Tour de France 1921
| 15th Tour de France 1921 - final result | ||
| Route length | 15 stages, 5485 km | |
| Tour winner | Léon Scieur | 221: 50: 26 h (24.725 km / h) |
| Second | Hector Heusghem | + 18:36 min |
| Third | Honoré Barthélémy | + 2:01:00 h |
| Fourth | Luigi Lucotti | + 2:39:18 h |
| fifth | Hector Tiberghien | + 4:33:19 h |
| Sixth | Victor Lenaers | + 4:53:23 h |
| seventh | Léon Despontin | + 5:01:54 h |
| Eighth | Camille Leroy | + 7:56:27 h |
| Ninth | Firmin Lambot | + 8:26:25 h |
| Tenth | Félix Goethals | + 8:42:26 h |
The 15th Tour de France took place from June 26th to July 24th, 1921. The 123 riders, divided into two performance classes, covered 5484 km over 15 stages. 38 drivers reached the destination.
Race course
The route of the tour was very similar to the course of the tour in 1920 : after starting in Argenteuil near Paris , it went counterclockwise to Brittany , the Pyrenees , along the Mediterranean over the Alps and Alsace back to Paris, where the tour ended in the Parc des Princes .
The Belgian Léon Scieur took over the overall lead by winning the third stage and was able to defend it until Paris. Scieur covered the 5484 km with an average of 24.720 km / h. Scieur came from the same village as the former tour winner Firmin Lambot , the two are the only tour winners who come from the same place. As in the previous year, Honoré Barthélémy was the best French rider despite numerous technical defects and came third in the overall standings.
One innovation of the 15th tour was that the rider's start number had to be attached to the racing bikes. The large increase in support vehicles posed problems for the tour organizers: There were real traffic jams in which some drivers got stuck. Stricter regulations helped.
The stages
| Stages | Start finish | km | Stage winner | Yellow jersey |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st stage | Argenteuil - Le Havre | 388 | Louis Mottiat | Louis Mottiat |
| 2nd stage | Le Havre - Cherbourg | 364 | Romain Bellenger | Léon Scieur |
| 3rd stage | Cherbourg - Brest | 405 | Léon Scieur | Léon Scieur |
| 4th stage | Brest - Les Sables-d'Olonne | 412 | Louis Mottiat | Léon Scieur |
| 5th stage | Les Sables-d'Olonne - Bayonne | 482 | Louis Mottiat | Léon Scieur |
| 6th stage | Bayonne - Luchon | 326 | Hector Heusghem | Léon Scieur |
| 7th stage | Luchon - Perpignan | 323 | Louis Mottiat | Léon Scieur |
| 8th stage | Perpignan - Toulon | 411 | Luigi Lucotti | Léon Scieur |
| 9th stage | Toulon - Nice | 272 | Firmin Lambot | Léon Scieur |
| 10th stage | Nice - Grenoble | 333 | Léon Scieur | Léon Scieur |
| 11th stage | Grenoble - Geneva ( CH ) | 325 | Félix Goethals | Léon Scieur |
| 12th stage | Geneva (CH) - Strasbourg | 371 | Émile Masson Sr. | Léon Scieur |
| 13th stage | Strasbourg - Metz | 300 | Felix Sellier | Léon Scieur |
| 14th stage | Metz - Dunkerque | 433 | Félix Goethals | Léon Scieur |
| 15th stage | Dunkerque - Paris | 340 | Félix Goethals | Léon Scieur |
Web links
- Tour de France 1921 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- cycling page for the 1921 tour