1923 Tour de France

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Final Standings
Overall Henri Pélissier 222h 15' 30"
Second Ottavio Bottecchia +30' 41"
Third Romain Bellenger +1h 04' 43"

The 1923 Tour de France was the 17th Tour de France, taking place June 24 to July 22, 1923. It consisted of 15 stages over 5386 km, ridden at an average speed of 24.233 km/h. The race was won by Henri Pélissier with a convincing half hour lead to his next opponent, Italian Ottavio Bottecchia. The team competition was won by Auto Moto. 139 cyclists entered the race, of which 48 finished.

Pélissier's victory was the first French victory since 1911, as the Tour de France had been dominated by Belgian cyclists since then.

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[edit] Results

[edit] Stages

Stage Route Length (km) Winner Race leader
1 Paris - Le Havre 381 Robert Jacquinot Flag of France Robert Jacquinot Flag of France
2 Le Havre - Cherbourg 371 Ottavio Bottecchia Flag of Italy Ottavio Bottecchia Flag of Italy
3 Cherbourg - Brest 405 Henri Pélissier Flag of France Ottavio Bottecchia Flag of Italy
4 Brest - Les Sables d'Olonne 412 Albert Dejonghe Flag of Belgium Romain Bellenger Flag of France
5 Les Sables d'Olonne - Bayonne 482 Robert Jacquinot Flag of France Romain Bellenger Flag of France
6 Bayonne - Luchon 326 Jean Alavoine Flag of France Ottavio Bottecchia Flag of Italy
7 Luchon - Perpignan 323 Jean Alavoine Flag of France Ottavio Bottecchia Flag of Italy
8 Perpignan - Toulon 427 Lucien Buysse Flag of Belgium Ottavio Bottecchia Flag of Italy
9 Toulon - Nice 281 Jean Alavoine Flag of France Ottavio Bottecchia Flag of Italy
10 Nice - Briançon 275 Henri Pélissier Flag of France Henri Pélissier Flag of France
11 Briançon - Geneva Flag of Switzerland 260 Henri Pélissier Flag of France Henri Pélissier Flag of France
12 Geneva Flag of Switzerland - Strassbourg 377 Joseph Muller Flag of France Henri Pélissier Flag of France
13 Strassbourg - Metz 300 Romain Bellenger Flag of France Henri Pélissier Flag of France
14 Metz - Dunkerque 433 Félix Goethals Flag of France Henri Pélissier Flag of France
15 Dunkerque - Paris 343 Félix Goethals Flag of France Henri Pélissier Flag of France

[edit] Overall standings

Rank Name Country Time
1 Henri Pélissier Flag of France France 222h 15' 30"
2 Ottavio Bottecchia Flag of Italy Italy 30' 41"
3 Romain Bellenger Flag of France France 1h 04' 43"
4 Hector Tiberghien Flag of Belgium Belgium 1h 29' 16"
5 Arsène Alancourt Flag of France France 2h 06' 40"
6 Henri Collé Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 2h 28' 43"
7 Léon Despontin Flag of Belgium Belgium 2h 39' 49"
8 Lucien Buysse Flag of Belgium Belgium 2h 40' 11"
9 Eugène Dhers Flag of France France 2h 59' 09"
10 Marcel Huot Flag of France France 3h 16' 56"

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