1933 Tour de France

April 2019 May 2019 1933 Tour de France Route of the 1933 Tour de France.png Route of the 1933 Tour de France followed clockwise, starting in Paris 360px 27 June – 23 July 1933 23 4395 km 147h 51' 37" Georges Speicher FRA yellow France Learco Guerra ITA 1861 Italy Giuseppe Martano ITA 1861 Individual France Vicente Trueba ESP 1931 Individual 1932 1934 The 1933 Tour de France was the 27th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 27 June to 23 July. It consisted of 23 stages over 4395 km 0 on. This race featured the introduction of the mountains competition, in which cyclists were challenged to climb the mountains the fastest, with points given to the fastest ascenders. This competition was won by Spaniard Vicente Trueba, who reached 9 of the 16 mountain peaks first. The time bonus of two minutes had a large influence on the outcome of the race. Thanks to this bonus, Georges Speicher won the race; without the bonus, Italian Giuseppe Martano would have been the winner. Innovations and changes In the 1932 Tour de France, the bonus system had had a major impact on the results: without these bonuses, the difference between the number one and number two would have been only three seconds, but with these bonuses, it became more than 24 minutes.http://www.veloarchive.com/races/tour/1932.php 1932: A bonus for Leducq Tom James 15 August 2003 17 October 2009 In 1933, the bonus time was reduced: only the winner received two minutes of bonus time. Since the 1913 Tour de France, the Tour de France had been counter-clockwise. In 1933, this changed, and the race was run clockwise again.McGann McGann 2006 108–112 Teams List of teams and cyclists in the 1933 Tour de France thumb|right|Georges Speicher and Leducq, two members of the French team in 1933.|alt=Two cyclists on bicycles, one cyclist with his hand on the back of the other cyclist. In the background, one man is running in the same direction.Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Germany and France entered national teams, consisting of eight cyclists (Les As). Additionally, 40 Les Individuels, cyclists without a team (including two Spaniards and an Austrian), entered the race.The history of the Tour de France – Year 1933 – The starters http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1933/partants.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 202027e Tour de France... https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4634160x/f1.image.zoom L'Équipe 27 June 1933 1 fr Gallica Georges Ronsse, Learco Guerra, Albert Büchi, Kurt Stöpel and André Leducq were the captains of their respective teams.Les capitaines https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4634160x/f1.item.r=Les%20capitaines.zoom L'Équipe 27 June 1933 1 fr Gallica Pre-race favourites The French team has been named the best collection of pre-war cyclists.McGann McGann 2006 108–112 The Belgian team had talented riders, but were split between French-speaking and Dutch-speaking cyclists.McGann McGann 2006 108–112 The Italian team was headed by Learco Guerra. Guerra had won three stages in the 1933 Giro d'Italia and had been world champion. Tour director Henri Desgrange had named Guerra as probable winner of the race.McGann McGann 2006 108–112 Route and stages The highest point of elevation in the race was 2556 m ft on at the summit tunnel of the Col du Galibier mountain pass on stage 7.Augendre 2016 177–178 + Stage characteristics and winnershttp://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1933.php https://web.archive.org/web/20120306131327/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1933.php 6 March 2012 28 October 2016 dead Mémoire du cyclisme 27ème Tour de France 1933 frAugendre 2016 31http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html#1933 Tour de France GC top ten Arian Zwegers CVCC https://web.archive.org/web/20080516071832/http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html 16 May 2008 live 20 April 2009 The history of the Tour de France – Year 1933 – The stage winners http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1933/vainqueurs.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 2020 2 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200402234807/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1933/vainqueurs.html dead Stage Date Course Distance TypeIn 1933, there was no distinction in the rules between plain stages and mountain stages; the icons shown here indicate whether the stage included mountains that counted for the mountains classification. Winner 127 June Paris to Lille 262 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Maurice Archambaud FRA 228 June Lille to Charleville 192 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Learco Guerra ITA 1861 329 June Charleville to Metz 166 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Alfons Schepers BEL 430 June Metz to Belfort 220 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Jean