Tour de France 1939
| 33rd Tour de France 1939 - final result | ||
| Route length | 18 stages, 4225 km | |
| Tour winner | Sylvère Maes | 132: 03: 17 h (31.994 km / h) |
| Second | René Vietto | + 30:38 min |
| Third | Lucien Vlaemynck | + 32:08 min |
| Fourth | Mathias Clemens | + 36:09 min |
| fifth | Edward Vissers | + 38:05 min |
| Sixth | Sylvain Marcaillou | + 45:16 min |
| seventh | Albertin Disseaux | + 46:54 min |
| Eighth | Jan Lambrichs | + 48:01 min |
| Ninth | Albert Ritserveldt | + 48:27 min |
| Tenth | Cyriel Vanoverberghe | + 49:44 min |
| Mountain scoring | Sylvère Maes | 86 P. |
| Second | Edward Vissers | 84 P. |
| Third | Albert Ritserveldt | 71 P. |
| Team evaluation | Belgium B | |
The 33rd Tour de France took place from July 10th to 30th, 1939 and ran over 4,224 km in 18 stages. Many of these sections were divided into half and third stages. 79 racing drivers took part, 49 of whom made it to the finish.
Shortly before the outbreak of World War II in Europe, Germany, Italy and Spain did not send any teams to the tour. In order to start with a sufficiently large field of drivers, the tour management decided to allow two Belgian and five French teams from different regions of the country. There were no cycling races during the Second World War, it took eight years for the riders to get back into the saddle of the Tour de France in 1947 .
Race course
Last year's winner, Gino Bartali , was unable to defend his title because the Italian team waived. The Frenchman René Vietto took over the yellow jersey on the fourth stage in Brittany . Thanks to Vietto's strong performance in the Pyrenees, he was always a few minutes ahead of his closest pursuer, the Belgian Sylvère Maes , as far as the Alps .
On the royal stage of the 33rd Tour de France from Digne-les-Bains to Briançon , Maes was able to take the top position as the clear stage winner and defend it all the way to Paris. On the longest stage over three difficult passes, Maes won and put a gap of around 17 minutes between himself and Vietto. Vietto lost another 10 minutes in the individual time trial the next day. Maes also won the mountain classification. Its average speed was 31.986 km / h. the team ranking was won by a Belgian team.
Trivia
In 2016 it became known that the British cycling journalist Guy Andrews found 30 contact sheets of pictures from the 1939 Tour, taken by the famous photographer Robert Capa , in the archive of the Magnum photo agency . Since Capa worked as a war photographer in previous years, these images are considered extraordinary and their existence was little known.
The stages
| Stages | Start finish | km | Stage winner | Yellow jersey |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st stage | Paris - Caen | 215 | Amédée Fournier | Amédée Fournier |
| 2nd stage (a) | Caen - Vire | 63.5 ( EZF ) | Romain Maes | Romain Maes |
| 2nd stage (b) | Vire - Rennes | 119.5 | Eloi Tassin | Jean Fontenay |
| 3rd stage | Rennes - Brest | 244 | Pierre Cloarec | Jean Fontenay |
| 4th stage | Brest - Lorient | 174 | Raymond Louviot | René Vietto |
| 5th stage | Lorient - Nantes | 207 | Amédée Fournier | René Vietto |
| 6th stage (a) | Nantes - La Rochelle | 144 | Lucien Storme | René Vietto |
| 6th stage (b) | La Rochelle - Royan | 107 | Edmond Pagès | René Vietto |
| 7th stage | Royan - Bordeaux | 198 | Raymond Passat | René Vietto |
| 8th stage (a) | Bordeaux - Salies-de-Bearn | 210.5 | Marcel Kint | René Vietto |
| 8th stage (b) | Salies-de-Bearn - Pau | 68.5 (EZF) | Karl Lychee | René Vietto |
| 9th stage | Pau - Toulouse | 311 | Edward Vissers | René Vietto |
| 10th stage (a) | Toulouse - Narbonne | 148.5 | Pierre Jaminet | René Vietto |
| 10th stage (b) | Narbonne - Beziers | 27 (EZF) | Maurice Archambaud | René Vietto |
| 10th stage (c) | Béziers - Montpellier | 70.5 | Maurice Archambaud | René Vietto |
| 11th stage | Montpellier - Marseille | 212 | Fabien Galateau | René Vietto |
| 12th stage (a) | Marseille - Saint-Raphaël | 157 | François Neuens | René Vietto |
| 12th stage (b) | Saint-Raphaël - Monaco | 121.5 | Maurice Archambaud | René Vietto |
| 13th stage | Monaco - Monaco | 101.5 | Pierre Gaul | René Vietto |
| 14th stage | Monaco - Digne-les-Bains | 175 | Pierre Cloarec | René Vietto |
| 15th stage | Digne-les-Bains - Briançon | 219 | Sylvère Maes | Sylvère Maes |
| 16. Stage (a) | Briançon - Bonneval-sur-Arc | 126 | Pierre Jaminet | Sylvère Maes |
| 16th stage (b) | Bonneval-sur-Arc - Bourg-Saint-Maurice | 64.5 (EZF) | Sylvère Maes | Sylvère Maes |
| 16th stage (c) | Bourg-Saint-Maurice - Annecy | 103.5 | Antoon van Schendel | Sylvère Maes |
| 17th stage (a) | Annecy - Dole | 226 | François Neuens | Sylvère Maes |
| 17th stage (b) | Dole - Dijon | 59 (EZF) | Maurice Archambaud | Sylvère Maes |
| 18th stage (a) | Dijon - Troyes | 151 | René Le Grevès | Sylvère Maes |
| 18th stage (b) | Troyes - Paris | 201 | Marcel Kint | Sylvère Maes |
Web links
- Tour de France 1939 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- radsport-seite.de on the 1939 tour
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wieland Freund werk = welt.de : Robert Capa at the Tour de France: You are coming! July 17, 2016, accessed November 25, 2016 .