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.

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

[edit] Overall standings

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