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1929 Tour de France

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{{Infobox cycling race report

| name = 1929 Tour de France

| image = Route of the 1929 Tour de France.png

| image_caption = Route of the 1929 Tour de France followed counterclockwise, starting in Paris

| image_alt =

| image_size = 360px

| date = 30 June – 28 July 1929

| stages = 22

| distance = 5286

| unit = km

| time = 186h 39' 16"

| first = Maurice De Waele

| first_nat = BEL

| first_color = yellow

| first_team = Alcyon

| second = Giuseppe Pancera

| second_nat = ITA

| second_natvar = 1861

| second_team = La Rafale

| third = Jef Demuysere

| third_nat = BEL

| third_team = Lucifer

| previous = 1928

| next = 1930

}}

The 1929 Tour de France was the 23rd edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 30 June to 28 July. It consisted of 22 stages over {{convert|5286|km|0|abbr=on}}.

Nicolas Frantz had won two consecutive Tours, in 1927 and 1928, and was looking for a third. In addition the 1926 Tour winner, Lucien Buysse, was looking for another title.

Victor Fontan, leader of the general classification and therefore wearer of the yellow jersey, crashed in the Pyrenees during stage 10, breaking the forks to his bicycle. At that time, a rule stated that a rider must finish a stage with the bike he started it with. Fontan went house to house, looking for a bike to borrow. He eventually found one and rode 145 km to the finish line, with his broken bike strapped to his back. At the end of the day Fontan quit the race in tears. The rule was removed for the 1930 Tour de France.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=91–93}}

The Tour was won by Belgian Maurice De Waele, although he was sick during the race. The Tour organisation was not content with the outcome of the race, because the strongest team Alycon had been able to deliver the winner even though he was sick, so they changed the rules after the 1929 Tour de France, and for the next years there were no sponsored teams but only national or regional teams.

Innovations and changes

In 1928, many stages were in the team-time-trial format, where the teams started separately. The Tour organisation had invented this rule to make the flat stages more competitive, but it had the effect that the public stopped following the race. Therefore, in 1929 the most stages were run in the normal format, except for stages 12, 19 and 20, the stages that were expected to be raced slower than 30 km/h.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=91–93}}>

The entire podium in 1928 was occupied by members from the Alcyon cycling team. The tour organisation wanted the Tour to be an individual race, so in 1929 the teams were officially not there, and riders started in the A-category (professional cyclists) or as touriste-routiers (semi-professional or amateur).{{cite web|url=http://www.veloarchive.com/races/tour/1929.php|title=1929: A "moribund" winner|author=Tom James|date=15 August 2003|access-date=29 September 2009}}

In 1928, cyclist could be helped when they had a flat tire; in 1929 this rule was reversed, and cyclists had to fix their flat tires by themselves.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=91–93}}

Participants

{{main list|List of cyclists in the 1929 Tour de France}}

Race overview

{{main|1929 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11|1929 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 22}}

File:Maurice De Waele Tour de France 1929.JPG, winner of the 1929 Tour de France]]

In the first stages, the cyclists remained close to each other. Aimé Dossche won the first stage, and kept the lead for the next two stages.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=91–93}} In the fourth stage, Maurice De Waele and Louis De Lannoy escaped from the bunch. De Lannoy won the stage, while Dewaele took over the lead in the general classification.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=91–93}}

In the seventh stage, De Waele had two flat tires, and was not in the first group.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=91–93}} Three man from that first group now shared the lead. There was no rule for this situation, so all three cyclists were given the yellow jersey in the next stage.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=91–93}}

In stage eight, this situation was solved, as Gaston Rebry took over the lead.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=91–93}}

In the ninth stage, the first mountain stage, Lucien Buysse, the winner of the 1926 Tour de France and now racing as a touriste-routier, took the lead early in the race, and mounted the Aubisque first. In the descent, De Waele and Victor Fontan caught him.{{cite web|url=http://www.wielercentrum.com/tourdefrance/achtergronden%5Ctourverhalen%5C1929--Maurice-Dewaele-wint-na-verschrikkelijke-martelgang-511.html|title=1929: Maurice Dewaele wint na verschrikkelijke martelgang|publisher=Tourdefrance.nl|language=nl|access-date=30 September 2009|date=19 March 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016145549/http://www.wielercentrum.com/tourdefrance/achtergronden/tourverhalen/1929--Maurice-Dewaele-wint-na-verschrikkelijke-martelgang-511.html|archive-date=16 October 2012|url-status=usurped}} De Waele then punctured and lost eight minutes.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=91–93}} Fontan was caught by the Spaniard Salvador Cardona, but his second place in the stage gave him the lead in the general classification. In the tenth stage, after only seven kilometers Fontan broke his fork. Some sources say he hit a dog, others say he fell in a gutter.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=91–93}} He is said to have knocked on every door of a small town before he found a replacement bicycle. According to the rules, he had to finish the race with the bicycle he started with, so he strapped the broken bicycle to his back, and rode for 145 through the Pyrenees with a broken bicycle on his back, before he finally gave up.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=91–93}}

