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Here is information about the Tour de France of 1938. I also have information about the previous edition (1937). I also have information about the next edition (1939).

Stage prizes

Date	Nr.	From	To		Winner	Age (year_day)	Nat
05 Jul 1938	1	Paris	Caen	215	W. Oberbeck	28₁₃₄	GER
06 Jul 1938	2	Caen	Saint-Brieuc	237	J. Majerus	24₁₅₀	LUX
07 Jul 1938	3	Saint-Brieuc	Nantes	238	G. Schulte	22₁₈₁	NED
08 Jul 1938	4A	Nantes	La Roche-sur-Yon	62	É. Meulenbergh	25₂₈₈	BEL
08 Jul 1938	4B	La Roche-sur-Yon	La Rochelle	83	É. Meulenbergh	25₂₈₈	BEL
08 Jul 1938	4C	La Rochelle	Royan	83	F. Vervaecke	31₁₁₉	BEL
10 Jul 1938	5	Royan	Bordeaux	198	É. Meulenbergh	25₂₉₀	BEL
11 Jul 1938	6A	Bordeaux	Arcachon	53	G. Rossi	23₂₅₀	ITA
11 Jul 1938	6B	Arcachon	Bayonne	171	G. Servadei	24₃₄₉	ITA
12 Jul 1938	7	Bayonne	Pau	115	T. Middelkamp	24₁₃₉	NED
14 Jul 1938	8	Pau	Bagnères-de-Luchon	193	F. Vervaecke	31₁₂₅	BEL
16 Jul 1938	9	Bagnères-de-Luchon	Perpignan	260	J. Fréchaut	23₃₀₀	FRA
17 Jul 1938	10A	Perpignan	Narbonne	63	Ant. van Schendel	28₆₉	NED
17 Jul 1938	10B	Narbonne	Béziers	27	F. Vervaecke	31₁₂₈	BEL
17 Jul 1938	10C	Béziers	Montpellier	73	A. Magne	34₁₅₂	FRA
18 Jul 1938	11	Montpellier	Marseille	223	G. Bartali	24₀	ITA
19 Jul 1938	12	Marseille	Cannes	199	J. Fréchaut	23₃₀₃	FRA
21 Jul 1938	13	Cannes	Digne-les-Bains	284	D. Gianello	26₁₁₆	FRA
22 Jul 1938	14	Digne-les-Bains	Briançon	219	G. Bartali	24₄	ITA
23 Jul 1938	15	Briançon	Aix-les-Bains	311	M. Kint	23₃₀₆	BEL
25 Jul 1938	16	Aix-les-Bains	Besançon	284	M. Kint	23₃₀₈	BEL
26 Jul 1938	17A	Besançon	Belfort	89	E. Masson jr.	22₃₂₈	BEL
26 Jul 1938	17B	Belfort	Strasbourg	143	J. Fréchaut	23₃₁₀	FRA
27 Jul 1938	18	Strasbourg	Metz	186	M. Kint	23₃₁₀	BEL
28 Jul 1938	19	Metz	Reims	196	F. Galateau	25₁₄	FRA
30 Jul 1938	20A	Reims	Laon	48	G. Servadei	25₂	ITA
30 Jul 1938	20B	Laon	Saint-Quentin	42	F. Vervaecke	31₁₄₁	BEL
30 Jul 1938	20C	Saint-Quentin	Lille	107	F. Neuville	25₂₄₇	BEL
31 Jul 1938	21	Lille	Paris	279	A. Leducq	34₁₅₄	FRA

