The 1924 Tour de France was the 18th editon of the Tour de France and was won by Ottavio Bottecchia (Automoto). Bottecchia 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 5425 km with an average speed of 23.972 km/h (14.896 mph). Only 60 riders finished the race from the original 157 cyclists. Ottavio Bottecchia Ottavio Bottecchia (1 August 1894 - 14 June 1927) was an Italian cyclist and the first Italian champion of the Tour de France. ... Nicholas Frantz (November 4, 1899 – November 8, 1985) was born in Mamer, Luxembourg. ... Lucien Buysse was a Belgian cyclist who won the 1926 Tour de France. ... Le Tour de France (Tour of France), often referred to as La Grande Boucle, Le Tour or The Tour, is the most famous and prestigious road bicycle race in the world. ... Ottavio Bottecchia Ottavio Bottecchia (1 August 1894 - 14 June 1927) was an Italian cyclist and the first Italian champion of the Tour de France. ... Maillot jaune (French for yellow jersey) is the t-shirt worn by the current overall leader of many bicycles races, originally and most notably the Tour de France. ...

Entrants of the 1924 Tour included several past and future winners including defending champion Henri Pélissier (1923), Philippe Thys (1913, 1914, 1920), Lucien Buysse (1926) and Nicolas Frantz (1927). The 1923 Tour de France was the 17th Tour de France, taking place June 24 to July 22, 1923. ... Philippe Thys Philippe Thys (October 8, 1890 - January 16, 1971) was a Belgian cyclist and three-time winner of the Tour de France. ... The 1913 Tour de France was the 11th Tour de France, taking place June 29 to July 27, 1913. ... The 1914 Tour de France was the 12th Tour de France, taking place June 28 to July 26, 1914. ... The 1920 Tour de France was the 14th Tour de France, taking place from June 27 to July 27, 1920. ... The 1926 Tour de France was the 20th Tour de France, taking place June 20 to July 18, 1926. ...

The event saw the the increase of the time bonus for stage wins move from 2 minutes to 3 minutes. In addition, it was the final year of the 15-stage format that had started in 1910. The 1910 Tour de France was the 8th Tour de France, taking place July 3 to July 31, 1910. ...

Stage winners

Stage	Date	Start - Finish Cities	km	Stage winner	General Classification leader
1	22 June	Paris - Le Havre	381	Ottavio Bottecchia  Italy	Ottavio Bottecchia  Italy
2	24 June	Le Havre - Cherbourg	371	Romain Bellenger  France	Ottavio Bottecchia  Italy
3	26 June	Cherbourg - Brest	405	Philippe Thys  Belgium and Theophile Beeckman  Belgium	Ottavio Bottecchia  Italy
4	28 June	Brest - Les Sables d'Olonne	412	Félix Goethals  France	Ottavio Bottecchia  Italy
5	30 June	Les Sables d'Olonne - Bayonne	482	Omer Huyse  Belgium	Ottavio Bottecchia  Italy
6	2 July	Bayonne - Luchon	326	Ottavio Bottecchia  Italy	Ottavio Bottecchia  Italy
7	4 July	Luchon - Perpignan	323	Ottavio Bottecchia  Italy	Ottavio Bottecchia]]  Italy
8	6 July	Perpignan - Toulon	427	Louis Mottiat  Belgium	Ottavio Bottecchia  Italy
9	8 July	Toulon - Nice	280	Philippe Thys  Belgium	Ottavio Bottecchia  Italy
10	10 July	Nice - Briançon	275	Giovanni Brunero  Italy	Ottavio Bottecchia  Italy
11	12 July	Briançon - Genève	307	Nicolas Frantz  Luxembourg	Ottavio Bottecchia  Italy
12	14 July	Genève - Strasbourg	360	Nicolas Frantz  Luxembourg	Ottavio Bottecchia  Italy
13	16 July	Strasbourg - Metz	300	Arsène Alancourt  France	Ottavio Bottecchia  Italy
14	18 July	Metz - Dunkerque	433	Romain Bellenger  France	Ottavio Bottecchia  Italy
15	20 July	Dunkerque - Paris	343	Ottavio Bottechia  Italy	Ottavio Bottecchia  Italy