After that tenth stage, Maurice De Waele was leading the general classification. One hour before the start of the fifteenth stage, he collapsed. The Alcyon team asked for the stage to be started one hour later, which was granted.{{sfn|McGann|McGann|2006|pp=91–93}} De Waele was literally dragged on his bicycle, and his teammates rode shoulder-to-shoulder to prevent opponents from attacking. At the end of the stage, his teammates had helped him so much that he had lost only 13 minutes to the winner, finishing in 11th place. In the sixteenth stage, De Waele became better, and only Charles Pélissier could win time on him.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingrevealed.com/timeline/Race%20Snippets/TdF/TdF1929.htm|publisher=Cycling revealed|author=Barry Boyce|title=The Victory of a Moribund|year=2004|access-date=30 September 2009}}

After the race was over, Jef Demuysere received 25 minutes penalty time in the general classification because he had taken drinks where this was not allowed. This moved him from the second place in the general classification to the third place.

Results

In stages 12, 19 and 20, the cyclists started in teams. The cyclist who reached the finish fastest was the winner of the stage. In the other stages all cyclists started together.

The time that each cyclist required to finish the stage was recorded. For the general classification, these times were added up; the cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey.

=Stage results=

class="wikitable"

|+ Stage characteristics and winners{{cite web|url=http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1929.php |publisher=Mémoire du cyclisme |title=23ème Tour de France 1929 |language=fr |access-date=25 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918090359/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1929.php |archive-date=18 September 2009 |url-status=dead }}{{sfn|Augendre|2016|p=27}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html#1929 |title=Tour de France GC top ten |author=Arian Zwegers |publisher=CVCC |access-date=25 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822204018/http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html |archive-date=22 August 2010 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|title=The history of the Tour de France – Year 1929 – The stage winners|url=http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1929/vainqueurs.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|access-date=2 April 2020}}

scope="col" | Stage

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Course

! scope="col" | Distance

! scope="col" colspan="2" | Type{{efn|The stages 12, 19 and 20, indicated by the clock icon, were run as team time trials. The other stages, indicated by the other icons, were run individually, and the icons indicate whether the stage included mountains.}}

! scope="col" | Winner

! scope="col" | Race leader

scope="row" | 1

| style="text-align:center;" |30 June|| Paris to Caen ||{{convert|206|km|mi|abbr=on}}|| File:Plainstage.svg || Plain stage || {{Flag athlete|Aimé Dossche|BEL}}|| {{Flag athlete|Aimé Dossche|BEL}}

scope="row" | 2

| style="text-align:center;" |1 July|| Caen to Cherbourg-en-Cotentin ||{{convert|140|km|mi|abbr=on}}|| File:Plainstage.svg || Plain stage || {{Flag athlete|André Leducq|FRA}}|| {{Flag athlete|Aimé Dossche|BEL}}

scope="row" | 3

| style="text-align:center;" |2 July|| Cherbourg to Dinan ||{{convert|199|km|mi|abbr=on}}|| File:Plainstage.svg || Plain stage || {{Flag athlete|Omer Taverne|BEL}}|| {{Flag athlete|Aimé Dossche|BEL}}

scope="row" | 4

| style="text-align:center;" |3 July|| Dinan to Brest ||{{convert|206|km|mi|abbr=on}}|| File:Plainstage.svg || Plain stage || {{Flag athlete|Louis Delannoy|BEL}}|| {{Flag athlete|Maurice Dewaele|BEL}}

scope="row" | 5

| style="text-align:center;" |4 July|| Brest to Vannes ||{{convert|208|km|mi|abbr=on}}|| File:Plainstage.svg || Plain stage || {{Flag athlete|Gustaaf van Slembrouck|BEL}}|| {{Flag athlete|Maurice Dewaele|BEL}}

