FRA}} || South-East || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 59' 06"
| {{flagathlete|[[Siro Bianchi]]|FRA}} || South-East || style="text-align:right;"|+ 2h 59' 06"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |45
! scope="row" |45
| {{flagathlete|[[Jean de Gribaldy]]|FRA}} || North-East/Centre || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 02' 26"
| {{flagathlete|[[Jean de Gribaldy]]|FRA}} || North-East/Centre || style="text-align:right;"|+ 3h 02' 26"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |46
! scope="row" |46
| {{flagathlete|[[Giovanni Corrieri]]|ITA}} || Italy || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 03' 05"
| {{flagathlete|[[Giovanni Corrieri]]|ITA}} || Italy || style="text-align:right;"|+ 3h 03' 05"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |47
! scope="row" |47
| {{flagathlete|[[José Gil (cyclist)|José Gil]]|ESP|1945}} || Spain || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 06' 01"
| {{flagathlete|[[José Gil (cyclist)|José Gil]]|ESP|1945}} || Spain || style="text-align:right;"|+ 3h 06' 01"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |48
! scope="row" |48
| {{flagathlete|[[Eugène Telotte]]|FRA}} || Paris || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 14' 39"
| {{flagathlete|[[Eugène Telotte]]|FRA}} || Paris || style="text-align:right;"|+ 3h 14' 39"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |49
! scope="row" |49
| {{flagathlete|[[Jacques Vivier]]|FRA}} || West/South-West || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 15' 21"
| {{flagathlete|[[Jacques Vivier]]|FRA}} || West/South-West || style="text-align:right;"|+ 3h 15' 21"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |50
! scope="row" |50
| {{flagathlete|[[Walter Diggelmann]]|SUI}} || Switzerland || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 21' 34"
| {{flagathlete|[[Walter Diggelmann]]|SUI}} || Switzerland || style="text-align:right;"|+ 3h 21' 34"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |51
! scope="row" |51
| {{flagathlete|[[Ettore Milano]]|ITA}} || Italy || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 28' 04"
| {{flagathlete|[[Ettore Milano]]|ITA}} || Italy || style="text-align:right;"|+ 3h 28' 04"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |52
! scope="row" |52
| {{flagathlete|[[Carlo Lafranchi]]|SUI}} || Switzerland || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 28' 42"
| {{flagathlete|[[Carlo Lafranchi]]|SUI}} || Switzerland || style="text-align:right;"|+ 3h 28' 42"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |53
! scope="row" |53
| {{flagathlete|[[Thijs Roks]]|NED}} || Netherlands || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 29' 05"
| {{flagathlete|[[Thijs Roks]]|NED}} || Netherlands || style="text-align:right;"|+ 3h 29' 05"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |54
! scope="row" |54
| {{flagathlete|[[Marcel Fernandez]]|FRA}} || North Africa || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 30' 54"
| {{flagathlete|[[Marcel Fernandez]]|FRA}} || North Africa || style="text-align:right;"|+ 3h 30' 54"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |55
! scope="row" |55
| {{flagathlete|[[Pierre Pardoen]]|FRA}} || North-East/Centre || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 34' 31"
| {{flagathlete|[[Pierre Pardoën]]|FRA}} || North-East/Centre || style="text-align:right;"|+ 3h 34' 31"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |56
! scope="row" |56
| {{flagathlete|[[Alfredo Martini]]|ITA}} || Italy || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 37' 32"
| {{flagathlete|[[Alfredo Martini]]|ITA}} || Italy || style="text-align:right;"|+ 3h 37' 32"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |57
! scope="row" |57
| {{flagathlete|[[Johny Goedert]]|LUX}} || Luxembourg || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 38' 19"
| {{flagathlete|[[Johny Goedert]]|LUX}} || Luxembourg || style="text-align:right;"|+ 3h 38' 19"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |58
! scope="row" |58
| {{flagathlete|[[Fiorenzo Crippa]]|ITA}} || Italy || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 40' 46"
| {{flagathlete|[[Fiorenzo Crippa]]|ITA}} || Italy || style="text-align:right;"|+ 3h 40' 46"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |59
! scope="row" |59
| {{flagathlete|[[Lucien Teisseire]]|FRA}} || France || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 40' 56"
| {{flagathlete|[[Lucien Teisseire]]|FRA}} || France || style="text-align:right;"|+ 3h 40' 56"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |60
! scope="row" |60
| {{flagathlete|[[Hans Dekkers (cyclist born 1928)|Hans Dekkers]]|NED}} || Netherlands || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 41' 55"
| {{flagathlete|[[Hans Dekkers (cyclist born 1928)|Hans Dekkers]]|NED}} || Netherlands || style="text-align:right;"|+ 3h 41' 55"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |61
! scope="row" |61
