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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 race was won by Italian cyclist Gino Bartali, who had also won the Tour de France in 1938. Bartali had almost given up during the race, but drew inspiration from a phone call from the Italian prime minister, who asked him to win the Tour de France to prevent civil unrest in Italy. Bartali also won the mountains classification, while the team classification was won by the Belgian team. ==Changes from the 1947 Tour de France== The prize for wearing the yellow jersey was introduced in 1948,〔 sponsored by Les Laines, a French wool company.〔Thompson, p.49〕 In 1947, the media had complained that too many cyclists reached the end of the race, so the race was no longer heroic; this may have motivated a new rule between the third and the eighteenth stage, the rider last in the general classification was eliminated;〔〔Thompson, p.115〕 Where the 1947 Tour de France had been France-centered, the 1948 race became more cosmopolitan.〔Dauncey, p.213〕 The tour visited the Saar protectorate for the first time when the 18th stage passed Saarbrücken and Saarlouis. A second visit took place in 1953. The first live television broadcast from the Tour de France was in 1948,〔Dauncey, p.132〕 when the arrival at the velodrome of Parc des Princes was broadcast live.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1948 Tour de France」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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