The 1988 Tour de France was the 75th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour officially began in Pontchâteau (stage 1 to Machecoul) on 4 July, and Stage 11 occurred on 13 July with a mountainous stage to Morzine. The race finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 24 July.
Prelude
A prelude (also called preface) took place one day before the start of the Tour de France. It was a short unofficial race, mixing team time trial and individual time trial.
3 July 1988 — Pornichet to La Baule, (team time trial) and (individual time trial)
Prelude result, unofficial Rank Rider Team Time 1 Carrera Jeans–Vagabond 2 PDM + 1.89" 3 Superconfex–Yoko–Opel + 2.81" 4 Sigma–Fina–Diamant + 3.26" 5 Z–Peugeot + 3.58" 6 Fagor + 4.65" 7 KAS–Canal 10–Mavic + 5.35" 8 Chateau d'Ax + 5.55" 9 Système U + 6.39" 10 Kelme + 6.42"
Stage 1 4 July 1988 — Pontchâteau to Machecoul,
Stage 1 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster 2 Panasonic–Isostar + 8" 3 ADR–Mini Fiat–IOC s.t. 4 7 Eleven–Hoonved s.t. 5 Hitachi–Bosal–BCE s.t. 6 KAS–Canal 10–Mavic s.t. 7 Sigma–Fina–Diamant s.t. 8 BH s.t. 9 Chateau d'Ax s.t. 10 PDM s.t.General classification after stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster 2h 16' 28" 2 Sigma–Fina–Diamant s.t. 3 Panasonic–Isostar s.t. 4 Superconfex–Yoko–Opel + 6" 5 Sigma–Fina–Diamant + 8" 6 PDM + 10" 7 Superconfex–Yoko–Opel s.t. 8 Carrera Jeans–Vagabond + 12" 9 Reynolds s.t. 10 Panasonic–Isostar + 14"
Stage 2 4 July 1988 — La Haye-Fouassière to Ancenis, (team time trial)
Stage 2 result Rank Team Time 1 Panasonic–Isostar 2 Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster + 24" 3 Hitachi–Bosal–BCE + 36" 4 Z–Peugeot s.t. 5 BH + 55" 6 Superconfex–Yoko–Opel + 1' 01" 7 Reynolds + 1' 02" 8 KAS–Canal 10–Mavic + 1' 14" 9 Toshiba s.t. 10 Carrera Jeans–Vagabond + 1' 15"General classification after stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Panasonic–Isostar 2 Panasonic–Isostar + 14" 3 Panasonic–Isostar s.t. 4 Panasonic–Isostar s.t. 5 Panasonic–Isostar s.t. 6 Panasonic–Isostar s.t. 7 Panasonic–Isostar s.t. 8 Panasonic–Isostar s.t. 9 Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster + 24" 10 Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster + 38"
Stage 3 5 July 1988 — Nantes to Le Mans,
Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Superconfex–Yoko–Opel 2 Caja Rural–Orbea s.t. 3 Panasonic–Isostar s.t. 4 ADR–Mini Fiat–IOC s.t. 5 KAS–Canal 10–Mavic s.t. 6 PDM s.t. 7 Sigma–Fina–Diamant s.t. 8 Fagor s.t. 9 Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster s.t. 10 Hitachi–Bosal–BCE s.t.General classification after stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Panasonic–Isostar 2 Panasonic–Isostar + 18" 3 Panasonic–Isostar + 22" 4 Panasonic–Isostar s.t. 5 Panasonic–Isostar s.t. 6 Panasonic–Isostar s.t. 7 Panasonic–Isostar s.t. 8 Panasonic–Isostar s.t. 9 Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster + 32" 10 Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster + 46"
Stage 4 6 July 1988 — Le Mans to Évreux,
Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 KAS–Canal 10–Mavic 2 PDM s.t. 3 KAS–Canal 10–Mavic s.t. 4 Sigma–Fina–Diamant s.t. 5 ADR–Mini Fiat–IOC s.t. 6 Caja Rural–Orbea s.t. 7 Hitachi–Bosal–BCE s.t. 8 Z–Peugeot s.t. 9 Kelme s.t. 10 Panasonic–Isostar s.t.General classification after stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Panasonic–Isostar 2 Panasonic–Isostar + 18" 3 Panasonic–Isostar + 22" 4 Panasonic–Isostar s.t. 5 Panasonic–Isostar s.t. 6 Panasonic–Isostar s.t. 7 Panasonic–Isostar s.t. 8 Panasonic–Isostar s.t. 9 Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster + 32" 10 Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster + 46"
Stage 5 7 July 1988 — Neufchâtel-en-Bray to Liévin,
Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Superconfex–Yoko–Opel 2 Carrera Jeans–Vagabond + 8" 3 KAS–Canal 10–Mavic + 13" 4 Superconfex–Yoko–Opel s.t. 5 Panasonic–Isostar s.t. 6 Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster s.t. 7 Sigma–Fina–Diamant s.t. 8 PDM s.t. 9 7 Eleven–Hoonved s.t. 10 Panasonic–Isostar s.t.General classification after stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Panasonic–Isostar 2 Panasonic–Isostar s.t. 3 Panasonic–Isostar s.t. 4 Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster + 10" 5 Panasonic–Isostar + 31" 6 Panasonic–Isostar + 38" 7 Panasonic–Isostar + 41" 8 Panasonic–Isostar + 43" 9 Panasonic–Isostar s.t. 10 Superconfex–Yoko–Opel + 44"
