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1928 Tour de France

22nd edition: June 17 - July 15, 1928

Results, stages with running GC and photos

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Map of the 1928 Tour de France

Map of the 1928 Tour de France featuring the Australasian team headed by Hubert Opperman.

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1928 Tour Quick Facts:

5,377 km raced at an average speed of 27.886 km/hr

The 162 starters were put in three groups: sponsored pro teams, independents put on regional teams by the organizers (such as Normandie), and fully independent touristes-routiers.

None of the touristes-routiers, who had a seperate and later start times in many of the stages, finished the 1928 Tour.

The Tour's start was moved up to June 17 to avoid a conflict with the Amsterdam Olympic Games.

Nicolas Frantz, on the powerful Alcyon team, took the lead on the first day and held it to the end. Frantz's frame broke in stage 19.

A bike dealer gave him a replacement bike that was too small, but despite his losing 38 minutes because of the incident, Frantz's lead was so large he retained an overpowering grip on the race.

1928 Tour de France Complete Final General Classification:

  1. Nicolas Frantz (Alcyon): 192hr 48min 58sec
  2. André Leducq (Alcyon) @ 50min 7sec
  3. Maurice De Waele (Alcyon) @ 56min 16sec
  4. Jan Mertens (Thomann) @ 1hr 19min 18sec
  5. Julien Vervaecke (Armor) @ 1hr 53min 32sec
  6. Antonin Magne (Alleluia) @ 2hr 14min 2sec
  7. Victor Fontan (Elvish) @ 5hr 7min 47sec
  8. Marcel Bidot (Alleluia) @ 5hr 18min 28sec
  9. Marcel Huot (Alleluia) @ 5hr 37min 33sec
  10. Pierre Magne (Alleluia) @ 5hr 41minn20sec
  11. Joseph Mauclair (Armor) @ 5hr 44min 1sec
  12. Gaston Rebry (Alcyon) @ 5hr 53min 44sec
  13. Louis Delannoy (Armor) @ 6hr 11min 35sec
  14. Camille Van de Casteele (JB Louvet) @ 7hr 3min 2sec
  15. Salvador Cardona (Elvish) @ 7hr 33min 47sec
  16. Pé Verhaegen (JB Louvet) @ 7hr 39min 56sec
  17. Julien Moineau (Alleluia) @ 8hr 3min 23sec
  18. Hubert Opperman (Ravat-Wonder) @ 8hr 34min 25sec
  19. Désiré Louesse (Alcyon) @ 9hr 27min 21sec
  20. Odile Taillieu (JB Louvet) @ 10hr 23min 18sec
  21. Jean Mouveroux (Fontan) @ 10hr 49min 53sec
  22. Jean Bidot (Alleluia) @ 10hr 56min 30sec
  23. Marcel Autaa (Fontan) @ 11hr 42min 40sec
  24. Raymond Decorte (JB Louvet) @ 12hr 27min 2sec
  25. Paul Filliat (Sud-Est) @ 15hr 51min 56sec
  26. Raphael Calmette (Fontan) @ 15hr 55min 8sec
  27. Maurice Arnoult (Normandie) @ 16hr 25min 4sec
  28. Harry Watson (Ravat-Wonder) @ 16hr 53min 32sec
  29. Lucien Laval (Elvish) @ 16hr 53min 55sec
  30. Marcel Colleu (Alsace-Lorraine) @ 17hr 4min 1sec
  31. Armand Goubert (Nord) @ 18hr 50min 20sec
  32. René Hamel (JB Louvet) @ 19hr 10min 18sec
  33. Paul Delbart (Champagne) @ 19hr 51min 17sec
  34. Henri François (Champagne) @ 20hr 2min 46sec
  35. Fernand Moulet (Champagne) @ 20hr 10min 21sec
  36. Raphael Dupau (Fontan) @ 20hr 47min 54sec
  37. François Menta (Cote d'Azur) @ 21hr 5min 32sec
  38. Perry Osborne (Ravat-Wonder) @ 22hr 1min 49sec
  39. Fernand Fayolle (Cote d'Azur) @ 24hr 2min 10sec
  40. Lucien Lange (Alsace-Lorraine) @ 25hr 30min 57sec
  41. Edouard Persin (Champagne) @ 26hr 56min 19sec

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1928 Tour stage results with running GC:

TDF volume 1

Stage 1: Sunday, June 17, Paris - Caen, 207 km

  1. Nicolas Frantz: 6hr 29min 3sec
  2. Jan Mertens s.t.
  3. Gaston Rebry s.t.
  4. Maurice De Waele s.t.
  5. Julien Vervaecke s.t.
  6. André Leducq @ 10min 56sec
  7. Joseph Mauclair @ 14min 38sec
  8. Marcel Bidot @ 16min 57sec
  9. Pierre Magne s.t.
  10. Jean Bidot s.t.

