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1921 Tour De France
The 1921 Tour de France was the 15th edition of the Tour de France, taking place 26 June to 24 July. The total distance was and the average speed of the riders was 24.720 km/h. The race was won by Belgian Leon Scieur. The Belgians dominated the entire race, partly due to the absence of the French Pélissier brothers, who were on bad terms with the Tour organisation. Scieur's victory was largely uncontested; Hector Heusghem came close after the sixth stage, but lost time later. The organisation tried to get the cyclists to attack more by several means, but this failed. Innovations and changes The 1920 Tour de France had been dominated by Belgian cyclists, who won twelve of the fifteen stages, and the top seven of the overall classification. The French cyclists Henri and Francis Pélissier had left the 1920 Tour de France after Henri received a penalty from the Tour organisation for throwing away a tire, and they were still fighting. Therefore, the Pélissier brothers did no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Scieur
Léon Scieur (; 19 March 1888 – 7 October 1969) was a Belgian cyclist who won the 1921 Tour de France, along with stages 3 and 10. His first great victory was the 1920 Liège–Bastogne–Liège; he won a stage and finished fourth in the 1919 and 1920 Tours de France. Origins Léon Scieur was the son of a farmer in Florennes, near Charleroi in Belgium. He began work as a glassmaker before being introduced to cycling by his neighbour, Firmin Lambot, who taught him to ride a bike at the age of 22.Augendre, Jacques (1996), Le Tour de France, Panorama d'un Siècle, Société du Tour de France, France Tour de France Scieur turned professional in 1913 and rode his first Tour de France that year, without finishing. He didn't win in 1914 either - he came 14th - but Florennes celebrated nevertheless because Philippe Thys won for the second time. Thys was born in Brussels but lived in the town. Firmin Lambot came eighth. After working as a mechanic in World War I Scieur rode t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Sportive
La Sportive is the name under which French cyclists rode in the first years after the First World War, when there was not enough money for conventional cycling teams. History Many bicycle factories that sponsored cycling teams in the early 20th century suffered and some were destroyed during World War I. There was little money to sponsor a team so several businesses ran a joint team called La Sportive. to keep the sport alive. Alcyon, Armor, Automoto, Clément, La Française, Gladiator, Griffon, Hurtu, Labor, Liberator, Peugeot and Thomann are said to have equipped half the peloton and to have controlled the riders' salaries. In the Tours de France of 1919, 1920 and 1921, all professional cyclists were sponsored by La Sportive, and because amateur cyclists had little chance to win, the winner of the Tour was also sponsored by La Sportive. Eugène Christophe was in a grey La Sportive jersey when, leading the 1919 Tour de France, Henri Desgrange gave him the Tour's first yellow jer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1921 Tour De France, Stage 1 To Stage 8
The 1921 Tour de France was the 15th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Paris with a flat stage on 26 June, and Stage 8 occurred on 10 July with a flat stage to Toulon. The race finished in Paris on 24 July. Stage 1 26 June 1921 — Paris to Le Havre, Stage 2 28 June 1921 — Le Havre to Cherbourg, Stage 3 30 June 1921 — Cherbourg to Brest, Stage 4 2 July 1921 — Brest to Les Sables-d'Olonne, Stage 5 4 July 1921 — Les Sables-d'Olonne to Bayonne, Stage 6 6 July 1921 — Bayonne to Luchon, Stage 7 8 July 1921 — Luchon to Perpignan, Stage 8 10 July 1921 — Perpignan to Toulon Toulon (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Tolon , , ) is a city on the French Riviera and a large port on the Mediterranean coast, with a major naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, and the Provence province, Toulon is th ..., References {{Cycling stage recaps, 1921 Tour de France, 1, 8, 9, 15 1921 To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Classification In The Tour De France
The general classification is the most important classification, the one by which the winner of the Tour de France is determined. Since 1919, the leader of the general classification wears the yellow jersey (french: maillot jaune ). History The winner of the first Tour de France wore a green armband, not a yellow jersey. After the second Tour de France, the rules were changed, and the general classification was no longer calculated by time, but by points. This points system was kept until 1912, after which it changed back into the time classification. At that time, the leader still did not wear a yellow jersey. There is doubt over when the yellow jersey began. The Belgian rider Philippe Thys, who won the Tour in 1913, 1914 and 1920, recalled in the Belgian magazine ''Champions et Vedettes'' when he was 67 that he was awarded a yellow jersey in 1913 when the organiser, Henri Desgrange, asked him to wear a coloured jersey. Thys declined, saying making himself more visible in y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Félix Sellier
Félix Sellier (Spy, 2 January 1893 – Gembloux, 16 April 1965) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Stage victory in 1921 Tour de France In the 1921 Tour de France, the cyclists were separated in two classes, the sponsored riders and the unsponsored riders. For the thirteenth stage, these classes started separated, partly because the Tour organisers wanted to punish the sponsored riders for not attacking the leader Léon Scieur, and partly because the leader in the second class was helped by cyclists in the first class. Sellier was one of the riders in the second class, and therefore could start two hours earlier than the favourites. Some of the second class cyclists including Sellier stayed ahead, and Sellier managed to win the stage. Sellier would finish 8th overall of the second class cyclists, and 16th in the overall combined classification. In the next year, Sellier started the Tour de France as sponsored cyclist. He again won a stage, but this time he had star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Félix Goethals
