1924_Tour_de

1924 Tour de France

Final Standings

Overall Ottavio Bottecchia 226h 18' 21"

Second Nicolas Frantz +35' 36"

Third Lucien Buysse +1h 32' 13"

Teams Auto Moto

The 1924 Tour de France was the 18th edition of the Tour de France and was won by Ottavio Bottecchia (Automoto). Bottecchia was the first Italian cyclist to win the Tour and the first rider to hold the yellow jersey the entire event. The race was held over 5,425 km with an average speed of 23.972 km/h (14.896 mph). Only 60 riders finished the race from the original 157 cyclists.

Entrants of the 1924 Tour included several past and future winners including defending champion Henri Pélissier (1923), Philippe Thys (1913, 1914, 1920), Lucien Buysse (1926) and Nicolas Frantz (1927).

The event saw the increase of the time bonus for stage wins move from 2 minutes to 3 minutes. In addition, it was the final year of the 15-stage format that had started in 1910.

Stage winners

Stage	Date	Start - Finish Cities	km	Stage winner	General Classification leader
1	June 22	Paris - Le Havre	381	Ottavio Bottecchia Italy	Ottavio Bottecchia Italy
2	June 24	Le Havre - Cherbourg	371	Romain Bellenger France	Ottavio Bottecchia Italy
3	June 26	Cherbourg - Brest	405	Philippe Thys Belgium and Theophile Beeckman Belgium	Ottavio Bottecchia Italy
4	June 28	Brest - Les Sables-d'Olonne	412	Félix Goethals France	Ottavio Bottecchia Italy
5	June 30	Les Sables-d'Olonne - Bayonne	482	Omer Huyse Belgium	Ottavio Bottecchia Italy
6	July 2	Bayonne - Luchon	326	Ottavio Bottecchia Italy	Ottavio Bottecchia Italy
7	July 4	Luchon - Perpignan	323	Ottavio Bottecchia Italy	Ottavio Bottecchia Italy
8	July 6	Perpignan - Toulon	427	Louis Mottiat Belgium	Ottavio Bottecchia Italy
9	July 8	Toulon - Nice	280	Philippe Thys Belgium	Ottavio Bottecchia Italy
10	July 10	Nice - Briançon	275	Giovanni Brunero Italy	Ottavio Bottecchia Italy
11	July 12	Briançon - Gex	307	Nicolas Frantz Luxembourg	Ottavio Bottecchia Italy
12	July 14	Gex - Strasbourg	360	Nicolas Frantz Luxembourg	Ottavio Bottecchia Italy
13	July 16	Strasbourg - Metz	300	Arsène Alancourt France	Ottavio Bottecchia Italy
14	July 18	Metz - Dunkerque	433	Romain Bellenger France	Ottavio Bottecchia Italy
15	July 20	Dunkerque - Paris	343	Ottavio Bottechia	Ottavio Bottecchia Italy

General classification

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Time
1	Ottavio Bottecchia	Italy	Automoto	226h 18' 21"
2	Nicolas Frantz	Luxembourg	Alcyon	+ 35' 36"
3	Lucien Buysse	Belgium	Automoto	+ 1h 32' 13"
4	Bartolomeo Aimo	Italy	Legnano	+ 1h 32' 47"
5	Théophile Beeckman	Belgium		+ 2h 11' 12"

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