GC after Stage 1:

  1. Nicolas Frantz
  2. Jan Mertens, Gaston Rebry, Maurice De Waele & Julien Vervaecke tied at same time as Frantz

Stage 2: Monday, June 18, Caen - Cherbourg, 140 km

  1. André Leducq: 4hr 12min 29sec
  2. Nicolas Frantz s.t.
  3. Jam Mertens s.t.
  4. Gaston Rebry s.t.
  5. Julien Vervaecke s.t.
  6. Maurice De Waele s.t.
  7. Louis Delannoy s.t.
  8. Maurice Bidot @ 3min 29sec
  9. Arsène Alancourt s.t.
  10. Marcel Huot s.t.

GC after Stage 2:

  1. Nicolas Frantz: 10hr 41min 32sec
  2. Jan Mertens, Gaston Rebry, Maurice De Waele & Julien Vervaecke tied at same time as Frantz

Stage 3: Tuesday, June 19, Cherbourg - Dinan, 199 km

  1. Gaston Rebry: 6hr 29min 17sec
  2. Nicolas Frantz s.t.
  3. Maurice De Waele @ 1min 14sec
  4. Julien Vervaecke @ 2min 15sec
  5. André Leducq @ 3min 10sec
  6. Pé Verhaegen @ 3min 21sec
  7. Harry Watson @ 9min 51sec
  8. Hubert Opperman s.t.
  9. Percy Osborne s.t.
  10. Camille Van de Casteele @ 13min 57sec

GC after Stage 3:

  1. Nicolas Frantz: 17hr 10min 49sec
  2. Gaston Rebry s.t.
  3. Maurice De Waele @ 1min 14sec

Stage 4: Wednesday, June 20, Dinan - Brest, 206 km

  1. Pé Verhaegen: 6hr 47min 58sec
  2. Camille Van De Casteele s.t.
  3. Nicolas Frantz @ 2min 25sec
  4. Julien Vervaecke s.t.
  5. Jan Mertens s.t.
  6. André Leducq s.t.
  7. Louis Delannoy s.t.
  8. Désiré Louesse s.t.
  9. Maurice De Waele s.t.
  10. Gaston Rebry s.t.

GC after Stage 4:

  1. Nicolas Frantz: 24hr 1min 12sec
  2. Gaston Rebry s.t.
  3. Maurice De Waele @ 1min 14sec

Stage 5: Thursday, June 21, Brest - Vannes, 208 km

  1. Marcel Bidot: 6hr 43min 36sec
  2. Antonin Magne s.t.
  3. Louis Delannoy @ 4min 39sec
  4. Nicolas Frantz s.t.
  5. Maurice De Waele s.t.
  6. André Leducq s.t.
  7. Julien Vervaecke s.t.
  8. Gaston Rebry s.t.
  9. Joseph Mauclair @ 7min 4sec
  10. Hubert Opperman @ 12min 1sec

GC after Stage 5:

  1. Nicolas Frantz: 30hr 49min 27sec
  2. Gaston Rebry s.t.
  3. Maurice De Waele @ 1min 14sec

Stage 6: Friday, June 22, Vannes - Les Sables d'Olonne, 204 km

  1. Nicolas Frantz: 6hr 23min 44sec
  2. André Leducq s.t.
  3. Jan Mertens s.t.
  4. Gaston Rebry s.t.
  5. Ernest Neuhard s.t.
  6. Julien Vervaecke s.t.
  7. Joseph Mauclair s.t.
  8. Maurice De Waele @ 25sec
  9. Pé Verhaegen @ 3min 46sec
  10. Raymond Decorte @ 8min 4sec