| {{flagathlete|[[Roger Rossinelli]]|FRA}} || North-East/Centre || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 42' 46"
| {{flagathlete|[[Roger Rossinelli]]|FRA}} || North-East/Centre || style="text-align:right;"|+ 3h 42' 46"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |62
! scope="row" |62
| {{flagathlete|[[Giulio Bresci]]|ITA}} || Italy || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 50' 34"
| {{flagathlete|[[Giulio Bresci]]|ITA}} || Italy || style="text-align:right;"|+ 3h 50' 34"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |63
! scope="row" |63
| {{flagathlete|[[Bernard Gauthier]]|FRA}} || France || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 57' 16"
| {{flagathlete|[[Bernard Gauthier]]|FRA}} || France || style="text-align:right;"|+ 3h 57' 16"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |64
! scope="row" |64
| {{flagathlete|[[Robert Bonnaventure]]|FRA}} || France || style="text-align:right;" | + 4h 02' 18"
| {{flagathlete|[[Robert Bonnaventure]]|FRA}} || France || style="text-align:right;"|+ 4h 02' 18"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |65
! scope="row" |65
| {{flagathlete|[[Joseph Mirando]]|ITA}} || South-East || style="text-align:right;" | + 4h 06' 33"
| {{flagathlete|[[Joseph Mirando]]|ITA}} || South-East || style="text-align:right;"|+ 4h 06' 33"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |66
! scope="row" |66
| {{flagathlete|[[Paul Giguet]]|FRA}} || South-East || style="text-align:right;" | + 4h 08' 35"
| {{flagathlete|[[Paul Giguet]]|FRA}} || South-East || style="text-align:right;"|+ 4h 08' 35"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |67
! scope="row" |67
| {{flagathlete|[[René Rotta]]|FRA}} || South-East || style="text-align:right;" | + 4h 08' 58"
| {{flagathlete|[[René Rotta]]|FRA}} || South-East || style="text-align:right;"|+ 4h 08' 58"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |68
! scope="row" |68
| {{flagathlete|[[Jean Bertaina]]|FRA}} || South-East || style="text-align:right;" | + 4h 09' 30"
| {{flagathlete|[[Jean Bertaina]]|FRA}} || South-East || style="text-align:right;"|+ 4h 09' 30"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |69
! scope="row" |69
| {{flagathlete|[[Hein van Breenen]]|NED}} || Netherlands || style="text-align:right;" | + 4h 18' 54"
| {{flagathlete|[[Hein van Breenen]]|NED}} || Netherlands || style="text-align:right;"|+ 4h 18' 54"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |70
! scope="row" |70
| {{flagathlete|[[Tino Sabbadini]]|FRA}} || West/South-West || style="text-align:right;" | + 4h 34' 34"
| {{flagathlete|[[Tino Sabbadini]]|FRA}} || West/South-West || style="text-align:right;"|+ 4h 34' 34"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |71
! scope="row" |71
| {{flagathlete|[[Adolphe Pezzuli]]|FRA}} || South-East || style="text-align:right;" | + 4h 41' 59"
| {{flagathlete|[[Adolphe Pezzuli]]|FRA}} || South-East || style="text-align:right;"|+ 4h 41' 59"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |72
! scope="row" |72
| {{flagathlete|[[Heinrich Spuhler]]|SUI}} || Switzerland || style="text-align:right;" | + 4h 45' 51"
| {{flagathlete|[[Heinrich Spuhler]]|SUI}} || Switzerland || style="text-align:right;"|+ 4h 45' 51"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |73
! scope="row" |73
| {{flagathlete|[[Jean Delahaye]]|FRA}} || West/South-West || style="text-align:right;" | + 4h 58' 32"
| {{flagathlete|[[Jean Delahaye]]|FRA}} || West/South-West || style="text-align:right;"|+ 4h 58' 32"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |74
! scope="row" |74
| {{flagathlete|[[Raymond Scardin]]|FRA}} || West/South-West || style="text-align:right;" | + 4h 59' 48"
| {{flagathlete|[[Raymond Scardin]]|FRA}} || West/South-West || style="text-align:right;"|+ 4h 59' 48"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |75
! scope="row" |75
| {{flagathlete|[[André Bernard (cyclist)|André Bernard]]|FRA}} || West/South-West || style="text-align:right;" | + 5h 19' 19"
| {{flagathlete|[[André Bernard (cyclist)|André Bernard]]|FRA}} || West/South-West || style="text-align:right;"|+ 5h 19' 19"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |76
! scope="row" |76
| {{flagathlete|[[Henk Faanhof]]|NED}} || Netherlands || style="text-align:right;" | + 5h 21' 13"
| {{flagathlete|[[Henk Faanhof]]|NED}} || Netherlands || style="text-align:right;"|+ 5h 21' 13"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |77
! scope="row" |77
| {{flagathlete|[[Vincent Soler]]|FRA}} || North Africa || style="text-align:right;" | + 7h 11' 36"
| {{flagathlete|[[Vincent Soler]]|FRA}} || North Africa || style="text-align:right;"|+ 7h 11' 36"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |78
! scope="row" |78
| {{flagathlete|[[Henri Paret (cyclist, born 1929)|Henri Paret]]|FRA}} || North Africa || style="text-align:right;" | + 7h 15' 09"
| {{flagathlete|[[Henri Paret (cyclist, born 1929)|Henri Paret]]|FRA}} || North Africa || style="text-align:right;"|+ 7h 15' 09"
|}
|}