Aerts BEL 51 July Belfort to Evian 293 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Léon Louyet BEL 63 July Evian to Aix-les-Bains 207 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Learco Guerra ITA 1861 74 July Aix-les-Bains to Grenoble 229 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Learco Guerra ITA 1861 85 July Grenoble to Gap 102 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Georges Speicher FRA 96 July Gap to Digne 227 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Georges Speicher FRA 107 July Digne to Nice 156 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Fernand Cornez FRA 119 July Nice to Cannes 128 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Maurice Archambaud FRA 1210 July Cannes to Marseille 208 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Georges Speicher FRA 1311 July Marseille to Montpellier 168 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage André Leducq FRA 1412 July Montpellier to Perpignan 166 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage André Leducq FRA 1514 July Perpignan to Ax-les-Thermes 158 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Jean Aerts BEL 1615 July Ax-les-Thermes to Luchon 165 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Léon Louyet BEL 1716 July Luchon to Tarbes 91 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Jean Aerts BEL 1817 July Tarbes to Pau 185 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Learco Guerra ITA 1861 1919 July Pau to Bordeaux 233 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Jean Aerts BEL 2020 July Bordeaux to La Rochelle 183 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Jean Aerts BEL 2121 July La Rochelle to Rennes 266 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Jean Aerts BEL 2222 July Rennes to Caen 169 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage René Le Grevès FRA 2323 July Caen to Paris 222 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Learco Guerra ITA 1861 Total 4395 km 0 onAugendre 2016 108 Race overview 1933 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 12 1933 Tour de France, Stage 13 to Stage 23 On 27 June 1933, the Tour de France was started by Josephine Baker.McGann McGann 2006 108–112 The French team, that had won the last three Tours de France, started well. Maurice Archambaud won the first stage, and lead the general classification until the Alps. In the third stage, French sprinter Charles Pélissier, who had already won 13 Tour stages in his career, hit a car. He continued the race, but was injured, and finished behind the time limit.McGann McGann 2006 108–112 Until the eighth stage, the battle for the lead was between Archambaud and Learco Guerra. In that eighth stage, French cyclist Georges Speicher asked permission to his team leader Archambaud if he could go for the stage win, and he could. He raced away, and won the stage.McGann McGann 2006 108–112 thumb|left|upright|Georges Lemaire, the Belgian cyclist who led the race after stages 9 and 10.|alt=Three men standing next to each other. The man in the middle is sitting on a bicycle with many flowers. The picture is slightly damaged, as if it is an old photograph.In the mountains of the ninth stage, Archambaud could not compete with the rest. When Archambaud folded on the Allos, somebody else could take over the lead. The next cyclist in the General Classification, Guerra, had a flat tire, and could not win enough time. In the end, it was unknown Belgian Georges Lemaire who took over the lead.McGann McGann 2006 108–112http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1933/histoire.html The tour: year 1933 Amaury Sport Organisation 17 October 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090716154839/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1933/histoire.html 16 July 2009 dead dmy-all Guerra was only 23 seconds behind in the General Classification after that stage.http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1933_9.php https://web.archive.org/web/20120306132057/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1933_9.php 6 March 2012 28 October 2016 dead Mémoire du cyclisme 27ème Tour de France 1933 - 9ème étape fr In stage 10, all but six cyclists finished more than 22 minutes after the winner. According to the rules, the cut-off time (the extra time that a cyclist can lose on the stage winner before he is taken out of the race) was 8% of the time of the stage winner. That rule would have put everybody but these six cyclists out of the race. Because of this, the Tour director Henri Desgrange extended the cut-off time for this stage to 10%, in this way 43 cyclists stayed in the race. In the eleventh stage, the cut-off time was 10%. This would take four cyclists out of the race, but for them the cut-off time was increased to 15%. One of these cyclists had been hit by a car from the Tour direction. Maurice Archambaud took back the lead