scope="row" | 6

| style="text-align:center;" |5 July|| Vannes to Les Sables d'Olonne ||{{convert|206|km|mi|abbr=on}}|| File:Plainstage.svg || Plain stage || {{Flag athlete|Paul Le Drogo|FRA}}|| {{Flag athlete|Maurice Dewaele|BEL}}

scope="row" | 7

| style="text-align:center;" |6 July|| Les Sables d'Olonne to Bordeaux ||{{convert|285|km|mi|abbr=on}}|| File:Plainstage.svg || Plain stage || {{Flag athlete|Nicolas Frantz|LUX}}|| {{Flag athlete|Nicolas Frantz|LUX}}
{{Flag athlete|André Leducq|FRA}}
{{Flag athlete|Victor Fontan|FRA}}{{efn|After the seventh stage, Frantz, Leducq and Fontan led the general classification with exactly the same time. There was no rule in this situation to determine who was the leader, so all three were considered leaders.}}

scope="row" | 8

| style="text-align:center;" |7 July|| Bordeaux to Bayonne ||{{convert|182|km|mi|abbr=on}}|| File:Plainstage.svg || Plain stage || {{Flag athlete|Julien Moineau|FRA}}|| {{Flag athlete|Gaston Rebry|BEL}}

scope="row" | 9

| style="text-align:center;" |9 July|| Bayonne to Luchon || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|363|km|mi|abbr=on}}|| File:Mountainstage.svg || Stage with mountain(s) || {{Flag athlete|Salvador Cardona|ESP|1785}}|| {{Flag athlete|Victor Fontan|FRA}}

scope="row" | 10

| style="text-align:center;" |11 July|| Luchon to Perpignan || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|323|km|mi|abbr=on}}|| File:Mountainstage.svg || Stage with mountain(s) || {{Flag athlete|Jef Demuysere|BEL}}|| {{Flag athlete|Maurice Dewaele|BEL}}

scope="row" | 11

| style="text-align:center;" |13 July|| Perpignan to Marseille ||{{convert|366|km|mi|abbr=on}}|| File:Plainstage.svg || Plain stage || {{Flag athlete|André Leducq|FRA}}|| {{Flag athlete|Maurice Dewaele|BEL}}

scope="row" | 12

| style="text-align:center;" |15 July|| Marseille to Cannes || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|191|km|mi|abbr=on}}|| File:Time Trial.svg || Team time trial || {{Flag athlete|Marcel Bidot|FRA}}|| {{Flag athlete|Maurice Dewaele|BEL}}

scope="row" | 13

| style="text-align:center;" |16 July|| Cannes to Nice || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|133|km|mi|abbr=on}}|| File:Mountainstage.svg || Stage with mountain(s) || {{Flag athlete|Benoît Fauré|FRA}}|| {{Flag athlete|Maurice Dewaele|BEL}}

scope="row" | 14

| style="text-align:center;" |18 July|| Nice to Grenoble || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|333|km|mi|abbr=on}}|| File:Mountainstage.svg || Stage with mountain(s) || {{Flag athlete|Gaston Rebry|BEL}}|| {{Flag athlete|Maurice Dewaele|BEL}}

scope="row" | 15

| style="text-align:center;" |20 July|| Grenoble to Evian || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|329|km|mi|abbr=on}}|| File:Mountainstage.svg || Stage with mountain(s) || {{Flag athlete|Julien Vervaecke|BEL}}|| {{Flag athlete|Maurice Dewaele|BEL}}

scope="row" | 16

| style="text-align:center;" |22 July|| Evian to Belfort || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|283|km|mi|abbr=on}}|| File:Mountainstage.svg || Stage with mountain(s) || {{Flag athlete|Charles Pélissier|FRA}}|| {{Flag athlete|Maurice Dewaele|BEL}}

scope="row" | 17

| style="text-align:center;" |23 July|| Belfort to Strasbourg ||{{convert|145|km|mi|abbr=on}}|| File:Plainstage.svg || Plain stage || {{Flag athlete|André Leducq|FRA}}|| {{Flag athlete|Maurice Dewaele|BEL}}

scope="row" | 18

| style="text-align:center;" |24 July|| Strasbourg to Metz ||{{convert|165|km|mi|abbr=on}}|| File:Plainstage.svg || Plain stage || {{Flag athlete|André Leducq|FRA}}|| {{Flag athlete|Maurice Dewaele|BEL}}