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{| class="wikitable"
|+ Final mountains classification (1–10)<ref name="tgv"/><ref name="veloarchive"/><ref name="tdf2">{{cite web|url=https://www.wielercentrum.com/tourdefrance/statistieken/Alle-uitslagen/1952--39e-editie-1605.html|title=1952: 39e editie|publisher=Tourdefrance.nl|date=30 December 2003|accessdate=4 December 2009|language=Dutch|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323021252/https://www.wielercentrum.com/tourdefrance/statistieken/Alle-uitslagen/1952--39e-editie-1605.html|archive-date=23 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|+ Final mountains classification (1–10)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1952/07/18/MD19520718-003.pdf|title=Nueva victoria de Coppi|trans-title=Coppi's new victory|work=[[Mundo Deportivo]]|page=3|date=18 July 1952|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003234206/https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1952/07/18/MD19520718-003.pdf|archive-date=3 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope="col" | Rank!! scope="col" | Rider!! scope="col" | Team!! scope="col" | Points
! scope="col"|Rank!! scope="col"|Rider!! scope="col"|Team!! scope="col"|Points
|-
|-
! scope="row" |1
! scope="row" |1
| {{flagathlete|[[Fausto Coppi]]|ITA}} || Italy || style="text-align:right;" | 92
| {{flagathlete|[[Fausto Coppi]]|ITA}} || Italy || style="text-align:right;"| 92
|-
|-
! scope="row" |2
! scope="row" |2
| {{flagathlete|[[Antonio Gelabert]]|ESP|1945}} || Spain || style="text-align:right;" | 69
| {{flagathlete|[[Antonio Gelabert]]|ESP|1945}} || Spain || style="text-align:right;"|69
|-
|-
! scope="row" |3
! scope="row" |3
| {{flagathlete|[[Jean Robic]]|FRA}} || France || style="text-align:right;" | 60
| {{flagathlete|[[Jean Robic]]|FRA}} || France || style="text-align:right;"|60
|-
|-
! scope="row" |4
! scope="row" |4
| {{flagathlete|[[Stan Ockers]]|BEL}} || Belgium || style="text-align:right;" | 53
| {{flagathlete|[[Stan Ockers]]|BEL}} || Belgium || style="text-align:right;"|53
|-
|-
! scope="row" |5
! scope="row" |5
| {{flagathlete|[[Raphaël Géminiani]]|FRA}} || France || style="text-align:right;" | 51
| {{flagathlete|[[Raphaël Géminiani]]|FRA}} || France || style="text-align:right;"|51
|-
|-
! scope="row" |6
! scope="row" |6
| {{flagathlete|[[Gino Bartali]]|ITA}} || Italy || style="text-align:right;" | 42
| {{flagathlete|[[Gino Bartali]]|ITA}} || Italy || style="text-align:right;"|42
|-
|-
! scope="row" |7
! scope="row" |7
| {{flagathlete|[[Jean Dotto]]|FRA}} || France || style="text-align:right;" | 35
| {{flagathlete|[[Jean Dotto]]|FRA}} || France || style="text-align:right;"|35
|-
|-
! scope="row" |8
! scope="row" |8
| {{flagathlete|[[Bernardo Ruiz]]|ESP|1945}} || Spain || style="text-align:right;" | 28
| {{flagathlete|[[Bernardo Ruiz]]|ESP|1945}} || Spain || style="text-align:right;"|28
|-
|-
! scope="row" |9
! scope="row" |9
| {{flagathlete|[[Andrea Carrea]]|ITA}} || Italy || style="text-align:right;" | 23
| {{flagathlete|[[Andrea Carrea]]|ITA}} || Italy || style="text-align:right;"|23
|-
|-
! scope="row" |10
! scope="row" |10
| {{flagathlete|[[Jan Nolten]]|NED}} || Netherlands || style="text-align:right;" | 22
| {{flagathlete|[[Jan Nolten]]|NED}} || Netherlands || style="text-align:right;"|22
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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Final team classification<ref>{{cite news|url=https://krantenarchief.concentra.be/vw/article.do?code=GVA&date=19520721&id=GVA-19520721-01006003|title=Italië won het Landenklassement|trans-title=Italy won the country ranking|language=nl|work=[[Gazet van Antwerpen]]|date=21 July 1952|page=6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003234346/https://krantenarchief.concentra.be/vw/article.do?code=GVA&date=19520721&id=GVA-19520721-01006003|archive-date=3 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
|+ Final team classification<ref name="veloarchive">{{cite web|url=https://www.veloarchive.com/races/tour/1951.php|first=Tom|last=James|date=14 August 2003|accessdate=4 December 2009|publisher=Veloarchive|title=1952: "The lamb transformed into a lion"}}</ref><ref name="tdf2"/>
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|-
! scope="col" | Rank!! scope="col" | Team!! scope="col" | Time
! scope="col"|Rank!! scope="col"|Team!! scope="col"|Time
|-
|-
! scope="row" |1
! scope="row" |1
| Italy || style="text-align:right;" | 455h 56' 40"
| Italy || style="text-align:right;"|455h 56' 40"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |2
! scope="row" |2
| France || style="text-align:right;" | + 25' 16"
| France || style="text-align:right;"|+ 25' 16"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |3
! scope="row" |3
| Belgium || style="text-align:right;" | + 54' 56"
| Belgium || style="text-align:right;"|+ 54' 56"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |4
! scope="row" |4
| Spain || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 53' 44"
| Spain || style="text-align:right;"|+ 2h 53' 44"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |5
! scope="row" |5
| Netherlands || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 59' 52"
| Netherlands || style="text-align:right;"|+ 2h 59' 52"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |6
! scope="row" |6
| North-East/Centre || style="text-align:right;" | + 4h 26' 06"
| North-East/Centre || style="text-align:right;"|+ 4h 26' 06"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |7
! scope="row" |7
| South-East || style="text-align:right;" | + 4h 46' 06"
| South-East || style="text-align:right;"|+ 4h 46' 06"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |8
! scope="row" |8
| West/South-West || style="text-align:right;" | + 5h 58' 00"
| West/South-West || style="text-align:right;"|+ 5h 58' 00"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |9
! scope="row" |9
| Paris || style="text-align:right;" | + 6h 27' 14"
| Paris || style="text-align:right;"|+ 6h 27' 14"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |10
! scope="row" |10
| Switzerland || style="text-align:right;" | + 7h 00' 41"
| Switzerland || style="text-align:right;"|+ 7h 00' 41"
|-
|-
! scope="row" |11
! scope="row" |11
| North Africa || style="text-align:right;" | + 7h 56' 49"
| North Africa || style="text-align:right;"|+ 7h 56' 49"
|}
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Fausto Coppi would never start the Tour de France again.
Fausto Coppi would never start the Tour de France again.


