1929 Tour de France

April 2019 May 2019 1929 Tour de France Route of the 1929 Tour de France.png Route of the 1929 Tour de France followed counterclockwise, starting in Paris 360px 30 June – 28 July 1929 22 5286 km 186h 39' 16" Maurice De Waele BEL yellow Alcyon Giuseppe Pancera ITA 1861 La Rafale Jef Demuysere BEL Lucifer 1928 1930 The 1929 Tour de France was the 23rd edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 30 June to 28 July. It consisted of 22 stages over 5286 km 0 on. Nicolas Frantz had won two consecutive Tours, in 1927 and 1928, and was looking for a third. In addition the 1926 Tour winner, Lucien Buysse, was looking for another title. Victor Fontan, leader of the general classification and therefore wearer of the yellow jersey, crashed in the Pyrenees during stage 10, breaking the forks to his bicycle. At that time, a rule stated that a rider must finish a stage with the bike he started it with. Fontan went house to house, looking for a bike to borrow. He eventually found one and rode 145 km to the finish line, with his broken bike strapped to his back. At the end of the day Fontan quit the race in tears. The rule was removed for the 1930 Tour de France.McGann McGann 2006 91–93 The Tour was won by Belgian Maurice De Waele, although he was sick during the race. The Tour organisation was not content with the outcome of the race, because the strongest team Alycon had been able to deliver the winner even though he was sick, so they changed the rules after the 1929 Tour de France, and for the next years there were no sponsored teams but only national or regional teams. Innovations and changes In 1928, many stages were in the team-time-trial format, where the teams started separately. The Tour organisation had invented this rule to make the flat stages more competitive, but it had the effect that the public stopped following the race. Therefore, in 1929 the most stages were run in the normal format, except for stages 12, 19 and 20, the stages that were expected to be raced slower than 30 km/h.McGann McGann 2006 91–93> The entire podium in 1928 was occupied by members from the Alcyon cycling team. The tour organisation wanted the Tour to be an individual race, so in 1929 the teams were officially not there, and riders started in the A-category (professional cyclists) or as touriste-routiers (semi-professional or amateur).http://www.veloarchive.com/races/tour/1929.php 1929: A "moribund" winner Tom James 15 August 2003 29 September 2009 In 1928, cyclist could be helped when they had a flat tire; in 1929 this rule was reversed, and cyclists had to fix their flat tires by themselves.McGann McGann 2006 91–93 Participants List of cyclists in the 1929 Tour de France Race overview 1929 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11 1929 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 22 thumb|upright|Maurice De Waele, winner of the 1929 Tour de France In the first stages, the cyclists remained close to each other. Aimé Dossche won the first stage, and kept the lead for the next two stages.McGann McGann 2006 91–93 In the fourth stage, Maurice De Waele and Louis De Lannoy escaped from the bunch. De Lannoy won the stage, while Dewaele took over the lead in the general classification.McGann McGann 2006 91–93 In the seventh stage, De Waele had two flat tires, and was not in the first group.McGann McGann 2006 91–93 Three man from that first group now shared the lead. There was no rule for this situation, so all three cyclists were given the yellow jersey in the next stage.McGann McGann 2006 91–93 In stage eight, this situation was solved, as Gaston Rebry took over the lead.McGann McGann 2006 91–93 In the ninth stage, the first mountain stage, Lucien Buysse, the winner of the 1926 Tour de France and now racing as a touriste-routier, took the lead early in the race, and mounted the Aubisque first. In the descent, De Waele and Victor Fontan caught him.http://www.wielercentrum.com/tourdefrance/achtergronden%5Ctourverhalen%5C1929--Maurice-Dewaele-wint-na-verschrikkelijke-martelgang-511.html 1929: Maurice Dewaele wint na verschrikkelijke martelgang Tourdefrance.nl nl 30 September 2009 19 March 2003 https://web.archive.org/web/20121016145549/http://www.wielercentrum.com/tourdefrance/achtergronden/tourverhalen/1929--Maurice-Dewaele-wint-na-verschrikkelijke-martelgang-511.html 