June 22 is the 173rd day of the year (174th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 192 days remaining. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur Tossed by the waves, she does not founder Coordinates : , Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) Administration Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Département Paris (75) Région ÃŽle-de-France Mayor Bertrand Delanoë (PS) City (commune) Characteristics Land Area 86. ... Location within France Abbey of Graville, Le Havre An old house in Le Havre Church of St. ... Ottavio Bottecchia Ottavio Bottecchia (1 August 1894 - 14 June 1927) was an Italian cyclist and the first Italian champion of the Tour de France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Ottavio Bottecchia Ottavio Bottecchia (1 August 1894 - 14 June 1927) was an Italian cyclist and the first Italian champion of the Tour de France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ... Cherbourg is a city of Normandy, in northwestern France, in the Manche département, of which it is a sous_préfecture. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. ... Brest is the name of several cities: City in Belarus: Brest, Belarus, formerly in Russia and the Soviet Union and formerly known as Brest-Litovsk. ... Philippe Thys Philippe Thys (October 8, 1890 - January 16, 1971) was a Belgian cyclist and three-time winner of the Tour de France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining. ... Les Sables-dOlonne is a seaside town of western France, by the Atlantic Ocean. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining. ... Bayonne. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... Bagnères-de-Luchon, also referred to as Luchon, is a spa town and a commune in the Haute-Garonne département, in southwestern France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. ... Location within France Location within the Pyrénées-Orientales département Majorca Kings Palace in Perpignan Perpignan (French: Perpignan; Catalan Perpinyà) is a commune and the préfecture (administrative capital city) of the Pyrénées-Orientales département in southern France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... Location within France Coat of Arms of Toulon Toulon (Tolon in Provençal) is a city in southern France and a large military harbor on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: [1] (Latin: Nice the city) Coordinates : , Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) Administration Département Alpes-Maritimes (06) Région Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur Mayor Jacques Peyrat (UMP) (since 1995) Intercommunality Community of Agglomeration Nice Côte dAzur City (commune) Characteristics... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 174 days remaining. ... Briançon is a town and commune in the French départment of Hautes-Alpes (Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur), of which it is the sous-préfecture. ... Gioanni Giuseppe Brunero (March 15, 1898 - November 23, 1934) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... Geneva (French: Genève) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland located where Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman, but the Genevois are fond of calling it Lac de Genève) empties into the Rhône River. ... Nicholas Frantz (November 4, 1899 – November 8, 1985) was born in Mamer, Luxembourg. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Luxembourg. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 170 days remaining. ... City flag City coat of arms Coordinates : , Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) Administration Département Bas-Rhin (67) Région Alsace Mayor Fabienne Keller (UMP) (since 2001) Intercommunality Urban Community of Strasbourg City (commune) Characteristics Land Area 78. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Luxembourg. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... July 16 is the 197th day (198th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 168 days remaining. ... City motto: Si paix dedans, paix dehors (French: If peace inside, peace outside) City proper (commune) Région Lorraine Département Moselle (57) Mayor Jean-Marie Rausch Area 41. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... Location within France Dunkirk ( French: Dunkerque; Dutch: Duinkerke) is a harbour city and a commune in the northernmost part of France, in the département of Nord, 10 km from the Belgian border. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur Tossed by the waves, she does not founder Coordinates : , Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) Administration Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Département Paris (75) Région ÃŽle-de-France Mayor Bertrand Delanoë (PS) City (commune) Characteristics Land Area 86. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ...

General classification

1. Ottavio Bottecchia  Italy (Automoto): 226 hours 18 minutes 21 seconds

2. Nicolas Frantz  Luxembourg (Alcyon) + 35' 53"

3. Lucien Buysse  Belgium (Automoto) + 1 hr 32' 13"

4. Bartolomeo Aimo (Legnano) + 1 hr 32' 47"

5. Théophile Beeckman (Griffon) + 2 hr 11' 12"

6. Joseph Muller,  Belgium + 2h 35' 53"

7. Arsène Alancourt,  France + 2h 41' 31"

8. Romain Bellenger,  France + 2h 51' 08"

9. Omer Huyse,  Belgium + 2h 58' 13"

10. Hector Tiberghien,  Belgium + 3h 05' 04"

11. Philippe Thys,  Belgium + 3h 15' 24"

12. Georges Cuvelier,  France + 3h 21' 45"

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DNF. Henri Pélissier  France abandon Stage 3 (defending champion)

Ottavio Bottecchia Ottavio Bottecchia (1 August 1894 - 14 June 1927) was an Italian cyclist and the first Italian champion of the Tour de France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Nicholas Frantz (November 4, 1899 – November 8, 1985) was born in Mamer, Luxembourg. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Luxembourg. ... The Alcyon was a French automobile, manufactured between 1906 and 1928. ... Lucien Buysse was a Belgian cyclist who won the 1926 Tour de France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Philippe Thys Philippe Thys (October 8, 1890 - January 16, 1971) was a Belgian cyclist and three-time winner of the Tour de France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ...

External links

• Torelli's History of the Tour de France: the 1920s
• Le Tour de Souffrance
• Official results

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