Classification leaders

Date	Nr.	General	Age (year_day)	Nat	Mountains	Age (year_day)	Nat	Teams	Challenge Ariane
05 Jul 1938	1	W. Oberbeck	28₁₃₄	GER	N/A			Germany	Netherlands
06 Jul 1938	2	J. Majerus	24₁₅₀	LUX	N/A			France	Luxembourg
07 Jul 1938	3	J. Majerus	24₁₅₁	LUX	N/A			France	Luxembourg
08 Jul 1938	4A	J. Majerus	24₁₅₂	LUX	N/A			France	Luxembourg
08 Jul 1938	4B	J. Majerus	24₁₅₂	LUX	N/A			France	Luxembourg
08 Jul 1938	4C	J. Majerus	24₁₅₂	LUX	N/A			France	Luxembourg
10 Jul 1938	5	J. Majerus	24₁₅₄	LUX	N/A			France	Luxembourg
11 Jul 1938	6A	J. Majerus	24₁₅₅	LUX	N/A			France	Luxembourg
11 Jul 1938	6B	A. Leducq	34₁₃₄	FRA	N/A			France	Luxembourg
12 Jul 1938	7	A. Leducq	34₁₃₅	FRA	N/A			France	Luxembourg
14 Jul 1938	8	F. Vervaecke	31₁₂₅	BEL	G. Bartali	23₃₆₁	ITA	Belgium	Luxembourg
16 Jul 1938	9	F. Vervaecke	31₁₂₇	BEL	G. Bartali	23₃₆₃	ITA	Belgium	Luxembourg
17 Jul 1938	10A	F. Vervaecke	31₁₂₈	BEL	G. Bartali	23₃₆₄	ITA	Belgium	Luxembourg
17 Jul 1938	10B	F. Vervaecke	31₁₂₈	BEL	G. Bartali	23₃₆₄	ITA	Belgium	Luxembourg
17 Jul 1938	10C	F. Vervaecke	31₁₂₈	BEL	G. Bartali	23₃₆₄	ITA	Belgium	Luxembourg
18 Jul 1938	11	F. Vervaecke	31₁₂₉	BEL	G. Bartali	24₀	ITA	Belgium	Luxembourg
19 Jul 1938	12	F. Vervaecke	31₁₃₀	BEL	G. Bartali	24₁	ITA	Belgium	Luxembourg
21 Jul 1938	13	F. Vervaecke	31₁₃₂	BEL	G. Bartali	24₃	ITA	Belgium	Luxembourg
22 Jul 1938	14	G. Bartali	24₄	ITA	G. Bartali	24₄	ITA	Italy	Luxembourg
23 Jul 1938	15	G. Bartali	24₅	ITA	G. Bartali	24₅	ITA	Belgium	Spain
25 Jul 1938	16	G. Bartali	24₇	ITA	G. Bartali	24₇	ITA	Belgium	Spain
26 Jul 1938	17A	G. Bartali	24₈	ITA	G. Bartali	24₈	ITA	Belgium	Spain
26 Jul 1938	17B	G. Bartali	24₈	ITA	G. Bartali	24₈	ITA	Belgium	Spain
27 Jul 1938	18	G. Bartali	24₉	ITA	G. Bartali	24₉	ITA	Belgium	Spain
28 Jul 1938	19	G. Bartali	24₁₀	ITA	G. Bartali	24₁₀	ITA	Belgium	Spain
30 Jul 1938	20A	G. Bartali	24₁₂	ITA	G. Bartali	24₁₂	ITA	Belgium	Spain
30 Jul 1938	20B	G. Bartali	24₁₂	ITA	G. Bartali	24₁₂	ITA	Belgium	Spain
30 Jul 1938	20C	G. Bartali	24₁₂	ITA	G. Bartali	24₁₂	ITA	Belgium	Spain
31 Jul 1938	21	G. Bartali	24₁₃	ITA	G. Bartali	24₁₃	ITA	Belgium	Spain

Table: classification winners

Classification	Winner	Age (year_day)
General classification	G. Bartali	24₁₃
Mountains classification	G. Bartali	24₁₃
Team classification	Belgium
Challenge Ariane	Spain

Legend

Winner	Stage split over multiple parts; classification leaders sometimes received jerseys halfway, but they don't count for statistics.
Team	Team time trial or separate start.
Cancelled	Stage cancelled.
Winner	Inital winner later removed.
N/A	Nobody scored points yet for this classification, or the prize was not given.

Graphs

Distance of final winner in general classification

Average speed winner of stage (km/h)

Number of riders in race

Number of riders that also participated in the Tour in other years

Margin of winner

In the table below, the evolution of the difference between Gino Bartali (the winner) and Félicien Vervaecke (second) in the general classification is shown.

Stage	Type	Time gain	Margin of winner
Final			18:27
2	Time difference in normal stage	−2:15	−2:15
4	Bonus on stage finish	−1:00	−3:15
8	Bonus on mountain	2:52	−0:23
8	Time difference in normal stage	−0:55	−1:18
8	Bonus on stage finish	−1:00	−2:18
9	Bonus on mountain	1:25	−0:53
10B	Time difference in normal stage	−1:52	−2:45
10B	Bonus on stage finish	−1:00	−3:45
11	Bonus on stage finish	1:00	−2:45
13	Bonus on mountain	1:30	−1:15
14	Bonus on mountain	4:23	3:08
14	Time difference in normal stage	17:22	20:30
14	Bonus on stage finish	1:00	21:30
15	Bonus on mountain	−1:28	20:02
16	Bonus on mountain	1:15	21:17
20B	Time difference in normal stage	−1:50	19:27
20B	Bonus on stage finish	−1:00	18:27