The team selecters for the French national team felt that [[Raphaël Géminiani]] had held back when chasing [[Fausto Coppi]], because they rode for the same sponsor. For that reason, Géminiani was left out the national team for the [[1952 UCI Road World Championships]]. To avoid these problems in the future, Géminiani switched teams at the end of the season.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=183–188}}
The team selectors for the French national team felt that [[Raphaël Géminiani]] had held back when chasing [[Fausto Coppi]], because they rode for the same sponsor. For that reason, Géminiani was left out the national team for the [[1952 UCI Road World Championships]]. To avoid these problems in the future, Géminiani switched teams at the end of the season.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=183–188}}


==Notes==
==Notes==
{{Reflist|group=n}}
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==References==
==References==
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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Augendre|author-link=Jacques Augendre|url=https://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf|title=Guide historique|trans-title=Historical guide|year=2016|language=French|access-date=27 October 2016|format=PDF|work=[[Tour de France]]|location=Paris|publisher=[[Amaury Sport Organisation]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817121602/https://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf|archive-date=17 August 2016|url-status=live|ref=harv}}
* {{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Augendre|author-link=Jacques Augendre|url=https://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf|title=Le Tour de France: Guide historique|trans-title=The Tour de France: Historical guide|year=2016|language=fr|access-date=27 October 2016|location=Paris|publisher=[[Amaury Sport Organisation]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817121602/https://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf|archive-date=17 August 2016|url-status=live}}
* {{cite book|last1=McGann|first1=Bill|last2=McGann|first2=Carol|title=The Story of the Tour de France: 1903–1964|volume=1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jxq20JskqMUC|publisher=Dog Ear Publishing|location=Indianapolis, IN|year=2006|isbn=978-1-59858-180-5|ref=harv}}
* {{cite book|last1=McGann|first1=Bill|last2=McGann|first2=Carol|title=The Story of the Tour de France: 1903–1964|volume=1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jxq20JskqMUC|publisher=Dog Ear Publishing|location=Indianapolis|year=2006|isbn=978-1-59858-180-5}}
* {{cite book|last1=Nauright|first1=John|last2=Parrish|first2=Charles|title=Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice|volume=2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IkLYDgTnMxEC|year=2012|publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]|location=Santa Barbara, CA|isbn=978-1-59884-300-2|ref=harv}}
* {{cite book|last1=Nauright|first1=John|last2=Parrish|first2=Charles|title=Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice|volume=2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IkLYDgTnMxEC|year=2012|publisher=[[ABC–CLIO]]|location=Santa Barbara, California|isbn=978-1-59884-300-2}}
* {{cite book|title=The Tour de France: A Cultural History|last=Thompson|first=Christopher S.|year=2006|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=0-520-24760-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M-vUF6Y_4RUC}}
* {{cite book|title=The Tour de France: A Cultural History|last=Thompson|first=Christopher S.|year=2006|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=0-520-24760-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M-vUF6Y_4RUC}}
* {{cite book|last=van den Akker|first=Pieter|title=Tour de France rules and statistics: 1903–2021|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09BT7YCBJ|year=2021|publisher=Self-published|isbn=979-8549164024}}
* {{cite book|last=Woodland|first=Les|title=The Yellow Jersey Companion to the Tour de France|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QdMSjfvjDhUC|year= 2007|orig-year=1st. pub. 2003|publisher=[[Random House]]|location=London|isbn=978-0-224-08016-3}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book|title=Mapping Le Tour|first=Ellis|last=Bacon|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|location=Glasgow|year=2014|pages=106–107|isbn=9780007543991|oclc=872700415}}


