1922 Tour de France

April 2019 May 2019 1922 Tour de France Route of the 1922 Tour de France.png Route of the 1922 Tour de France followed counterclockwise, starting in Paris 360px 25 June – 23 July 1922 15 5375 km 222h 08' 06" Firmin Lambot BEL yellow 1st class Jean Alavoine FRA 1st class Félix Sellier BEL 1st class 1921 1923 The 1922 Tour de France was the 16th edition of the Tour de France and was held from 25 June to 23 July. The 1922 Tour consisted of 15 stages covering a total of 5375 km mi.Augendre 2016 108 The Tour de France was won by the Belgian cyclist Firmin Lambot, who had also won the 1919 Tour de France. The first part of the race showcased the tactics of Robert Jacquinot and some action from Eugène Christophe. During the Pyrenees stages, the climber Jean Alavoine became the leader after three consecutive stage wins: Bayonne, Luchon, and Perpignan. Lambot was 48 minutes behind Christophe at one point but then plowed ahead to his win in Paris. Alavoine's success appeared to be written in stone as they raced through the southern part of the race. This was especially true when he increased his lead to more than 22 minutes in Briançon. On the stage to Geneva the frigid weather and several mechanical issues bore down on Alavoine. Thus it was not Lambot who attacked, but Heusghem (who had been second for the last two years). It appeared that this was going to be his shining Tour, however his bicycle broke on the ride to Metz. Heusghem made a prohibited bike change to stay in race for first. However, this defied the rules during this time, and he was docked one hour by race officials, dropping him to fourth overall. This is when Lambot noticed his change and took over in Dunkerque. Amidst all this Lambot took his second win of the Tour de France at the age of 36, becoming the first man to win the Tour de France without winning any stage. Innovations and changes In the 1921 Tour de France, the Belgians had again been dominating, which the French audience did not like. Tour organiser Henri Desgrange did not like the cooperation between cyclists, because he wanted the Tour de France to be a display of individual strength. He had sworn to change the format for the 1922 Tour de France, but this did not happen, and the formula remained the same.Amels 1984 25 Although World War I was already a few years ago, its economic impact was not yet over. The cycling companies were still not able to sponsor the cyclists in the way they did before the war, so as in 1919, 1920 and 1921 they bundled their forces under the nick La Sportive.McGann McGann 2006 51–56 The cyclists were divided in two categories, this time named 1ère classe (first class), the professionals, and 2ème classe (second class), the amateurs.Thompson 2008 36 The French cyclists Henri and Francis Pélissier had stopped the 1920 Tour de France after Henri received a penalty from the Tour organisation for throwing away a tire. For this reason, the Pélissier brothers did not start in the 1921 and 1922 Tours.Amels 1984 23–24 Participants List of cyclists in the 1922 Tour de France Race overview 1922 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 8 1922 Tour de France, Stage 9 to Stage 15 thumb|Robert Jacquinot taking a break to eat at a cafe in Hostens during stage 5, Les Sables d'Olonne – Bayonne, 3 July 1922 In the start of the race, Robert Jacquinot made the race.http://veloarchive.com/races/tour/1922.php 1922: Lucky Lambot becomes the Tour's oldest winner Tom James Veloarchive 15 August 2003 18 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20190423095129/http://veloarchive.com/races/tour/1922.php 23 April 2019 live The third stage ended in the vélodrome of Brest. The first 24 cyclists held an elimination race, which was won by Jacquinot.http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1922_3.php https://web.archive.org/web/20120222105634/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1922_3.php 22 February 2012 28 October 2016 dead Mémoire du cyclisme 16ème Tour de France 1922 - 3ème étape fr In the fourth stage, Jacquinot punctured three times, and lost a lot of time.Amels 1984 25 Eugène Christophe took over the lead. On the sixth stage, the Tourmalet was scheduled to be climbed. Due to heavy snow, the route was changed to avoid the Tourmalet. Christophe still led the race after that stage, 37 years and 164 days old; this makes him the oldest person in Tour de France history to lead the general classification.http://cyclingbase.black-dress.org/archieven/4040 nl Oudste ritwinnaar en leider per grote ronde Cyclingbase 31 August 2013 https://archive.today/20130827201604/http://cyclingbase.black-dress.org/archieven/4040 27 August 2013 dead During this sixth stage, Philippe Thys, who was in second position in the overall classification, broke his wheel and lost more than three hours, which removed his chances to win the Tour de France for the fourth time.McGann McGann 2006 62–66 Also in that stage, a shepherd suggested to Emile Masson to take a shortcut on a goat track. Masson took the shortcut, had to carry his bike, and even lost time.http://www.rouleur.cc/art11getupngo Get up'n'go Johnny Green