1949 Tour de France

April 2019 May 2019 1949 Tour de France Route of the 1949 Tour de France.png Route of the 1949 Tour de France followed counterclockwise, starting and finishing in Paris 360px 30 June – 24 July 1949 21 4808 km 149h 40' 49" Fausto Coppi ITA yellow Italy Gino Bartali ITA Italy Jacques Marinelli FRA Île-de-France Italy Fausto Coppi ITA Italy 1948 1950 The 1949 Tour de France was the 36th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 30 June to 24 July. It consisted of 21 stages over 4808 km 0 on. The Italian team had internal problems, because Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi could both be the team leader. During the selection procedure, Coppi almost refused to start the race, but he was convinced to start. During the race, Coppi almost pulled out, because he felt he did not have full support from the team captain. In the Alps, Coppi recovered. The race was won by Coppi, with second place taken by teammate Bartali, the winner of the previous year. Coppi also won the mountains classification, while his Italian team won the team classification. Innovations and changes The 1949 Tour de France marked the first time that the Tour de France had a stage finish in Spain, when it stopped in San Sebastian in the ninth stage. While the mountains had been categorised into two categories in 1948, in 1949 the third category was added.Augendre 2016 40 Teams List of teams and cyclists in the 1949 Tour de France thumb|309x309px|Belgian team in Paris, 1949 (collection KOERS. Museum of Cycle Racing)|alt= As was the custom since the 1930 Tour de France, the 1949 Tour de France was contested by national and regional teams. The three major cycling countries in 1949, Italy, Belgium and France, each sent a team of 12 cyclists. Other countries sent teams of 6 cyclists: Switzerland, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Spain. Italy and Belgium also sent two extra teams of young riders of 6 cyclists each. The French regional cyclists were divided into four teams of 12 cyclists: Île-de-France, West/North, Centre/South-West and South-East. Altogether this made 120 cyclists. There were 57 French cyclists, 22 Italian, 18 Belgian, 6 Dutch, 6 Luxembourg, 6 Spanish, 6 Swiss and 1 Polish cyclist.The history of the Tour de France – Year 1939 – The starters http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1949/partants.html 2 April 2020 Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 3 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200403083950/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1949/partants.html dead The teams entering the race were: 20em Italy Belgium France Switzerland Luxembourg Netherlands Spain Italy Cadets Belgium Aiglons Île-de-France West/North Centre/South-West South-East Pre-race favourites In the previous year, Fausto Coppi refused to enter the Tour de France because of personal problems with his teammate Gino Bartali. Bartali had won the previous Tour, and was trying to equal Philippe Thys by winning the Tour three times. Coppi had won the 1949 Giro d'Italia, and wanted to be the first one to achieve the Tour-Giro double in one year. The Italian team manager Alfredo Binda convinced them two weeks before the start of the race to join forces, so both Italians were in the race.Augendre 2016 40 Route and stages The 1949 Tour de France started on 30 June, and had four rest days, in Les Sables-d'Olonne, Pau, Cannes and Aosta.Augendre 2016 40 The highest point of elevation in the race was 2770 m ft on at the summit of the Col de l'Iseran mountain pass on stage 17.Augendre 2016 178Bartali-Coppi onweerwolk boven Tour de France Bartali-Coppi storm cloud above Tour de France https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010877679:mpeg21:p003 de Volkskrant 30 June 1949 3 nl Delpher + Stage characteristics and winners36ème Tour de France 1949 36th Tour de France 1949 http://memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/eta_tdf/tdf1949.php Mémoire du cyclisme 6 April 2020 frAugendre 2016 40http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html#1949 Tour de France GC top ten Arian Zwegers CVCC 2 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20080516071832/http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html 16 May 2008 live The history of the Tour de France – Year 1939 – The stage winners http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1949/vainqueurs.