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Race details
Dates	3–29 July 1934
Stages	23
Distance	4,363 km (2,711 mi)
Winning time	147h 13' 58" (30.360 km/h/18.865 mph)
Palmarès

The 1934 Tour de France was the 28th Tour de France, taking place July 3 to July 29, 1934. It consisted of 23 stages over 4,363 km, ridden at an average speed of 30.360 km/h.^[1] The race was won by Antonin Magne, who had previously won the 1931 Tour de France. The French team was dominant, holding the yellow jersey for the entire race and winning most of the stages. Every member of the French team won at least one stage.

The 1934 Tour de France saw the introduction of the split stage and the individual time trial. Stage 21 was split into two parts, and the second part was an individual time trial, the first one in the history of the Tour de France.

[edit] Changes from 1933

The major introduction in 1934 was the introduction of the individual time trial (ITT). There had been time-trial like stages before in the Tour de France, but they had been run as a team time trial. The ITT was introduced after the success of the Grand Prix des Nations. The Grand Prix des Nations was introduced in 1932 by the Paris-Soir, a competitor of l'Auto that organised the Tour de France.

[edit] Results

[edit] Stage winners

Stage results^[2]^[3]
Stage	Route	Length^{[Stage notes 1]}	Winner	Race leader
1	Paris – Lille	262 km (163 mi)	Georges Speicher (FRA)	Georges Speicher (FRA)
2	Lille – Charleville	192 km (119 mi)	René Le Grevès (FRA)	Antonin Magne (FRA)
3	Charleville – Metz	161 km (100 mi)	Roger Lapébie (FRA)	Antonin Magne (FRA)
4	Metz – Belfort	220 km (140 mi)	Roger Lapébie (FRA)	Antonin Magne (FRA)
5	Belfort – Evian	293 km (182 mi)	René Le Grevès (FRA) Georges Speicher (FRA)	Antonin Magne (FRA)^{[Stage notes 2]}
6	Evian – Aix-les-Bains	207 km (129 mi)	Georges Speicher (FRA)	Antonin Magne (FRA)
7	Aix-les-Bains – Grenoble	229 km (142 mi)	René Vietto (FRA)	Antonin Magne (FRA)
8	Grenoble – Gap	102 km (63 mi)	Giuseppe Martano (ITA)	Antonin Magne (FRA)
9	Gap – Digne	227 km (141 mi)	René Vietto (FRA)	Antonin Magne (FRA)
10	Digne – Nice	156 km (97 mi)	René Le Grevès (FRA)	Antonin Magne (FRA)
11	Nice – Cannes	126 km (78 mi)	René Vietto (FRA)	Antonin Magne (FRA)
12	Cannes – Marseille	195 km (121 mi)	Roger Lapébie (FRA)	Antonin Magne (FRA)
13	Marseille – Montpellier	172 km (107 mi)	Georges Speicher (FRA)	Antonin Magne (FRA)
14	Montpellier – Perpignan	177 km (110 mi)	Roger Lapébie (FRA)	Antonin Magne (FRA)
15	Perpignan – Ax-les-Thermes	158 km (98 mi)	Roger Lapébie (FRA)	Antonin Magne (FRA)
16	Ax-les-Thermes – Luchon	165 km (103 mi)	Adriano Vignoli (ITA)	Antonin Magne (FRA)
17	Luchon – Tarbes	91 km (57 mi)	Antonin Magne (FRA)	Antonin Magne (FRA)
18	Tarbes – Pau	172 km (107 mi)	René Vietto (FRA)	Antonin Magne (FRA)
19	Pau – Bordeaux	215 km (134 mi)	Ettore Meini (ITA)	Antonin Magne (FRA)
20	Bordeaux – La Rochelle	183 km (114 mi)	Georges Speicher (FRA)	Antonin Magne (FRA)
21A	La Rochelle – La Roche sur Yon	81 km (50 mi)	René Le Grevès (FRA)	Antonin Magne (FRA)
21B	La Roche sur Yon – Nantes	90 km (56 mi)	Antonin Magne (FRA)	Antonin Magne (FRA)
22	Nantes – Caen	275 km (171 mi)	Raymond Louviot (FRA)	Antonin Magne (FRA)
23	Caen – Paris	221 km (137 mi)	Sylvère Maes (BEL)	Antonin Magne (FRA)

Notes

^ In 1934, there was no distinction in the rules between plain stages and mountain stages; the icons shown here indicate whether the stage included mountains.
^ Le Grevès and Speicher were both declared winner of the fifth stage.

