 Route of the 1924 Tour de France followed counterclockwise, starting in Paris | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | 22 June – 20 July 1924 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 15 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 5,425 km (3,371 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 222h 18' 21" | ||||||||||||
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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).[1] 60 riders finished the race from the original 157 cyclists.
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, 1928).
The event saw 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. One of the most important events of the race occurred on the third stage, when defending champion Pélissier quit the race because of a new fight with tour organiser Henri Desgrange.
- ^ Augendre 2016, p. 108.