Type	Margin of winner
Time difference in normal stage	10:30
Bonus on stage finish	−2:00
Bonus on mountain	9:57

Participants

Number	Name		Nat	Team	Final 1938	Riders previous Tours	Best result previous Tours	Stages won previous Tours	Classifications won previous Tours	Jerseys worn previous Tours
1	Sylvère Maes (28₃₀₈)	†	BEL	Belgium	14	4	1	7	General classification (1x)	(33x)
2	Marcel Kint (23₂₈₄)	†	BEL	Belgium	9	2	9	1		(1x)
3	Félicien Vervaecke (31₁₁₂)	†	BEL	Belgium	2	5	3	2	Individual (1x) Mountains (2x)
4	Albertin Disseaux (23₂₂₆)	†	BEL	Belgium	12	1	—	0
5	Éloi Meulenbergh (25₂₈₁)	†	BEL	Belgium	AB12	2	34	6
6	Emile Masson jr. (22₃₀₃)	†	BEL	Belgium	34	—	—	0
7	Jules Lowie (24₂₆₈)	†	BEL	Belgium	7	2	5	0
8	Edward Vissers (25₃₆₁)	†	BEL	Belgium	4	1	6	1
9	François Neuville (25₂₁₈)	†	BEL	Belgium	17	2	19	0
10	Theo Pirmez (23₁₈)	†	BEL	Belgium	DSQ8	—	—	0
11	René Walschot (22₇₀)	†	BEL	Belgium	51	—	—	0
12	Constant Lauwers (22₁₁₈)	†	BEL	Belgium	39	—	—	0
13	Gino Bartali (23₃₄₈)	†	ITA	Italy	1	1	—	1		(2x)
14	Vasco Bergamaschi (28₂₇₅)	†	ITA	Italy	33	3	39	1
15	Aldo Bini (22₃₃₆)	†	ITA	Italy	48	—	—	0
16	Enrico Mollo (24₃₄₂)	†	ITA	Italy	38	—	—	0
17	Glauco Servadei (24₃₃₉)	†	ITA	Italy	20	1	—	0
18	Giulio Rossi (23₂₄₀)	†	ITA	Italy	NP13	1	—	0
19	Mario Vicini (25₁₂₉)	†	ITA	Italy	6	1	2	0	Individual (1x)
20	Giordano Cottur (24₃₉)	†	ITA	Italy	25	—	—	0
21	Luigi Augusto Introzzi (26₂₂)	†	ITA	Italy	46	1	26	0
22	Giuseppe Martano (27₂₆₄)	†	ITA	Italy	27	4	2	1	Individual (1x)
23	Settimio Simonini (24₃₅₈)	†	ITA	Italy	AB11	1	—	0
24	Nello Troggi (26₆₅)	†	ITA	Italy	54	—	—	0
25	Fritz Scheller (23₂₈₂)	†	GER	Germany	AB9	—	—	0
26	Paul Seidel (25₁₁₁)	†	GER	Germany	HD8	—	—	0
27	Fritz Ruland (24₁₇₁)	†	GER	Germany	AB2	—	—	0
28	Herbert Hauswald (26₁₁₈)	†	GER	Germany	52	1	43	0
29	Heinz Wengler (25₂₇₆)	†	GER	Germany	AB9	1	37	1
30	Reinhold Wendel (27₃₀₁)	†	GER	Germany	53	1	45	0
31	Josef Arents (26₁₀₆)	†	GER	Germany	45	1	—	0
32	Hermann Schild (25₁₃₄)	†	GER	Germany	DSQ8	1	—	0
33	Paul Langhoff (24₁₈₁)	†	GER	Germany	AB9	—	—	0
34	Willi Oberbeck (28₁₃₀)	†	GER	Germany	HD8	1	—	0
35	Karl Heide (31₂₄₀)	†	GER	Germany	NP12	2	—	0
36	Otto Weckerling (27₂₅₁)	†	GER	Germany	21	3	41	1
37	Antonin Magne (34₁₃₆)	†	FRA	France	8	9	1	8	General classification (2x)	(39x)
38	Pierre Gallien (26₂₅₅)	†	FRA	France	15	1	8	0
39	Jean Fréchaut (23₂₈₅)	†	FRA	France	18	1	10	0
40	Auguste Mallet (25₅₈)	†	FRA	France	AB14	—	—	0
41	Marcel Laurent (25₂₄)	†	FRA	France	AB14	1	13	0
42	Pierre Jaminet (26₁₃₉)	†	FRA	France	44	—	—	0
43	Sylvain Marcaillou (27₁₄₃)	†	FRA	France	NP6A	3	5	0
44	Georges Naisse (24₁₅₇)	†	FRA	France	AB18	—	—	0
45	Victor Cosson (22₂₆₃)	†	FRA	France	3	1	17	0
46	Georges Speicher (31₂₃)	†	FRA	France	DSQ8	6	1	9	General classification (1x)	(13x)
47	Paul Maye (24₃₁₆)	†	FRA	France	NP2	2	33	2
48	Jean-Marie Goasmat (25₉₄)	†	FRA	France	11	2	18	1
