Tour de France 1926
20th Tour de France 1926 - final score | ||
Route length | 17 stages, 5745 km | |
Tour winner | Lucien Buysse | 238: 44: 25 h (24.064 km / h) |
Second | Nicolas Frantz | + 1:22:25 h |
Third | Bartolomeo Aimo | + 1:22:51 h |
Fourth | Théophile Beeckman | + 1:43:54 h |
fifth | Felix Sellier | + 1:49:13 h |
Sixth | Albert Dejonghe | + 1:56:15 h |
seventh | Lion Parmentier | + 2:09:20 h |
Eighth | Georges Cuvelier | + 2:28:32 h |
Ninth | Jules Buysse | + 2:37:03 h |
Tenth | Marcel Bidot | + 2:53:54 h |
The 20th Tour de France took place from June 20 to July 18, 1926 and consisted of 17 stages. 126 drivers took part in the tour, 41 of which were classified at the end. With the starting number 138, a Japanese, Kisso Kawamuro, is at the start for the first time.
route
The start took place for the first time not in the French capital, but in Évian-les-Bains . From there, the large loop led counterclockwise through France and then reached Évian again, from where the drivers drove to Paris , the destination of the tour.
With a distance of 5745 km, the route was the longest in the history of the Tour de France.
Race course
The Belgian Lucien Buysse was able to gain a clear lead over the other favorites in the Pyrenees, winning the stage to Luchon by over 25 minutes. Buysse was in good shape the next day and was able to win the second Pyrenees stage of the tour. Nicolas Frantz from Luxembourg , at the end second in the overall standings, was able to look forward to four stage wins.
The stages
Stages | Start finish | km | Stage winner | Yellow jersey |
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1st stage | Evian-les-Bains - Mulhouse | 373 | Jules Buysse | Jules Buysse |
2nd stage | Mulhouse - Metz | 334 | Aimé Dossche | Jules Buysse |
3rd stage | Metz - Dunkerque | 433 | Gustaaf Van Slembrouck | Gustaaf Van Slembrouck |
4th stage | Dunkerque - Le Havre | 361 | Gustaaf Sellier | Gustaaf Van Slembrouck |
5th stage | Le Havre - Cherbourg | 357 | Adelin Benoit | Gustaaf Van Slembrouck |
6th stage | Cherbourg - Brest | 405 | Joseph Van Dam | Gustaaf Van Slembrouck |
7th stage | Brest - Les Sables-d'Olonne | 412 | Nicolas Frantz | Gustaaf Van Slembrouck |
8th stage | Les Sables-d'Olonne - Bordeaux | 285 | Joseph Van Dam | Gustaaf Van Slembrouck |
9th stage | Bordeaux - Bayonne | 189 | Nicolas Frantz | Gustaaf Van Slembrouck |
10th stage | Bayonne - Luchon | 326 | Lucien Buysse | Lucien Buysse |
11th stage | Luchon - Perpignan | 323 | Lucien Buysse | Lucien Buysse |
12th stage | Perpignan - Toulon | 427 | Nicolas Frantz | Lucien Buysse |
13th stage | Toulon - Nice | 280 | Nicolas Frantz | Lucien Buysse |
14th stage | Nice - Briançon | 275 | Bartolomeo Aimo | Lucien Buysse |
15th stage | Briançon - Evian-les-Bains | 303 | Joseph Van Dam | Lucien Buysse |
16th stage | Evian-les-Bains - Dijon | 321 | Camille Van De Casteele | Lucien Buysse |
17th stage | Dijon - Paris | 341 | Camille Van De Casteele | Lucien Buysse |
Web links
- Tour de France 1926 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- radsport-seite.de on the 1926 tour
Individual evidence
- ^ ASO (ed.): Official program Tour de France 2003 . Paris 2003, p. 80 .