Stages
| Stage | Date | Route | Terrain | Length | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 June | Paris – Reims | Plain stage | 182 km (113 mi) | Marcel Dussault (FRA) |
| 2 | 1 July | Reims – Brussels | Plain stage | 273 km (170 mi) | Roger Lambrecht (BEL) |
| 3 | 2 July | Brussels – Boulogne sur Mer | Plain stage | 211 km (131 mi) | Norbert Callens (BEL) |
| 4 | 3 July | Boulogne sur Mer – Rouen | Plain stage | 185 km (115 mi) | Lucien Teisseire (FRA) |
| 5 | 4 July | Rouen – St. Malo | Plain stage | 293 km (182 mi) | Ferdi Kübler (SUI) |
| 6 | 5 July | St. Malo – Les Sables d'Olonne | Plain stage | 305 km (190 mi) | Adolphe Deledda (FRA) |
| 7 | 7 July | Les Sables d'Olonne – La Rochelle | Individual time trial | 92 km (57 mi) | Fausto Coppi (ITA) |
| 8 | 8 July | La Rochelle – Bordeaux | Plain stage | 262 km (163 mi) | Guy Lapébie (FRA) |
| 9 | 9 July | Bordeaux – San Sebastián | Plain stage | 228 km (142 mi) | Louis Caput (FRA) |
| 10 | 10 July | San Sebastián – Pau | Plain stage | 192 km (119 mi) | Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) |
| 11 | 12 July | Pau – Luchon | Stage with mountain(s) | 193 km (120 mi) | Jean Robic (FRA) |
| 12 | 13 July | Luchon – Toulouse | Plain stage | 134 km (83 mi) | Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) |
| 13 | 14 July | Toulouse – Nîmes | Plain stage | 289 km (180 mi) | Emile Idée (FRA) |
| 14 | 15 July | Nîmes – Marseille | Plain stage | 199 km (124 mi) | Jean Goldschmidt (LUX) |
| 15 | 16 July | Marseille – Cannes | Plain stage | 215 km (134 mi) | Désiré Keteleer (BEL) |
| 16 | 18 July | Cannes – Briançon | Stage with mountain(s) | 275 km (171 mi) | Gino Bartali (ITA) |
| 17 | 19 July | Briançon – Aosta | Stage with mountain(s) | 257 km (160 mi) | Fausto Coppi (ITA) |
| 18 | 21 July | Aosta – Lausanne | Stage with mountain(s) | 265 km (165 mi) | Vincenzo Rossello (ITA) |
| 19 | 22 July | Lausanne – Colmar | Stage with mountain(s) | 283 km (176 mi) | Raphaël Geminiani (FRA) |
| 20 | 23 July | Colmar – Nancy | Individual time trial with mountains | 137 km (85 mi) | Fausto Coppi (ITA) |
| 21 | 24 July | Nancy – Paris | Plain stage | 340 km (211 mi) | Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) |
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