==External links==
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1952 Tour de France
Route of the 1952 Tour de France followed clockwise, starting in Brest and finishing in Paris
Route of the 1952 Tour de France followed clockwise, starting in Brest and finishing in Paris
Race details
Dates25 June – 19 July 1952
Stages23
Distance4,807 km (2,987 mi)
Winning time151h 57' 20"
Results
Winner  Fausto Coppi (ITA) (Italy)
  Second  Stan Ockers (BEL) (Belgium)
  Third  Bernardo Ruiz (ESP) (Spain)
  Mountains  Fausto Coppi (ITA) (Italy)
  Team Italy
← 1951
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The 1952 Tour de France was the 39th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 25 June to 19 July. It was composed of 23 stages over 4,807 km (2,987 mi). Newly introduced were the arrivals on mountain peaks.

The race was won by Italian Fausto Coppi. Coppi dominated the race, winning five stages and the mountains classification, and was a member of the winning Italian team. His dominance was so large that the Tour organisation had to double the prize money for second place to make the race interesting. At the end, Coppi had a margin of almost half an hour over the second-ranked cyclist; such a margin has never been achieved again. Although more than 25 years later during the 1979 edition, the 1st and 2nd-place finishers Bernard Hinault and Joop Zoetemelk were both nearly a half hour ahead of the 3rd-place finisher.

Teams

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For a more comprehensive list, see List of teams and cyclists in the 1952 Tour de France.

