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The 1924 Tour de France was the 18th edition of the Tour de France and was won by Ottavio Bottecchia. He 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).
Ottavio Bottecchia (pronounced [otˈtaːvjo botˈtekkja]; [1] 1 August 1894 – 15 June 1927 [2]) was an Italian cyclist and the first Italian winner of the Tour de France.. He was found injured and unconscious by a roadside and died a few days later; the exact circumstances of his accident remain a mystery.
Entrants to the 1924 Tour de France included several past and future winners such as defending champion Henri Pélissier , Philippe Thys (1913, 1914, 1920), Lucien Buysse and Nicolas Frantz (1927, 1928). After the 1923 Tour de France, the winner Henri Pélissier had said that the runner-up Bottecchia would win the race. [1]
Any list of Tour de France winners has to include Garin for no other reason than the Frenchman won the first-ever. In 1903, Garin won the six-stage Tour, covering its 1,509 miles in under ninety ...
Route of the 1924 Tour de France. The 1924 Tour de France was the 18th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Paris with a flat stage on 22 June, and Stage 8 occurred on 6 July with a flat stage to Toulon. The race finished in Paris on 20 July.
Paris, France: June 9, 1923 Memorial Day at the Arc de Triomphe de lEtoile at the western end of the Champs-Elysees in Paris. It honors those who fought for France. (Underwood Archives, Inc ...
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Tour de France general classification winners by nationality Country No. of wins No. of winning cyclists France: 36 21 Belgium: 18 10 Spain: 12 7 Italy: 10 7 Great Britain: 6 3 Luxembourg: 5 4 Denmark: 3 2 United States: 3 1 Slovenia: 3 1 Switzerland: 2 2 Netherlands: 2 2 Ireland: 1 1 Germany: 1 1 Australia: 1 1 Colombia: 1 1