1925 Tour de France

April 2019 May 2019 1925 Tour de France Route of the 1925 Tour de France.png Route of the 1925 Tour de France followed counterclockwise, starting in Paris 360px 21 June – 19 July 1925 18 5440 km 219h 10' 18" Ottavio Bottecchia ITA 1861 yellow Automoto Lucien Buysse BEL Automoto Bartoloméo Aymo ITA 1861 Alcyon 1924 1926 The 1925 Tour de France was the 19th edition of the Tour de France. It was held from 21 June to 19 July, over 5440 km 0 on in 18 stages.Augendre 2016 108 Italian Ottavio Bottecchia successfully defended his 1924 victory to win his second consecutive Tour. Only 49 of the 130 participants finished the course. Innovations and changes In 1919 to 1924, the sponsored teams had been away because of the economic impact of World War I. In 1925, the teams returned. For the first time, the Tour de France started outside Paris, in le Vésinet. The number of stages increased from 15, which had been used since 1910, to 18, thereby decreasing the average stage length.McGann McGann 2006 76–80 The time bonus, given to the winner of a stage, was removed.McGann McGann 2006 76–80 After Henri Pélissier had created a controversy by quitting the 1924 Tour de France and complaining on the toughness of the race to a journalist, the Tour organisation made a new rule that said that any rider that harmed the Tour's image would be banned for the next years.Dauncey Hare 2003 96 Teams List of teams and cyclists in the 1925 Tour de France The participants were divided into two groups: 39 cyclists were riding in sponsored teams, and 91 rode as touriste-routiers. The teams did not have equal size; the largest team, J.B. Louvet, consisted of eight cyclists, while the smallest team, J.Alavoine-Dunlop, had only one cyclist, Jean Alavoine himself. There were 57 French, 34 Belgian, 28 Italian, 5 Swiss, 5 Luxembourgian and 1 Spanish cyclists.The history of the Tour de France – Year 1925 – The starters http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1925/partants.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 2020 Race overview 1925 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 9 1925 Tour de France, Stage 10 to Stage 18 thumb|right|In the 13th stage, Felix Sellier was hit by a car. He continued without injuries, but can be seen angry in this photo.|alt=A cyclist climbs a car while his bicycle lies on the road. Bottecchia, who had won the previous Tour de France, started by winning the first stage. In 1924, he had had no difficulty in defending his lead, but in 1925 there was Adelin Benoit, who surprisingly took over the lead in the third stage.http://veloarchive.com/races/tour/1925.php 1925: Once again Bottecchia Tom James 15 August 2003 2 July 2009 Veloarchive https://web.archive.org/web/20190423090841/http://veloarchive.com/races/tour/1925.php 23 April 2019 live http://www.wielercentrum.com/tourdefrance/achtergronden\tourverhalen\1925--Ottavio-Bottecchia-wint-dankzij-Lucien-Buysse-voor-tweede-maal-507.html 1925: Ottavio Bottecchia wint dankzij Lucien Buysse voor tweede maal nl 19 March 2003 2 July 2009 tourdefrance.nl https://web.archive.org/web/20120323021151/http://www.wielercentrum.com/tourdefrance/achtergronden//tourverhalen//1925--Ottavio-Bottecchia-wint-dankzij-Lucien-Buysse-voor-tweede-maal-507.html 23 March 2012 usurped dmy-all Bottecchia was however only eight seconds behind in the general classification.McGann McGann 2006 76–80 In the fourth stage, Henri Pélissier, the winner of the 1923 Tour de France, left the race. In previous years, Pélissier had left the race after a fight with tour organiser Henri Desgrange, but this time it was because of knee problems. In the sixth stage, Benoit punctured, and Bottechia's Automoto team rode as fast as they could to get away from Benoit. Bottecchia won the stage, and after he won the next stage too, he took over the lead. In the eighth stage, Adelin Benoit won back eleven minutes in the first Pyrenees stage, in what used to be Bottecchia's specialty. In the ninth stage, Bottecchia took back the lead in the rain, and this decided the race. Bottecchia did not win the stage, but his Automoto teammates had helped him to win 45 minutes on Benoit. After that stage, Nicolas Frantz was number two, more than 13 minutes behind. In the next stages, Bottecchia was helped by his teammate Lucien Buysse. In return, Bottecchia allowed Buysse to win the eleventh and twelfth stage.McGann McGann 2006 76–80 In the twelfth stage, Bottecchia and Buysse failed to sign in at a control post, and were fined with 10 minutes penalty time.http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1925_12.php Mémoire du cyclisme 19ème Tour de France 1925 - 12ème étape fr 2 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090721012336/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1925_12.php 21 July 2009 dead Nonetheless, the margin with runner-up Frantz had increased to 27 minutes. In the fourteenth