The 1951 Tour de France was the 38th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Metz with a flat stage on 4 July and Stage 12 occurred on 16 July with a flat stage to Dax. The race finished in Paris on 29 July.
Stage 1 4 July 1951 - Metz to Reims,
Stage 1 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Switzerland 2 France - Île-de-France/North-West s.t. 3 France - East/South-East s.t. 4 Italy s.t. 5 Switzerland s.t. 6 France s.t. 7 France - Île-de-France/North-West + 43" 8 France - West/South-West s.t. 9 France - Paris + 52" 10 France - Île-de-France/North-West s.t.General classification after stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Switzerland 2 France - Île-de-France/North-West + 30" 3 France - East/South-East + 1' 00" 4 Italy s.t. 5 Switzerland s.t. 6 France s.t. 7 France - Île-de-France/North-West + 1' 43" 8 France - West/South-West s.t. 9 France - Paris + 1' 52" 10 France - Île-de-France/North-West s.t.
Stage 2 5 July 1951 - Reims to Ghent,
Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Luxembourg 2 Belgium + 2' 11" 3 Belgium + 3' 02" 4 France + 3' 21" 5 Italy + 3' 50" 6 Switzerland s.t. 7 France s.t. 8 Belgium s.t. 9 Belgium s.t. 10 Italy s.t.General classification after stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Luxembourg 2 Belgium + 2' 41" 3 France - Île-de-France/North-West + 3' 28" 4 Belgium + 4' 02" 5 France + 4' 21" 6 France - West/South-West + 4' 41" 7 France - Île-de-France/North-West s.t. 8 France - East/South-East + 4' 42" 9 Italy s.t. 10 Switzerland s.t.
Stage 3 6 July 1951 - Ghent to Le Tréport,
Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France - West/South-West 2 Switzerland s.t. 3 Luxembourg s.t. 4 France - East/South-East s.t. 5 Netherlands + 58" 6 Belgium s.t. 7 Netherlands s.t. 8 France s.t. 9 Switzerland s.t. 10 Switzerland s.t.General classification after stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Luxembourg 2 Belgium + 2' 41" 3 France - West/South-West + 2' 52" 4 France - Île-de-France/North-West + 3' 28" 5 France - East/South-East + 3' 44" 6 Switzerland + 3' 47" 7 France + 4' 21" 8 Belgium + 4' 27" 9 Luxembourg + 4' 36" 10 France - West/South-West + 4' 41"
Stage 4 7 July 1951 - Le Tréport to Paris,
Stage 4 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France - West/South-West 2 France + 22" 3 Belgium s.t. 4 France - Paris s.t. 5 France s.t. 6 France + 49" 7 Netherlands + 2' 21" 8 Belgium s.t. 9 Luxembourg s.t. 10 France s.t.General classification after stage 4 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Luxembourg 2 France - West/South-West + 2' 13" 3 France + 2' 21" 4 Belgium + 2' 41" 5 France - West/South-West + 2' 52" 6 France - Île-de-France/North-West + 3' 28" 7 France + 3' 35" 8 France - East/South-East + 3' 44" 9 Switzerland + 3' 47" 10 France + 4' 21"
Stage 5 8 July 1951 - Paris to Caen,
Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 France - Paris + 9' 59" 3 Italy s.t. 4 Switzerland s.t. 5 Belgium s.t. 6 France - Île-de-France/North-West s.t. 7 Netherlands s.t. 8 Netherlands s.t. 9 Netherlands s.t. 10 France - Paris s.t.General classification after stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Italy 2 Luxembourg + 1' 06" 3 France - West/South-West + 3' 19" 4 France + 3' 27" 5 Belgium + 3' 47" 6 France - West/South-West + 3' 58" 7 France - Île-de-France/North-West + 4' 34" 8 France + 4' 41" 9 France - East/South-East + 4' 50" 10 Switzerland + 4' 53"
Stage 6 9 July 1951 - Caen to Rennes,
Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 France - East/South-East s.t. 3 Netherlands s.t. 4 Italy s.t. 5 France - West/South-West s.t. 6 Belgium + 3' 11" 7 France - West/South-West s.t. 8 France - East/South-East s.t. 9 Switzerland + 5' 45" 10 France - Île-de-France/North-West s.t.General classification after stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France - West/South-West 2 France - East/South-East + 1' 01" 3 France + 4' 37" 4 Belgium + 5' 25" 5 Italy + 8' 21" 6 France + 8' 22" 7 Italy + 9' 39" 8 France - East/South-East + 10' 20" 9 Luxembourg + 10' 45" 10 Netherlands + 11' 09"
