1926 Tour de France

April 2019 May 2019 1926 Tour de France Route of the 1926 Tour de France.png Route of the 1926 Tour de France, starting in Evian, going counter-clockwise around France, and then to Paris Map of France with 17 cities shown, connected by red lines. Most of the shown cities are close to the border, except the ones labeled "Dijon" and "Paris". 360px 20 June – 18 July 1926 17 5745 km 238h 44' 25" Lucien Buysse BEL yellow Automoto–Hutchinson Nicolas Frantz LUX Alcyon–Dunlop Bartolomeo Aymo ITA 1861 Alcyon–Dunlop 1925 1927 The 1926 Tour de France was the 20th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 20 June to 18 July. It consisted of 17 stages with a total distance of 5745 km, ridden at an average speed of 24.064 km/h. The longest tour in history,Augendre 2016 108 the route traced closely the borders of France. It was the first time that the race started outside Paris;Augendre 2016 108 in this way riders were forced to climb the mountains in the east of the country twice, once at the beginning of the race, and again at the end.http://www.veloarchive.com/races/tour/1926.php 1926: The longest Tour 21 September 2009 15 August 2003 Tom James VeloArchive The race was won by Belgian cyclist Lucien Buysse. Innovations In 1925, the number of stages had been increased from 15 (which was common since 1910) to 18 stages. In 1926, this was decreased to 17 stages. Tour organiser Henri Desgrange wanted to have longer stages, so the average stage length increased from 312 km per stage in 1925 to 338 km per stage in 1926.McGann McGann 2006 80–84 Teams List of teams and cyclists in the 1926 Tour de France There were 126 cyclists who started the Tour de France; 82 of them were touriste-routiers, cyclists who did not have the support from a team. The other 44 cyclists started the race in teams; some teams only had two cyclists.The history of the Tour de France – Year 192 6– The starters http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1926/partants.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 2020 3 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200403025915/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1926/partants.html dead Pre-race favourites The two teams with favourites were Automoto and Alcyon. The Automoto team had Ottavio Bottecchia, the winner of the last two editions of the race, and Lucien Buysse, the runner-up of the previous edition. The Alcyon team had Bartolomeo Aymo and Nicolas Frantz, third and fourth in 1925. They also had Adelin Benoit, and the Tour organisation thought that the battle would be between Bottecchia and Benoit.McGann McGann 2006 80–84 Race overview 1926 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 9 1926 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 17 thumb|Jules Buysse leading, who will win the first stage (Evian to Mulhouse). Jules Buysse started strong in the first stage, by finishing solo with a margin of more than 13 minutes. The second stage ended with a bunch sprint, so nothing changed in the general classification. In the third stage, he lost the lead to Gustaaf van Slembrouck. On that day, Lucien Buysse received the news that his daughter had died. He considered to leave the race, but decided to stay.McGann McGann 2006 80–84 The next stages all ended in bunch sprints, with all the favourites in the first group. In the sixth stage, Félix Sellier won the sprint. However, the jury decided that he had not sprinted according to the rules, and he was set back to second place, making Joseph van Dam the winner.http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1926_6.php https://web.archive.org/web/20120306131005/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1926_6.php 6 March 2012 28 October 2016 dead Mémoire du cyclisme 19ème Tour de France 1926 - 6ème étape fr The battle for the general classification seriously began in the tenth stage. That tenth stage was a tough stage, and has been labeled as the toughest stage ever in the Tour de France;http://www.trouw.nl/achtergrond/deverdieping/article1309466.ece?all=true Tour de France / De zwaarste etappe ooit Trouw Sierksma, Pieter 27 June 2006 27 September 2010 nl 76 cyclists started the race at midnight, and more than seventeen hours later, Lucien Buysse arrived as the winner. After twenty-five minutes, the next cyclist came in. After one hour, only 10 cyclists had finished, so the Tour de France organisation sent cars to look for the cyclists. At midnight, 47 cyclists had arrived, some of them in buses. The race officials decided to allow the cyclists 40% more time than the winning cyclist. Later that night, 54 cyclists had crossed the finish line, and the remaining 22 cyclists were gathered; they were no longer in the race. After the stage, the race officials were approached by