Tour de France 1927

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21st Tour de France 1927 - final score
Route length 24 stages, 5320 km
Tour winner Nicolas Frantz 198: 16: 42 h
(26.831 km / h)
Second Maurice De Waele + 1:48:21 h
Third Julien Vervaecke + 2:25:06 h
Fourth André Leducq + 3:02:05 h
fifth Adelin Benoit + 4:45:01 h
Sixth Antonin Magne + 4:48:23 h
seventh Pé Verhaegen + 6:18:36 h
Eighth Julien Moineau + 6:36:17 h
Ninth Hector Martin + 7:07:34 h
Tenth Maurice Geldhof + 7:16:02 h
Route map of the Tour de France 1927

The 21st Tour de France took place from June 19 to July 17, 1927 and consisted of 24 stages. Of the 142 drivers who started, only 39 were classified.

route

The start and finish of the 21st tour were in Paris , the tour went counter-clockwise. The number of stages has increased compared to previous years, but the individual stages were shorter. The drivers had to cover a total of 5340 km - less than in the previous year , when there were only 17 stages. Due to the shorter stages, the average speed of the winner rose significantly to 26.836 km / h.

Race course

On the first stage, Francis Pélissier won and thus took over the overall lead, which he was able to hold for a few stages. On the 11th stage to Luchon , Nicolas Frantz from Luxembourg drove out a few minutes and took over the yellow jersey of the front runner. He extended his lead over the runner-up to 1:48 hours before the finish in Paris. For the second time after 1909 , when François Faber won, a Luxembourger was able to win a Tour de France. The Frenchman André Leducq , who won three stages, was also able to convince .

The stages

Stages Start finish km Stage winner Yellow jersey
1st stage Paris - Dieppe 180 Francis Pélissier Francis Pélissier
2nd stage Dieppe - Le Havre 103 Maurice De Waele Francis Pélissier
3rd stage Le Havre - Caen 225 Hector Martin Francis Pélissier
4th stage Caen - Cherbourg 140 Camille van de Casteele Francis Pélissier
5th stage Cherbourg - Dinan 199 Ferdinand Le Drogo Francis Pélissier
6th stage Dinan - Brest 206 André Leducq Ferdinand Le Drogo
7th stage Brest - Vannes 207 Gustaaf van Slembrouck Hector Martin
8th stage Vannes - Les Sables-d'Olonne 204 Raymond Decorte Hector Martin
9th stage Les Sables-d'Olonne - Bordeaux 285 Adelin Benoit Hector Martin
10th stage Bordeaux - Bayonne 189 Pé Verhaegen Hector Martin
11th stage Bayonne - Luchon 326 Nicolas Frantz Nicolas Frantz
12th stage Luchon - Perpignan 323 Gustaaf van Slembrouck Nicolas Frantz
13th stage Perpignan - Marseille 360 Maurice De Waele Nicolas Frantz
14th stage Marseille - Toulon 120 Antonin Magne Nicolas Frantz
15th stage Toulon - Nice 280 Nicolas Frantz Nicolas Frantz
16th stage Nice - Briançon 275 Julien Vervaecke Nicolas Frantz
17th stage Briançon - Evian-les-Bains 283 Pé Verhaegen Nicolas Frantz
18th stage Evian-les-Bains - Pontarlier 213 Adelin Benoit Nicolas Frantz
19th stage Pontarlier - Belfort 119 Maurice Geldhof Nicolas Frantz
20th stage Belfort - Strasbourg 145 Raymond Decorte Nicolas Frantz
21st stage Strasbourg - Metz 165 Nicolas Frantz Nicolas Frantz
22nd stage Metz - Charleville-Mezieres 159 Hector Martin Nicolas Frantz
23rd stage Charleville-Mézières - Dunkerque 270 André Leducq Nicolas Frantz
24th stage Dunkerque - Paris 344 André Leducq Nicolas Frantz

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