Stage 6 8 July 1988 — Liévin to Wasquehal, (individual time trial)
Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Fagor 2 Carrera Jeans–Vagabond + 14" 3 Chateau d'Ax + 23" 4 Superconfex–Yoko–Opel + 41" 5 Superconfex–Yoko–Opel + 49" 6 Chateau d'Ax + 1' 04" 7 Chateau d'Ax + 1' 06" 8 Système U + 1' 08" 9 Toshiba + 1' 14" 10 Système U + 1' 16"General classification after stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Superconfex–Yoko–Opel 2 Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster + 1" 3 Panasonic–Isostar + 21" 4 Panasonic–Isostar + 45" 5 Toshiba + 1' 03" 6 Carrera Jeans–Vagabond + 1' 04" 7 Système U s.t. 8 Z–Peugeot + 1' 27" 9 Z–Peugeot + 1' 30" 10 Superconfex–Yoko–Opel + 1' 37"
Stage 7 9 July 1988 — Wasquehal to Reims,
Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Chateau d'Ax 2 Z–Peugeot + 6" 3 Superconfex–Yoko–Opel + 1' 47" 4 ADR–Mini Fiat–IOC s.t. 5 KAS–Canal 10–Mavic s.t. 6 PDM s.t. 7 7 Eleven–Hoonved s.t. 8 Hitachi–Bosal–BCE s.t. 9 Hitachi–Bosal–BCE s.t. 10 RMO–Liberia–Mavic s.t.General classification after stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Superconfex–Yoko–Opel 2 Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster + 9" 3 Panasonic–Isostar + 29" 4 Panasonic–Isostar + 50" 5 Toshiba + 1' 11" 6 Carrera Jeans–Vagabond + 1' 12" 7 Système U s.t. 8 Z–Peugeot + 1' 35" 9 Z–Peugeot + 1' 38" 10 Superconfex–Yoko–Opel + 1' 45"
Stage 8 10 July 1988 — Reims to Nancy,
Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Superconfex–Yoko–Opel 2 Sigma–Fina–Diamant s.t. 3 Chateau d'Ax s.t. 4 KAS–Canal 10–Mavic s.t. 5 7 Eleven–Hoonved s.t. 6 Z–Peugeot s.t. 7 Café de Colombia s.t. 8 Reynolds s.t. 9 Système U s.t. 10 Système U s.t.General classification after stage 8 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster 2 Superconfex–Yoko–Opel + 10" 3 Panasonic–Isostar + 43" 4 Système U + 1' 01" 5 Toshiba + 1' 02" 6 Carrera Jeans–Vagabond + 1' 03" 7 Superconfex–Yoko–Opel + 1' 36" 8 KAS–Canal 10–Mavic + 1' 44" 9 Z–Peugeot + 1' 49" 10 Z–Peugeot + 1' 52"
Stage 9 11 July 1988 — Nancy to Strasbourg,
Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Z–Peugeot 2 Carrera Jeans–Vagabond + 7" 3 Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster + 9" 4 BH + 14" 5 KAS–Canal 10–Mavic s.t. 6 Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster s.t. 7 Panasonic–Isostar s.t. 8 Fagor s.t. 9 Système U + 18" 10 KAS–Canal 10–Mavic + 1' 56"General classification after stage 9 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster 2 Z–Peugeot + 14" 3 Panasonic–Isostar + 43" 4 Fagor + 59" 5 Système U + 1' 01" 6 Toshiba + 1' 02" 7 Carrera Jeans–Vagabond + 1' 03" 8 Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster + 1' 29" 9 KAS–Canal 10–Mavic + 1' 44" 10 Z–Peugeot + 1' 49"
Stage 10 12 July 1988 — Belfort to Besançon,
Stage 10 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Superconfex–Yoko–Opel 2 Carrera Jeans–Vagabond s.t. 3 ADR–Mini Fiat–IOC s.t. 4 BH s.t. 5 Fagor s.t. 6 7 Eleven–Hoonved s.t. 7 KAS–Canal 10–Mavic s.t. 8 PDM s.t. 9 Chateau d'Ax s.t. 10 PDM s.t.General classification after stage 10 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster 2 Z–Peugeot + 14" 3 Panasonic–Isostar + 43" 4 Fagor + 59" 5 Système U + 1' 01" 6 Toshiba + 1' 02" 7 Carrera Jeans–Vagabond + 1' 03" 8 Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster + 1' 29" 9 KAS–Canal 10–Mavic + 1' 44" 10 Z–Peugeot + 1' 49"
Stage 11 13 July 1988 — Besançon to Morzine,
Stage 11 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Kelme 2 RMO–Liberia–Mavic + 20" 3 PDM s.t. 4 Z–Peugeot s.t. 5 Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster + 23" 6 7 Eleven–Hoonved s.t. 7 Panasonic–Isostar s.t. 8 BH s.t. 9 Hitachi–Bosal–BCE s.t. 10 Système U s.t.General classification after stage 11 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Weinmann–La Suisse–SMM Uster 2 Z–Peugeot + 11" 3 Panasonic–Isostar + 43" 4 Système U + 1' 01" 5 Carrera Jeans–Vagabond + 1' 03" 6 Reynolds + 1' 52" 7 Hitachi–Bosal–BCE + 2' 03" 8 ADR–Mini Fiat–IOC + 2' 43" 9 7 Eleven–Hoonved + 2' 59" 10 Panasonic–Isostar + 3' 04"
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