1924 Tour de France

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Final Standings
Overall	Ottavio Bottecchia	226h 18' 21"
Second	Nicolas Frantz	+35' 36"
Third	Lucien Buysse	+1h 32' 13"

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.

[edit] Stage winners

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

[edit] 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"

[edit] External links

• Torelli's History of the Tour de France: the 1920s
• Le Tour de Souffrance
• Official results

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