The 1947 Tour de France was the 34th Tour de France, taking place June 25 to July 20, 1947. The total race distance was 21 stages over 4,640 km, ridden at an average speed of 31.412 km/h. It was the first Tour since 1939, having been cancelled during World War II, although some Tour de France-like races had been held during WWII, see Tour de France during the Second World War. The 1947 Tour de France had country teams: Belgium, Dutch/French foreigners, Italy, Switzerland/Luxembourg, France, Ile de France, France-West, France-North-East, France-Centre-South-West and France-South-East. There were 58 French cyclists, 13 Italian, 11 Belgian, 6 Dutch, 6 Swiss, 4 Luxembourg, 1 Polish and 1 Algerian cyclist. Of the 100 cyclists, 53 finished the race.

Because the previous races had been cancelled, there was no real favourite for the final victory. When René Vietto, the runner-up of 1939, captured the yellow jersey after his victory on the second stage, many thought he could remain first until the last day. Vietto, a climber, was less optimistic, and lost his first place to Italian Pierre Brambilla after the time trial in stage 19. With only two stages to go, many now believed that Brambilla would win the race. On the very last stage, there was an unexpected attack, and little-known French cyclist Jean Robic captured the lead. Robic had won the Tour de France without ever wearing the yellow jersey during the race, the first time that happened. (In 1953 Robic would lead the race for one more day.)

[edit] Jersey progression

[edit] Results

[edit] General classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Time
1	Jean Robic	France		148h 11' 25"
2	Edouard Fachleitner	France		3' 58"
3	Pierre Brambilla	Italy		10' 07"
4	Aldo Ronconi	Italy		11' 00"
5	René Vietto	France		15' 23"
6	Raymond Impanis	Belgium		18' 14"
7	Fermo Camellini	Italy		24' 08"
8	Giordano Cottur	Italy		1h 06' 03"
9	Jean-Marie Goasmat	France		1h 16' 03"
10	Apo Lazarides	France		1h 18' 44"
11	Lucien Teisseire	France		1h 32' 16"
12	Pierre Cogan	France		1h 44' 55"
13	Briek Schotte	Belgium		1h 56' 45"
14	Giuseppe Tacca	Italy		2h 06' 07"
15	Jean Diederich	Luxembourg		2h 10' 43"
16	Daniel Thuayre	France		2h 13' 04"
17	Gottfried Weilenmann	Switzerland		2h 18' 23"
18	Jean Kirchen	Luxembourg		2h 20' 26"
19	Paul Giguet	France		2h 26' 25"
20	Jean Goldschmidt	Luxembourg		2h 32' 24"
21	Albert Bourlon	France		2h 38' 18"
22	Bernard Gauthier	France		2h 52' 45"
23	Primo Volpi	Italy		3h 02' 48"
24	Roger Lévêque	France		3h 05' 04"
25	Kléber Piot	France		3h 10' 48"
26	Antoine Latorre	France		3h 14' 40"
27	Florent Mathieu	Belgium		3h 16' 28"
28	Raoul Rémy	France		3h 20' 31"
29	Marius Bonnet	France		3h 21' 20"
30	Henri Massal	France		3h 25' 49"
31	Egidio Feruglio	Italy		3h 43' 04"
32	Jefke Janssen	Netherlands		3h 57' 11"
33	Ange Le Strat	France		4h 06' 23"
34	Edouard Klabinski	Poland		4h 06' 36"
35	Louis Deprez	France		4h 09' 29"
36	Edouard Muller	France		4h 17' 28"
37	Eloi Tassin	France		4h 23' 49"
38	René Oreel	Belgium		4h 29' 06"
39	Pascal Gnazzo	France		4h 34' 09"
40	Joseph Neri	France		4h 36' 27"
41	René Barret	France		4h 38' 31"
42	Maurice Mollin	Belgium		4h 42' 27"
43	Roger Gyselinck	Belgium		4h 43' 47"
44	Raymond Lucas	France		4h 45' 07"
45	Jean Breuer	Belgium		4h 45' 14"
46	Jean de Gribaldy	France		4h 51' 44"
47	Victor Joly	Belgium		4h 52' 18"
48	Alexandre Pawlisiak	France		5h 04' 06"
49	Maurice Diot	France		5h 20' 43"
50	Gaston Rousseau	France		5h 34' 01"
51	Gaston Audier	France		5h 37' 55"
52	Leo Weilenmann	Switzerland		6h 05' 34"
53	Pietro Tarchini	Switzerland		7h 48' 18"

[edit] External links

• 1947 Tour de France results
• Official 1947 Tour de France results
• More complete results (Dutch)
• Jersey progression (German)
• Backgrounds of the 1947 Tour