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| The decisive stage was Luchon - Pau, the "Circle of Death". Maes won, with Magne losing nearly fourteen minutes and Vervaecke all but twenty. |
Political uphevals in Europe saw no Italians in the race, but instead four-man teams from Jugoslavia, Romania, Austria, Holland and Switzerland lined up against the ten men teams of Belgium, Germany, Spain/Luxembourg and France. Thirty Touristes-Routiers completed the line up, including Abd-el-Kader Abbès, who had the honour of being the Tour's first African rider. Ten Italians, the so-called "Italians of France", including such luminaries as Rafaële Di Paco and Jules Rossi, received numbers but were prevented from starting. The French rider Maurice Archambaud, the future Hour Record holder, took the lead early on, but Sylvère Maes was lurking and took over the lead after Archambaud lost nearly fifteen minutes at Briançon. Thereafter, Maes easily defended his lead from Antonin Magne, helped by a strong Belgian team which propelled him to victory in four of the five Team Time Trials. (After the previous year's experiments, there was no individual time trial). The decisive stage was Luchon - Pau, the "Circle of Death". Maes won by over eight minutes, with Magne losing nearly fourteen and Félicien Vervaecke all but twenty. Coupled with a five minute penalty to Magne for being given provisions by Victor Fontan, and ten minutes to Vervaecke for riding a bike with gears on the Aubisque, and the race was as good as won. Sylvère had taken over where Romain had left off the previous year.
| Stage | Winner | Overall Leader | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stage 1 | Paris - Lille, 258km | Paul Egli | Paul Egli |
| Stage 2 | Lille - Charleville, 192km | Robert Wierinckx | Maurice Archambaud |
| Stage 3 | Charleville - Metz, 161km | Matt Clemens | Arsène Mersch |
| Stage 4 | Metz - Belfort, 220km | Maurice Archambaud | Archambaud |
| Stage 5 | Belfort - Evian, 298km | René Le Grèves | Archambaud |
| Stage 6 | Evian - Aix-les-Bains, 212km | Eloi Meulenberg | Archambaud |
| Stage 7 | Aix-les-Bains - Grenoble, 230km | Théo Middelkamp | Archambaud |
| Stage 8 | Grenoble - Briançon, 194km | Jean-Marie Goasmat | Sylvère Maes |
| Stage 9 | Briançon - Digne, 220km | Léon Level | Maes |
| Stage 10 | Digne - Nice, 156km | Paul Maye | Maes |
| Stage 11 | Nice - Cannes, 126km | Federico Ezquerra | Maes |
| Stage 12 | Cannes - Marseille, 195km | Le Grèves | Maes |
| Stage 13 A | Marseille - Nîmes, 112km | Le Grèves | Maes |
| Stage 13 B | Nîmes - Montpellier, 52km TTT | Sylvère Maes * | Maes |
| Stage 14 A | Montpellier - Narbonne, 103km | Le Grèves | Maes |
| Stage 14 B | Narbonne - Perpignan, 63km TTT | Sylvère Maes ** | Maes |
| Stage 15 | Perpignan - Luchon, 325km | Sauveur Ducazeaux | Maes |
| Stage 16 | Luchon - Pau, 194km | Sylvère Maes | Maes |
| Stage 17 | Pau - Bordeaux, 229km | Le Grèves | Maes |
| Stage 18 A | Bordeaux - Saintes, 117km | Meulenberg | Maes |
| Stage 18 B | Saintes - La Rochelle, 75km TTT | Sylvère Maes *** | Maes |
| Stage 19 A | La Rochelle - La Roche-sûr-Yon, 81km | Marcel Kint | Maes |
| Stage 19 B | La Roche-sûr-Yon - Cholet, 65km TTT | Félicien Vervaecke **** | Maes |
| Stage 19 C | Cholet - Angers, 67km | Maye | Maes |
| Stage 20 A | Angers - Vire, 204km | Le Grèves | Maes |
| Stage 20 B | Vire - Caen, 55km TTT | Antonin Magne ***** | Maes |
| Stage 21 | Caen - Paris, 234km | Arsène Mersch | Maes |
* Sylvère Maes, Félicien Vervaecke, Albert Hendrickx, Marcel Kint, François Neuville, Cyriel Van Overberghe
** Maes, Vervaecke, Neuville, Kint
*** Maes, Vervaecke, Kint, Hendrickx
**** Vervaecke, Kint, Maes, Eloi Meulenberg, Van Overberghe, Hendrickx, Neuville
***** Antonin Magne, Pierre Cogan, René Le Grèves, Raoul Lesueur, Robert Tanneveau
1st: Sylvère Maes, Belgium, 4438km in 142h 47' 32" (31.072km/h)
2nd: Antonin Magne, France, @26' 55"
3rd: Félicien Vervaecke, Belgium, @27' 53"
4th: Pierre Clemens, Luxembourg (Spain - Luxembourg combined team), @42' 42"
5th: Arsène Mersch, Luxembourg (Spain - Luxembourg combined team), @53' 24"
6th: Mariano Cañardo, Spain (Spain - Luxembourg combined team), @1h 03' 04"
7th: Matt Clemens, Luxembourg (Spain - Luxembourg combined team), @1h 10' 44"
8th: Léo Amberg, Switzerland, @1h 19' 13"
9th: Marcel Kint, Belgium, @1h 22' 25"
10th: Léon Level, France (Touriste - Routier), @1h 27' 57"
(43rd: Aldo Bertocco, France (Touriste - Routier) @4h 49' 07")
1st: Julien Berrendero, Spain (Spain - Luxembourg combined team) 132
2nd: Sylvére Maes, Belgium, 112
3rd: Federico Ezquerra, Spain (Spain - Luxembourg combined team) 99
1st: Belgium 430h 12' 54"
2nd: Spain - Luxemburg @48' 20"
3rd: France @2h 19' 40"