Tour de France 1913

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11th Tour de France 1913 - final result
Route length 15 stages, 5388 km
Tour winner Philippe Thys 197: 54: 00 h
(27.226 km / h)
Second Gustave Garrigou + 8:37 min
Third Marcel Buysse + 3:30:55 h
Fourth Firmin Lambot + 4:12:45 h
fifth François Faber + 6:26:04 h
Sixth Alfons Spiessens + 7:57:52 h
seventh Eugène Christophe + 14:06:35 h
Eighth Camillo Bertarelli + 16:21:38 h
Ninth Joseph Vandaele + 16:39:53 h
Tenth Emile Engel + 16:52:34 h
Route map of the Tour de France 1913

The Tour de France 1913 took place from June 28th to July 26th. It led over 15 stages and was 5388 kilometers long. The point system of previous years was replaced by time measurement.

Race course

The stage locations of this tour partly corresponded to those of the previous year, but these were driven in the opposite direction to 1912. There is agreement in the first stages, which roughly correspond to stages 9 to 15 of 1912. The first three stages of 1912 correspond to the 13th to 15th stage. This year the tour was 5388 kilometers long, 69 km longer than in 1912. Of the 140 riders who started, only 25 finished the tour. A novelty was the first guest appearance in Switzerland with a stage, after Switzerland had been traveled since 1907. For the first time, a Dane ( Christian Christensen ) and a Tunisian (Ali Neffati) competed.

The Belgian Philippe Thys , who later won the tour first three times, ultimately led the ranking in Paris. This year the cornerstone of a legend was also laid. The Frenchman Eugène Christophe , the first to wear the yellow jersey in 1919 , suffered a broken fork on his bike on the descent from the Col du Tourmalet . He had to walk the next 14 kilometers to repair his bike. He was not allowed to get help in the forge, but still managed to repair his bike. Christophe was overall seventh, his nickname " le Vieux Gaulois " ( French , the old Gaul ) he received after this stage.

The stages

Stages Start finish km Stage winner Overall first
1st stage Paris - Le Havre 388 Giovanni Micheletto Giovanni Micheletto
2nd stage Le Havre - Cherbourg 364 Jules Masselis Jules Masselis
3rd stage Cherbourg - Brest 405 Henri Pélissier Odiel Defraeye
4th stage Brest - La Rochelle 470 Marcel Buysse Odiel Defraeye
5th stage La Rochelle - Bayonne 379 Henri Vanlerberghe Odiel Defraeye
6th stage Bayonne - Luchon 326 Philippe Thys Philippe Thys
7th stage Luchon - Perpignan 324 Marcel Buysse Marcel Buysse
8th stage Perpignan - Aix-en-Provence 325 Gustave Garrigou Marcel Buysse
9th stage Aix-en-Provence - Nice 356 Firmin Lambot Philippe Thys
10th stage Nice - Grenoble 333 François Faber Philippe Thys
11th stage Grenoble - Geneva ( CH ) 325 Marcel Buysse Philippe Thys
12th stage Geneva (CH) - Belfort 335 Marcel Buysse Philippe Thys
13th stage Belfort - Longwy 325 François Faber Philippe Thys
14th stage Longwy - Dunkerque 393 Marcel Buysse Philippe Thys
15th stage Dunkerque - Paris 340 Marcel Buysse Philippe Thys

Web links

Commons : Tour de France 1913  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Uitgeverij Worldstrip (Ed.): Tour Encyclopedie1903-1929 . Gent 1997, p. 74 .