1920 Tour de France

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Final Standings
Overall	Philippe Thys	228h 36' 13"
Second	Hector Heusghem	+57' 21"
Third	Firmin Lambot	+1h 39' 35"

The 1920 Tour de France was the 14th Tour de France, taking place from June 27 to July 27, 1920. It consisted of 15 stages over 5,503 km, ridden at an average speed of 24.072 km/h. It was won by Belgian Philippe Thys, making him the first cyclist to win the Tour de France three times. The Belgians dominated this Tour: 12 of the 15 stages were won by Belgians, and the first eight cyclists in the final classification were Belgian. The best team was La Sportive.

1 Results
- 1.1 Stages
- 1.2 Overall standings
2 External links

[edit] Results

[edit] Stages

Stage	Route	Length (km)	Winner	Race leader
1	Paris - Le Havre	388	Louis Mottiat	Louis Mottiat
2	Le Havre - Cherbourg	364	Philippe Thys	Philippe Thys
3	Cherbourg - Brest	405	Henri Pélissier	Philippe Thys
4	Brest - Les Sables d'Olonne	412	Henri Pélissier	Philippe Thys
5	Les Sables d'Olonne - Bayonne	482	Firmin Lambot	Philippe Thys
6	Bayonne - Luchon	326	Firmin Lambot	Philippe Thys
7	Luchon - Perpignan	323	Jean Rossius	Philippe Thys
8	Perpignan - Aix-en-Provence	325	Hector Heusghem	Philippe Thys
9	Aix-en-Provence - Nice	356	Philippe Thys	Philippe Thys
10	Nice - Grenoble	333	Hector Heusghem	Philippe Thys
11	Grenoble - Gex	362	Léon Scieur	Philippe Thys
12	Gex - Strassbourg	354	Philippe Thys	Philippe Thys
13	Strassbourg - Metz	300	Philippe Thys	Philippe Thys
14	Metz - Dunkerque	433	Félix Goethals	Philippe Thys
15	Dunkerque - Paris	340	Jean Rossius	Philippe Thys

[edit] Overall standings

Rank	Name	Country	Time
1	Philippe Thys	Belgium	228h 36' 13"
2	Hector Heusghem	Belgium	57' 21"
3	Firmin Lambot	Belgium	1hr 39' 35"
4	Leon Scieur	Belgium	1h 44' 58"
5	Emile Masson	Belgium	2h 56' 52"
6	Louis Heusghem	Belgium	3h 40' 47"
7	Jean Rossius	Belgium	3h 49' 55"
8	Honore Barthelemy	France	5h 35' 19"
9	Felix Goethals	France	9h 23' 07"
10	Joseph Vandaele	Belgium	10h 45' 41"