GC after Stage 6:

  1. Nicolas Frantz: 37hr 12min 11sec
  2. Gaston Rebry s.t.
  3. Maurice De Waele @ 1mn 39sec

Stage 7: Saturday, June 23, Les Sables d'Olonne - Bordeaux, 204 km

  1. Victor Fontan: 9hr 21min 33sec
  2. Salvador Cardona s.t.
  3. Antonin Magne @ 3min 42sec
  4. Francis Bouillet s.t.
  5. Marcel Huot s.t.
  6. Maurice De Waele @ 4min 42sec
  7. Jan Mertens s.t.
  8. Nicolas Frantz s.t.
  9. André Leducq s.t.
  10. Julien Vervaecke s.t.

GC after Stage 7:

  1. Nicolas Frantz: 46hr 39min 16sec
  2. Maurice De Waele @ 1min 39sec
  3. Julien Vervaecke @ 2min 15sec

Stage 8: Sunday, June 24, Bordeaux - Hendaye, 225 km

  1. Maurice De Waele: 6hr 47min 25sec
  2. André Leducq s.t.
  3. Julien Vervaecke s.t.
  4. Nicolas Frantz s.t.
  5. Gaston Rebry s.t.
  6. Louis Delannoy s.t.
  7. Jan Mertens s.t.
  8. Joseph Mauclair @ 3min 45sec
  9. Hubert Opperman @ 4min 33sec
  10. Harry Watson s.t.

GC after Stage 8:

  1. Nicolas Frantz: 53hr 26min 41sec
  2. Maurice De Waele @ 1min 39sec
  3. Julien Vervaecke @ 2min 15sec

Stage 9: Tuesday, June 26, Hendaye - Luchon, 387 km

Major ascents: Aubisque, Tourmalet

  1. Victor Fontan: 16hr 13min 10sec
  2. Nicolas Frantz @ 7min 44sec
  3. Camille Van de Casteele @ 13min 24sec
  4. Jan Mertens @ 32min 1sec
  5. Louis Delannoy @ 36min 35sec
  6. Marcel Huot @ 46min 26sec
  7. Maurice De Waele @ 47min 10sec
  8. Pierre Magne @ 48min 23sec
  9. André Leducq @ 55min 37sec
  10. Antonin Magne @ 56min 20sec

GC after stage 9:

  1. Nicolas Frantz: 69hr 47min 35sec
  2. Maurice De Waele @ 45min 5sec
  3. Jan Mertens @ 54min 12sec

Stage 10: Thursday, July 28, Luchon - Perpignan, 323 km

Major ascents: Portet d'Aspet, Port, Puymorens

  1. André Leducq: 12hr 27min 22sec
  2. Nicolas Frantz s.t.
  3. Maurice De Waele s.t.
  4. Antonin Magne @ 9min 24sec
  5. Jan Mertens s.t.
  6. Julien Vervaecke s.t.
  7. Victor Fontan s.t.
  8. Marcel Bidot s.t.
  9. Pierre Magne @ 17min 57sec
  10. Pé Verhaegen @ 24min 42sec

GC after Stage 10:

  1. Nicolas Frantz: 82hr 14min 57sec
  2. Maurice De Waele @ 41min 5sec
  3. André Leducq @ 1hr 1min 59sec

Stage 11: Saturday, June 30, Perpignan -Marseille, 363 km

  1. André Leducq: 14hr 41min 50sec
  2. Jean Bidot s.t.
  3. Jan Mertens s.t.
  4. Pierre Magne s.t.
  5. Marcel Bidot s.t.
  6. Antonin Magne st.
  7. Julien Vervaecke s.t.
  8. Pé Verhaegen s.t.
  9. Gaston Rebry s.t.
  10. Maurice De Waele s.t.

