1929 Tour de France

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Final Standings
Overall	Maurice De Waele	186h 39' 16"
Second	Giuseppe Pancera	+44' 23"
Third	Jef Demuysere	+57' 10"

The 1929 Tour de France was the 23rd Tour de France, taking place June 30 to July 28, 1929. It was comprised of 22 stages over 5286 km, ridden at an average speed of 28.320 km/h.

Nicolas Frantz had won 2 consecutive Tours, in 1927 and 1928, and was looking for a 3rd. In addition the 1926 Tour winner, Lucien Buysse, was looking for another title.

Victor Fontan, overall leader and wearer of the yellow jersey, crashed in the Pyrenees during stage 10, breaking the forks to his bicycle. Unfortunately that year a rule stated that a rider must finish a stage with the bike he started it with. Fontan had to go 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.

[edit] Results

[edit] Overall standings

Rank	Name	Country	Team	Time
1	Maurice De Waele	Belgium	Alcyon	186h 39' 15"
2	Giuseppe Pancera	Italy	La Rafale	44' 23"
3	Joseph Demuysere	Belgium	Lucifer	57' 10"
4	Salvador Cardona	Spain	Fontan-Wolber	57' 46"
5	Nicolas Frantz	Luxembourg	Alcyon	58' 00"