Tour de France 1937

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31st Tour de France 1937 - final result
Route length 20 stages, 4415 km
Tour winner Roger Lapébie 138: 58: 31 h
(31.768 km / h)
Second Mario Vicini + 7:17 min
Third Leo Amberg + 26:13 min
Fourth Francesco Camusso + 26:53 min
fifth Sylvain Marcaillou + 35:36 min
Sixth Edward Vissers + 38:13 min
seventh Paul Chocque + 1:05:19 h
Eighth Pierre Gaul + 1:06:33 h
Ninth Erich Bautz + 1:06:41 h
Tenth Jean Frechaut + 1:24:34 h
Mountain scoring Félicien Vervaecke 114 P.
Second Mario Vicini 96 P.
Third Sylvère Maes 90 p.
Team evaluation France
Tour de France route 1937. Ridden clockwise with start and finish in Paris.
Tour winner Roger Lapébie at the award ceremony in Paris.

The 31st Tour de France took place from June 30th to July 25th 1937 and consisted of 20 stages. The 98 starters had to cover 4,415 km, of which 46 were classified. If you count the time trials and half or third stages driven in one day individually, you come to 31 sections.

Jacques Goddet , as the successor to tour director and founder Henri Desgrange , introduced that drivers were allowed to use a gear shift . This also increased the winner's average speed to a new high of 31.768 km / h.

Race course

After his stage win on the seventh stage, the Italian Gino Bartali also took the lead in the overall standings. Two days later on the Alpine stage to Digne-les-Bains , he fell into a ravine and had to end the race. Only one year later, on the 1938 Tour , he was able to look forward to an overall victory.

Bartali's successor in the yellow jersey was the Belgian Sylvère Maes , for whom eighth place in the stage was enough. This section was won by Roger Lapébie , who later stood at the top of the podium in Paris.

Before Lapébie was able to take over the leading position from Maes, however, he had to wait until the 17th stage: After Maes had received a time penalty of 15 minutes from the tour management because two Belgian participants, who were not part of the Belgian national team, were on Maes had waited.

The Belgian team, which had also lost time when they were held up by a train, closed the race in protest, leaving Lapébie to win the Tour. Although he did not reach the goal after leaving with the Belgian team, Félicien Vervaecke won the award for best climber. France became the best team.

The stages

Stages Start finish km Stage winner Yellow jersey
1st stage Paris - Lille 263 Jean Majerus Jean Majerus
2nd stage Lille - Charleville-Mezieres 192 Maurice Archambaud Jean Majerus
3rd stage Charleville-Mézières - Metz 161 Walter Generati Marcel Kint
4th stage Metz - Belfort 220 Erich Bautz Erich Bautz
5th stage (a) Belfort - Lons-le-Saunier 175 Henri Puppo Erich Bautz
5th stage (b) Lons-le-Saunier - Champagnole 34 ( MZF ) Sylvère Maes Erich Bautz
5th stage (c) Champagnole - Geneva ( CH ) 93 Leo Amberg Erich Bautz
6th stage Geneva (CH) - Aix-les-Bains 180 Gustaaf Deloor Erich Bautz
7th stage Aix-les-Bains - Grenoble 228 Gino Bartali Gino Bartali
8th stage Grenoble - Briançon 194 Otto Weckerling Gino Bartali
9th stage Briançon - Digne-les-Bains 220 Roger Lapébie Sylvère Maes
10th stage Digne-les-Bains - Nice 251 Félicien Vervaecke Sylvère Maes
11th stage (a) Nice - Toulon 169 Eloi Meulenberg Sylvère Maes
11th stage (b) Toulon - Marseille 65 (MZF) Gustave Danneels Sylvère Maes
12th stage (a) Marseille - Nîmes 112 Alphonse Antoine Sylvère Maes
12th stage (b) Nîmes - Montpellier 51 René Pedroli Sylvère Maes
13th stage (a) Montpellier - Narbonne 103 Francesco Camusso Sylvère Maes
13th stage (b) Narbonne - Perpignan 63 Eloi Meulenberg Sylvère Maes
14th stage (a) Perpignan - Bourg-Madame 99 Eloi Meulenberg Sylvère Maes
14th stage (b) Bourg-Madame - Ax-les-Thermes 59 Mariano Canardo Sylvère Maes
14th stage (c) Ax-les-Thermes - Luchon 167 Eloi Meulenberg Sylvère Maes
15th stage Luchon - Pau 194 Julian Berrendero Sylvère Maes
16th stage Pau - Bordeaux 235 Paul Chocque Sylvère Maes
17th stage (a) Bordeaux - Royan 123 Erich Bautz Roger Lapébie
17th stage (b) Royan - Saintes 37 Adolphe Braeckeveldt
Heinz Wengler 		Roger Lapébie
17th stage (c) Saintes - La Rochelle 67 Roger Lapébie Roger Lapébie
18th stage (a) La Rochelle - La Roche-sur-Yon 81 Roger Lapébie Roger Lapébie
18th stage (b) La Roche-sur-Yon - Rennes 172 Paul Chocque Roger Lapébie
19th stage (a) Rennes - Vire 114 Raymond Passat Roger Lapébie
19th stage (b) Vire - Caen 59 ( EZF ) Leo Amberg Roger Lapébie
20th stage Caen - Paris 234 Edward Vissers Roger Lapébie

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