GC after Stage 11:

  1. Nicolas Frantz: 96hr 56min 49sec
  2. Maurice De Waele @ 41min 5sec
  3. André Leducq @ 1hr 1min 59sec

Stage 12: Monday, July 2, Marseille - Nice, 330 km

Major ascents: Braus, Castillon

  1. Nicolas Frantz: 13hr 40min 50sec
  2. André Leducq s.t.
  3. Antonin Magne s.t.
  4. Jan Mertens s.t.
  5. Camille Van de Casteele @ 40sec
  6. Pierre Magne @ 2min 20sec
  7. Julien Vervaecke s.t.
  8. Jean Bidot @ 4min 48sec
  9. Maurice De Waele s.t.
  10. Jean-Baptiste Ampurias @ 4min 55sec

GC after Stage 12:

  1. Nicolas Frantz: 110hr 37min 37sec
  2. Maurice De Waele @ 45min 53sec
  3. André Leducq @ 1hr 1min 59sec

Stage 13: Wednesday, July 4, Nice - Grenoble, 333 km

Major ascents: Allos, Bayard

  1. Antonin Magne: 14hr 0min 36sec
  2. Nicolas Frantz s.t.
  3. Victor Fontan s.t.
  4. André Leducq @ 5min 32sec
  5. Marcel Bidot @ 10min 25sec
  6. Camille Van de Casteele @ 17min 56sec
  7. Jan Mertens s.t.
  8. Julien Vervaecke s.t.
  9. Maurice De Waele @ 23min 37sec
  10. Secondo Martinetto s.t.

GC after Stage 13:

  1. Nicolas Frantz: 124hr 38min 13sec
  2. André Leducq @ 1hr 7min 13sec
  3. Maurice De Waele @ 1hr 9min 30sec

Stage 14: Friday, July 6, Grenoble - Evian, 329 km

Major ascents: Lautaret, Galibier, Télégraphe, Aravis

  1. Julien Moineau: 12hr 35min 32sec
  2. Camille Van de Casteele @ 4min 25sec
  3. Odile Taillieu s.t.
  4. Julien Vervaecke @ 8min 24sec
  5. Nicolas Frantz s.t.
  6. Victor Fontan s.t.
  7. Antonin Magne @ 16min
  8. André Leducq s.t.
  9. Pierre Magne s.t.
  10. Maurice De Waele @ 26min 17sec

GC after Stage 14:

  1. Nicolas Frantz: 137hr 22min 9sec
  2. André Leducq @ 1hr 15min 7sec
  3. Maurice De Waele @ 1hr 27min 23sec

Stage 15: Sunday, July 8, Evian - Pontarlier, 213 km

Major ascent: Faucille

  1. Pierre Magne: 6hr 43min 37sec
  2. Marcel Bidot s.t.
  3. Julien Moineau s.t.
  4. Antonin Magne s.t.
  5. André Leducq @ 5min 51sec
  6. Nicolas Frantz s.t.
  7. Maurice De Waele s.t.
  8. Gaston Rebry s.t.
  9. Jan Mertens s.t.
  10. Camille Van de Casteele @ 14min 10sec

GC after Stage 15:

  1. Nicolas Frantz: 144hr 5min 46sec
  2. André Leducq @ 1hr 15min 7sec
  3. Maurice De Waele @ 1hr 27min 23sec

Stage 16: Monday, July 9, Pontarlier - Belfort, 119 km

  1. André Leducq: 3hr 33min 22sec
  2. Nicolas Frantz s.t.
  3. Jan Mertens s.t.
  4. Julien Vervaecke s.t.
  5. Maurice De Waele s.t.
  6. Joseph Mauclair @ 46sec
  7. Gaston Rebry s.t.
  8. Louis Delannoy s.t.
  9. Désiré Louesse @ 1min 3sec
  10. Antonin Magne @ 1min 8sec

GC after Stage 16:

  1. Nicolas Frantz: 147hr 39min 8sec
  2. André Leducq @ 1hr 15min 7sec
  3. Maurice De Waele @ 1hr 27min 23sec

Stage 17: Tuesday, July 10, Belfort - Strasbourg, 145 km

  1. Joseph Mauclair: 4hr 24min 30sec
  2. Jan Mertens @ 5sec
  3. Gaston Rebry @ 10sec
  4. Nicolas Frantz s.t.
  5. Maurice De Waele s.t.
  6. André Leducq s.t.
  7. Julien Vervaecke s.t.
  8. Désiré Louesse s.t.
  9. Louis Delannoy s.t.
  10. Pé Verhaegen @ 1min 11sec
  11. Jean Bidot @ 4min 8sec
  12. Antonin Magne s.t.

