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Оглавление| Start: Paris, France, on 30 JuneFinish: Paris, France, on 26 July | |
| Total distance: 5095 km (3166 miles)Longest stage: 338 km (210 miles) | |
| Highest point:Col du Galibier: 2556 m (8386 ft)Mountain stages: 9 | |
| Starters: 81Finishers: 35 | |
| Winning time: 177 h 10’ 03”Average speed: 28.735 kph (17.885 mph) | |
| 1. Antonin Magne (Fra)2. Jef Demuysere (Bel) at 12’ 56”3. Antonio Pesenti (Ita) at 22’ 51” |
Just as it had with each year that passed, the Tour continued to grow both in prestige and in renown, and there were more ‘firsts’ as Max Bulla became the first Austrian to wear the yellow jersey, following his win on stage 2 between Caen and Dinan, and the race added Gap, Aix-les-Bains and Colmar as first-time stage hosts – more towns that would later become real regulars on the Tour’s route.
Frenchman Antonin Magne gained his first of two Tour victories, taking decisive control of the race once it hit the mountains for the first time on stage 9 between Pau and Luchon, which took the riders over the by now extremely tried and tested Col d’Aubisque and Col du Tourmalet. The yellow jersey then remained safely on Magne’s capable shoulders all the way to Paris, where a ‘pitch invasion’ – or, rather, a track invasion – welcomed him home as the winner once the race reached the velodrome at the Parc des Princes.
If Magne was a great rider, he was an even better directeur sportif, going on to manage the mighty mauve Mercier team in the 1950s and 1960s, whose charges included Raymond Poulidor, Jean Stablinski and Britain’s Barry Hoban.
Charles Pélissier and Antonin Magne recover after the gruelling stage from Nice to Gap