Rouleur, issue 11 21 September 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090804151354/http://www.rouleur.cc/art11getupngo 4 August 2009 dead After three consecutive stage victories, Jean Alavoine took over the lead. Alavoine secured his lead during the stages in Southern France, and extended the lead to 22 minutes in the tenth stage. During the 11th stage, Honoré Barthélemy (3rd place in 1921) fell many times, and had to abandon the race.McGann McGann 2006 62–66 Climbing the Galibier, Eugène Christophe broke the fork of his bicycle. This was the third time in his career that this happened.McGann McGann 2006 62–66 He walked to the top, and down the entire descent before he could fix it.http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1922/index.html 1922 - 16th Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 18 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090715153711/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1922/index.html 15 July 2009 dead dmy-all He finished the stage three hours after the winner.http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1922_11.php https://web.archive.org/web/20120222105649/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1922_11.php 22 February 2012 28 October 2016 dead Mémoire du cyclisme 16ème Tour de France 1922 - 11ème étape fr The leader of the race, Alavoine, also suffered from mechanical problems. His chain broke several times, and in the cold rain he had to put it back on.Amels 1984 25 He also had a cold, and could not go along with his competitors. Heusghem attacked on that stage, and won back more than half an hour, and was then third in the general classification. In the twelfth stage, Heusghem attacked Alavoine again. Alavoine punctured six times in that stage, which made it impossible for him to keep up with Heusghem.Amels 1984 25 Heusghem won over 35 minutes on Alavoine, and more than 10 minutes on second-placed Lambot, which was enough to take over the lead. Heusghem was at that point the strongest rider in the race, and seemed to be on the way to the overall victory in Paris.http://www.cyclingrevealed.com/timeline/Race%20Snippets/TdF/TdF1922.htm Belgians Again, Christophe Breaks ANOTHER Fork Barry Boyce Cycling Revealed 18 June 2009 In the thirteenth stage, Hector Heusghem fell down due to a pothole,McGann McGann 2006 62–66 and broke his bicycle. According to the rules, he should have fixed his bicycle without help, but instead he changed to a different bicycle. He had gotten permission from a race judge to do this, but later the judges reevaluated the rules, and gave him a one-hour penalty.McGann McGann 2006 62–66http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1922_13.php https://web.archive.org/web/20120222105709/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1922_13.php 22 February 2012 28 October 2016 dead Mémoire du cyclisme 16ème Tour de France 1922 - 13ème étape fr This dropped him to the fourth place of the general classification, and allowed Lambot to take over the lead. Lambot stayed in the yellow jersey easily until Paris, so he won the 1922 Tour de France. Some newspapers reported that Lambot won the race by luck, because of the penalty that was given to Heusghem. Lambot rejected this, saying that he was only eight minutes behind and that he had a good chance. To the French crowds, Jean Alavoine was the moral winner, and he was celebrated as a hero.Amels 1984 25 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 Philippe Thys won five stages, including three consecutive stage victories. Jean Alavoine also won three consecutive stage victories. + Stage characteristics and winnershttp://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1922.php Mémoire du cyclisme 16ème Tour de France 1922 fr 18 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090709115359/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1922.php 9 July 2009 dead http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k605060n.image.f4.langFR Le XVIe Tour de France commence aujourd'hui Gallica Bibliothèque Numérique fr 25 June 1922 Le Petit Parisien 4 2 August 2010Augendre 2016 20http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html#1922 Tour de France GC top ten Arian Zwegers CVCC 18 June 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 1922 – The stage winners http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1922/vainqueurs.