scope="row" | 19

| style="text-align:center;" |25 July|| Metz to Charleville || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|159|km|mi|abbr=on}}|| File:Time Trial.svg || Team time trial || {{Flag athlete|Bernard van Rysselberghe|BEL}}|| {{Flag athlete|Maurice Dewaele|BEL}}

scope="row" | 20

| style="text-align:center;" |26 July|| Charleville to Malo-les-Bains || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|270|km|mi|abbr=on}}|| File:Time Trial.svg || Team time trial || {{Flag athlete|Maurice Dewaele|BEL}}|| {{Flag athlete|Maurice Dewaele|BEL}}

scope="row" | 21

| style="text-align:center;" |27 July|| Malo-les-Bains to Dieppe ||{{convert|234|km|mi|abbr=on}}|| File:Plainstage.svg || Plain stage || {{Flag athlete|André Leducq|FRA}}|| {{Flag athlete|Maurice Dewaele|BEL}}

scope="row" | 22

| style="text-align:center;" |28 July|| Dieppe to Paris ||{{convert|332|km|mi|abbr=on}}|| File:Plainstage.svg || Plain stage || {{Flag athlete|Nicolas Frantz|LUX}}|| {{Flag athlete|Maurice Dewaele|BEL}}

scope="row" |

| colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| Total

| colspan="5" style="text-align:center"| {{convert|5286|km|0|abbr=on}}{{sfn|Augendre|2016|p=108}}

=General classification=

During the 1929 Tour de France, the cyclists did not race in trade teams, but still the cyclists of the same team cooperated.

class="wikitable" style="width:42em;margin-bottom:0;"

|+ Final general classification (1–10){{cite web|title=The history of the Tour de France – Year 1929 – Stage 22 Dieppe > Paris|url=http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1929/2200/etape.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|access-date=2 April 2020}}

scope="col" | Rankscope="col" | Riderscope="col" | Sponsorscope="col" | Time
scope="row" |1

|{{Flag athlete|Maurice De Waele|BEL}}

|Alcyon

|align=right|186h 39' 15"

scope="row" |2

|{{Flag athlete|Giuseppe Pancera|ITA|1861}}

|La Rafale

| style="text-align:right;" | 44' 23"

scope="row" |3

|{{Flag athlete|Joseph Demuysere|BEL}}

|Lucifer

| style="text-align:right;" | 57' 10"

scope="row" |4

|{{Flag athlete|Salvador Cardona|ESP|1785}}

|Fontan–Wolber

| style="text-align:right;" | 57' 46"

scope="row" |5

|{{Flag athlete|Nicolas Frantz|LUX}}

|Alcyon

| style="text-align:right;" | 58' 00"

scope="row" |6

|{{Flag athlete|Louis Delannoy|BEL}}

|La Française

|align=right|+1h 06' 09"

scope="row" |7

|{{Flag athlete|Antonin Magne|FRA}}

|Alleluia–Wolber

|align=right|+1h 08' 00"

scope="row" |8

|{{Flag athlete|Julien Vervaecke|BEL}}

|Alcyon

|align=right|+2h 01' 37"

scope="row" |9

|{{Flag athlete|Pierre Magne|FRA}}

|Alleluia–Wolber

|align=right|+2h 03' 00"

scope="row" |10

|{{Flag athlete|Gaston Rebry|BEL}}

|Alcyon

|align=right|+2h 17' 49"

class="collapsible collapsed wikitable" style="width:42em;margin-top:-1px;"
scope="col" colspan="4" | Final general classification (11–60)
scope="col" | Rankscope="col" | Riderscope="col" | Sponsorscope="col" | Time
scope="row" | 11

| {{Flag athlete|André Leducq|FRA}}||Alcyon || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 24' 51"

scope="row" | 12

| {{Flag athlete|Frans Bonduel|BEL}}||Dilecta-Wolber || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 52' 35"

scope="row" | 13

| {{Flag athlete|Désiré Louesse|BEL}}||Fontan–Wolber || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 52' 57"

scope="row" | 14

| {{Flag athlete|Bernard Van Rysselberghe|BEL}}||Dilecta-Wolber || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 06' 23"

scope="row" | 15

| {{Flag athlete|Benoit Faure|FRA}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 33' 29"

scope="row" | 16

| {{Flag athlete|Marcel Bidot|FRA}}||La Française || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 40' 49"

