The 1954 Tour de France was the 41st edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Amsterdam with a flat stage on 8 July and Stage 12 occurred on 20 July with a mountainous stage to Luchon. The race finished in Paris on 1 August.
Stage 1 8 July 1954 - Amsterdam to Brasschaat, (individual time trial)
Stage 1 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 France – North-East/Centre + 1" 3 Belgium s.t. 4 Belgium s.t. 5 France s.t. 6 France s.t. 7 Netherlands s.t. 8 Luxembourg/Austria s.t. 9 Netherlands s.t. 10 Belgium s.t.General classification after stage 1 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 France – North-East/Centre + 31" 3 Belgium + 1' 01" 4 Belgium s.t. 5 France s.t. 6 France s.t. 7 Netherlands s.t. 8 Luxembourg/Austria s.t. 9 Netherlands s.t. 10 Belgium s.t.
Stage 2 9 July 1954 - Beveren to Lille,
Stage 2 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Switzerland s.t. 3 Switzerland s.t. 4 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 5 Netherlands + 1' 39" 6 France – West s.t. 7 France s.t. 8 Switzerland + 10" 9 Luxembourg/Austria + 13" 10 France + 28"General classification after stage 2 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 France + 1" 3 France – North-East/Centre + 31" 4 Switzerland + 1' 01" 5 France – West s.t. 6 Switzerland + 1' 11" 7 Netherlands + 6' 19" 8 France + 6' 37" 9 Belgium + 6' 45" 10 Luxembourg/Austria s.t.
Stage 3 10 July 1954 - Lille to Rouen,
Stage 3 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France – South-West 2 France – North-East/Centre + 2" 3 Belgium s.t. 4 Spain + 1' 35" 5 France – Île-de-France + 1' 39" 6 Switzerland s.t. 7 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 8 Netherlands s.t. 9 France – West s.t. 10 Switzerland s.t.General classification after stage 3 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 France + 1" 3 France – North-East/Centre + 31" 4 Switzerland + 1' 01" 5 France – West s.t. 6 Switzerland + 1' 11" 7 Netherlands + 6' 19" 8 France + 6' 37" 9 Spain + 6' 41" 10 Belgium + 6' 45"
Stage 4a 11 July 1954 - Rouen to Circuit des Essarts, (TTT)
Stage 4a result Rank Team Time 1 Switzerland 2 France + 47" 3 France – West + 1' 44" 4 Spain + 1' 53" 5 Belgium + 1' 56" 6 France – North-East/Centre + 2' 07" 7 Netherlands + 2' 11" 8 France – South-East + 2' 32" 9 France – Île-de-France + 2' 54" 10 France – South-West + 3' 41"General classification after stage 4a Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Netherlands + 35" 3 Switzerland + 51" 4 France – North-East/Centre + 59" 5 Switzerland + 1' 01" 6 France – West + 1' 26" 7 Netherlands + 6' 54" 8 France + 6' 58" 9 Spain + 7' 14" 10 Belgium + 7' 16"
Stage 4b 11 July 1954 - Rouen to Caen,
Stage 4b result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 Luxembourg/Austria + 3' 13" 3 Netherlands + 3' 46" 4 France – Île-de-France s.t. 5 France + 4' 08" 6 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 7 Switzerland s.t. 8 Belgium s.t. 9 France – South-West s.t. 10 Switzerland s.t.General classification after stage 4b Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Netherlands + 35" 3 Switzerland + 51" 4 France – North-East/Centre + 59" 5 Switzerland + 1' 01" 6 France – West + 1' 26" 7 Netherlands + 1' 47" 8 France + 6' 58" 9 Spain + 7' 14" 10 Belgium + 7' 16"
Stage 5 12 July 1954 - Caen to Saint-Brieuc,
Stage 5 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Switzerland 2 France s.t. 3 Netherlands s.t. 4 France – West s.t. 5 Belgium s.t. 6 Spain s.t. 7 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 8 France – Île-de-France s.t. 9 France – South-East s.t. 10 France – South-West s.t.General classification after stage 5 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Netherlands + 35" 3 Switzerland + 51" 4 France – North-East/Centre + 59" 5 Switzerland + 1' 01" 6 Netherlands + 1' 47" 7 France + 4' 09" 8 Switzerland + 6' 02" 9 Luxembourg/Austria + 7' 04" 10 Spain + 7' 14"
Stage 6 13 July 1954 - Saint-Brieuc to Brest,
