1920 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 8

The 1920 Tour de France was the 14th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Paris with a flat stage on 27 June, and Stage 8 occurred on 11 July with a flat stage to Aix-en-Provence. The race finished in Paris on 27 July.

Stage 1 edit

27 June 1920 — Paris to Le Havre, 388 km (241 mi)^[1]

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

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Louis Mottiat (BEL)	14h 50' 46"
2	Jean Rossius (BEL)	s.t.
3	Philippe Thys (BEL)	s.t.
4	Félix Goethals (FRA)	s.t.
5	Émile Masson (BEL)	s.t.
6	Francis Pélissier (FRA)	+ 2' 46"
7	Eugène Dhers (FRA)	+ 15' 33"
8	Henri Pélissier (FRA)	+ 16' 56"
9	Eugène Christophe (FRA)	s.t.
10	Léon Scieur (BEL)	s.t.

Stage 2 edit

29 June 1920 — Le Havre to Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, 364 km (226 mi)^[1]

Stage 2 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Philippe Thys (BEL)	15h 17' 48"
2	Félix Goethals (FRA)	s.t.
3	René Chassot (FRA)	s.t.
4	Francis Pélissier (FRA)	s.t.
5	Hector Tiberghien (BEL)	s.t.
6	Jules Masselis (BEL)	s.t.
7	Louis Mottiat (BEL)	s.t.
8	Émile Masson (BEL)	s.t.
9	Félix Sellier (BEL)	s.t.
10	Théo Wynsdau (BEL)	s.t.

General classification after stage 2^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
=1	Philippe Thys (BEL)
=1	Jean Rossius (BEL)
=1	Louis Mottiat (BEL)
=1	Félix Goethals (FRA)
=1	Émile Masson (BEL)
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 3 edit

1 July 1920 — Cherbourg-en-Cotentin to Brest, 405 km (252 mi)^[1]

Stage 3 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Henri Pélissier (FRA)	16h 09' 00"
2	Émile Masson (BEL)	s.t.
3	Eugène Christophe (FRA)	s.t.
4	Philippe Thys (BEL)	s.t.
5	Hector Heusghem (BEL)	s.t.
6	Honoré Barthélémy (FRA)	s.t.
7	Jean Rossius (BEL)	s.t.
8	Léon Scieur (BEL)	s.t.
9	Félix Goethals (FRA)	s.t.
10	Louis Heusghem (BEL)	s.t.

General classification after stage 3^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
=1	Philippe Thys (BEL)
=1	Jean Rossius (BEL)
=1	Félix Goethals (FRA)
=1	Émile Masson (BEL)
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 4 edit

3 July 1920 — Brest to Les Sables-d'Olonne, 412 km (256 mi)^[1]

Stage 4 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Henri Pélissier (FRA)	15h 59' 28"
2	Philippe Thys (BEL)	s.t.
3	Romain Bellenger (FRA)	s.t.
4	Louis Mottiat (BEL)	s.t.
5	Hector Heusghem (BEL)	s.t.
6	Eugène Christophe (FRA)	s.t.
7	Émile Masson (BEL)	s.t.
8	Robert Jacquinot (FRA)	+ 13' 56"
9	Louis Heusghem (BEL)	s.t.
10	Hector Tiberghien (BEL)	s.t.

General classification after stage 4^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
=1	Philippe Thys (BEL)
=1	Émile Masson (BEL)
3	Eugène Christophe (FRA)	+ 16' 56"
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 5 edit

5 July 1920 — Les Sables-d'Olonne to Bayonne, 482 km (300 mi)^[1]

Stage 5 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Firmin Lambot (BEL)	19h 44' 00"
2	Philippe Thys (BEL)	s.t.
3	Jean Rossius (BEL)	s.t.
4	Joseph Van Daele (BEL)	s.t.
5	Félix Goethals (FRA)	s.t.
6	Hector Heusghem (BEL)	s.t.
7	Louis Mottiat (BEL)	s.t.
8	Honoré Barthélémy (FRA)	s.t.
9	Émile Masson (BEL)	s.t.
10	Léon Scieur (BEL)	s.t.

General classification after stage 5^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
=1	Philippe Thys (BEL)
=1	Émile Masson (BEL)
3	Hector Heusghem (BEL)	+ 16' 56"
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 6 edit

7 July 1920 — Bayonne to Luchon, 326 km (203 mi)^[1]

Stage 6 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Firmin Lambot (BEL)	15h 15' 25"
2	Philippe Thys (BEL)	+ 2' 31"
3	Hector Heusghem (BEL)	+ 13' 49"
4	Louis Heusghem (BEL)	+ 28' 05"
5	Léon Scieur (BEL)	+ 41' 42"
6	Émile Masson (BEL)	+ 55' 05"
7	Louis Mottiat (BEL)	+ 1h 00' 46"
8	Félix Goethals (FRA)	+ 1h 04' 10"
9	Honoré Barthélémy (FRA)	+ 1h 09' 35"
10	Jean Rossius (BEL)	+ 1h 10' 00"

General classification after stage 6^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Philippe Thys (BEL)
2	Hector Heusghem (BEL)	+ 28' 14"
3	Émile Masson (BEL)	+ 52' 34"
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 7 edit

9 July 1920 — Luchon to Perpignan, 323 km (201 mi)^[1]

Stage 7 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Jean Rossius (BEL)	13h 41' 50"
2	Philippe Thys (BEL)	s.t.
3	Léon Scieur (BEL)	s.t.
4	Firmin Lambot (BEL)	s.t.
5	Hector Heusghem (BEL)	s.t.
6	Honoré Barthélémy (FRA)	+ 15' 26"
7	Louis Heusghem (BEL)	+ 15' 29"
8	Émile Masson (BEL)	+ 36' 34"
9	Louis Mottiat (BEL)	+ 1h 00' 50"
10	Félix Goethals (FRA)	+ 1h 14' 50"

General classification after stage 7^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Philippe Thys (BEL)
2	Hector Heusghem (BEL)	+ 28' 14"
3	Firmin Lambot (BEL)	+ 1h 20' 00"
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 8 edit

11 July 1920 — Perpignan to Aix-en-Provence, 325 km (202 mi)^[1]

Stage 8 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Louis Heusghem (BEL)	12h 12' 18"
2	Philippe Thys (BEL)	+ 8' 03"
3	Hector Heusghem (BEL)	s.t.
4	Léon Scieur (BEL)	s.t.
5	Émile Masson (BEL)	s.t.
6	Firmin Lambot (BEL)	s.t.
7	Louis Mottiat (BEL)	s.t.
8	Joseph Van Daele (BEL)	s.t.
9	Jean Rossius (BEL)	+ 13' 03"
10	Félix Goethals (FRA)	s.t.

General classification after stage 8^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Philippe Thys (BEL)
2	Hector Heusghem (BEL)	+ 28' 14"
3	Firmin Lambot (BEL)	+ 1h 20' 00"
4
5
6
7
8
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 "14ème Tour de France 1920". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011.

[MdC1920-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w "14ème Tour de France 1920". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011.

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