Félix Goethals (14 January 1891 in Rinxent – 24 September 1962 in Capinghem) was a French professional road bicycle racer, who won seven stages in total in the Tour de France. His best final classification was a ninth place in 1920. Major results ;1913 :Circuit de Champagne ;1914 :Circuit de Calais ;1920 :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 14 ;1921 :París-Bourganeuf :Tour de France: ::Winner stages 11, 14 and 15 ;1923 :Tour de France: ::Winner stages 14 and 15 ;1924 :Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...: ::Winner stage 4 ;1925 :Paris-Calais External links *Official Tour de France results for Félix Goethals French male cyclists 1891 births 1962 deaths French Tour de France stage winners People from Boulogne-sur-Mer Sportspeople from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allos
Allos (; oc, Alòs) is a Communes of France, commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Allos is a high mountain commune in the southern Alps. The commune experienced a significant rural exodus in the 19th century, following the population movement of the department. Then the town was overwhelmed for eighty years by winter sports: the construction of accommodations and ski-lifts has changed the landscape and the mountain urbanisation. The economy was profoundly altered with almost all jobs being found in tourism. Traditional agricultural activities persisted only marginally. Historically Allos, located in the valley of the Verdon, has long been linked to the Ubaye Valley: first at the time when Ubaye belonged to the House of Savoy, States of Savoy (from 1388 to 1713) then after it became part of France it continued to be administered across the Col d'Allos (impassable in winter). Even ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peyresourde
The Col de Peyresourde ( oc, Còth de Pèira Sorda) (elevation ) is a mountain pass in the central Pyrenees on the border of the department of Haute-Garonne and Hautes-Pyrénées in France. It is situated on the D618 road between Bagnères-de-Luchon and Arreau. Details of climb Starting from Bagnères-de-Luchon (east), the Col de Peyresourde is long. Over this distance, the climb is (an average gradient of 6.1%). The steepest sections are 9.8%. No mountain pass cycling milestones for cyclists are placed on this side of the climb. Only close to Bagnères-de-Luchon and 3 kilometres from the summit signposts inform about the overall climb. Starting from Armenteule (west), the climb is long. Over this distance, the climb is (an average gradient of 7.6%). On this side mountain pass cycling milestones for cyclists are placed every kilometre. They indicate the current height, the distance to the summit, and the average slope in the following passage. 2015 Peyresourde last ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aspin-en-Lavedan
Aspin-en-Lavedan (, literally ''Aspin in Lavedan''; oc, Aspin) is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ... References Communes of Hautes-Pyrénées {{HautesPyrénées-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tourmalet
Col du Tourmalet (; elevation ) is one of the highest paved mountain passes in the French Pyrenees, in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées. Sainte-Marie-de-Campan is at the foot on the eastern side and the ski station La Mongie two-thirds of the way up. The village of Barèges lies on the western side, above the town of Luz-Saint-Sauveur. Higher roads in the Pyrenees The Col du Tourmalet is the highest ''paved mountain pass'' in the ''French'' Pyrenees second only to the Col de Portet. So in contrast to frequent claims (see for example ), it is neither the highest paved road in the Pyrenees nor the highest paved mountain pass in the Pyrenees. Paved roads leading to the mountain lakes Lac de Cap-de-Long and Lac d'Aumar in the same French Department Hautes-Pyrénées are higher, as these lakes are at altitudes of and , respectively. However, these roads are not mountain passes. Departing directly from the Col du Tourmalet, there is a road to the mountain pass Col de Laquets ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romain Bellenger
Romain Bellenger (Paris, 18 January 1894 — Cahors, 25 November 1981) was a French road racing cyclist who came third in the 1923 Tour de France and eighth in the 1924 Tour de France and won three stages. Major results ;1919 :Circuit de Paris ;1920 :Circuit des villes d'eaux d'Auvergne :Criterium des Aiglons :Paris-Dunkerque :Paris-Nancy ;1921 :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 2 :Circuit de Paris ;1922 :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 2 ;1923 :Tour de France: :: 3rd, Overall classification :: Winner stage 13 :: Yellow jersey, After Stages 4 and 5 :Tour du Vaucluse ;1924 :Tour de France: :: 8th, Overall classification :: 1st, Stage 2 (371 km) :: 1st, Stage 14 (433 km) ;1925 :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 2 :Giro della provincia Milano (joint with Achille Souchard Alphonse Achille Souchard (17 May 1900 – 20 September 1976) was a French cyclist who competed in the road race at the 1920 Summer Olympics. He finished tenth individually and won a gold medal in the team t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Mottiat
Louis Mottiat (6 July 1889 – 5 June 1972) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Mottiat was born in Bouffioulx, and because of his endurance was nicknamed 'the iron man'. His career was interrupted by World War I. He died in Gilly, aged 82. Major results ;1910 : Brussels-Paris ;1911 :Paris-Calais ;1912 :Tour de France: Winner stage 10 ;1913 :Bordeaux–Paris ;1914 :Tour of Belgium, including 4 stages :Paris–Brussels ;1920 : Critérium des As (Bordeaux–Paris-Bordeaux) :Tour of Belgium, including 3 stages :Tour de France :: Winner stage 1 :: Wearing yellow jersey for one day ;1921 :Liège–Bastogne–Liège :Tour de France: :: 11th place overall classification :: Winner stages 1, 4, 5 and 7 :: Wearing yellow jersey for one day :Paris–Brest–Paris ;1922 :Engis :Gembloux :Liège–Bastogne–Liège ;1924 : Paris–Tours :Tour de France: :: Winner stage 8 ;1925 :Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primaril ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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