Stage 6 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France – Île-de-France 2 Switzerland s.t. 3 Switzerland s.t. 4 Switzerland + 2" 5 Belgium s.t. 6 France – South-West + 4" 7 Spain s.t. 8 Belgium s.t. 9 France s.t. 10 France + 9"General classification after stage 6 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Switzerland + 17" 3 Switzerland + 59" 4 Switzerland + 5' 58" 5 Belgium + 7' 36" 6 Netherlands + 7' 52" 7 France – North-East/Centre + 8' 30" 8 Netherlands + 9' 04" 9 France + 10' 35" 10 France + 11' 26"
Stage 7 14 July 1954 - Brest to Vannes,
Stage 7 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France – South-West 2 France – West s.t. 3 France – Île-de-France s.t. 4 Switzerland + 8' 28" 5 Belgium s.t. 6 Switzerland s.t. 7 Netherlands s.t. 8 Belgium s.t. 9 France s.t. 10 France s.t.General classification after stage 7 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France 2 Switzerland + 17" 3 Switzerland + 59" 4 Switzerland + 5' 58" 5 France – Île-de-France + 5' 27" 6 Belgium + 6' 46" 7 Netherlands + 7' 52" 8 France – North-East/Centre + 8' 30" 9 Netherlands + 9' 04" 10 France + 10' 35"
Stage 8 15 July 1954 - Vannes to Angers,
Stage 8 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 Netherlands s.t. 3 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 4 Switzerland s.t. 5 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 6 France – South-East s.t. 7 France – West s.t. 8 Luxembourg/Austria s.t. 9 Netherlands s.t. 10 Belgium s.t.General classification after stage 8 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 France + 1' 02" 3 Switzerland + 1' 19" 4 Switzerland + 2' 01" 5 Belgium + 5' 27" 6 Switzerland + 7' 00" 7 France – Île-de-France + 7' 48" 8 Belgium + 8' 38" 9 France – North-East/Centre + 9' 32" 10 Netherlands + 10' 06"
Stage 9 16 July 1954 - Angers to Bordeaux,
Stage 9 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 Belgium s.t. 3 Switzerland s.t. 4 Switzerland s.t. 5 France s.t. 6 France – West s.t. 7 Netherlands s.t. 8 France + 6' 04" 9 Switzerland s.t. 10 Belgium s.t.General classification after stage 9 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 France + 1' 02" 3 Switzerland + 1' 19" 4 Switzerland + 2' 01" 5 Belgium + 5' 27" 6 Switzerland + 7' 00" 7 France – Île-de-France + 7' 48" 8 Belgium + 8' 38" 9 France – North-East/Centre + 9' 32" 10 Netherlands + 10' 06"
Rest Day 1 17 July 1954 - Bordeaux
Stage 10 18 July 1954 - Bordeaux to Bayonne,
Stage 10 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France – North-East/Centre 2 France – Île-de-France + 10" 3 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 4 France – West s.t. 5 France – West s.t. 6 Netherlands + 44" 7 Belgium + 2' 50" 8 France + 5' 24" 9 Netherlands s.t. 10 France – North-East/Centre s.t.General classification after stage 10 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 France – North-East/Centre + 39" 3 France + 1' 02" 4 Switzerland + 1' 19" 5 Switzerland + 2' 01" 6 Belgium + 5' 27" 7 France – Île-de-France + 6' 38" 8 Switzerland + 7' 00" 9 Belgium + 8' 38" 10 France – West + 9' 55"
Stage 11 19 July 1954 - Bayonne to Pau,
Stage 11 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Belgium 2 France – North-East/Centre s.t. 3 Switzerland s.t. 4 France s.t. 5 Switzerland s.t. 6 Netherlands s.t. 7 France – West s.t. 8 Netherlands s.t. 9 Belgium s.t. 10 Luxembourg/Austria s.t.General classification after stage 11 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Netherlands 2 France – North-East/Centre + 9" 3 France + 1' 02" 4 Switzerland + 2' 01" 5 Switzerland + 3' 13" 6 Switzerland + 7' 00" 7 France – West + 11' 49" 8 Netherlands + 12' 00" 9 Belgium + 12' 46" 10 Luxembourg/Austria + 15' 37"
Stage 12 20 July 1954 - Pau to Luchon,
Stage 12 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 France – North-East/Centre 2 Spain + 1" 3 France – West s.t. 4 France + 1' 59" 5 Netherlands + 4' 35" 6 France – South-East + 5' 30" 7 Belgium + 6' 04" 8 France – Île-de-France + 7' 01" 9 Switzerland s.t. 10 France – South-West + 7' 49"General classification after stage 12 Rank Rider Team Time 1 France – North-East/Centre 2 France + 3' 52" 3 Switzerland + 13' 40" 4 Switzerland + 14' 52" 5 Netherlands + 19' 20" 6 France – West + 20' 16" 7 Netherlands + 22' 19" 8 Belgium + 25' 47" 9 France – West + 29' 15" 10 France – South-East + 30' 07"
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