scope="row" | 17

| {{Flag athlete|Armand Van Bruaene|BEL}}||De Dion Bouton-Wolber || style="text-align:right;" | + 4h 11' 54"

scope="row" | 18

| {{Flag athlete|Charles Govaert|BEL}}||Elvish-Wolber || style="text-align:right;" | + 4h 14' 24"

scope="row" | 19

| {{Flag athlete|Francis Bouillet|FRA}}||Lucifer || style="text-align:right;" | + 5h 07' 51"

scope="row" | 20

| {{Flag athlete|Ernest Neuhard|FRA}}||De Dion Bouton-Wolber || style="text-align:right;" | + 5h 45' 12"

scope="row" | 21

| {{Flag athlete|Omer Taverne|BEL}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 5h 49' 39"

scope="row" | 22

| {{Flag athlete|Léon Chene|FRA}}||Alleluia–Wolber || style="text-align:right;" | + 6h 00' 07"

scope="row" | 23

| {{Flag athlete|Jules Merviel|FRA}}||La Rafale || style="text-align:right;" | + 6h 05' 02"

scope="row" | 24

| {{Flag athlete|Mario Pomposi|ITA|1861}}||Dilecta-Wolber || style="text-align:right;" | + 6h 14' 09"

scope="row" | 25

| {{Flag athlete|Georges Laloup|FRA}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 6h 30' 50"

scope="row" | 26

| {{Flag athlete|Settimo Innocenti|ITA|1861}}||La Rafale || style="text-align:right;" | + 6h 43' 53"

scope="row" | 27

| {{Flag athlete|Julien Perrain|FRA}}||Elvish-Wolber || style="text-align:right;" | + 8h 31' 45"

scope="row" | 28

| {{Flag athlete|Charles Pélissier|FRA}}||J.B. Louvet-Wolber || style="text-align:right;" | + 8h 54' 03"

scope="row" | 29

| {{Flag athlete|Georges Berton|FRA}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 8h 55' 50"

scope="row" | 30

| {{Flag athlete|Roger Gregoire|FRA}}||Lucifer || style="text-align:right;" | + 9h 50' 15"

scope="row" | 31

| {{Flag athlete|Hector Denis|FRA}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 10h 26' 25"

scope="row" | 32

| {{Flag athlete|Charles Martinet|SUI}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 10h 33' 00"

scope="row" | 33

| {{Flag athlete|Auguste Encrine|FRA}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 11h 32' 17"

scope="row" | 34

| {{Flag athlete|Albert Jordens|BEL}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 11h 35' 10"

scope="row" | 35

| {{Flag athlete|Adrien Plautin|FRA}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 11h 36' 51"

scope="row" | 36

| {{Flag athlete|Jean Preuss|FRA}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 12h 13' 56"

scope="row" | 37

| {{Flag athlete|Guerrino Canova|ITA|1861}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 12h 22' 38"

scope="row" | 38

| {{Flag athlete|François Moreels|FRA}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 12h 38' 15"

scope="row" | 39

| {{Flag athlete|Henri Touzard|FRA}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 12h 41' 44"

scope="row" | 40

| {{Flag athlete|Roger Lebas|FRA}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 13h 08' 33"

scope="row" | 41

| {{Flag athlete|Marcel Mazeyrat|FRA}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 13h 27' 23"

scope="row" | 42

| {{Flag athlete|Leopold Boisselle|FRA}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 13h 49' 49"

scope="row" | 43

| {{Flag athlete|Guy Bariffi|SUI}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 14h 07' 34"

scope="row" | 44

| {{Flag athlete|Paul Delbart|FRA}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 15h 06' 16"

scope="row" | 45

| {{Flag athlete|Henri Thomas|FRA}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 16h 27' 38"

scope="row" | 46

| {{Flag athlete|Robert Recordon|SUI}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 16h 36' 50"

scope="row" | 47

| {{Flag athlete|Eugène Greau|FRA}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 16h 49' 47"

scope="row" | 48

| {{Flag athlete|Edouard Teisseire|FRA}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 17h 09' 50"

scope="row" | 49

| {{Flag athlete|Battista Berardi|ITA|1861}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 19h 14' 16"

scope="row" | 50

| {{Flag athlete|Georges Petit|FRA}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 19h 57' 59"

scope="row" | 51

| {{Flag athlete|Eugen Werner|SUI}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 21h 20' 17"

