1988 Tour de France
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The 1988 Tour de France was the 75th Tour de France
Tour de France
The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...

, taking place from July 4 to July 24, 1988. It consisted of 22 stages over 3281 km, ridden at an average speed of 38.909 km/h. The race was won by Pedro Delgado with the top three positions at the end of the race being occupied by specialist climbers.

Stages

The 1988 Tour de France started on 4 July, and had one rest day, during which the cyclists were transferred from Villard-de-Lans to Blagnac.
Stage results
Stage Date Route Terrain Length Winner
Preface 3 July Pornichet
Pornichet
Pornichet is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.- Location :Pornichet is a coastal town of the Côte d'Amour, located a tens of kilometers west of Saint-Nazaire.The adjacent towns are Saint-Nazaire and La Baule-Escoublac....

 – La Baule
Individual time trial
Individual time trial
An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...

 
1 km (0.621372736649807 mi)
1 4 July Pontchateau
Pontchâteau
Pontchâteau is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.-See also:*Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department...

 – Machecoul
Machecoul
Machecoul is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France.Its 5,732 inhabitants are called Machecoulais.-Geography:The commune of Machecoul is surrounded by the following communes:...

Plain stage
92 km (57.2 mi)
2 4 July La Haye Fouassiere – Ancenis
Ancenis
Ancenis is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.Now, in Région Pays de la Loire, it played a great historical role as a key location on the road to Nantes , the historical capital of Brittany...

Team time trial
Team time trial
A team time trial is a road-based bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock .Teams start at equal intervals, usually two, three or four minutes apart...

 
48 km (29.8 mi) Panasonic
3 5 July Nantes
Nantes
Nantes is a city in western France, located on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the 6th largest in France, while its metropolitan area ranks 8th with over 800,000 inhabitants....

 – Le Mans
Le Mans
Le Mans is a city in France, located on the Sarthe River. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Mans. Le Mans is a part of the Pays de la Loire region.Its inhabitants are called Manceaux...

Plain stage
213 km (132.4 mi)
4 6 July Le Mans – Evreux
Évreux
Évreux is a commune in the Eure department, of which it is the capital, in Haute Normandie in northern France.-History:In late Antiquity, the town, attested in the fourth century CE, was named Mediolanum Aulercorum, "the central town of the Aulerci", the Gallic tribe then inhabiting the area...

Plain stage
158 km (98.2 mi)
5 7 July Neufchatel en Bray – Lievin
Liévin
Liévin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.-Overview:The city of Liévin is an old mining city of Pas-de-Calais. Near Lens, this modest-sized city nevertheless has several nursery schools, schools, colleges, a university, a swimming pool, a city library, a cultural and...

Plain stage
148 km (92 mi)
6 8 July Lievin – Wasquehal
Wasquehal
Wasquehal is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.The town originally had a Flemish name; it was written as Waskenhal in the 11th century.The third stage of the 2004 Tour de France finished in Wasquehal...

Individual time trial
Individual time trial
An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...

 
52 km (32.3 mi)
7 9 July Wasquehal – Reims
Reims
Reims , a city in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France, lies east-northeast of Paris. Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire....

Plain stage
225 km (139.8 mi)
8 10 July Reims – Nancy
Plain stage
219 km (136.1 mi)
9 11 July Nancy – Strasbourg
Strasbourg
Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...

Hilly stage
161 km (100 mi)
10 12 July Belfort
Belfort
Belfort is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Franche-Comté in northeastern France and is the prefecture of the department. It is located on the Savoureuse, on the strategically important natural route between the Rhine and the Rhône – the Belfort Gap or Burgundian Gate .-...

 – Besancon
Besançon
Besançon , is the capital and principal city of the Franche-Comté region in eastern France. It had a population of about 237,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2008...

Hilly stage
149 km (92.6 mi)
11 13 July Besancon – Morzine
Morzine
Morzine is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in eastern France with panoramic mountain views, modern ski facilities and hotels and restaurants. The ski resort of Avoriaz is located on the territory of the commune...

Stage with mountain(s)
232 km (144.2 mi)
12 14 July Morzine – L'Alpe d'Huez
Stage with mountain(s)
227 km (141.1 mi)
13 15 July Grenoble
Grenoble
Grenoble is a city in southeastern France, at the foot of the French Alps where the river Drac joins the Isère. Located in the Rhône-Alpes region, Grenoble is the capital of the department of Isère...

 – Villard de Lans
Individual time trial
Individual time trial
An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...

 
38 km (23.6 mi)
14 17 July Blagnac
Blagnac
Blagnac is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.It is the third-largest suburb of the city of Toulouse, although governed by a separate council, and is adjacent to it on the northwest side. It is a member of the Urban community of Greater Toulouse...

 – Guzet Neige
Stage with mountain(s)
163 km (101.3 mi)
15 18 July St Girons – Luz Ardiden
Luz Ardiden
Luz Ardiden is a ski resort in the Pyrenees. It is situated in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, in the Midi-Pyrénées. The ski resort, which lies at a height of 1720 meters, opened on January 16, 1975...

Stage with mountain(s)
187 km (116.2 mi)
16 19 July Luz Ardiden – Pau
Plain stage
35 km (21.7 mi)
17 19 July Pau – Bordeaux
Bordeaux
Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...

Plain stage
198 km (123 mi)
18 20 July Ruelle sur Touvre – Limoges
Limoges
Limoges |Limousin]] dialect of Occitan) is a city and commune, the capital of the Haute-Vienne department and the administrative capital of the Limousin région in west-central France....

Plain stage
94 km (58.4 mi)
19 21 July Limoges – Puy de Dome
Hilly stage
188 km (116.8 mi)
20 22 July Clermont Ferrand – Chalon sur Saone
Plain stage
223 km (138.6 mi)
21 23 July Santenay
Individual time trial
Individual time trial
An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...

 
46 km (28.6 mi)
22 24 July Nemours
Nemours
Nemours is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.-Geography:Nemours is located on the Loing and its canal, c...

 – Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

Plain stage
173 km (107.5 mi)

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)
Rank Name Team Time
1 Reynolds 84h 27' 53"
2 P.D.M. +7' 13"
3 Kelme +9' 58"
4 Weinmann-La Suisse-SMM Uster +12' 15"
5 System U +14' 04"
6 Café de Colombia +14' 36"
7 Z-Peugeot +16' 52"
8 BH +18' 36"
9 Panasonic +19' 12"
10 Z-Peugeot +20' 08"

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