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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox cycling race report The 1948 Tour de France was the 35th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 30 June to 25 July 1948. It consisted of 21 stages over Шаблон:Convert.

The race was won by Italian cyclist Gino Bartali, who had also won the Tour de France in 1938. Bartali had almost given up during the race, but drew inspiration from a phone call from the Italian prime minister, who asked him to win the Tour de France to prevent civil unrest in Italy after assassination attempt against Togliatti. Bartali also won the mountains classification, while the team classification was won by the Belgian team.

Innovations and changes

The prize for wearing the yellow jersey was introduced in 1948,[1] sponsored by Les Laines, a French wool company.Шаблон:Sfn

In 1947, the media had complained that too many cyclists reached the end of the race, so the race was no longer heroic; this may have motivated a new rule between the third and the eighteenth stage, the rider last in the general classification was eliminated.[1]Шаблон:Sfn

Whereas the 1947 Tour de France had been France-centred, the 1948 race became a more cosmopolitan race.Шаблон:Sfn

The Tour visited the Saar protectorate for the first time when the 18th stage passed Saarbrücken and Saarlouis. A second visit took place in 1953.[2]

The first live television broadcast from the Tour de France was in 1948,Шаблон:Sfn when the arrival at the velodrome of Parc des Princes was broadcast live.Шаблон:Sfn

Teams

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Шаблон:Multiple image As was the custom since the 1930 Tour de France, the 1948 Tour de France was contested by national and regional teams.

After there had not been an official Italian team allowed in the previous edition, the Italians were back. The Italian cyclists were divided between Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi. Both argued in the preparation of the race about who would be the team leader. The Tour organisation wanted to have both cyclists in the race, so they allowed the Italians and Belgians to enter a second team.Шаблон:Sfn

In the end, Coppi refused to participate, and Bartali became the team leader.Шаблон:Sfn

The organisation still allowed the Italians and Belgians to enter a second team, but they were to be composed of young cyclists, and were named the Italy Cadets and the Belgium Aiglons.Шаблон:Sfn

The Tour organisation invited the Swiss to send a team, as they wanted Ferdinand Kübler, the winner of the 1948 Tour de Suisse, in the race. Kübler refused this because he could earn more money in other races. When the brothers Georges and Roger Aeschlimann announced that they wanted to join the race, they were quickly accepted, especially because they were from Lausanne, where the Tour would pass through. They were put in a team with eight non-French cyclists living in France, and were named the Internationals.Шаблон:Sfn

Twelve teams of ten cyclists entered the race, consisting of 60 French cyclists, 24 Italian, 22 Belgian, 6 Dutch, 4 Luxembourgian, 2 Swiss, 1 Polish and 1 Algerian cyclist.[3]

The teams entering the race were:[3]

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  • Belgium
  • Netherlands/Luxembourg
  • Internationals
  • Italy
  • France
  • Belgium Aiglons
  • Italy Cadets
  • Centre/South-West
  • Île-de-France/North-East
  • West
  • Paris
  • South-East

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Route and stages

Bartali's three stage wins in a row was the last time that happened, until Mario Cipollini achieved four in a row in 1999.[4] There were five rest days, in Biarritz, Toulouse, Cannes, Aix-les-Bains and Mulhouse.Шаблон:Sfn The highest point of elevation in the race was Шаблон:Convert at the summit tunnel of the Col du Galibier mountain pass on stage 14.Шаблон:Sfn[5]

