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Оглавление| Start: Paris, France, on 6 JulyFinish: Paris, France, on 31 July | |
| Total distance: 4520 km (2809 miles)Longest stage: 387 km (241 miles) | |
| Highest point:Col du Galibier: 2556 m (8386 ft)Mountain stages: 8 | |
| Starters: 80Finishers: 57 | |
| Winning time: 154 h 11’ 49”Average speed: 29.214 kph (18.153 mph) | |
| 1. André Leducq (Fra)2. Kurt Stoepel (Ger) at 24’ 03”3. Francesco Camusso (Ita) at 26’ 21” |
André Leducq – winner of the 1930 Tour – was back on form, and firing on all cylinders for the 1932 race. His compatriot, and 1931 champion, Antonin Magne, was a non-starter for the French national squad, and instead Leducq’s biggest challenge came from within the German team.
Kurt Stoepel won the sprint for stage 2 between Caen and Nantes from a thirteen-man group that included Leducq. When the Frenchman won stage 3 into Bordeaux, it was game on between the two. Stoepel had become the first German rider to wear the yellow jersey after his stage win, but once the race hit the Pyrenees, Leducq began to stride out and, come the Alps, the French rider held a lead of just over three minutes from his German rival.
Leducq steadily increased his lead over Stoepel on the climbs, winning stage 13 from Grenoble to Aix-les-Bains over some tough climbs including a snow-covered Col du Galibier – consistently the highest mountain scaled by the Tour peloton – which, at 2556 m (8386 ft), was covered in snow despite the high temperatures of a French summer. By the time the race reached Paris – Leducq having also won the last two stages, just for good measure – Stoepel was a massive 24 minutes behind, and it was a third straight victory for a French rider since the introduction of the national-teams format.
A triumphant André Leducq jokes with the media after taking his second Tour de France crown