after that stage thanks to the bonus time,McGann McGann 2006 108–112 but not for long, as he lost time in the next stage. Georges Speicher led the race from stage 12 on. In the mountains, Speicher struggled. He was dropped many times on the climbs, but was a good descender and got back to the lead group every time. Lemaire initially stayed close to Speicher, and was only 15 seconds behind in the general classification. l'Equipe wrote that with the help of his Belgian team, Lemaire could have challenged Speicher for the overall victory, especially thanks to the help of Jean Aerts. But the Belgian team was still divided between the Dutch-speaking and French-speaking cyclists, and Jean Aerts did not help Lemaire but went for his own success.McGann McGann 2006 108–112 In the 21st stage, the initial winner Le Grèves together with the initial second-placed cyclist Louyet were punished by the jury, because of irregular sprinting. They were set back to the 6th and 7th place, and Jean Aerts, who initially was third, was named the winner of the race. In the 22nd stage, the winner of the race was determined by one lap in the velodrome. This had not been planned, but was done because when the first group with 28 cyclists reached the velodrome, the gates were still closed.McGann McGann 2006 108–112http://www.historischekranten.be/issue/DPO/1933-07-30/edition/null/page/4?query=%22ronde%20van%20frankrijk%22&period=1903-1939&sort=issuedate%20ascending De Ronde van Frankrijk nl De Poperinghenaar 30 July 1933 21 May 2014 Before the last stage, Martano was in second place, and Guerra in third. This last stage was won by Guerra, and thanks to the bonus time of two minutes, Guerra took over the second place. Classification leadership and minor prizes thumb|right|The Belgian cyclist Alphonse Schepers having a drink.|alt=A man with a cap drinking from a bottle.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. The bonus in the 1933 Tour de France were also decisive for the overall victory. Without the bonus of two minutes for the stage winner, Giuseppe Martano would have won the race. Speicher received six minutes for his three-stage victories and Guerra ten minutes for five victories, whereas Martano had received no bonus time. The mountains classification in the Tour de France was calculated for the first time in 1933. There were 16 mountains in the route of the 1933 Tour de France, and for the first cyclists to reach the top of the mountain, points were given. The first on the top got 10 points, the second 9 points, and so on, until the tenth cyclist who received 1 point. In 1933, it was sponsored by Martini & Rossi.McGann McGann 2006 108–112 For the fourth time, there was an official team competition, this time won by the French team. The team classification was calculated in 1933 by adding up the times of the best three cyclists of a team; the team with the least time was the winner. All five teams finished with at least three cyclists, so all five teams were ranked in the final team classification. Third-placed Giuseppe Martano became the winner of the "Les Individuels" category.C'est finalement Georges Speicher... https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k4634187k/f1.item.zoom L'Équipe 24 July 1933 1 fr Gallica This classification was calculated in the same way as the general classification, but only the cyclists riding as individuals were eligible. +Classification leadership by stagevan den Akker Pieter Informatie over de Tour de France van 1933 Information about the Tour de France from 1933 http://www.tourdefrancestatistieken.nl/tour.php?jaar=1933 nl TourDeFranceStatistieken.nl 27 October 2024 Stage Winner General classification25px|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 Classification for individuals 1 Maurice Archambaud Maurice Archambaud no award Belgium Léon Louyet 2 Learco Guerra Louis Hardiquest 3 Alphonse Schepers 4 Jean Aerts Vicente Trueba 5 Léon Louyet 6 Learco Guerra Gaspard Rinaldi 7 Learco Guerra 8 Georges Speicher France Giuseppe Martano 9 Georges Speicher Georges Lemaire 10 Fernand Cornez 11 Maurice Archambaud Maurice Archambaud 12 Georges Speicher Georges Speicher 13 André Leducq 14 André Leducq 15 Jean Aerts 16 Léon Louyet 17 Jean Aerts 18 Learco Guerra 19 Jean Aerts 20 Jean Aerts 21 Jean Aerts 22 René Le Grevès 23 Learco Guerra FinalGeorges Speicher Vicente Trueba France Giuseppe Martano Final standings General classification + Final general classification (1–10)The history of the Tour de France – Year 1933 – Stage 23 Caen > Paris http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1933/2300/etape.