stage, Frantz had a flat tyre, and the Automoto team raced away from him. Frantz lost more than 37 minutes. This took Frantz completely out of contention for the victory, and Bottecchia's victory seemed secure. Italian Aimo was the new runner-up, with a margin of more than 55 minutes.http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1925_14.php https://web.archive.org/web/20120306125943/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1925_14.php 6 March 2012 28 October 2016 dead Mémoire du cyclisme 19ème Tour de France 1925 - 14ème étape fr Lucien Buysse was only three minutes behind Aimo, and in the sixteenth stage, Buysse took off, trying to win back time on Aimo. Nicolas Frantz, Albert Dejonghe and Hector Martin followed him, but Aimo missed that move, and lost five minutes. Buysse was now in second place, with Frantz only three seconds behind him.McGann McGann 2006 76–80 In the seventeenth stage, Frantz missed the deciding escape, and Buysse and Aimo finished in the leading group, so Aimo was back in third place. Bottecchia made his Tour victory complete by winning the last stage.McGann McGann 2006 76–80 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 + Stage characteristics and winnershttp://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1925.php Mémoire du cyclisme 19ème Tour de France 1925 fr 1 July 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090426060936/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1925.php 26 April 2009 dead Augendre 2016 23http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html#1925 Tour de France GC top ten Arian Zwegers CVCCBike.com 1 July 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 1925 – The stage winners http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1925/vainqueurs.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 2020 2 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200402234012/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1925/vainqueurs.html dead Stage Datehttps://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k606152n.zoom.f4.langFR Le Tour de France cycliste 20 June 1925 Le Petit Parisien Gallica Bibliothèque Numérique fr 28 July 2010 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 21 June Paris to Le Havre 340 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Ottavio Bottecchia ITA 1861 Ottavio Bottecchia ITA 1861 2 23 June Le Havre to Cherbourg 371 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Romain Bellenger FRA Ottavio Bottecchia ITA 1861 3 25 June Cherbourg to Brest 405 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Louis Mottiat BEL Adelin Benoît BEL 4 26 June Brest to Vannes 208 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Nicolas Frantz LUX Adelin Benoît BEL 5 27 June Vannes to Les Sables-d'Olonne 204 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Nicolas Frantz LUX Adelin Benoît BEL 6 28 June Les Sables-d'Olonne to Bordeaux 293 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Ottavio Bottecchia ITA 1861 Adelin Benoît BEL 7 29 June Bordeaux to Bayonne 189 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Ottavio Bottecchia ITA 1861 Ottavio Bottecchia ITA 1861 8 1 July Bayonne to Luchon 326 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Adelin Benoît BEL Adelin Benoît BEL 9 3 July Luchon to Perpignan 323 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Nicolas Frantz LUX Ottavio Bottecchia ITA 1861 10 4 July Perpignan to Nîmes 215 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Theophile Beeckman BEL Ottavio Bottecchia ITA 1861 11 5 July Nîmes to Toulon 215 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Lucien Buysse BEL Ottavio Bottecchia ITA 1861 12 7 July Toulon to Nice 280 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Lucien Buysse BEL Ottavio Bottecchia ITA 1861 13 9 July Nice to Briançon 275 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Bartolomeo Aimo ITA 1861 Ottavio Bottecchia ITA 1861 14 11 July Briançon to Evian 303 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Hector Martin BEL Ottavio Bottecchia ITA 1861 15 13 July Evian to Mulhouse 373 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Nicolas Frantz LUX Ottavio Bottecchia ITA 1861 16 15 July Mulhouse to Metz 334 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Hector Martin BEL Ottavio Bottecchia ITA 1861 17 17 July Metz to Dunkerque 433 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Hector Martin BEL Ottavio Bottecchia ITA 1861 18 19 July Dunkerque to Paris 343 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Ottavio Bottecchia ITA 1861 Ottavio Bottecchia ITA 1861 Total 5440 km 0 onAugendre 2016 108 General classification thumb|300px|Ottavio Bottecchia, Tour de France 1925 In 1925, no French cyclist finished in the top ten. For the first time, two of the three riders on the podium were Italian.McGann McGann 2006 76–80 + Final general classification (1–10)The history of the Tour de France – Year 1925 – Stage 18 Dunkerque > Paris http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1925/1800/etape.