49	Mariano Cañardo (32₁₄₆)	†	ESP	Spain–Netherlands	16	5	6	1
50	Julián Berrendero (26₈₃)	†	ESP	Spain–Netherlands	29	2	11	1	Mountains (1x)
51	Rafael Ramos (26₂₄₅)	†	ESP	Spain–Netherlands	19	1	—	0
52	Jacques Alzine (23₈₈)	†	ESP	Spain–Netherlands	AB13	—	—	0
53	Emiliano Álvarez (25₂₄₈)	†	ESP	Spain–Netherlands	DSQ8	2	24	0
54	Antonio Prior (24₃₂₃)	†	ESP	Spain–Netherlands	AB1	2	32	0
55	Edgar Hehlen (22₈₁)	†	SUI	Switzerland-Luxembourg	AB13	—	—	0
56	René Pédroli (23₃₄₇)	†	SUI	Switzerland-Luxembourg	DSQ8	1	39	1
57	Paul Egli (26₃₁₇)	†	SUI	Switzerland-Luxembourg	31	2	29	1		(1x)
58	Theo Perret (22₃₆₀)	†	SUI	Switzerland-Luxembourg	AB11	—	—	0
59	Bruno Besana (23₂₅)	†	SUI	Switzerland-Luxembourg	AB9	—	—	0
60	Albert Knutti (26₅₃)	†	SUI	Switzerland-Luxembourg	AB13	—	—	0
61	Piet van Nek Jr. (21₃₁₆)	†	NED	Spain–Netherlands	HD8	1	—	0
62	Janus Hellemons (25₃₄₅)	†	NED	Spain–Netherlands	55	—	—	0
63	Gerrit Schulte (22₁₇₅)	†	NED	Spain–Netherlands	HD8	—	—	0
64	Jef Dominicus (25₇₈)	†	NED	Spain–Netherlands	DSQ8	—	—	0
65	Theo Middelkamp (24₁₂₈)	†	NED	Spain–Netherlands	43	2	23	1
66	Antoon van Schendel (28₅₃)	†	NED	Spain–Netherlands	50	2	32	0
67	Mathias Clemens (22₃₂₇)	†	LUX	Switzerland-Luxembourg	5	2	7	1
68	Jean Majerus (24₁₄₅)	†	LUX	Switzerland-Luxembourg	49	2	—	1		(2x)
69	François Neuens (25₂₃₆)	†	LUX	Switzerland-Luxembourg	37	1	38	0
70	Pierre Clemens (24₃₃₃)	†	LUX	Switzerland-Luxembourg	AB15	2	4	0
71	Arsène Mersch (24₁₉₉)	†	LUX	Switzerland-Luxembourg	32	2	5	1		(1x)
72	Christophe Didier (23₁₄₇)	†	LUX	Switzerland-Luxembourg	AB11	—	—	0
73	André Leducq (34₁₂₄)	†	FRA	Cadets	30	8	1	24	General classification (2x)	(32x)
74	René Vietto (24₁₃₄)	†	FRA	Cadets	AB2	3	5	6	Mountains (1x)
75	Raymond Louviot (29₁₉₅)	†	FRA	Cadets	26	1	12	1
76	Raoul Lesueur (26₆₂)	†	FRA	Cadets	NP14	1	14	0
77	Sauveur Ducazeaux (26₂₀₅)	†	FRA	Cadets	DSQ8	2	19	1
78	Fabien Galateau (24₃₅₃)	†	FRA	Cadets	28	3	25	0
79	Robert Tanneveau (26₃₄₁)	†	FRA	Cadets	13	2	18	0
80	Robert Oubron (25₇₃)	†	FRA	Cadets	41	1	20	0
81	Jean Fontenay (25₃₄₂)	†	FRA	Cadets	24	1	25	0
82	Yvon Marie (25₅₁)	†	FRA	Cadets	23	1	21	0
83	Raymond Passat (24₁₈₅)	†	FRA	Cadets	22	2	12	1
84	Bruno Carini (25₂₂₅)	†	FRA	Cadets	47	1	42	0
85	Lucien Le Guevel (23₁₉₃)	†	FRA	Bleuets	36	—	—	0
86	Oreste Bernardoni (27₁₂₃)	†	FRA	Bleuets	40	1	35	0
87	Albert Bourlon (21₂₁₉)	†	FRA	Bleuets	35	—	—	0
88	André Deforge (24₁₁₉)	†	FRA	Bleuets	DSQ8	—	—	0
89	Joseph Goutorbe (22₆₆)	†	FRA	Bleuets	AB13	—	—	0
90	Dante Gianello (26₉₆)	†	FRA	Bleuets	10	2	21	0
91	Eloi Tassin (26₂₄)	†	FRA	Bleuets	AB9	—	—	0
92	Camille Leroy (26₃₂₀)	†	FRA	Bleuets	42	—	—	0
93	Pierre Spaperi (26₂₃₁)	†	FRA	Bleuets	AB14	—	—	0
94	Gaston Grimbert (23₃₂₀)	†	FRA	Bleuets	AB14	—	—	0
95	Lucien Lamure (22₁₆₁)	†	FRA	Bleuets	DSQ8	—	—	0
96	Charles Bouvet (23₁₉₃)	†	FRA	Bleuets	AB1	—	—	0

