1953 Tour de Suisse
{{Infobox cycling race report
| name = 1953 Tour de Suisse
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| date = 17–27 June 1953
| stages = 8
| unit = km
| time = 50h 22' 11"
| first = Hugo Koblet
| first_nat = SUI
| second = Fritz Schär
| second_nat = SUI
| third = Danilo Barozzi
| third_nat = ITA
| previous = 1952
| next = 1954
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The 1953 Tour de Suisse was the 17th edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 17 June to 27 June 1953. The race started and finished in Zürich.{{cite web|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tds/tds1953.php|title=17ème Tour de Suisse 1953|work=Memoire du cyclisme|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041028182535/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tds/tds1953.php|archivedate=28 October 2004}} The race was won by Hugo Koblet.
General classification
| Final general classification{{cite web|url=http://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=16&y=1953|title=1953 Tour de Suisse|work=First Cycling|accessdate=29 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.the-sports.org/cycling-tour-de-suisse-results-1953-epr54747.html|title=Tour de Suisse 1953|work=TheSports.org|accessdate=29 January 2018}}
{| class="wikitable" |
| scope="col" | Rank
! scope="col" | Rider ! scope="col" | Time |
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| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| {{flagathlete|Hugo Koblet|SUI}} | style="text-align:right;" | {{nowrap|50h 22' 11"}} |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| {{flagathlete|Fritz Schär|SUI}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 18' 40" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
| {{flagathlete|Danilo Barozzi|ITA}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 23' 20" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| {{flagathlete|Carlo Clerici|SUI}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 24' 28" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| {{flagathlete|Pasquale Fornara|ITA}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 29' 11" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| {{flagathlete|Nino Defilippis|ITA}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 29' 30" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
| {{flagathlete|Donato Zampini|ITA}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 30' 37" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 8
| {{flagathlete|Marcel Huber|SUI}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 32' 41" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| {{flagathlete|Martin Metzger|SUI}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 35' 41" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
| {{flagathlete|Pino Cerami|BEL}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 41' 51" |
|}
References
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{{Tour de Suisse}}
{{1953 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo}}
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Category:1953 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo
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