Stage characteristics and winners[1]Шаблон:Sfn[6][7]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
1 30 June Paris to Trouville Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
2 1 July Trouville to Dinard Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
3 2 July Dinard to Nantes Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
4 3 July Nantes to La Rochelle Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
5 4 July La Rochelle to Bordeaux Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
6 5 July Bordeaux to Biarritz Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
6 July Biarritz Rest day
7 7 July Biarritz to Lourdes Шаблон:Convert Файл:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Шаблон:Flagathlete
8 8 July Lourdes to Toulouse Шаблон:Convert Файл:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Шаблон:Flagathlete
9 July Toulouse Rest day
9 10 July Toulouse to Montpellier Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
10 11 July Montpellier to Marseille Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
11 12 July Marseille to Sanremo Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
12 13 July Sanremo to Cannes Шаблон:Convert Файл:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Шаблон:Flagathlete
14 July Cannes Rest day
13 15 July Cannes to Briançon Шаблон:Convert Файл:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Шаблон:Flagathlete
14 16 July Briançon to Aix-les-Bains Шаблон:Convert Файл:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Шаблон:Flagathlete
17 July Aix-les-Bains Rest day
15 18 July Aix-les-Bains to Lausanne Шаблон:Convert Файл:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Шаблон:Flagathlete
16 19 July Lausanne to Mulhouse Шаблон:Convert Файл:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Шаблон:Flagathlete
20 July Mulhouse Rest day
17 21 July Mulhouse to Strasbourg Шаблон:Convert Файл:Time Trial.svg Individual time trial Шаблон:Flagathlete
18 22 July Strasbourg to Metz Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
19 23 July Metz to Liège (Belgium) Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
20 24 July Liège (Belgium) to Roubaix Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
21 25 July Roubaix to Paris Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
Total Шаблон:ConvertШаблон:Sfn

Race overview

Graph with "Margin" on the y-axis and "Stage" on the x-axis. The x-axis goes from 1 to 21, and the graph starts at stage 1 at 0:00, rises to above 20:00 but returns to 0:00 at stage 13.
The margin between Gino Bartali and the leader of the race in the 1948 Tour de France. After the twelfth stage, the margin reached it maximum at 21:28, but after that it quickly went down.

As the Italian team had not entered the Tours de France of 1939 and 1947, it was the first Tour de France for Bartali since his victory ten years before in 1938. His results in the Giro d'Italia had not been well, and it was not thought that Bartali could compete for the win.[4]

Bartali however won the sprint in the first stage, and thanks to the bonification of one minute for the winner, he was leading the race. After that, the Italian team took a low profile in the race.[4] In the second stage, Bartali lost the lead already; although his teammate Vincenzo Rossello won the stage, Belgian Jan Engels took over the yellow jersey.Шаблон:Sfn

In the third stage, a group escaped and built up a lead of almost 14 minutes. Among that group was Louison Bobet, and as he was the best-placed cyclist in that group he became the next leader. Also in that group was Roger Lambrecht; when Lambrecht again was able to be in the first group in the fourth stage, he took the lead, becoming the fourth rider in four stages to don the yellow jersey. Lambrecht kept it in the next stage, but after Bobet won the sixth stage, Bobet took back the lead, and the yellow jersey made him confident.Шаблон:Sfn In the Pyrenées, Bartali won both stages in a sprint, but Bobet was near and became the hero of the French spectators.Шаблон:Sfn

After the ninth stage, Bobet had built up a lead of more than nine minutes. In the tenth stage, he lost time, and Belgian cyclist Roger Lambrecht reduced the margin to 29 seconds. After the eleventh stage, Bobet was still in the lead, but was having problems, and after he fainted at the finish, he wanted to give up. After a meal, massage and sleeping, he changed his mind, and won the twelfth stage.[8]

After the twelfth stage, Bartali was 20 minutes behind. Bartali thought about quitting the tour, but was persuaded to race on.[9] That night, Bartali received a phone call while he was in bed. Alcide De Gasperi, prime minister of Italy, from the Christian Democratic party, told him that a few days earlier Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian Communist Party, had been shot, and Italy might be on the edge of a civil war.

De Gasperi asked Bartali to do his best to win a stage, because the sport news might distract people from the politics. Bartali replied that he would do better, and win the race.[4] The next day, Bartali won stage 13 with a large margin. In the general classification, he jumped to second place, trailing by only 66 seconds.

In the fourteenth stage, Bartali and Bobet rode together over the Galibier and the Croix de Fer, but Bartali had been saving his energy, and left Bobet and every body else behind on the Col de Porte. Bartali won again, and took over the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification. Bobet was now in second place, eight minutes behind. The next stage, stage 15, was also won by Bartali.

The sixteenth stage was not won by Bartali, but because his direct competitors lost time, he increased his lead to 32 minutes.[4] Bartali lost minutes in the time trial in stage 17, but his lead was never endangered.