There are 96 participants out of 96 in my database.

Results per team

The "StProb" column indicates the probability that an equally sized team would win the same number of stages, assuming each participating rider had an equal chance of winning a stage. A probability of 0.50 indicates that the team won exactly as expected, a probability close to 0 indicates that the team won fewer stages than expected, and a probability close to 1 indicates that the team won more stages than expected.

The "GCProb" and "Lexico" columns indicate how well the team performed in the overall ranking. For both, a higher number is better; GCProb ranges from minus infinity to plus infinity, with an average of 0; Lexico ranges from 0 to 1, with an average of 0.5.

Team	Riders	Stages won	StProb	GCProb	Lexico
Belgium	12	12	1.00	2.67	0.77
Italy	12	5	0.76	1.46	0.83
France	12	4	0.58	0.30	0.36
Spain–Netherlands	12	3	0.37	-0.95	0.10
Cadets	12	2	0.18	1.11	0.22
Switzerland-Luxembourg	12	1	0.06	-1.15	0.24
Bleuets	12	1	0.06	-1.25	0.15
Germany	12	1	0.06	-2.18	0.04

Results per country

The "StProb" column indicates the probability that a country with this many riders would win the same number of stages, assuming each participating rider had an equal chance of winning a stage. A probability of 0.50 indicates that the country won exactly as expected, a probability close to 0 indicates that the country won fewer stages than expected, and a probability close to 1 indicates that the country won more stages than expected.

The "GCProb" and "Lexico" columns indicate how well the country performed in the overall ranking. For both, a higher number is better; GCProb ranges from minus infinity to plus infinity, with an average of 0; Lexico ranges from 0 to 1, with an average of 0.5.

Country	Riders	Stages won	StProb	GCProb	Lexico
France	36	7	0.05	0.11	0.04
Belgium	12	12	1.00	2.67	0.77
Italy	12	5	0.76	1.46	0.83
Germany	12	1	0.06	-2.18	0.04
Spain	6	0	0.07	-0.02	0.35
Switzerland	6	0	0.07	-1.82	0.11
Netherlands	6	3	0.80	-1.29	0.08
Luxembourg	6	1	0.29	0.24	0.69

Solos

From reports of the stages of this Tour, I have calculated the length of the solo rides. A solo is when a rider is riding in front of the race, without any other riders. Time trials don't count for this. There is sometimes uncertainty about when a solo started or ended: the dark green bar indicates the solo length that I am certain of, the light green bar indicates the maximum that it could be.

Combined solos during this Tour
Rider	Solo
G. Bartali	63.0–120.0 km
J. Goasmat	14.0–34.0 km
F. Vervaecke	11.0–29.0 km
A. Leducq	8.0–17.0 km
F. Neuville	8.0–15.0 km
Ant. van Schendel	6.0–15.0 km
L. Le Guevel	10.0–11.0 km
G. Schulte	10.0–10.0 km
D. Gianello	4.0–4.0 km
M. Kint	3.0–3.0 km
P. Jaminet	0.0–2.0 km
W. Oberbeck	0.0–1.0 km

Stage prizes

Classification leaders

Table: classification winners

Legend

Graphs

Margin of winner

Participants

Results per team

Results per country

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