[edit] Final general standings

Final general standings (1–10)^[2]
Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Antonin Magne (FRA)	France	147h 13' 58"
2	Giuseppe Martano (Italy)	Italy	+27' 31"
3	Roger Lapébie (FRA)	France	+52' 15"
4	Félicien Vervaecke (BEL)	Touriste-routier	+57' 40"
5	René Vietto (FRA)	France	+59' 02"
6	Ambrogio Morelli (Italy)	Touriste-routier	+1h 12' 02"
7	Ludwig Geyer (GER)	Germany	+1h 12' 51"
8	Sylvère Maes (BEL)	Touriste-routier	+1h 20' 56"
9	Mariano Canardo (ESP)	Switzerland/Spain	+1h 29' 02"
10	Vicente Trueba (ESP)	Switzerland/Spain	+1h 40' 39"

[edit] Final team classification

For the fifth time, there was an official team competition, this time won by the French team.^[2] The team classification was calculated in 1934 by adding up the times of the best three cyclists of a team; the team with the least time was the winner.

Team classification (1–4)^[4]^[5]
Rank	Team	Time
1	France	443h 42' 41"
2	Italy	+3h 09' 51"
3	Switzerland/ Spain	+3h 44' 24"
4	Germany	+8h 09' 55"

The fifth national team that started, the Belgian team, finished with only two cyclist, and with the rules in 1934 they were no longer in the team classification.

[edit] Mountains classification

Mountain classification 1934 (1–3)^[2]^[4]
Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	René Vietto (FRA)	France	111
2	Vicente Trueba (ESP)	Switzerland/Spain	93
3	Giuseppe Martano (Italy)	Italy	78

[edit] Aftermath

The individual time trial that was introduced in 1934 was a success, and has been used since then in every year.

[edit] References

^ Jacques Augendre (2009). "Guide Historique" (in French). Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. http://www.webcitation.org/query?id=1254580608579206. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "28ème Tour de France 1934" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. http://www.webcitation.org/5kGFsjXDV. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
^ Arian Zwegers. "Tour de France GC Top Ten". CVCC. Archived from the original on 2009-05-04. http://www.webcitation.org/5gWiBhPaH. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
^ ^a ^b Tom James (15 August 2003). "1934: Vietto's great sacrifice". http://www.veloarchive.com/races/tour/1934.php. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
^ "Ayer terminó la Vuelta a Francia con el previsto y magnífico del francés Antonin Magne" (in Spanish). El mundo deportivo. 30 July 1934. http://hemeroteca.elmundodeportivo.es/preview/1934/07/30/pagina-1/621798/pdf.html. Retrieved 2009-09-30.

[3] In 1934, there was no distinction in the rules between plain stages and mountain stages; the icons shown here indicate whether the stage included mountains.

[4] Le Grevès and Speicher were both declared winner of the fifth stage.

[guide-0] Jacques Augendre (2009). "Guide Historique" (in French). Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. http://www.webcitation.org/query?id=1254580608579206. Retrieved 1 October 2009.

[mdc1934-1] "28ème Tour de France 1934" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 2009-10-03. http://www.webcitation.org/5kGFsjXDV. Retrieved 1 October 2009.

[topten-2] Arian Zwegers. "Tour de France GC Top Ten". CVCC. Archived from the original on 2009-05-04. http://www.webcitation.org/5gWiBhPaH. Retrieved 2009-04-20.

[veloarchive-5] Tom James (15 August 2003). "1934: Vietto's great sacrifice". http://www.veloarchive.com/races/tour/1934.php. Retrieved 1 October 2009.

[6] "Ayer terminó la Vuelta a Francia con el previsto y magnífico del francés Antonin Magne" (in Spanish). El mundo deportivo. 30 July 1934. http://hemeroteca.elmundodeportivo.es/preview/1934/07/30/pagina-1/621798/pdf.html. Retrieved 2009-09-30.

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