| Stage Date Course Distance Type Type Winner | |
| 1 25 June Brest to Rennes 246 km (153 mi) - Plain stage Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) | |
| 2 26 June Rennes to Le Mans 181 km (112 mi) - Plain stage André Rosseel (BEL) | |
| 3 27 June Le Mans to Rouen 189 km (117 mi) - Plain stage Nello Lauredi (FRA) | |
| 4 28 June Rouen to Roubaix 232 km (144 mi) - Plain stage Pierre Molinéris (FRA) | |
| 5 29 June Roubaix to Namur (Belgium) 197 km (122 mi) - Plain stage Jean Diederich (LUX) | |
| 6 30 June Namur (Belgium) to Metz 228 km (142 mi) - Plain stage Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) | |
| 7 1 July Metz to Nancy 60 km (37 mi) - Individual time trial Fausto Coppi (ITA) | |
| 8 2 July Nancy to Mulhouse 252 km (157 mi) - Stage with mountain(s) Raphaël Géminiani (FRA) | |
| 9 3 July Mulhouse to Lausanne 238 km (148 mi) - Stage with mountain(s) Walter Diggelmann (SUI) | |
| 10 4 July Lausanne to Alpe d'Huez 266 km (165 mi) - Stage with mountain(s) Fausto Coppi (ITA) | |
| - 5 July Alpe d'Huez Alpe d'Huez - Rest day Rest day | |
| 11 6 July Le Bourg-d'Oisans to Sestriere (Italy) 182 km (113 mi) - Stage with mountain(s) Fausto Coppi (ITA) | |
| 12 7 July Sestriere (Italy) to Monaco 251 km (156 mi) - Stage with mountain(s) Jan Nolten (NED) | |
| 13 8 July Monaco to Aix-en-Provence 214 km (133 mi) - Plain stage Raoul Rémy (FRA) | |
| 14 9 July Aix-en-Provence to Avignon 178 km (111 mi) - Stage with mountain(s) Jean Robic (FRA) | |
| 15 10 July Avignon to Perpignan 275 km (171 mi) - Plain stage Georges Decaux (FRA) | |
| 16 11 July Perpignan to Toulouse 200 km (124 mi) - Plain stage André Rosseel (BEL) | |
| - 12 July Toulouse Toulouse - Rest day Rest day | |
| 17 13 July Toulouse to Bagnères-de-Bigorre 204 km (127 mi) - Stage with mountain(s) Raphaël Géminiani (FRA) | |
| 18 14 July Bagnères-de-Bigorre to Pau 149 km (93 mi) - Stage with mountain(s) Fausto Coppi (ITA) | |
| 19 15 July Pau to Bordeaux 195 km (121 mi) - Plain stage Hans Dekkers (NED) | |
| 20 16 July Bordeaux to Limoges 228 km (142 mi) - Plain stage Jacques Vivier (FRA) | |
| 21 17 July Limoges to Puy de Dôme 245 km (152 mi) - Stage with mountain(s) Fausto Coppi (ITA) | |
| 22 18 July Clermont-Ferrand to Vichy 63 km (39 mi) - Individual time trial Fiorenzo Magni (ITA) | |
| 23 19 July Vichy to Paris 354 km (220 mi) - Plain stage Antonin Rolland (FRA) | |
| - Total Total 4,898 km (3,043 mi) 4,898 km (3,043 mi) 4,898 km (3,043 mi) 4,898 km (3,043 mi) | |