1923 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 8

The 1923 Tour de France was the 17th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Paris with a flat stage on 24 June, and Stage 8 occurred on 8 July with a flat stage to Toulon. The race finished in Paris on 22 July.

Stage 1[edit]

24 June 1923 — Paris to Le Havre, 381 km (237 mi)^[1]

Stage 1 result and general classification after stage 1^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Robert Jacquinot (FRA)	13h 51' 56"
2	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	+ 1' 55"
3	Romain Bellenger (FRA)	s.t.
4	Hector Tiberghien (BEL)	s.t.
5	Léon Scieur (BEL)	s.t.
6	Joseph Van Daele (BEL)	+ 2' 17"
7	Félix Goethals (FRA)	+ 3' 57"
8	Marcel Godard (FRA)	s.t.
9	Honoré Barthélémy (FRA)	+ 7' 25"
10	Gaston Degy (FRA)	+ 8' 01"

Stage 2[edit]

26 June 1923 — Le Havre to Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, 371 km (231 mi)^[1]

Stage 2 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	14h 11' 41"
2	Louis Mottiat (BEL)	s.t.
3	Romain Bellenger (FRA)	s.t.
4	Joseph Normand (FRA)	+ 2"
5	Léon Despontin (BEL)	s.t.
6	Lucien Rich (FRA)	s.t.
7	Camille Botte (BEL)	+ 47"
8	Firmin Lambot (BEL)	+ 1' 09"
9	Léon Scieur (FRA)	s.t.
10	Henri Pélissier (FRA)	+ 1' 46"

General classification after stage 2^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)
2	Romain Bellenger (FRA)	+ 2' 00"
3	Léon Scieur (FRA)	+ 3' 09"
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 3[edit]

28 June 1923 — Cherbourg-en-Cotentin to Brest, 405 km (252 mi)^[1]

Stage 3 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Henri Pélissier (FRA)	15h 44' 15"
2	Francis Pélissier (FRA)	s.t.
3	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	+ 37"
4	Philippe Thys (BEL)	s.t.
5	Romain Bellenger (FRA)	s.t.
6	Hector Tiberghien (BEL)	s.t.
7	Lucien Buysse (BEL)	s.t.
8	Félix Goethals (FRA)	+ 4' 14"
9	Léon Scieur (FRA)	s.t.
10	Alfons Standaert (BEL)	+ 4' 42"

General classification after stage 3^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)
2	Romain Bellenger (FRA)	+ 2' 00"
3	Léon Scieur (FRA)	+ 6' 41"
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 4[edit]

30 June 1923 — Brest to Les Sables-d'Olonne, 412 km (256 mi)^[1]

Stage 4 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Albert Dejonghe (BEL)	15h 13' 30"
2	Hector Tiberghien (BEL)	s.t.
3	Philippe Thys (BEL)	s.t.
4	Eugène Dhers (FRA)	+ 8' 13"
5	Romain Bellenger (FRA)	+ 9' 20"
6	Jean Alavoine (FRA)	s.t.
7	Firmin Lambot (BEL)	s.t.
8	Félix Goethals (FRA)	+ 11' 06"
9	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	+ 15' 14"
10	Francis Pélissier (FRA)	s.t.

General classification after stage 4^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Romain Bellenger (FRA)
2	Hector Tiberghien (BEL)	+ 3' 15"
3	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	+ 3' 54"
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 5[edit]

2 July 1923 — Les Sables-d'Olonne to Bayonne, 482 km (300 mi)^[1]

Stage 5 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Robert Jacquinot (FRA)	20h 16' 26"
2	Louis Mottiat (BEL)	s.t.
3	Joseph Normand (FRA)	s.t.
4	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	s.t.
5	Alfons Standaert (BEL)	s.t.
6	Henri Pélissier (FRA)	s.t.
7	Léon Van Aken (BEL)	s.t.
8	Arsène Alancourt (FRA)	s.t.
9	Félix Goethals (FRA)	s.t.
10	Eugène Dhers (FRA)	s.t.

General classification after stage 5^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Romain Bellenger (FRA)
2	Hector Tiberghien (BEL)	+ 3' 15"
3	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	+ 3' 54"
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 6[edit]

4 July 1923 — Bayonne to Luchon, 326 km (203 mi)^[1]

Stage 6 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Jean Alavoine (FRA)	16h 05' 22"
2	Robert Jacquinot (FRA)	+ 16' 05"
3	Joseph Normand (FRA)	+ 16' 46"
4	Henri Pélissier (FRA)	+ 23' 18"
5	Camille Botte (BEL)	+ 24' 31"
6	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	+ 27' 15"
7	Lucien Buysse (BEL)	+ 36' 38"
8	Arsène Alancourt (FRA)	+ 40' 38"
9	Henri Collé (SUI)	+ 41' 38"
10	Paul Duboc (FRA)	+ 51' 36"

General classification after stage 6^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)
2	Jean Alavoine (FRA)	+ 8' 28"
3	Romain Bellenger (FRA)	+ 21' 50"
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 7[edit]

6 July 1923 — Luchon to Perpignan, 323 km (201 mi)^[1]

Stage 7 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Jean Alavoine (FRA)	12h 47' 58"
2	Romain Bellenger (FRA)	s.t.
3	Henri Pélissier (FRA)	s.t.
4	Francis Pélissier (FRA)	s.t.
5	Hector Tiberghien (BEL)	s.t.
6	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	s.t.
7	Henri Collé (SUI)	s.t.
8	Théophile Beeckman (BEL)	+ 2' 30"
9	Léon Despontin (BEL)	s.t.
10	Arsène Alancourt (FRA)	s.t.

General classification after stage 7^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)
2	Jean Alavoine (FRA)	+ 8' 28"
3	Romain Bellenger (FRA)	+ 21' 50"
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 8[edit]

8 July 1923 — Perpignan to Toulon, 427 km (265 mi)^[1]

Stage 8 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Lucien Buysse (BEL)	16h 15' 35"
2	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	+ 16' 16"
3	Henri Pélissier (FRA)	s.t.
4	Hector Tiberghien (BEL)	s.t.
5	Marcel Huot (FRA)	s.t.
6	Robert Jacquinot (FRA)	s.t.
7	Francis Pélissier (FRA)	s.t.
8	Joseph Muller (FRA)	s.t.
9	Lucien Rich (FRA)	s.t.
10	Joseph Normand (FRA)	s.t.

General classification after stage 8^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)
2	Jean Alavoine (FRA)	+ 14' 19"
3	Henri Pélissier (FRA)	+ 22' 08"
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5
6
7
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9
10

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w "17ème Tour de France 1923". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 15 September 2011.

[MdC1923-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w "17ème Tour de France 1923". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 15 September 2011.

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