Stage 7 10 July 1951 - La Guerche-de-Bretagne to Angers, (ITT)
Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Switzerland 2 France + 59" 3 Italy + 1' 04" 4 Italy + 2' 52" 5 France + 3' 53" 6 Luxembourg + 5' 03" 7 Italy + 5' 14" 8 Italy + 5' 41" 9 France + 5' 58" 10 France + 6' 15" General classification after stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France - West/South-West 2 France - East/South-East + 1' 19" 3 Switzerland + 7' 02" 4 France + 7' 04" 5 Italy + 7' 47" 6 Belgium + 8' 04" 7 France + 8' 31" 8 Italy + 9' 06" 9 France + 9' 20" 10 Italy + 9' 38"
Stage 8 11 July 1951 - Angers to Limoges,
Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 France s.t. 3 France + 57" 4 Netherlands s.t. 5 Luxembourg s.t. 6 France - West/South-West s.t. 7 France - Paris s.t. 8 France - West/South-West s.t. 9 Belgium s.t. 10 Belgium s.t.General classification after stage 8 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France - West/South-West 2 France - East/South-East + 1' 19" 3 Luxembourg + 6' 45" 4 Switzerland + 7' 02" 5 France + 7' 04" 6 Italy + 7' 47" 7 Belgium + 8' 04" 8 France + 8' 31" 9 Belgium + 9' 00" 10 Italy + 9' 06"
Rest Day 1 12 July 1951 - Limoges
Stage 9 13 July 1951 - Limoges to Clermont-Ferrand,
Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Luxembourg + 52" 3 Belgium + 1' 14" 4 Switzerland s.t. 5 France s.t. 6 France - Paris s.t. 7 Netherlands s.t. 8 Italy s.t. 9 France - East/South-East s.t. 10 Spain s.t.General classification after stage 9 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France - West/South-West 2 France - East/South-East + 1' 19" 3 France + 6' 44" 4 Luxembourg + 6' 45" 5 Switzerland + 7' 02" 6 France + 7' 04" 7 Italy + 7' 47" 8 France + 8' 31" 9 Italy + 9' 06" 10 Italy + 10' 54"
Stage 10 14 July 1951 - Clermont-Ferrand to Brive,
Stage 10 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Spain 2 Belgium + 1' 38" 3 France + 2' 25" 4 Belgium s.t. 5 Italy + 6' 44" 6 France - East/South-East s.t. 7 Netherlands + 7' 27" 8 Belgium s.t. 9 Belgium s.t. 10 Netherlands s.t.General classification after stage 10 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France - West/South-West 2 France - East/South-East + 36" 3 Spain + 6' 14" 4 France + 6' 44" 5 Luxembourg + 6' 45" 6 Switzerland + 7' 02" 7 France + 7' 04" 8 Italy s.t. 9 France + 8' 31" 10 Italy + 9' 06"
Stage 11 15 July 1951 - Brive to Agen,
Stage 11 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Switzerland 2 France - Paris + 2' 35" 3 Netherlands s.t. 4 Belgium s.t. 5 France - Paris s.t. 6 France - Paris s.t. 7 France - Paris s.t. 8 Switzerland s.t. 9 Switzerland s.t. 10 Switzerland s.t.General classification after stage 11 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France - West/South-West 2 France - East/South-East + 36" 3 Switzerland + 3' 27" 4 Spain + 6' 14" 5 France + 6' 44" 6 Luxembourg + 6' 45" 7 France + 7' 04" 8 Italy s.t. 9 France + 8' 31" 10 Italy + 9' 06"
Stage 12 16 July 1951 - Agen to Dax,
Stage 12 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 France - Paris s.t. 3 France - Île-de-France/North-West s.t. 4 Netherlands s.t. 5 France s.t. 6 Switzerland s.t. 7 France - Île-de-France/North-West s.t. 8 France - West/South-West s.t. 9 Belgium s.t. 10 France - West/South-West s.t.General classification after stage 12 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 France - West/South-West + 2' 29" 3 Belgium + 3' 13" 4 France - West/South-West + 4' 30" 5 France - East/South-East + 5' 06" 6 Switzerland + 7' 57" 7 Spain + 10' 44" 8 France + 11' 14" 9 Luxembourg + 11' 15" 10 France + 11' 34"
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