1926 Tour de France

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Final Standings
Overall	Lucien Buysse	238h 44' 25"
Second	Nicolas Frantz	1h 22' 25"
Third	Bartolomeo Aimo	1h 22' 51"

The 1926 Tour de France was the 20th Tour de France, taking place June 20 to July 18, 1926. It consisted of 17 stages over 5745 km, ridden at an average speed of 24.064 km/h.

The longest tour in history, the route traced closely the borders of France. By starting outside of Paris 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.

[edit] Results

Stage	Route	Length (km)	Winner	Race leader
1	Evian - Mülhausen	373	Jules Buysse	Jules Buysse
2	Mülhausen - Metz	334	Aimé Dossche	Jules Buysse
3	Metz - Dunkerque	433	Gustaaf van Slembrouck	Gustaaf van Slembrouck
4	Dunkerque- Le Havre	361	Félix Sellier	Gustaaf van Slembrouck
5	Le Havre - Cherbourg	357	Adelin Benoit	Gustaaf van Slembrouck
6	Cherbourg - Brest	405	Joseph van Dam	Gustaaf van Slembrouck
7	Brest - Les Sables d'Olonne	412	Nicolas Frantz	Gustaaf van Slembrouck
8	Les Sables d'Olonne - Bordeaux	285	Joseph van Dam	Gustaaf van Slembrouck
9	Bordeaux - Bayonne	189	Nicolas Frantz	Gustaaf van Slembrouck
10	Bayonne - Luchon	326	Lucien Buysse	Lucien Buysse
11	Luchon - Perpignan	323	Lucien Buysse	Lucien Buysse
12	Perpignan - Toulon	427	Nicolas Frantz	Lucien Buysse
13	Toulon - Nice	280	Nicolas Frantz	Lucien Buysse
14	Nice - Briançon	275	Bartolomeo Aimo	Lucien Buysse
15	Briançon - Evian	303	Joseph van Dam	Lucien Buysse
16	Evian - Dijon	321	Camille van de Casteele	Lucien Buysse
17	Dijon - Paris	341	Aimé Dossche	Lucien Buysse

[edit] Overall standings

Rank	Name	Country	Time (Avg. speed)
1	Lucien Buysse	Belgium	238h 44' 25" (24.273km/h)
2	Nicolas Frantz	Luxembourg	1h 22' 25"
3	Bartolomeo Aimo	Italy	1h 22' 51"
4	Théophile Beeckman	Belgium	1h 43' 54"
5	Félix Sellier	Belgium	1h 49' 13"
6	Albert Dejonghe	Belgium	1h 56' 15"
7	Léon Parmentier	Belgium	2h 09' 20"
8	Georges Cuvelier	France	2h 28' 32"
9	Jules Buysse	Belgium	2h 37' 03"
10	Marcel Bidot	France	2h 53' 54"

[edit] External links

• 1926 Tour de France results
• VeloArchive "The longest Tour"

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