16 October 2012 usurped De Waele then punctured and lost eight minutes.McGann McGann 2006 91–93 Fontan was caught by the Spaniard Salvador Cardona, but his second place in the stage gave him the lead in the general classification. In the tenth stage, after only seven kilometers Fontan broke his fork. Some sources say he hit a dog, others say he fell in a gutter.McGann McGann 2006 91–93 He is said to have knocked on every door of a small town before he found a replacement bicycle. According to the rules, he had to finish the race with the bicycle he started with, so he strapped the broken bicycle to his back, and rode for 145 through the Pyrenees with a broken bicycle on his back, before he finally gave up.McGann McGann 2006 91–93 After that tenth stage, Maurice De Waele was leading the general classification. One hour before the start of the fifteenth stage, he collapsed. The Alcyon team asked for the stage to be started one hour later, which was granted.McGann McGann 2006 91–93 De Waele was literally dragged on his bicycle, and his teammates rode shoulder-to-shoulder to prevent opponents from attacking. At the end of the stage, his teammates had helped him so much that he had lost only 13 minutes to the winner, finishing in 11th place. In the sixteenth stage, De Waele became better, and only Charles Pélissier could win time on him.http://www.cyclingrevealed.com/timeline/Race%20Snippets/TdF/TdF1929.htm Cycling revealed Barry Boyce The Victory of a Moribund 2004 30 September 2009 After the race was over, Jef Demuysere received 25 minutes penalty time in the general classification because he had taken drinks where this was not allowed. This moved him from the second place in the general classification to the third place. Results In stages 12, 19 and 20, the cyclists started in teams. The cyclist who reached the finish fastest was the winner of the stage. In the other stages all cyclists started together. The time that each cyclist required to finish the stage was recorded. For the general classification, these times were added up; the cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey. Stage results + Stage characteristics and winnershttp://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1929.php Mémoire du cyclisme 23ème Tour de France 1929 fr 25 September 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090918090359/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1929.php 18 September 2009 dead Augendre 2016 27http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html#1929 Tour de France GC top ten Arian Zwegers CVCC 25 September 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20100822204018/http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html 22 August 2010 live The history of the Tour de France – Year 1929 – The stage winners http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1929/vainqueurs.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 2020 2 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200402234347/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1929/vainqueurs.html dead Stage Date Course Distance TypeThe stages 12, 19 and 20, indicated by the clock icon, were run as team time trials. The other stages, indicated by the other icons, were run individually, and the icons indicate whether the stage included mountains. Winner Race leader 130 June Paris to Caen 206 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Aimé Dossche BEL Aimé Dossche BEL 21 July Caen to Cherbourg-en-Cotentin 140 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage André Leducq FRA Aimé Dossche BEL 32 July Cherbourg to Dinan 199 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Omer Taverne BEL Aimé Dossche BEL 43 July Dinan to Brest 206 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Louis Delannoy BEL Maurice Dewaele BEL 54 July Brest to Vannes 208 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Gustaaf van Slembrouck BEL Maurice Dewaele BEL 65 July Vannes to Les Sables d'Olonne 206 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Paul Le Drogo FRA Maurice Dewaele BEL 76 July Les Sables d'Olonne to Bordeaux 285 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Nicolas Frantz LUX Nicolas Frantz LUXAndré Leducq FRAVictor Fontan FRAAfter the seventh stage, Frantz, Leducq and Fontan led the general classification with exactly the same time. There was no rule in this situation to determine who was the leader, so all three were considered leaders. 