With each stage win of Bartali (seven in total), the Italian excitement about the Tour de France increased, and the political tensions quieted.[10]

Classification leadership and minor prizes

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.Шаблон:Sfn

The budget of the Tour de France in 1948 was 45 million Francs, from which one third was provided by private enterprises.[11] In total, 7 million Francs of prizes were awarded in the 1948 Tour de France. Of these, 600.000 Francs were given to Bartali for winning the general classification.[12]

Bartali is the only cyclist to win two Tours de France ten years apart.Шаблон:Sfn Of the 120 cyclists, 44 finished the race.

Points for the mountains classification were earned by reaching the mountain tops first.Шаблон:Sfn

There were two types of mountain tops: the hardest ones, in category A, gave 10 points to the first cyclist, the easier ones, in category B, gave 5 points to the first cyclist.

The team classification was calculated by adding the times in the general classification of the best three cyclists per team.Шаблон:Sfn

The Souvenir Henri Desgrange was given in honour of Tour founder Henri Desgrange in the opening few kilometres of stage 1 at the summit of the Côte de Picardie in Versailles, Paris.[13][14][15] This prize was won by Roger Lambrecht.[14] The Tour de France in 1948 for the first time had a special award for the best regional rider.[8] This was won by third-placed Guy Lapébie.Шаблон:Sfn

Classification leadership by stage[16]
Stage Winner General classification
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Mountains classificationШаблон:Efn Team classification
1 Gino Bartali Gino Bartali no award Belgium
2 Vincenzo Rossello Jan Engels Belgium B
3 Guy Lapébie Louison Bobet France
4 Jacques Pras Roger Lambrecht Internationals
5 Raoul Rémy
6 Louison Bobet Louison Bobet
7 Gino Bartali Bernard Gauthier France
8 Gino Bartali Jean Robic
9 Raymond Impanis
10 Raymond Impanis Internationals
11 Gino Sciardis
12 Louison Bobet France
13 Gino Bartali
14 Gino Bartali Gino Bartali Gino Bartali
15 Gino Bartali
16 Edward Van Dijck
17 Roger Lambrecht Belgium
18 Giovanni Corrieri
19 Gino Bartali
20 Bernard Gauthier
21 Giovanni Corrieri
Final Gino Bartali Gino Bartali Belgium

Final standings

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)[17]
Rank Rider Team Time
1 Шаблон:Flagathlete Italy 147h 10' 36"
2 Шаблон:Flagathlete Belgium + 26' 16"
3 Шаблон:Flagathlete Centre/South-West + 28' 48"
4 Шаблон:Flagathlete France + 32' 59"
5 Шаблон:Flagathlete Netherlands/Luxembourg + 37' 53"
6 Шаблон:Flagathlete France + 40' 17"
7 Шаблон:Flagathlete Internationals + 49' 56"
8 Шаблон:Flagathlete Internationals + 51' 36"
9 Шаблон:Flagathlete Paris + 55' 23"
10 Шаблон:Flagathlete Belgium + 1h 00' 03"

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Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–5)[4][18]
Rank Rider Team Points
1 Шаблон:Flagathlete Italy 62
2 Шаблон:Flagathlete France 43
3 Шаблон:Flagathlete France 38
4 Шаблон:Flagathlete Belgium 30
5 Шаблон:Flagathlete France 28

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Team classification

Final team classification (1–5)[19]
Rank Team Time
1 Belgium 443h 58' 20"
2 France + 28' 16"
3 Paris + 56' 29"
4 Internationals + 1h 00' 30"
5 Italy + 2h 11' 36"

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Aftermath

The 1948 Tour de France first showed the strengths of Louison Bobet. Bobet would be the first rider to win three consecutive Tours de France, from 1953 to 1955.[20] After the race, the Italian team manager Alfredo Binda said about Bobet: "If I would have directed Bobet, he would have won the Tour."Шаблон:Sfn

Coppi, who had not competed in the 1948 Tour de France because of his bad relationship with Bartali, would enter and win the 1949 Tour de France.

Notes

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References

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Bibliography

External links

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