GC after Stage 17:

  1. Nicolas Frantz: 152hr 3min 28sec
  2. André Leducq @ 1hr 15min 7sec
  3. Maurice De Waele @ 1hr 27min 23sec

Stage 18: Wednesday, July 11, Strasbourg - Metz, 165 km

  1. Nicolas Frantz: 4hr 59min 19sec
  2. Jan Mertens s.t.
  3. Maurice De Waele s.t.
  4. André Leducq s.t.
  5. Joseph Mauclair @ 1min 41sec
  6. Désiré Louesse s.t.
  7. Camille Van de Casteele @ 4min 48sec
  8. Julien Vervaecke @ 7min 42sec
  9. Pé Verhaegen @ 9min 34sec
  10. Odile Taillieu @ 10min 55sec

GC after Stage 18:

  1. Nicolas Frantz: 157hr 2min 57sec
  2. André Leducq @ 1hr 15min 7sec
  3. Maurice De Waele @ 1hr 27min 23sec

Stage 19: Thursday, July 12, Metz - Charleville, 159 km

  1. Marcel Huot: 4hr 36min 15sec
  2. Julien Moineau s.t.
  3. Pierre Magne s.t.
  4. Marcel Bidot s.t.
  5. Antonin Magne s.t.
  6. Pé Verhaegen @ 9min 38sec
  7. André Leducq @ 10min 15sec
  8. Victor Fontan @ 12min 2sec
  9. Jean Mouveroux s.t.
  10. Salvador Cardona s.t.
  11. Julien Vervaecke @ 13min 46sec
  12. Joseph Mauclair s.t.
  13. Maurice De Waele s.t.

42. Nicolas Frantz @ 38min 1sec

GC after Stage 19:

  1. Nicolas Frantz: 162hr 17min 3sec
  2. André Leducq @ 47min 41sec
  3. Maurice De Waele @ 1hr 3min 18sec

Stage 20: Friday, July 13, Charleville - Malo les Bains, 271 km

  1. Maurice De Waele: 8hr 47min 31sec
  2. Jan Mertens @ 2min 1sec
  3. Nicolas Frantz @ 9min 38sec
  4. André Leducq s.t.
  5. Louis Delannoy @ 30min 1sec
  6. Gaston Rebry s.t.
  7. Antonin Magne @ 31min 3sec
  8. Julien Vervaecke @ 33min 4sec
  9. Marcel Huot @ 33min 14sec
  10. Odile Taillieu @ 38min 14sec

GC after Stage 20:

  1. Nicolas Frantz: 171hr 14min 12sec
  2. André Leducq @ 47min 31sec
  3. Maurice De Waele @ 53min 40sec

Stage 21: Saturday, July 14, Malo les Bains - Dieppe, 234 km

  1. Antonin Magne: 7hr 43min 33sec
  2. Joseph Mauclair @ 10min
  3. Jan Mertens s.t.
  4. André Leducq s.t.
  5. Désiré Louesse s.t.
  6. Nicolas Frantz s.t.
  7. Maurice De Waele s.t.
  8. Julien Vervaecke @ 10min 18sec
  9. Gaston Rebry @ 18min 28sec
  10. Victor Fontan @ 20min

GC after Stage 21:

  1. Nicolas Frantz: 179hr 7min 45sec
  2. André Leducq @ 47min 31sec
  3. Maurice De Waele @ 53min 40sec

Stage 22 (final stage): Sunday, July 15, Dieppe - Paris, 331 km

  1. Nicolas Frantz: 13hr 35min 2sec
  2. Jean Bidot s.t.
  3. Pierre Magne s.t.
  4. Jan Mertens s.t.
  5. Antonin Magne s.t.
  6. Marcel Bidot s.t.
  7. Louis Delannoy s.t.
  8. Julien Moineau s.t.
  9. Hubert Opperman s.t.
  10. Odile Taillieu s.t.

Final 1928 Tour de France General Classification

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Photos from the 1928 Tour de France

André Leducq wins the second stage in Cherbourg

Frantz wins the 12th stage in Nice. That should be Leducq behind him.

Stage 19: Leducq and Frantz have a toast.

Leducq help Frantz thorugh a rough patch in the 20th stage.

The winner of the 1928 Tour, Nicolas Frantz, in action.

 

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