As was the custom since the 1930 Tour de France, the 1952 Tour de France was contested by national and regional teams. The three major cycling countries in 1952, Italy, Belgium and France, each sent a team of 12 cyclists. Other countries sent teams of 8 cyclists: Switzerland, Luxembourg (together with Australia), Netherlands and Spain. The French regional cyclists were divided into four teams of 12 cyclists: Paris, North-East/Centre, South-East and West/South-West. The last team of eight cyclists was made up out of cyclists from the French North African colonies. In the end, Luxembourg only sent 6 cyclists, so altogether this made 122 cyclists. There were 57 French (of which 6 were Algerian), 13 Italian, 12 Belgian, 8 Dutch, 8 Spanish, 8 Swiss, 5 Luxembourgian and 1 Australian cyclists.[1]

The teams entering the race were:[1]

  • Switzerland
  • Belgium
  • Italy
  • France
  • Netherlands
  • Spain
  • Luxembourg/Australia
  • Paris
  • North-East/Centre
  • South-East
  • West/South-West
  • North Africa

Pre-race favourites

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The winners of the last two editions, Swiss cyclists Hugo Koblet and Ferdinand Kübler, were injured and did not enter the race, nor did French cyclist Louison Bobet.[2] On the last press conference before the race, Jacques Goddet conducted a poll amongst journalists to see who they considered the favourite. Coppi received 29 votes in that poll, followed by Géminiani and Bartali, both with 26 votes.[3]

Route and stages

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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. A newspaper described it as linking the two cities together. The stop in Vichy was successful, with a new record of 150.000 live spectators.[4] An innovation was the stage arrivals on mountain peaks. This happened three times in 1952, on stages 10, 11 and 21. There were two rest days, in Alpe d'Huez and Toulouse.[5] The highest point of elevation in the race was 2,556 m (8,386 ft) at the summit tunnel of the Col du Galibier mountain pass on stage 11.[6][7]

Stage characteristics and winners[2][5][8][9]
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 255 km (158 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 4,807 km (2,987 mi)[2][10]

Race overview

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Main articles: 1952 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12 and 1952 Tour de France, Stage 13 to Stage 23
General classification winner Fausto Coppi taking his victory lap at the end of the Tour in the Parc des Princes in Paris

In the fourth stage, Jean Robic, the winner of the 1947 Tour de France was in a group with his teammate Raphaël Géminiani, and Robic let Géminiani do all the work. After the stage, Robic told reporters that he had been smart, because he had saved energy and was in a better position to win the Tour. Géminiani then became angry and held Robic's head in a hotel room sink. It was the last year that Robic rode on the national team.[11] At that moment, Nello Lauredi was the leader in the race.

In the sixth stage, Fiorenzo Magni escaped, and became the leader of the general classification by twelve seconds. In the 1950 Tour de France, Magni had already become the leader, but left the race without riding in the yellow jersey.[11] In the time trial in stage seven, won by Fausto Coppi, Magni lost his lead, and Lauredi became leader again.

The first high mountains appeared in stage eight. Magni and Lauredi stayed together, but because Magni took a twenty-second bonification for finishing second, they swapped positions again, and Magni became leader again.[11]

In the ninth stage, a group of eight cyclists got away, including Coppi's teammate Andrea Carrea. At the end of the stage, the group had a margin of more than nine minutes. Carrea went to the hotel after the finish, but was picked up by the police. Carrea asked what he had done wrong, but he was told that he was the new leader of the race, and had to go to the ceremony to receive the yellow jersey. Carrea apologised to his team leader Coppi, in fear that his team leader would be angry because a helper occupied the highest rank, but Coppi was not angry.[11]

In the tenth stage, Robic attacked, and only Coppi was able to follow him. Later, Robic had a flat tire. Because his team director was far away, he lost several minutes, and lost so much time that he dropped from second place to fifth place.[12] Coppi rode away and won the stage, taking over the lead in the general classification from his teammate. The top three riders were all Italian at that moment.[11]

After the rest day, the eleventh stage was again a mountain stage. The cyclists from the French national team, especially Géminiani, attacked on the Galibier, but Coppi counterattacked and escaped easily. At the end of the stage, Coppi won by a large margin. His lead in the general classification was now almost 20 minutes.[11]

The margin was so large that Coppi didn't need to attack in the twelfth stage. When Coppi had a flat tire, his teammate Gino Bartali gave him his own wheel, which was a sign that the rivalry between the two cyclists was over. Even though Coppi rode conservatively in that stage, the cyclist directly behind him in the general classification, Alex Close, lost another four minutes, and Coppi was now 24 minutes ahead.[11]

The Tour organisation feared that the race would become dull, now that Coppi's lead was so large. Therefore, they doubled the prize money for second and third place, hoping to keep the other cyclists aggressive.[11]

In the sixteenth stage, the riders were apparently not motivated by the double prize money, as they were slow that day. The organisation then responded by canceling the prize money; there was still a rule from before 1947, that said that stage winners had to go at least 30 km/h to win prize money. The winner, André Rosseel, had only reached 29 km/h.[13]