a man who claimed that he had brought some cyclists to the finish line with his car, but that the cyclists had not paid him. The officials decided not to punish the cyclists, and paid the driver.http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1926_10.php https://web.archive.org/web/20120306131012/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1926_10.php 6 March 2012 28 October 2016 dead Mémoire du cyclisme 19ème Tour de France 1926 - 10ème étape fr Gustaaf Van Slembrouck, wearing the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification, officially finished in 20th place, two hours behind Buysse. Year later, Van Slembrouck said that during the stage he had said to Tour organiser Desgrange that he was giving up, and Desgrange ordered a car to bring Van Slembrouck to the finish. The same stage with the same mountains had also been in the 1913 Tour de France; then the weather was better, and winner Philippe Thys only took 13 hours to finish the stage. One of the cyclists who had not finished the stage was the defending champion, Ottavio Bottecchia.http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1926/histoire.html Historique du Tour - 1926 Amaury Sport Organisation 21 September 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090716154702/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1926/histoire.html 16 July 2009 dead dmy-all When Buysse also won the next stage, his victory was assured, as he was leading by more than one hour. From that moment, Buysse saved his energy, and the race continued for the second place between Frantz and Aimo.McGann McGann 2006 80–84 At the end of the race, Frantz was in second place, only 26 seconds before Aimo. Results In each stage, all cyclists started together. The cyclist who reached the finish first, was the winner of the stage. 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 winners In 1926, there were no French stage winners. This was the first time that this happened, and has since only happened again in 1999 and 2026. + Stage characteristics and winnershttp://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1926.php https://web.archive.org/web/20120306130900/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1926.php 6 March 2012 28 October 2016 dead Mémoire du cyclisme 20ème Tour de France 1926 frhttp://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6295874.image.f3.langFR Le Tour de France Le Petit Journal Gallica Bibliothèque Numérique 19 June 1926 fr 4 28 July 2010Augendre 2016 24http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html#1926 Tour de France GC top ten Arian Zwegers CVCC 21 September 2009 8 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110708220400/http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html#1926 deadThe history of the Tour de France – Year 1926 – The stage winners http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1926/vainqueurs.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 2020 2 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200402234034/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1926/vainqueurs.html dead Stage Date Course Distance TypeThere was no distinction in the rules between plain stages and mountain stages; the icons shown here indicate which stages included mountains. Winner Race leader 1 20 June Evian to Mülhausen 373 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Jules Buysse BEL Jules Buysse BEL 2 22 June Mülhausen to Metz 334 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Aimé Dossche BEL Jules Buysse BEL 3 24 June Metz to Dunkerque 433 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Gustaaf van Slembrouck BEL Gustaaf van Slembrouck BEL 4 26 June Dunkerque to Le Havre 361 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Félix Sellier BEL Gustaaf van Slembrouck BEL 5 28 June Le Havre to Cherbourg-en-Cotentin 357 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Adelin Benoit BEL Gustaaf van Slembrouck BEL 6 30 June Cherbourg to Brest 405 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Joseph van Dam BEL Gustaaf van Slembrouck BEL 7 2 July Brest to Les Sables d'Olonne 412 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Nicolas Frantz LUX Gustaaf van Slembrouck BEL 8 3 July Les Sables d'Olonne to Bordeaux 285 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Joseph van Dam BEL Gustaaf van Slembrouck BEL 9 4 July Bordeaux to Bayonne 189 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Nicolas Frantz LUX Gustaaf van Slembrouck BEL 10 6 July Bayonne to Luchon 326 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Lucien Buysse BEL Lucien Buysse BEL 11 8 July Luchon to Perpignan 323 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Lucien Buysse BEL Lucien Buysse BEL 12 10 July Perpignan to Toulon 427 