Tour de France 1911

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9th Tour de France 1911 - final result
Route length 15 stages, 5344 km
Tour winner Gustave Garrigou 43 P.
195: 37: 00 h
(27.319 km / h)
Second Paul Duboc 61 P.
Third Émile Georget 84 P.
Fourth Charles Crupelandt 119 P.
fifth Louis Heusghem 135 P.
Sixth Marcel Godivier 141 P.
seventh Charles Cruchon 145 P.
Eighth Ernest Paul 153 P.
Ninth André Dupont 157 P.
Tenth Henry Devroye 171 P.
Route map of the Tour de France 1911
Start of the tour in 1911

The Tour de France 1911 took place from July 2nd to 30th and was almost 600 kilometers longer than the previous year.

Race course

The mountain stages in the Pyrenees , which were held for the first time a year earlier, had proven to be a great journalistic success for the newspaper L'Auto (now L'Équipe ) published by Tour Director Henri Desgrange . Desgrange wanted to increase the difficulty and attractiveness again and came up with the idea of ​​running the race through the high Alps in the Savoie and Isère departments . For the first time, the drivers had to conquer the 2645 meter high Col du Galibier .

Gustave Garrigou won the first stage and was able to take the lead in the overall standings for a second time after the fourth. After Paul Duboc won stages eight and ninth, it seemed only a matter of time before he would knock Garrigou out of the lead. But then Duboc was handed a drinking bottle by a warrior that apparently contained a poisonous substance. He collapsed and had to let Garrigou go away again. It was never found out who had "prepared" the drink in this way. At least he was able to secure second place overall. Duboc's supporters blamed Garrigou for this poisoning and hosted him, so that, at the instructions of the tour management, he continued to drive on, “camouflaged” with sunglasses, the wrong jersey and an unsprayed bike.

56 of 84 drivers did not arrive in Paris, including Octave Lapize , François Faber , Louis Trousselier and Lucien Petit-Breton , who were considered favorites for the overall victory in the run-up.

The stages

Stages Day Start finish km Stage winner Overall first
1st stage 2nd July Paris - Dunkerque 351 Gustave Garrigou Gustave Garrigou
2nd stage July 4th Dunkerque - Longwy 388 Jules Masselis Jules Masselis
3rd stage July 6th Longwy - Belfort 331 François Faber François Faber
4th stage 8th of July Belfort - Chamonix 344 Charles Crupelandt Gustave Garrigou
5th stage 10th of July Chamonix - Grenoble 366 Émile Georget Gustave Garrigou
6th stage July 12 Grenoble - Nice 348 François Faber Gustave Garrigou
7th stage July 14th Nice - Marseille 334 Charles Crupelandt Gustave Garrigou
8th stage 16th of July Marseille - Perpignan 335 Paul Duboc Gustave Garrigou
9th stage July 18th Perpignan - Luchon 289 Paul Duboc Gustave Garrigou
10th stage 20th of July Luchon - Bayonne 326 Maurice Brocco Gustave Garrigou
11th stage 22nd of July Bayonne - La Rochelle 379 Paul Duboc Gustave Garrigou
12th stage July 23 La Rochelle - Brest 470 Marcel Godivier Gustave Garrigou
13th stage July 26th Brest - Cherbourg 405 Gustave Garrigou Gustave Garrigou
14th stage July 28th Cherbourg - Le Havre 361 Paul Duboc Gustave Garrigou
15th stage 30th July Le Havre - Paris 317 Marcel Godivier Gustave Garrigou

Web links

Commons : Tour de France 1911  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Beate and Hagen Boßdorf : 100 highlights. Tour de France 1903-2003. Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-517-06681-8 , p. 21