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 2020 2 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200402215904/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1925/1800/etape.html dead Rank Rider Sponsor Time1 Ottavio Bottecchia ITA 1861 Automoto 219h 10' 18"2 Lucien Buysse BEL Automoto +54' 20"3 Bartolomeo Aimo ITA 1861 Alcyon +56' 37"4 Nicolas Frantz LUX Alcyon +1h 11' 24"5 Albert Dejonghe BEL J.B. Louvet +1h 27' 42"6 Théophile Beeckman BEL Thomann +2h 24' 43"7 Omer Huyse BEL Armor +2h 33' 38"8 Auguste Verdyck BEL Christophe +2h 44' 36"9 Félix Sellier BEL Alcyon +2h 45' 59"10 Federico Gay ITA 1861 Meteore +4h 06' 03" Final general classification (11–49) Rank Rider Sponsor Time11 Romain Bellenger FRA Alcyon +4h 26' 10"12 Adelin Benoit BEL Thomann +4h 37' 14"13 Jean Alavoine FRA J.Alavoine +4h 39' 48"14 Hector Martin BEL J.B. Louvet +4h 48' 44"15 Jules Buysse BEL Automoto +5h 07' 33"16 Léon Despontin BEL Touriste +5h 28' 07"17 Emile Hardy BEL Christophe +6h 39' 01"18 Eugène Christophe FRA J.B. Louvet +6h 55' 31"19 Giovanni Rossignoli ITA 1861 Touriste +7h 18' 13"20 Raymond Englebert BEL Labor +7h 30' 06"21 Michele Gordini ITA 1861 Touriste +7h 31' 40"22 Emile Masson Sr. BEL Alcyon +8h 55' 18"23 Eugène Dhers FRA Touriste +9h 34' 16"24 Henri Touzard FRA Touriste +9h 38' 06"25 Alfonso Piccin ITA 1861 Christophe +9h 47' 24"26 Angelo Gremo ITA 1861 Meteore +9h 55' 12"27 Giovanni Canova ITA 1861 Touriste +10h 24' 50"28 Arturo Bresciani ITA 1861 Meteore +10h 38' 43"29 Charles Martinet SUI Touriste +11h 51' 53"30 Maurice Arnoult FRA Touriste +12h 26' 04"31 Louis Mottiat BEL Alcyon +13h 26' 54"32 Mosé Arosio ITA 1861 Touriste +15h 23' 17"33 Umberto Berni ITA 1861 Touriste +15h 49' 19"34 Charles Roux FRA Touriste +15h 58' 38"35 Alfons Standaert BEL Labor +16h 09' 19"36 Vincenzo Bianco ITA 1861 Touriste +17h 12' 16"37 Charles Loew FRA Touriste +19h 00' 10"38 Antoine Riera FRA Touriste +19h 07' 32"39 Henri Rubert FRA Touriste +20h 39' 31"40 Charles Krier LUX Touriste +21h 20' 40"41 Charles Cento FRA Touriste +23h 04' 54"42 Roger Lacolle FRA Meteore +23h 32' 54"43 Edouard Teisseire FRA Touriste +25h 22' 18"44 Henri Miège SUI Touriste +25h 50' 56"45 Edouard Petre FRA Touriste +27h 13' 41"46 Lucien Prudhomme FRA Touriste +27h 17' 45"47 Arthur Hendryckx BEL Touriste +30h 26' 16"48 François Chevalier FRA Touriste +34h 24' 36"49 Fernand Besnier FRA Touriste +36h 10' 50" Other classifications The race for touriste-routiers, cyclists who did not belong to a team and were allowed no assistance, was won by Despontin.http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/fr/TDF/1925/histoire.html l'Historique du Tour - Année 1925 fr Amaury Sport Organisation 29 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100530113812/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/fr/TDF/1925/histoire.html 30 May 2010 dead dmy-all The organing 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 Bottecchia.http://www.tour-giro-vuelta.net Tour-giro-vuelta 29 January 2010 Aftermath The 1925 Tour de France was Bottecchia's last great victory. In 1926 he started again, but withdrew in the Pyrenees. When he was training in 1927, he was found bleeding at the side of the road close to his house, and he died some hours later. The champion of the 1923 Tour de France, Henri Pélissier, rode his last Tour de France in 1925.McGann McGann 2006 76–80 During the race, Bottecchia had promised Lucien Buysse half his earnings, because he needed help. Buysse was content with this deal, and did not try to win the Tour himself. After the race ended, Buysse told his relatives that he was happy with how things went, but that the next year he would try and win the race, which he did.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 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 Dauncey Hare Hugh Geoff The Tour de France, 1903–2003: A Century of Sporting Structures, Meanings and Values https://books.google.com/books?id=54pAJY6Ix8YC 2003 Frank Cass & Co London 978-0-203-50241-9 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 Luxemburger Illustrierte - Edition spéciale: Tour de France (special edition from a newspaper from 1925) de Mapping Le Tour Ellis Bacon HarperCollins Publishers Glasgow 2014 60–61 9780007543991 872700415 https://books.google.com/books?id=E7pPG8s-2aIC Ottavio Bottecchia Elio Bartolini it 88-7692-360-8 Edizioni Studio Tesi 1992 21 September 2009 https://books.google.com/books?id=j0GUMEppX3MC Bottecchia: il forzato della strada Paolo Facchinetti it 88-88829-23-7 Ediciclo Editore 2005 21 September 2009 External links 1925 Tour de France 1 9 10 18 Tour de France Tour de France Category:Tour de France by year Tour de France Tour de France Category:June 1925 in Europe Category:July 1925 in Europe