Tour de France 1928

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22nd Tour de France 1928 - final score
Route length 22 stages, 5376 km
Tour winner Nicolas Frantz 192: 48: 58 h
(27.881 km / h)
Second André Leducq + 50:07 min
Third Maurice De Waele + 56:16 min
Fourth Jan Mertens + 1:19:18 h
fifth Julien Vervaecke + 1:53:32 h
Sixth Antonin Magne + 2:14:02 h
seventh Victor Fontan + 5:07:47 h
Eighth Marcel Bidot + 5:18:28 h
Ninth Marcel Huot + 5:37:33 h
Tenth Pierre Magne + 5:41:20 h
Tour de France route 1928. Driven counter-clockwise

The 22nd Tour de France took place from June 17 to July 15, 1928 and comprised 22 stages. Of the 162 riders who started, only 41 were classified at the end of the tour.

route

The 5377 km long route of the 22nd Tour de France started and finished in the French capital Paris and, as in previous years, ran counter-clockwise. The winner completed the course at an average speed of 27.886 km / h.

Race course

Flowers and kisses from the local beauty for Hubert Opperman after the sixth stage.

Nicolas Frantz from Luxembourg scored a start-to-finish victory: after winning the first stage, he never gave up the yellow jersey until Paris and managed to repeat his victory from the previous year .

Frantz's victory was in danger on the 19th stage from Metz to Charleville-Mézières when his bicycle frame broke around 100 kilometers from the finish . With the bike of a spectator that was too small for Frantz, he covered the way to the stage destination. He lost 28 minutes, but was able to maintain the lead in the overall standings.

The 36-year-old Victor Fontan won the 387 km long queen stage of the 1928 Tour to Luchon . The second in the overall standings, André Leducq , was able to look forward to four stage wins. With Maurice De Waele in third place overall, all podium places were awarded to drivers of the Alcyon – Dunlop team.

The stages

The Belgian Maurice Geldhof takes the ascent to the Col d'Aubisque on foot.
The Italian Giusto Cerutti has a broken bike after a fall, according to the rules he is not allowed to accept help.
Stages Start finish km Stage winner Yellow jersey
1st stage Paris - Caen 207 Nicolas Frantz Nicolas Frantz
2nd stage Caen - Cherbourg 140 André Leducq Nicolas Frantz
3rd stage Cherbourg - Dinan 199 Gaston Rebry Nicolas Frantz
4th stage Dinan - Brest 206 Pé Verhaegen Nicolas Frantz
5th stage Brest - Vannes 208 Marcel Bidot Nicolas Frantz
6th stage Vannes - Les Sables-d'Olonne 204 Nicolas Frantz Nicolas Frantz
7th stage Les Sables-d'Olonne - Bordeaux 285 Victor Fontan Nicolas Frantz
8th stage Bordeaux - Hendaye 225 Maurice De Waele Nicolas Frantz
9th stage Hendaye - Luchon 387 Victor Fontan Nicolas Frantz
10th stage Luchon - Perpignan 323 André Leducq Nicolas Frantz
11th stage Perpignan - Marseille 363 André Leducq Nicolas Frantz
12th stage Marseille - Nice 330 Nicolas Frantz Nicolas Frantz
13th stage Nice - Grenoble 333 Antonin Magne Nicolas Frantz
14th stage Grenoble - Evian-les-Bains 329 Julien Moineau Nicolas Frantz
15th stage Evian-les-Bains - Pontarlier 213 Pierre Magne Nicolas Frantz
16th stage Pontarlier - Belfort 119 André Leducq Nicolas Frantz
17th stage Belfort - Strasbourg 145 Joseph Mauclair Nicolas Frantz
18th stage Strasbourg - Metz 165 Nicolas Frantz Nicolas Frantz
19th stage Metz - Charleville-Mezieres 159 Marcel Huot Nicolas Frantz
20th stage Charleville-Mézières - Malo-les-Bains 271 Maurice De Waele Nicolas Frantz
21st stage Malo-les-Bains - Dieppe 234 Antonin Magne Nicolas Frantz
22nd stage Dieppe - Paris 331 Nicolas Frantz Nicolas Frantz

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