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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).
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.
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]
The Tour de France is an annual road bicycle race held over 23 days in July. Established in 1903 by newspaper L'Auto, the Tour is the best-known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours"; the others are the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España. [1]
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 9 occurred on 8 July with a mountainous stage from Toulon. The race finished in Paris on 20 July.
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The longest successful post-war breakaway by a single rider was by Albert Bourlon in the 1947 Tour de France. In the stage Carcassonne-Luchon, he stayed away for 253 kilometres (157 mi). [14] It was one of seven breakaways longer than 200 km, the last being Thierry Marie's 234 km escape in 1991. [14] Bourlon finished 16:30 ahead.