Final Standings
Overall	Gino Bartali	147h 10' 36"
Second	Briek Schotte	+26' 16"
Third	Guy Lapébie	+28' 48"
Climber	Gino Bartali	62 points
Second	Apo Lazaridès	43 points
Third	Jean Robic	38 points
Teams	Belgium	443h 58' 20"
Second	France	+28' 40"
Third	Paris	+56' 49"

The 1948 Tour de France was the 35th Tour de France, taking place June 30 to July 25, 1948. It consisted of 21 stages over 4,922 km, ridden at an average speed of 33.443 km/h.

The winner of the 1948 Tour de France, Gino Bartali, deserves special mention, since he has the unique record of longest gap between Tour de France first place finishes; he won in 1938 and again in 1948, a ten-year gap that has never been matched since. His second win was all the more remarkable because he was part of a generation of cyclists who lost most of their best career years due to World War II, which caused the Tour to be suspended from 1940 through 1946.

Results

Overall standings

Rank	Name	Country	Time (Avg. Speed)
1	Gino Bartali		145h 36' 56" (33.443 km/h)
2	Briek Schotte		26' 16"
3	Guy Lapébie		28' 48"
4	Louison Bobet		32' 59"
5	Jean Kirchen		37' 53"
6	Lucien Teisseire		40' 17"
7	Roger Lambrecht		49' 56"
8	Fermo Camellini		51' 36"
9	Louis Thiétard		55' 23"
10	Raymond Impanis		1h 00' 03"

Jersey progression

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External links

• 1948 Tour de France results
• Tour de France Archive on 1948