87 July Bordeaux to Bayonne 182 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Julien Moineau FRA Gaston Rebry BEL 99 July Bayonne to Luchon 363 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Salvador Cardona ESP 1785 Victor Fontan FRA 1011 July Luchon to Perpignan 323 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Jef Demuysere BEL Maurice Dewaele BEL 1113 July Perpignan to Marseille 366 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage André Leducq FRA Maurice Dewaele BEL 1215 July Marseille to Cannes 191 km mi on link=Team time trial|20px|alt= Team time trial Marcel Bidot FRA Maurice Dewaele BEL 1316 July Cannes to Nice 133 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Benoît Fauré FRA Maurice Dewaele BEL 1418 July Nice to Grenoble 333 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Gaston Rebry BEL Maurice Dewaele BEL 1520 July Grenoble to Evian 329 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Julien Vervaecke BEL Maurice Dewaele BEL 1622 July Evian to Belfort 283 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Charles Pélissier FRA Maurice Dewaele BEL 1723 July Belfort to Strasbourg 145 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage André Leducq FRA Maurice Dewaele BEL 1824 July Strasbourg to Metz 165 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage André Leducq FRA Maurice Dewaele BEL 1925 July Metz to Charleville 159 km mi on link=Team time trial|20px|alt= Team time trial Bernard van Rysselberghe BEL Maurice Dewaele BEL 2026 July Charleville to Malo-les-Bains 270 km mi on link=Team time trial|20px|alt= Team time trial Maurice Dewaele BEL Maurice Dewaele BEL 2127 July Malo-les-Bains to Dieppe 234 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage André Leducq FRA Maurice Dewaele BEL 2228 July Dieppe to Paris 332 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Nicolas Frantz LUX Maurice Dewaele BEL Total 5286 km 0 onAugendre 2016 108 General classification During the 1929 Tour de France, the cyclists did not race in trade teams, but still the cyclists of the same team cooperated. + Final general classification (1–10)The history of the Tour de France – Year 1929 – Stage 22 Dieppe > Paris http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1929/2200/etape.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 2020 2 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200402220052/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1929/2200/etape.html dead Rank Rider Sponsor Time1Maurice De Waele BELAlcyon186h 39' 15"2Giuseppe Pancera ITA 1861La Rafale 44' 23"3Joseph Demuysere BELLucifer 57' 10"4Salvador Cardona ESP 1785Fontan–Wolber 57' 46"5Nicolas Frantz LUXAlcyon 58' 00"6Louis Delannoy BELLa Française+1h 06' 09"7Antonin Magne FRAAlleluia–Wolber+1h 08' 00"8Julien Vervaecke BELAlcyon+2h 01' 37"9Pierre Magne FRAAlleluia–Wolber+2h 03' 00"10Gaston Rebry BELAlcyon+2h 17' 49" Final general classification (11–60) Rank Rider Sponsor Time 11 André Leducq FRAAlcyon + 2h 24' 51" 12 Frans Bonduel BELDilecta-Wolber + 2h 52' 35" 13 Désiré Louesse BELFontan–Wolber + 2h 52' 57" 14 Bernard Van Rysselberghe BELDilecta-Wolber + 3h 06' 23" 15 Benoit Faure FRATouriste-Routier + 3h 33' 29" 16 Marcel Bidot FRALa Française + 3h 40' 49" 17 Armand Van Bruaene BELDe Dion Bouton-Wolber + 4h 11' 54" 18 Charles Govaert BELElvish-Wolber + 4h 14' 24" 19 Francis Bouillet FRALucifer + 5h 07' 51" 20 Ernest Neuhard FRADe Dion Bouton-Wolber + 5h 45' 12" 21 Omer Taverne BELTouriste-Routier + 5h 49' 39" 22 Léon Chene FRAAlleluia–Wolber + 6h 00' 07" 23 Jules Merviel FRALa Rafale + 6h 05' 02" 24 Mario Pomposi ITA 1861Dilecta-Wolber + 6h 14' 09" 25 Georges Laloup FRATouriste-Routier + 6h 30' 50" 26 Settimo Innocenti ITA 1861La Rafale + 6h 43' 53" 27 Julien Perrain FRAElvish-Wolber + 8h 31' 45" 28 Charles Pélissier FRAJ.B. Louvet-Wolber + 8h 54' 03" 29 Georges Berton FRATouriste-Routier + 8h 55' 50" 30 Roger Gregoire FRALucifer + 9h 50' 15" 31 Hector Denis FRATouriste-Routier + 10h 26' 25" 32 Charles Martinet SUITouriste-Routier + 10h 33' 00" 