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 2020 3 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200403002809/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1949/vainqueurs.html dead Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 30 June Paris to Reims 182 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Marcel Dussault FRA 2 1 July Reims to Brussels (Belgium) 273 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Roger Lambrecht BEL 3 2 July Brussels (Belgium) to Boulogne-sur-Mer 211 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Norbert Callens BEL 4 3 July Boulogne-sur-Mer to Rouen 185 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Lucien Teisseire FRA 5 4 July Rouen to Saint-Malo 293 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Ferdinand Kübler SUI 6 5 July Saint-Malo to Les Sables-d'Olonne 305 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Adolphe Deledda FRA 6 July Les Sables-d'Olonne Rest day 7 7 July Les Sables-d'Olonne to La Rochelle 92 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Individual time trial Fausto Coppi ITA 8 8 July La Rochelle to Bordeaux 262 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Guy Lapébie FRA 9 9 July Bordeaux to San Sebastián (Spain) 228 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Louis Caput FRA 10 10 July San Sebastián (Spain) to Pau 192 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Fiorenzo Magni ITA 11 July Pau Rest day 11 12 July Pau to Luchon 193 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Jean Robic FRA 12 13 July Luchon to Toulouse 134 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Rik Van Steenbergen BEL 13 14 July Toulouse to Nîmes 289 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Emile Idée FRA 14 15 July Nîmes to Marseille 199 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Jean Goldschmidt LUX 15 16 July Marseille to Cannes 215 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Désiré Keteleer BEL 17 July Cannes Rest day 16 18 July Cannes to Briançon 275 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Gino Bartali ITA 17 19 July Briançon to Aosta 257 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Fausto Coppi ITA 20 July Aosta Rest day 18 21 July Aosta to Lausanne 265 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Vincenzo Rossello ITA 19 22 July Lausanne to Colmar 283 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Raphaël Géminiani FRA 20 23 July Colmar to Nancy137 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Mountain time trialFausto Coppi ITA 21 24 July Nancy to Paris 340 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Rik Van Steenbergen BEL Total 4808 km 0 onAugendre 2016 109 Race overview thumb| Roger Lambrecht winning the second stage ahead of Jacques Marinelli at Heysel Stadium in Brussels In the early stages, Bartali and Coppi both lost time. Before the fifth stage, Coppi and Bartali both were not in the top fifteen of the general classification.McGann McGann 2006 159–165 In that fifth stage, Coppi escaped together with the leader of the general classification, Jacques Marinelli. When they were leading by 6 minutes, Coppi and Marinelli fell in Mouen. Marinelli was not hurt and could continue, but Coppi's bike was broken. The Italian team car offered him a new one, but Coppi refused because he wanted his personal spare bike, and threatened to quit the race. When Bartali reached Coppi, he saw the problem, and waited. Even later, the Italian team captain Binda arrived with Coppi's spare bike, and Bartali and Coppi started to ride. Coppi started to slow down, complaining he was hungry and exhausted. Bartali decided he could not wait anymore, and rode away from Coppi. Coppi came in 18 minutes late that stage.McGann McGann 2006 159–165 Later that night, it became clear that Coppi had been angry because the team leader had not been following him, even though he was in the leading group. Coppi did not want to race in a team where Bartali and not he was the leader. Binda tried to convince