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Nicolas Frantz LUX Lucien Buysse BEL 13 12 July Toulon to Nice 280 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Nicolas Frantz LUX Lucien Buysse BEL 14 14 July Nice to Briançon 275 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Bartolomeo Aimo ITA 1861 Lucien Buysse BEL 15 16 July Briançon to Evian 303 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Joseph van Dam BEL Lucien Buysse BEL 16 17 July Evian to Dijon 321 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Camille van de Casteele BEL Lucien Buysse BEL 17 18 July Dijon to Paris 341 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Aimé Dossche BEL Lucien Buysse BEL Total 5745 km 0 onAugendre 2016 108 General classification thumb|right|Lucien Buysse, the winner of the 1926 Tour de France. The race was won by Belgian Lucien Buysse. + Final general classification (1–10)The history of the Tour de France – Year 1926 – Stage 17 Dijon > Paris http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1926/1700/etape.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 2020 2 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200402220045/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1926/1700/etape.html dead Rank Rider Sponsor Time1 Lucien Buysse BEL Automoto–Hutchinson 238h 44' 25"2 Nicolas Frantz LUX Alcyon–Dunlop +1h 22' 25"3 Bartolomeo Aimo ITA 1861 Alcyon–Dunlop +1h 22' 51"4 Théophile Beeckman BEL Armor–Dunlop +1h 43' 54"5 Félix Sellier BEL Alcyon–Dunlop +1h 49' 13"6 Albert Dejonghe BEL J.B. Louvet – Wolber+1h 56' 15"7 Léon Parmentier BEL Jean Louvet – Hutchinson +2h 09' 20"8 Georges Cuvelier FRA Meteore–Wolber +2h 28' 32"9 Jules Buysse BEL Automoto–Hutchinson +2h 37' 03"10 Marcel Bidot FRA Thomann–Dunlop+2h 53' 54" Final general classification (11–41) Rank Rider Sponsor Time11 Odile Tailleu BEL J.B. Louvet – Wolber +3h 09' 08"12 Joseph Van Dam BEL Automoto–Hutchinson +4h 00' 35"13 Omer Huyse BEL Automoto–Hutchinson +4h 07' 24"14 Camille Van de Casteele BEL J.B. Louvet – Wolber +4h 28' 19"15 Aimé Dossche BEL Christophe–Hutchinson +5h 23' 19"16 Emile Hardy BEL Christophe–Hutchinson +6h 02' 20"17 Raymond Englebert BEL Alcyon–Dunlop +6h 03' 10"18 Henri Colle SUI Jean Louvet – Hutchinson +7h 10' 35"19 Georges Detreille FRA Meteore–Wolber +7h 48' 17"20 Omer Vermeulen BEL Meteore–Wolber +7h 49' 44"21 Giovanni Rossignoli ITA 1861 — +8h 23' 29"22 Alfons Standaert BEL Armor–Dunlop +9h 37' 02"23 Benoit Faure FRA Meteore–Wolber +9h 35' 44"24 Henri Touzard FRA — +9h 36' 34"25 Léon Devos BEL Thomann–Dunlop +10h 05' 23"26 Jan Mertens BEL Labor–Dunlop +10h 27' 05"27 Paul Duboc FRA — +10h 30' 47"28 Louis Delannoy BEL Labor–Dunlop +10h 41' 09"29 Eugène Dhers FRA — +11h 26' 16"30 Carlo Longoni ITA 1861 — +11h 50' 56"31 Charles Martinet SUI — +12h 56' 13"32 Fernand Saive BEL Meteore–Wolber +13h 59' 59"33 Maurice Arnoult FRA — +14h 24' 52"34 Henri Catelan FRA — +15h 53' 32"35 Mosé Arosio ITA 1861 — +17h 12' 30"36 Fernand Moulet FRA Meteore–Wolber +18h 00' 43"37 Alfred Francini ITA 1861 — +18h 18' 25"38 Edouard Teisseire FRA — +19h 14' 17"39 Henri Ferrara FRA — +21h 00' 22"40 Jules Gillard SUI — +22h 47' 44"41 André Drobecq FRA — +24h 59' 03" Other classifications The race for touriste-routiers, cyclists who did not belong to a team and were allowed no assistance, was won by Italian Rossignoli.http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/fr/TDF/1926/histoire.html l'Historique du Tour - Année 1926 fr Amaury Sport Organisation 15 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100709024743/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/fr/TDF/1926/histoire.html 9 July 2010 dead dmy-all The organising 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 Lucien Buysse.http://www.tour-giro-vuelta.net Tour-giro-vuelta 21 September 2009 Aftermath Lucien Buysse announced after his win that he expected to win again in 1927, but because his sponsor Automoto had financial problems, they could not send a team to the Tours of 1927 and 1928, and Buysse only returned in 1929. Lucien Buysse would never finish the Tour de France again. The winner of the previous edition, Bottecchia, said that he would retire from cycling, after the difficulties he faced in the 1926 Tour de France. The Tour de France organisation did not like the outcome of the 1926 Tour de France, as 10 of the 17 stages had finished in bunch sprints. For the next year, the rules were changed, and the flat stages were run as team time trials.McGann McGann 2006 80–84 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 62–63 9780007543991 872700415 External links 1926 Tour de France 1 9 10 17 Category:1926 in road cycling Category:1926 in French sport 1926 Category:June 1926 sports events in Europe Category:July 1926 sports events in Europe