Magne makes his mark

Not even a super-strong Belgian team could dislodge Antonin Magne from the lead as he proved a worthy successor to his compatriot André Leducq. The Italian Rafaele Di Paco and, once again, Charles Pélissier fought out a series of sprints on the flat stages, but "Tonin" made his move on the first Pyreneen stage to win alone by more than four minutes from Antonio Pesenti. Pesenti remained his nearest challenger until the penultimate stage, when Rebry, Magne and Demuysère broke away from the bunch and eventually finish with more than 17 minutes in hand. This was sufficient to move Demuysère up to second and Rebry to fourth, but despite Belgium placing four riders in the top six, Magne, "the Taciturn", ran out a comfortable-enough winner in the end. Antonio Pesenti was to have his moment of glory the following year when he won the Giro.

Stage winners

	Stage	Winner	Overall Leader
Stage 1	Paris - Caen, 208km	Alfred Hamerlinck	Alfred Hamerlinck
Stage 2	Caen - Dinan, 212km	Max Bulla	Max Bulla
Stage 3	Dinan - Brest, 206km	Fabio Battesini	Léon Le Calvez
Stage 4	Brest - Vannes, 211km	André Godinat	Rafaele Di Paco
Stage 5	Vannes - Les Sables d'Olonne, 202km	Charles Pélissier	Di Paco and Charles Pélissier
Stage 6	Les Sables d'Olonne - Bordeaux, 338km	Hamerlinck	Di Paco
Stage 7	Bordeaux - Bayonne, 180km	Gérard Loncke	Di Paco
Stage 8	Bayonne - Pau, 106km	Pélissier	Pélissier
Stage 9	Pau - Luchon, 231km	Antonin Magne	Antonin Magne
Stage 10	Luchon - Perpignan, 322km	Rafaele Di Paco	Magne
Stage 11	Perpignan - Montpellier, 164km	Di Paco	Magne
Stage 12	Montpellier - Marseille, 207km	Bulla	Magne
Stage 13	Marseille - Cannes, 181km	Pélissier	Magne
Stage 14	Cannes - Nice, 132km	Eugenio Gestri	Magne
Stage 15	Nice - Gap, 233km	Jef Demuysère	Magne
Stage 16	Gap - Grenoble, 102km	Pélissier	Magne
Stage 17	Grenoble - Aix-les-Bains, 230km	Bulla	Magne
Stage 18	Aix-les-Bains - Evian, 204km	Demuysère	Magne
Stage 19	Evian - Belfort, 282km	Di Paco	Magne
Stage 20	Belfort - Colmar, 209km	André Leducq	Magne
Stage 21	Colmar - Metz, 192km	Di Paco	Magne
Stage 22	Metz - Charleville, 159km	Di Paco	Magne
Stage 23	Charleville - Malo-les-Bains, 271km	Gaston Rebry	Magne
Stage 24	Malo-les-Bains - Paris, 313km	Pélissier	Magne

In a nutshell

A minor piece of history was made on the second day: Austrian Max Bulla became the first Touriste-Routier to wear the yellow jersey.

Results

Overall

1st: Antonin Magne, France, 5095km in 177h 10' 03" (28.735km/h)
2nd: Jef Demuysère, Belgium, @12' 56"
3rd: Antonio Pesenti, Italy, @22' 51"
4th: Gaston Rebry, Belgium, @46' 40"
5th: Maurice Dewaele, Belgium @49' 46"
6th: Julien Vervaecke, Belgium, @1h 10' 11"
7th: Louis Péglion, France, @1h 16' 33"
8th: Erich Metze, Germany, @1h 19' 59"
9th: Albert Büchi, Switzerland (Australia - Switzerland combined team), @1h 29' 29"
10th: André Leducq, France, @1h 30' 08"

(35th: Richard Lamb, Australia (Australia - Switzerland combined team), @6h 27' 06")

Team

1st: Belgium 533h 19' 31"
2nd: France @57' 19"
3rd: Germany @3h 11' 38"

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