33 Auguste Encrine FRATouriste-Routier + 11h 32' 17" 34 Albert Jordens BELTouriste-Routier + 11h 35' 10" 35 Adrien Plautin FRATouriste-Routier + 11h 36' 51" 36 Jean Preuss FRATouriste-Routier + 12h 13' 56" 37 Guerrino Canova ITA 1861Touriste-Routier + 12h 22' 38" 38 François Moreels FRATouriste-Routier + 12h 38' 15" 39 Henri Touzard FRATouriste-Routier + 12h 41' 44" 40 Roger Lebas FRATouriste-Routier + 13h 08' 33" 41 Marcel Mazeyrat FRATouriste-Routier + 13h 27' 23" 42 Leopold Boisselle FRATouriste-Routier + 13h 49' 49" 43 Guy Bariffi SUITouriste-Routier + 14h 07' 34" 44 Paul Delbart FRATouriste-Routier + 15h 06' 16" 45 Henri Thomas FRATouriste-Routier + 16h 27' 38" 46 Robert Recordon SUITouriste-Routier + 16h 36' 50" 47 Eugène Greau FRATouriste-Routier + 16h 49' 47" 48 Edouard Teisseire FRATouriste-Routier + 17h 09' 50" 49 Battista Berardi ITA 1861Touriste-Routier + 19h 14' 16" 50 Georges Petit FRATouriste-Routier + 19h 57' 59" 51 Eugen Werner SUITouriste-Routier + 21h 20' 17" 52 Marcel Masson FRATouriste-Routier + 21h 52' 55" 53 Henri Prevost FRATouriste-Routier + 22h 14' 52" 54 Marcel Gendrin FRATouriste-Routier + 22h 24' 53" 55 François Ondet FRATouriste-Routier + 22h 30' 00" 56 Charles Cottalorda FRATouriste-Routier + 23h 06' 13" 57 Emile Faillu FRATouriste-Routier + 24h 50' 41" 58 Paul Denis FRATouriste-Routier + 25h 17' 57" 59 Marcel Ilpide FRATouriste-Routier + 26h 08' 50" 60 André Leger FRATouriste-Routier + 31h 37' 55" Other classifications The organisers, from the newspaper l'Auto, named a meilleur grimpeur (best climber), an unofficial precursor to the modern King of the Mountains competition. This award was won by Victor Fontan.http://www.tour-giro-vuelta.net Tour-giro-vuelta 25 September 2009 Michiel van Lonkhuyzen https://web.archive.org/web/20090406025432/http://www.tour-giro-vuelta.net/ 6 April 2009 live Aftermath After Victor Fontan had to give up in the tenth stage because of mechanical problems while he was leading the race, journalist Louis Delblat wrote that the rules should be changed, because a Tour should not be lost because of mechanical problems. Eventually the rule changed, but only after Tour director Henri Desgrange retired. The team-time-trial format, which had been introduced to equalize power between the teams, had completely failed. It was removed for the 1930 Tour de France.http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1929/histoire.html The Tour - Year 1929 Amaury Sport Organisation 30 September 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20160902063238/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1929/histoire.html 2 September 2016 dead dmy-all Between 1935 and 1937, the concept was seen back, and returned again in 1954. Henri Desgrange was angry at the outcome of the race. The strongest trade team decided who the winner was, while Desgrange wanted the strongest individual to win. Immediately after the 1929 Tour de France, he announced that he would drastically change the rules for the 1930 Tour de France.http://ouestfrance.cd-script.fr/opdf/1929/08/01/85/1929-08-01_85_07.pdf#navpanes=0&pagemode=none Le Tour de France est mort! Vive le Tour de France! Guérin, Robert 1 August 1929 18 August 2010 fr l'Ouest-Eclair https://web.archive.org/web/20110720210805/http://ouestfrance.cd-script.fr/opdf/1929/08/01/85/1929-08-01_85_07.pdf#navpanes=0&pagemode=none 20 July 2011 dead dmy-all He removed the trade teams completely, and replaced them by national teams. The winner of the race, Dewaele, would never reach his level of 1929 again. In 1931 he ended his Tour de France career with a fifth place.http://www.wielercentrum.com/tourdefrance/achtergronden%5Ctourwinnaars%5C1929--Maurice-Dewaele-779.html 1929: Maurice Dewaele tourdefrance.nl 12 May 2003 30 September 2009 nl https://web.archive.org/web/20121016145226/http://www.wielercentrum.com/tourdefrance/achtergronden/tourwinnaars/1929--Maurice-Dewaele-779.html 16 October 2012 usurped 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 PDF 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 Further reading Mapping Le Tour Ellis Bacon HarperCollins Publishers Glasgow 2014 68–69 9780007543991 872700415 External links 1929 Tour de France 1 11 12 22 T Tour de France Category:Tour de France by year Tour de France Tour de France