In the seventeenth stage, Géminiani, who was already in fourteenth place, 52 minutes behind in the general classification, escaped. Coppi did not chase him, and allowed Géminiani to win the stage.[11] In the eighteenth stage, Coppi reached the top of the mountains first, but took it easy on the descent, and allowed other cyclists to get back to him. He still won the sprint at the end of the stage.[11]

Coppi also won the last mountain stage, stage 21, and increased his lead to more than 31 minutes. In the time trial on the next day, Coppi apparently took it easy. Previously he was an expert in such time trials, but on that day he allowed other cyclists to win back some time, and finished on the fourteenth place.[11]

Classification leadership and minor prizes

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Rik Van Steenbergen, winning the first stage. He would hold the yellow jersey for two days

The time that each cyclist required to finish each stage was recorded, and these times were added together for the general classification. If a cyclist had received a time bonus, it was subtracted from this total; all time penalties were added to this total. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey.[14] Of the 123 cyclists that started the 1951 Tour de France, 66 finished the race.

Points for the mountains classification were earned by reaching the mountain tops first.[15] The system was the same as in 1951: there were three types of mountain tops: the hardest ones, in category 1, gave 10 points to the winner, the easier ones in category 2 gave 6 points to the winner, and the easiest in category 3 gave 3 points.[16] Fausto Coppi won this classification.[2]

The team classification had been awarded and calculated since 1930, but in 1952 the daily team classification was also calculated: for each stage, the best team (calculated as the team of which the best three cyclists had the lowest accumulated team in that stage) received a prize.[2][17] The riders in the team that led this classification wore yellow caps for the first time in 1952.[18] It was won by the Italian team. The Luxembourgian team finished with only two cyclists, and therefore were not eligible for the team classification.

The 1952 Tour de France saw the introduction of the combativity award, a daily award for the most combative rider of the stage.[19] The winner of that award received 100,000 French francs.[5] The super-combativity award, the award for the most combative rider of the entire Tour de France, was also first given in 1953, determined by a jury vote,[20] to Robic.[21] The Souvenir Henri Desgrange was given to the first rider to pass the memorial to Tour founder Henri Desgrange near the summit of the Col du Galibier stage 11. This prize was won by Fausto Coppi.[22][23] The special award for the best regional rider was won by eighteenth-placed Marcel Zelasco.[5]

There were also a few minor awards. After every stage, an award was given to the cyclist with the most bad luck, and to the most 'cold-blooded' cyclist. At the end of the Tour the award for the cyclist with the most bad luck was given to Wim van Est. The award for most beloved cyclist was given to Antonin Rolland.[21]

Classification leadership by stage[21]
Stage Winner General classification
 Mountains classification[a] Team classification Combativity award
1 Rik Van Steenbergen Rik Van Steenbergen no award Belgium Pierre Pardoën
2 André Rosseel Jean Malléjac
3 Nello Lauredi Nello Lauredi France Nello Lauredi
4 Pierre Molinéris Nello Lauredi
5 Jean Diederich Bim Diederich
6 Fiorenzo Magni Fiorenzo Magni Fiorenzo Magni
7 Fausto Coppi Nello Lauredi Armand Papazian
8 Raphaël Géminiani Fiorenzo Magni Raphaël Géminiani Raphaël Géminiani
9 Walter Diggelmann Andrea Carrea Jan Nolten
10 Fausto Coppi Fausto Coppi Antonio Gelabert Fausto Coppi
11 Fausto Coppi Fausto Coppi Jean Le Guilly
12 Jan Nolten Jan Nolten
13 Raoul Rémy Jean Dotto
14 Jean Robic Jean Robic
15 Georges Decaux Italy Georges Decaux
16 André Rosseel Wim van Est
17 Raphaël Géminiani Raphaël Géminiani
18 Fausto Coppi Fausto Coppi
19 Hans Dekkers Hans Dekkers
20 Jacques Vivier Georges Decaux
21 Fausto Coppi no award
22 Fiorenzo Magni no award
23 Antonin Rolland Jean Robic
Final Fausto Coppi Fausto Coppi Italy Jean Robic

Final standings

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General classification

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Final general classification (1–10)[24]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Fausto Coppi (ITA) Italy 151h 57' 20"
2  Stan Ockers (BEL) Belgium + 28' 17"
3  Bernardo Ruiz (ESP) Spain + 34' 38"
4  Gino Bartali (ITA) Italy + 35' 25"
5  Jean Robic (FRA) France + 35' 36"
6  Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) Italy + 38' 25"
7  Alex Close (BEL) Belgium + 38' 32"
8  Jean Dotto (FRA) France + 48' 01"
9  Andrea Carrea (ITA) Italy + 50' 20"
10  Antonio Gelabert (ESP) Spain + 58' 16"