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 2020 2 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200402220106/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1933/2300/etape.html dead Rank Rider Team Time1 Georges Speicher FRAFrance 147h 51' 37"2 Learco Guerra ITA 1861Italy + 4' 01"3 Giuseppe Martano ITA 1861Individual + 5' 08"4 Georges Lemaire BELBelgium + 15' 45"5 Maurice Archambaud FRAFrance + 21' 22"6 Vicente Trueba ESP 1931Individual + 27' 27"7 Léon Level FRAIndividual + 35' 19"8 Antonin Magne FRAFrance + 36' 37"9 Jean Aerts BELBelgium + 42' 53"10 Kurt Stöpel GER empire Germany/Austria + 45' 28" Final general classification (11–40) Rank Rider Team Time 11 Fernand Fayolle FRAIndividual + 56' 11" 12 Ludwig Geyer GER empireGermany/Austria + 57' 04" 13 Albert Büchi SUISwitzerland + 1h 07' 59" 14 Gaston Rebry BEL Belgium + 1h 20' 16" 15 Gaspard Rinaldi FRAIndividual + 1h 22' 12" 16 Eugène Le Goff FRAIndividual + 1h 24' 59" 17 Léon Le Calvez FRA France + 1h 38' 44" 18 Alfons Schepers BELBelgium + 1h 39' 49" 19 René Le Grevès FRAFrance + 1h 48' 31" 20 Alfred Büchi SUI Switzerland + 1h 49' 59" 21 Decimo Bettini ITA 1861Individual + 1h 51' 51" 22 Émile Decroix BELIndividual + 1h 52' 46" 23 Oskar Thierbach GER empireGermany/Austria + 1h 55' 51" 24 Robert Brugère FRAIndividual + 2h 06' 44" 25 Alfred Bula SUI Switzerland + 2h 12' 34" 26 Antoine Dignef BELIndividual + 2h 15' 30" 27 Alfons Deloor BELBelgium + 2h 15' 48" 28 Luigi Giacobbe ITA 1861Italy + 2h 29' 19" 29 Roger Lapébie FRA France + 2h 30' 37" 30 Walter Blattmann SUI Switzerland + 2h 31' 35" 31 André Leducq FRA France + 2h 39' 36" 32 Léon Louyet BELIndividual + 2h 43' 14" 33 André Gaillot FRAIndividual + 2h 51' 50" 34 René Bernard FRAIndividual + 2h 54' 25" 35 Fernand Cornez FRAIndividual + 2h 58' 49" 36 Roger Pipoz SUI Switzerland + 3h 05' 20" 37 Pierre Pastorelli FRAIndividual + 3h 15' 42" 38 Pierre Cloarec FRAIndividual + 3h 18' 30" 39 Vasco Bergamaschi ITA 1861Italy + 3h 42' 49" 40 Ernest Neuhard FRAIndividual + 3h 57' 44" Mountains classification +Mountains in the mountains classificationAugendre 2016 175–192Stage RiderHeightMountain range Winner 4Ballon d'Alsace1178 m ftVosgesVicente Trueba 5Faucille1323 m ftJuraAntonin Magne 6Aravis1498 m ftAlpsAlfons Schepers 7Télégraphe1566 m ftAlpsAlfons Schepers 7Galibier2556 m ftAlpsVicente Trueba 8Côte de Laffrey900 m ftAlpsFrancesco Camusso 9Vars2110 m ftAlpsVicente Trueba 9Allos2250 m ftAlpsFernand Fayolle 11Braus1002 m ftAlps-MaritimesVicente Trueba 15Puymorens1915 m ftPyreneesAntonin Magne 16Col de Port1249 m ftPyreneesVicente Trueba 16Portet d'Aspet1069 m ftPyreneesAlfons Schepers 17Peyresourde1569 m ftPyreneesVicente Trueba 17Aspin1489 m ftPyreneesVicente Trueba 18Tourmalet2115 m ftPyreneesVicente Trueba 18Aubisque1709 m ftPyreneesVicente Trueba + Final mountains classification (1–10)https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k46341813/f2.item.r=Roi%20de%20la%20Montagne.zoom 2 Vicente Trueba, Roi de la Montagne fr 18 July 1933 L'Auto No 11903 Rank Rider Team PointsThe sources do not agree1 Vicente Trueba ESP 1931Individual 134 (126)2 Antonin Magne FRAFrance 81 (78)3 Giuseppe Martano ITA 1861Individual 78 (75)4 Léon Level FRAIndividual 545 Alfons Schepers BELBelgium 515 Gaspard Rinaldi FRAIndividual 517 Maurice Archambaud FRAFrance 458 Eugène Le Goff FRAIndividual 449 Fernand Fayolle FRAIndividual 3910 Albert Büchi SUISwitzerland 33 Team classification + Final team classificationhttp://www.veloarchive.com/races/tour/1933.php 1933: Speicher continues the French dominance Tom James 15 August 2003 1 October 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20190422223504/http://veloarchive.com/races/tour/1933.php 22 April 2019 dead http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1933/07/26/MD19330726-001.pdf La clasificación por naciones 26 July 1933 es Mundo Deportivo 1 https://web.archive.org/web/20160414180023/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1933/07/26/MD19330726-001.pdf 14 April 2016 live Rank Team Time1 France 444h 32' 50"2 Belgium + 1h 20' 56"3 Germany/Austria + 2h 40' 24"4 Switzerland + 4h 12' 33"5 Italy + 5h 18' 10" Aftermath For the 1933 UCI Road World Championships, that was held after the race, Tour de France winner Georges Speicher was initially not selected. Only after a French cyclist that had been selected dropped out, Speicher was brought in as a replacement at the last notice, and won the race. Speicher was the first cyclist to win the Tour de France and the World Championship in the same year.http://www.cyclingrevealed.com/timeline/Race%20Snippets/TdF/TdF1933.htm French continue domination! 2004 Tom James Cycling revealed 17 October 2009 The national team format that had been introduced in 1930, had in four races produced four French victories. The French audience was therefore greatly interested in the race, and the organising newspaper l'Auto had a record circulation of 854000.McGann McGann 2006 108–112 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 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 76–77 9780007543991 872700415 External links 1933 Tour de France 1 12 13 23 Category:1933 in road cycling Category:1933 in French sport 1933 Category:June 1933 sports events in Europe Category:July 1933 sports events in Europe