scope="row" | 52

| {{Flag athlete|Marcel Masson|FRA}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 21h 52' 55"

scope="row" | 53

| {{Flag athlete|Henri Prevost|FRA}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 22h 14' 52"

scope="row" | 54

| {{Flag athlete|Marcel Gendrin|FRA}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 22h 24' 53"

scope="row" | 55

| {{Flag athlete|François Ondet|FRA}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 22h 30' 00"

scope="row" | 56

| {{Flag athlete|Charles Cottalorda|FRA}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 23h 06' 13"

scope="row" | 57

| {{Flag athlete|Emile Faillu|FRA}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 24h 50' 41"

scope="row" | 58

| {{Flag athlete|Paul Denis|FRA}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 25h 17' 57"

scope="row" | 59

| {{Flag athlete|Marcel Ilpide|FRA}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 26h 08' 50"

scope="row" | 60

| {{Flag athlete|André Leger|FRA}}||Touriste-Routier || style="text-align:right;" | + 31h 37' 55"

=Other classifications=

The organisers, from the newspaper l'Auto, named a meilleur grimpeur (best climber), an unofficial precursor to the modern King of the Mountains competition. This award was won by Victor Fontan.{{cite web|url=http://www.tour-giro-vuelta.net |title=Tour-giro-vuelta |access-date=25 September 2009 |author=Michiel van Lonkhuyzen |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090406025432/http://www.tour-giro-vuelta.net/ |archive-date=6 April 2009 |url-status=live }}

Aftermath

After Victor Fontan had to give up in the tenth stage because of mechanical problems while he was leading the race, journalist Louis Delblat wrote that the rules should be changed, because a Tour should not be lost because of mechanical problems. Eventually the rule changed, but only after Tour director Henri Desgrange retired.

The team-time-trial format, which had been introduced to equalize power between the teams, had completely failed. It was removed for the 1930 Tour de France.{{cite web|url=http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1929/histoire.html|title=The Tour - Year 1929|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|access-date=30 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160902063238/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1929/histoire.html|archive-date=2 September 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} Between 1935 and 1937, the concept was seen back, and returned again in 1954.

Henri Desgrange was angry at the outcome of the race. The strongest trade team decided who the winner was, while Desgrange wanted the strongest individual to win. Immediately after the 1929 Tour de France, he announced that he would drastically change the rules for the 1930 Tour de France.{{cite news|url=http://ouestfrance.cd-script.fr/opdf/1929/08/01/85/1929-08-01_85_07.pdf#navpanes=0&pagemode=none|title=Le Tour de France est mort! Vive le Tour de France!|author=Guérin, Robert|date=1 August 1929|access-date=18 August 2010|language=fr|work=l'Ouest-Eclair|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720210805/http://ouestfrance.cd-script.fr/opdf/1929/08/01/85/1929-08-01_85_07.pdf#navpanes=0&pagemode=none|archive-date=20 July 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} He removed the trade teams completely, and replaced them by national teams.

The winner of the race, Dewaele, would never reach his level of 1929 again. In 1931 he ended his Tour de France career with a fifth place.{{cite web|url=http://www.wielercentrum.com/tourdefrance/achtergronden%5Ctourwinnaars%5C1929--Maurice-Dewaele-779.html|title=1929: Maurice Dewaele|publisher=tourdefrance.nl|date=12 May 2003|access-date=30 September 2009|language=nl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016145226/http://www.wielercentrum.com/tourdefrance/achtergronden/tourwinnaars/1929--Maurice-Dewaele-779.html|archive-date=16 October 2012|url-status=usurped}}

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Bibliography

  • {{cite web|first=Jacques|last=Augendre|author-link=Jacques Augendre|url=http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf|title=Guide historique|trans-title=Historical guide|year=2016|language=fr|access-date=27 October 2016|format=PDF|work=Tour de France|location=Paris|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817121602/http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf|archive-date=17 August 2016|url-status=live}}
  • {{cite book|last1=McGann|first1=Bill|last2=McGann|first2=Carol|title=The Story of the Tour de France: 1903–1964|volume=1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jxq20JskqMUC|publisher=Dog Ear Publishing|location=Indianapolis, IN|year=2006|isbn=978-1-59858-180-5}}

Further reading

  • {{cite book|title=Mapping Le Tour|first=Ellis|last=Bacon|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|location=Glasgow|year=2014|pages=68–69|isbn=9780007543991|oclc=872700415}}

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