Coppi that he had been delayed, and he succeeded in keeping Coppi in the race.McGann McGann 2006 159–165 Also in that fifth stage, the Spanish team left the race, after constant insults from Spanish exiles who were against Francoist Spain.https://www.rouleur.cc/blogs/the-rouleur-journal/bernardo-ruiz-the-vueltas-accidental-pioneer?srsltid=AfmBOop1qzaro5uGL3MJD-WtrFGjAkHiKymkpcxH-6P6UgUsmE1HJ6FF Bernardo Ruiz: The Vuelta's accidental pioneer rouleur.cc Rouleur magazine Alasdair Fotheringhamhttps://velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-racing/vuelta-a-espana/meet-bernardo-ruiz-the-vuelta-a-espana-longest-living-champion/ Meet Bernardo Ruiz: The Vuelta a España’s longest living champion John Wilcockson 1 September 2023 Velo Outside Interactive, Inc. In the Alps, Coppi recovered. In the sixteenth stage, Coppi escaped, and only Bartali followed him. It was Bartali's 35th birthday, and Coppi gave Bartali the stage victory.http://www.cyclinghalloffame.com/riders/rider_bio.asp?rider_id=13 Cycling hall of fame Rider biographies - Fausto Coppi 20 February 2010 17 May 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180517223158/http://www.cyclinghalloffame.com/riders/rider_bio.asp?rider_id=13 dead After that stage, Bartali was first in the general classification, with Coppi in second place, 82 seconds behind. In stage 17, Bartali and Coppi again were leading together. Around 40 km into the stage, Bartali punctured. Coppi waited for Bartali, but when Bartali later fell and twisted his ankle, team leader Binda allowed Coppi to take off alone. Coppi did so, won the stage, and decided the race.http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1949/histoire.html Amaury Sport Organisation 2009 2 December 2009 The Tour - Year 1949 https://web.archive.org/web/20090716155341/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1949/histoire.html 16 July 2009 dead dmy-all That seventeenth stage finished in the Italian town Aosta. Many Italians had come to see the Tour de France, to cheer on their Italian heroes Coppi and Bartali but also to express their anger against the French cyclists, specifically Jean Robic, who had said in an interview that he could beat those Italians easily. Insults were shouted against non-Italians in the Tour, and some windows of French cars were smashed. For safety, and because there were not enough telephone connections for the journalists, most Tour officials and journalists decided to spend the night in Switzerland.http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010886606:mpeg21:a0054 De ronde van Frankrijk: wanorderlijke taferelen Tour de France: disorderly scenes 21 July 1949 19 April 2017 Delpher Nieuwsblad van het Noorden 3 nl When the Tour returned to France in the nineteenth stage to Colmar, some French spectators took revenge by throwing tomatoes and rocks towards the Italian cyclists and followers. The organisation apologised for this behavior, and the Italian cyclists accepted this apology.http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011239483:mpeg21:a0106 De Fransen: oog om oog, tand om tand The French: eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth 23 July 1949 5 March 2018 Delpher De Gooi- en Eemlander 5 nl In the rest of the race, Coppi's lead was not endangered; Coppi won the mountain time trial in stage 20, and won the Tour with a margin of more than ten minutes over Bartali. Classification leadership and minor prizes The time that each cyclist required to finish each stage was recorded, and these times were added together for the general classification. If a cyclist had received a time bonus, it was subtracted from this total; all time penalties were added to this total. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey.Nauright Parrish 2012 452–453 Of the 120 cyclists, 55 finished the race. Points for the mountains classification were earned by reaching the mountain tops first.Nauright Parrish 2012 454 There were two types of mountain tops: the hardest ones, in category 1, gave 10 points to the first cyclist, the easier ones, in category 2, gave 5 points to the first cyclist, and the easiest ones, in category 3, gave 3 points. The team classification was calculated by adding the times in the general classification of the best three cyclists per team.Nauright Parrish 2012 455 The Italy Cadets and Switzerland finished with two cyclists each, so they were not eligible for this classification. The Souvenir Henri Desgrange was given in honour of Tour founder Henri Desgrange to the first rider to pass a point by his final residence, the "Villa Mia" in Beauvallon, Grimaud, on the French Riviera on stage 15. This prize was won by Paul Giguet.Apo Lazaridès verovert 12 minuten op Bartali en Coppi Apo Lazaridès conquers 12 minutes on Bartali and Coppi https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ABCDDD:010880442:mpeg21:p003 De Volkskrant 18 July 1949 3 nl DelpherSeray Lablaine 2006 84 The special award for the best regional rider was won by third-placed Jacques Marinelli.Augendre 2016 40 +Classification leadership by stagevan den Akker Pieter Informatie over de Tour de France van 1949 Information about the Tour de France from 1949 http://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/tour.php?jaar=1949 https://web.archive.org/web/20190302050043/http://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/tour.php?jaar=1949 2 March 2019 nl TourDeFranceStatistieken.nl 2 March 2019 live Stage Winner General classification25px|alt=|link= Mountains classificationmountains-jersey No jersey was awarded to the leader of the mountains classification until a white jersey with red polka dots was introduced in 1975.Nauright Parrish 2012 454 Team classification 1 Marcel Dussault Marcel Dussault no award Belgium 2 Roger Lambrecht Roger Lambrecht 3 Norbert Callens Norbert Callens 4 Lucien Teisseire Jacques Marinelli France 5 Ferdinand Kübler Île-de-France 6 Adolphe Deledda 7 Fausto Coppi 8 Guy Lapébie 9 Louis Caput 10 Fiorenzo Magni Fiorenzo Magni 11 Jean Robic Fausto Coppi Italy 12 Rik Van Steenbergen 13 Emile Idée 14 Jean Goldschmidt 15 Désiré Keteleer Île-de-France 16 Gino Bartali Gino Bartali Italy 17 Fausto Coppi Fausto Coppi 18 Vincenzo Rossello 19 Raphaël Géminiani 20 Fausto Coppi 21 Rik Van Steenbergen FinalFausto Coppi Fausto Coppi Italy Final standings General classification + Final general classification (1–10)The history of the Tour de France – Year 1949 – Stage 21 Nancy > Paris http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1949/2100/etape.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 2020 2 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200402220257/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1949/2100/etape.html dead Rank Rider Team Time1 Fausto Coppi ITA Italy 149h 40' 49"2 Gino Bartali ITA Italy + 10' 55"3 Jacques Marinelli FRA Île-de-France + 25' 13"4 Jean Robic FRA West/North + 34' 28"5 Marcel Dupont BEL Belgium Aiglons + 38' 59"6 Fiorenzo Magni ITA Italy Cadets + 42' 10"7 Stan Ockers BEL Belgium + 44' 35"8 Jean Goldschmit LUX Luxembourg + 47' 24"9 Apo Lazaridès FRA France + 52' 28"10 Pierre Cogan FRA West/North + 1h 08' 55" Final general classification (11–55) Rank Rider Team Time11 Roger Lambrecht BEL Belgium + 1h 17' 21"12 Gino Sciardis ITA Italy + 1h 22' 01"13 Jean Kirchen LUX Luxembourg + 1h 28' 14"14 Lucien Teisseire FRA France + 1h 34' 56"15 Bim Diederich LUX Luxembourg + 1h 35' 54"16 Robert Chapatte FRA France + 1h 38' 40"17 Serafino Biagioni ITA Italy + 1h 38' 47"18 Nello Lauredi FRA South-East + 1h 43' 22"19 Georges Aeschlimann SUI Switzerland + 1h 47' 52"20 Giuseppe Tacca FRA Île-de-France + 1h 48' 01"21 Marcel De Mulder BEL Belgium Aiglons + 1h 49' 16"22 Jean-Marie Goasmat FRA West/North + 2h 00' 14"23 André Brulé FRA Île-de-France + 2h 01' 18"24 Bruno Pasquini ITA Italy + 2h 08' 44"25 Raphaël Géminiani FRA France + 2h 10' 09"26 Pierre Brambilla ITA South-East + 2h 22' 33"27 Jacques Geus BEL Belgium Aiglons + 2h 26' 06"28 René Vietto FRA France + 2h 30' 11"29 Rik Van Steenbergen BEL Belgium + 2h 31' 13"30 Louis Deprez FRA France + 2h 32' 56"31 Roger Lévêque FRA Centre/South-West + 2h 33' 29"32 Lucien Lazaridès FRA France + 2h 48' 35"33 Brik Schotte BEL Belgium + 2h 50' 29"34 Désiré Keteleer BEL Belgium + 3h 01' 40"35 Georges Martin FRA South-East + 3h 16' 26"36 Vincenzo Rossello ITA Italy + 3h 17' 43"37 Florent Mathieu BEL Belgium + 3h 21' 41"38 Tino Ausenda ITA Italy Cadets + 3h 30' 32"39 Paul