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 2020 2 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200402233139/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1922/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 25 June Paris to Le Havre 388 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Robert Jacquinot FRA Robert Jacquinot FRA 2 27 June Le Havre to Cherbourg-en-Cotentin 364 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Romain Bellenger FRA Robert Jacquinot FRA 3 29 June Cherbourg to Brest 405 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Robert Jacquinot FRA Robert Jacquinot FRA 4 1 July Brest to Les Sables d'Olonne 412 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Philippe Thys BEL Eugène Christophe FRA 5 3 July Les Sables d'Olonne to Bayonne 482 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Jean Alavoine FRA Eugène Christophe FRA 6 5 July Bayonne to Luchon 326 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Jean Alavoine FRA Eugène Christophe FRA 7 7 July Luchon to Perpignan 323 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Jean Alavoine FRA Jean Alavoine FRA 8 9 July Perpignan to Toulon 411 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Philippe Thys BEL Jean Alavoine FRA 9 11 July Toulon to Nice 284 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Philippe Thys BEL Jean Alavoine FRA 10 13 July Nice to Briançon 274 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Philippe Thys BEL Jean Alavoine FRA 11 15 July Briançon to Geneva 260 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Emile Masson BEL} Jean Alavoine FRA 12 17 July Geneva to Strasbourg 371 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Emile Masson BEL Hector Heusghem BEL 13 19 July Strasbourg to Metz 300 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Federico Gay ITA 1861 Firmin Lambot BEL 14 21 July Metz to Dunkerque 433 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Félix Sellier BEL Firmin Lambot BEL 15 23 July Dunkerque to Paris 340 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Philippe Thys BEL Firmin Lambot BEL Total 5375 km 0 onAugendre 2016 108 General classification Lambot won the overall classification, without winning any stage; this was the first time that this happened. Originally, different classifications were made for the first class cyclists and the second class cyclists. Just as in 1920, French Joseph Pelletier became the winner of the second class. + Final general classification (1–10)The history of the Tour de France – Year 1922 – Stage 15 Dunkerque > Paris http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1922/1500/etape.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 2020 2 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200402214837/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1922/1500/etape.html dead Rank RiderClass Time1 Firmin Lambot BEL 1 222h 08' 06"2 Jean Alavoine FRA 1 + 41' 15"3 Félix Sellier BEL 1 + 42' 02"4 Hector Heusghem BEL 1 + 43' 56"5 Victor Lenaers BEL 1 + 45' 32"6 Hector Tiberghien BEL 1 + 1h 21' 35"7 Léon Despontin BEL 1 + 2h 24' 29"8 Eugène Christophe FRA 1 + 3h 25' 39"9 Jean Rossius BEL 1 + 3h 26' 06"10 Gaston Degy FRA 1 + 3h 49' 13" Final general classification (11–38) Rank RiderClass Time11 Federico Gay ITA 1861 1 + 3h 51' 59"12 Emile Masson BEL 1 + 4h 00' 21"13 Arsène Alancourt FRA 1 + 5h 20' 56"14 Philippe Thys BEL 1 + 5h 48' 58"15 Joseph Pelletier FRA 2 + 5h 53' 29"16 Joseph Muller FRA 1 + 7h 51' 23"17 Giuseppe Santhia ITA 1861 2 + 8h 57' 35"18 Théophile Beeckman BEL 2 + 9h 40' 32"19 Louis Heusghem BEL 1 + 9h 50' 34"20 Jules Nempon FRA 2 + 12h 11' 56"21 Alfons Standaert BEL 2 + 12h 48' 46"22 Edgard Roy FRA 2 + 14h 29' 01"23 Joseph Marchand BEL 2 + 14h 58' 14"24 Enrico Sala ITA 1861 2 + 16h 27' 21"25 Jules Matton BEL 2 + 17h 37' 39"26 Pierre Hudsyn BEL 2 + 20h 30' 17"27 Charles Parel SUI 2 + 22h 18' 09"28 Léon Van Aken BEL 2 + 24h 00' 24"29 Marie Aubry FRA 2 + 27h 20' 36"30 Ernest Paul FRA 2 + 28h 35' 08"31 Georges Kamm FRA 2 + 32h 22' 57"32 Charles Loew FRA 2 + 36h 20' 19"33 Jules Brun FRA 2 + 46h 36' 59"34 Emmanuele Luigi ITA 1861 2 + 47h 23' 13"35 Laurent Devalle MON 2 + 54h 24' 20"36 Robert Constantin FRA 2 + 54h 53' 29"37 Charles Hennuyer FRA 2 + 59h 13' 12"38 Daniel Masson FRA 2 + 65h 53' 41" Aftermath The Belgian cyclists had won eight of the fifteen stages, and placed seven cyclists in the top ten. They had now won seven Tours in a row. The French audience was still somewhat pleased by the 1922 Tour de France, as the French cyclists had won some of the stages, wore the yellow jersey for a long time during the race and Alavoine, although placed second, had competed for the victory. In the next year, the French Pélissier brothers joined the race again, and Henri Pélissier won the race. Firmin Lambot, who won the 1922 Tour, would start again two more times, but would never again win a stage or finish the Tour.http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/1677.html Past results for Firmin Lambot (BEL) Amaury Sport Organisation 18 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090716181104/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/1677.html 16 July 2009 dead dmy-all Notes References 30em Bibliography Amels Wim De geschiedenis van de Tour de France 1903–1984 Valkenswaard, Netherlands Sport-Express 1984 nl 978-90-70763-05-3 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 2006 978-1-59858-180-5 Thompson Christopher S. The Tour de France: A Cultural History https://books.google.com/books?id=UpzzPqexF00C University of California Press Oakland, California 2008 978-0-520-25630-9 Further reading Mapping Le Tour Ellis Bacon HarperCollins Publishers Glasgow 2014 54–55 9780007543991 872700415 External links 1922 Tour de France 1 8 9 15 Tour de France Tour de France Category:Tour de France by year Tour de France Tour de France