Mountains classification

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Final mountains classification (1–10)[25]
Rank Rider Team Points
1  Fausto Coppi (ITA) Italy 92
2  Antonio Gelabert (ESP) Spain 69
3  Jean Robic (FRA) France 60
4  Stan Ockers (BEL) Belgium 53
5  Raphaël Géminiani (FRA) France 51
6  Gino Bartali (ITA) Italy 42
7  Jean Dotto (FRA) France 35
8  Bernardo Ruiz (ESP) Spain 28
9  Andrea Carrea (ITA) Italy 23
10  Jan Nolten (NED) Netherlands 22

Team classification

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Final team classification[26]
Rank Team Time
1 Italy 455h 56' 40"
2 France + 25' 16"
3 Belgium + 54' 56"
4 Spain + 2h 53' 44"
5 Netherlands + 2h 59' 52"
6 North-East/Centre + 4h 26' 06"
7 South-East + 4h 46' 06"
8 West/South-West + 5h 58' 00"
9 Paris + 6h 27' 14"
10 Switzerland + 7h 00' 41"
11 North Africa + 7h 56' 49"

Aftermath

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The daily combativity award was a success, and has been awarded ever since. The mountain finishes also were spectacular enough to have been included in every Tour de France since.

Fausto Coppi would never start the Tour de France again.

The team selectors for the French national team felt that Raphaël Géminiani had held back when chasing Fausto Coppi, because they rode for the same sponsor. For that reason, Géminiani was left out the national team for the 1952 UCI Road World Championships. To avoid these problems in the future, Géminiani switched teams at the end of the season.[11]

Notes

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  1. ^ No jersey was awarded to the leader of the mountains classification until a white jersey with red polka dots was introduced in 1975.[15]

References

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  1. ^ a b "The history of the Tour de France – Year 1952 – The starters". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 3 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e "39ème Tour de France 1952" [39th Tour de France 1952]. Mémoire du cyclisme (in French). Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Wagtmans bij favorieten". Dagblad voor Amersfoort (in Dutch). Archief Eemland. 23 June 1952. p. 4. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  4. ^ Thompson, pp. 85–94
  5. ^ a b c d Augendre 2016, p. 43.
  6. ^ Augendre 2016, pp. 177–178.
  7. ^ "Tour de France met een gewijzigd karakter" [Tour de France with a changed character]. Het Vrije Volk (in Dutch). 23 June 1952. p. 3 – via Delpher.
  8. ^ Zwegers, Arian. "Tour de France GC top ten". CVCC. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
  9. ^ "The history of the Tour de France – Year 1952 – The stage winners". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 3 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  10. ^ "Le palmarès du Tour de France". L'Équipe (in French). 3 July 1953. p. 2 – via Gallica.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l McGann & McGann 2006, pp. 183–188.
  12. ^ Amaury Sport Organisation. "The Tour - Year 1952". letour.fr. Archived from the original on 17 July 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
  13. ^ Thompson, p.217
  14. ^ Nauright & Parrish 2012, pp. 452–453.
  15. ^ a b Nauright & Parrish 2012, p. 454.
  16. ^ van den Akker 2021, p. 170.
  17. ^ Nauright & Parrish 2012, p. 455.
  18. ^ van den Akker 2021, p. 156.
  19. ^ Woodland 2007, p. 96.
  20. ^ van den Akker 2021, p. 217.
  21. ^ a b c van den Akker, Pieter. "Informatie over de Tour de France van 1952" [Information about the Tour de France from 1952]. TourDeFranceStatistieken.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  22. ^ "Coppi le plus fort" [Coppi the strongest] (PDF). L'Impartial (in French). 7 July 1952. p. 3 – via RERO.
  23. ^ "Ronde-Klok" [Tour bell]. Gazet van Antwerpen (in Dutch). 8 July 1952. p. 9.
  24. ^ a b "The history of the Tour de France – Year 1952 – Stage 23 Vichy > Paris". Tour de France. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 2 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  25. ^ "Nueva victoria de Coppi" [Coppi's new victory] (PDF). Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 18 July 1952. p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 October 2019.
  26. ^ "Italië won het Landenklassement" [Italy won the country ranking]. Gazet van Antwerpen (in Dutch). 21 July 1952. p. 6. Archived from the original on 3 October 2019.

Bibliography

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