Pineau FRA Centre/South-West + 3h 31' 19"40 Gottfried Weilenmann SUI Switzerland + 3h 40' 13"41 Mario Ricci ITA Italy + 3h 40' 51"42 Albert Dolhats FRA Centre/South-West + 3h 43' 38"43 Marcel Hendrickx BEL Belgium Aiglons + 3h 44' 03"44 Édouard Muller FRA Île-de-France + 3h 50' 18"45 Antonin Rolland FRA South-East + 3h 50' 46"46 Georges Ramoulux FRA Centre/South-West + 3h 56' 13"47 Paul Giguet FRA South-East + 4h 21' 26"48 Jean Blanc FRA Centre/South-West + 4h 39' 51"49 André Mahé FRA West/North + 4h 48' 40"50 Luciano Pezzi ITA Italy + 4h 53' 35"51 Ettore Milano ITA Italy + 5h 03' 51"52 Giovanni Corrieri ITA Italy + 5h 11' 57"53 Angelo Brignole ITA Italy + 5h 38' 28"54 Custodio Dos Reis FRA Centre/South-West + 5h 50' 09"55 Guido De Santi ITA Italy + 6h 06' 51" Mountains classification + Final mountains classification (1–9)Coppi è il drappo svettante di una baniera impugnata da Bartali Coppi and the towering drape of a basket held by Bartali http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=7610 Corriere dello Sport 25 July 1949 2 it https://web.archive.org/web/20191004134838/http://dlib.coninet.it/bookreader.php?&c=1&f=7610 4 October 2019 live Rank Rider Team Points1 Fausto Coppi ITA Italy 812 Gino Bartali ITA Italy 683 Jean Robic FRA West/North 644 Apo Lazaridès FRA France 485 Lucien Lazaridès FRA France 296 Stan Ockers BEL Belgium 227 Giuseppe Tacca FRA Île-de-France 16 Jacques Marinelli FRA Île-de-France9 Raphaël Géminiani FRA France 14 André Brulé FRA Île-de-France Team classification + Final team classificationhttp://www.veloarchive.com/races/tour/1949.php Tom James 14 August 2003 2 December 2009 Veloarchive 1949: Coppi's doublehttp://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1949/07/25/MD19490725-003.pdf 25 July 1947 es Terminó la Vuelta a Francia Mundo Deportivo 3 https://web.archive.org/web/20160312165615/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1949/07/25/MD19490725-003.pdf 12 March 2016 live Rank Team Time1 Italy 450h 35' 23"2 West/North + 2h 10' 21"3 Luxembourg + 2h 18' 16"4 France + 2h 33' 08"5 Île-de-France + 2h 41' 36"6 Belgium + 3h 00' 13"7 Belgium Aiglons + 3h 21' 25"8 South-East + 5h 49' 25"9 Centre/South-West + 8h 15' 30" Aftermath As Coppi had also won the 1949 Giro d'Italia, he became the first person to achieve the Giro-Tour double. After the unrest in Aosta and Colmar, there were doubts if the Italian cyclists would return in 1950, and if that Tour should pass through Italy again.http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011239483:mpeg21:a0103 Geminiani en Goasmat brachten vuur in etappe naar Colmar Geminiani and Goasmat put fire into the stage to Colmar 23 July 1949 5 March 2018 Delpher De Gooi- en Eemlander 5 nl At the start of the 1950 Tour de France, the Italian team was present and the Tour was scheduled to go through Italy, but after further incidents the Italian team left the race, and the stage through Italy was rerouted. Coppi would go on to repeat the Giro-Tour double in 1952. Notes References 30em Bibliography Jacques Augendre Jacques Augendre http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf Guide historique Historical guide 2016 fr 27 October 2016 Tour de France Paris Amaury Sport Organisation https://web.archive.org/web/20160817121602/http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf 17 August 2016 live McGann Bill McGann Carol The Story of the Tour de France: 1903–1964 1 https://books.google.com/books?id=jxq20JskqMUC Dog Ear Publishing Indianapolis, IN 2006 978-1-59858-180-5 Seray Jacques Lablaine Jacques :fr:Jacques Seray Henri Desgrange, l'homme qui créa le Tour de France Henri Desgrange, the man who created the Tour de France fr https://books.google.com/books?id=EKgTAQAAIAAJ Editions Cristel Saint-Malo, France 2006 978-2-84421-042-5 Nauright John Parrish Charles Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice 2 https://books.google.com/books?id=IkLYDgTnMxEC 2012 ABC-CLIO Santa Barbara, CA 978-1-59884-300-2 Further reading Mapping Le Tour Ellis Bacon HarperCollins Publishers Glasgow 2014 96–97 9780007543991 872700415 External links 1949 Tour de France 1 11 12 21 Tour de France Category:Tour de France by year Tour de France Tour de France Tour de France Tour de France