Tour de France 1931

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25th Tour de France 1931 - final result
Route length 24 stages, 5095 km
Tour winner Antonin Magne 177: 10: 03 h
(28.758 km / h)
Second Jef Demuysere + 12:56 min
Third Antonio Pesenti + 22:51 min
Fourth Gaston Rebry + 46:40 min
fifth Maurice De Waele + 49:46 min
Sixth Julien Vervaecke + 1:10:11 h
seventh Louis Peglion + 1:18:33 h
Eighth Erich Metze + 1:20:59 h
Ninth Albert Büchi + 1:29:29 h
Tenth André Leducq + 1:30:08 h
Team evaluation Belgium
Route map of the Tour de France 1931

The 25th Tour de France took place from June 30th to July 26th 1931 and led over 24 stages with a total of 5095 km. 81 drivers took part in the tour, 35 of whom were classified.

The route led from Paris first to the west into Brittany and then along the Atlantic coast to the Pyrenees , where the longest and most difficult mountain stage took place. After the drivers had also crossed the Alps , they went back to Paris.

Race course

After his victory on the second stage, the Austrian Max Bulla also held the overall lead for one day. He was also able to win the 12th and 17th stages. It was to be the last Austrian stage win for 74 years; Georg Totschnig only finished this series on the 14th stage of the Tour de France 2005 .

The two best sprinters in the field, the Italian Raffaele di Paco and the French Charles Pélissier , fought bitterly for the stage victories in the flat. At the end of the tour, both were successful five times, and di Paco wore the yellow jersey for three and Pélissier for one day .

On the “king's stage” to Luchon , Frenchman Antonin Magne won by over four minutes. After a rule change, a three-minute time bonus was granted to the stage winner for the 1931 Tour de France if he reached the finish line by at least three minutes. Magne thus laid the foundation for his overall victory. The best team was Belgium, which was able to provide four of the six best drivers in the overall standings.

The stages

Stages Start finish km Stage winner Yellow jersey
1st stage Paris - Caen 208 Alfred Hamerlinck Alfred Hamerlinck
2nd stage Caen - Dinan 212 Max Bulla Max Bulla
3rd stage Dinan - Brest 206 Fabio Battesini Leon Le Calvez
4th stage Brest - Vannes 211 André Godinat Raffaele di Paco
5th stage Vannes - Les Sables-d'Olonne 202 Charles Pélissier Charles Pélissier
Raffaele di Paco
6th stage Les Sables-d'Olonne - Bordeaux 338 Alfred Hamerlinck Raffaele di Paco
7th stage Bordeaux - Bayonne 180 Gérard Loncke Raffaele di Paco
8th stage Bayonne - Pau 106 Charles Pélissier Charles Pélissier
9th stage Pau - Luchon 231 Antonin Magne Antonin Magne
10th stage Luchon - Perpignan 322 Raffaele di Paco Antonin Magne
11th stage Perpignan - Montpellier 164 Raffaele di Paco Antonin Magne
12th stage Montpellier - Marseille 207 Max Bulla Antonin Magne
13th stage Marseille - Cannes 181 Charles Pélissier Antonin Magne
14th stage Cannes - Nice 132 Eugenio Gestri Antonin Magne
15th stage Nice - Gap 233 Jef Demuysere Antonin Magne
16th stage Gap - Grenoble 102 Charles Pélissier Antonin Magne
17th stage Grenoble - Aix-les-Bains 230 Max Bulla Antonin Magne
18th stage Aix-les-Bains - Evian-les-Bains 204 Jef Demuysere Antonin Magne
19th stage Evian-les-Bains - Belfort 282 Raffaele di Paco Antonin Magne
20th stage Belfort - Colmar 209 André Leducq Antonin Magne
21st stage Colmar - Metz 192 Raffaele di Paco Antonin Magne
22nd stage Metz - Charleville-Mezieres 159 Raffaele di Paco Antonin Magne
23rd stage Charleville-Mézières - Malo-les-Bains 271 Gaston Rebry Antonin Magne
24th stage Malo-les-Bains - Paris 313 Charles Pélissier Antonin Magne

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