1921 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 8

Last updated March 02, 2019

The 1921 Tour de France was the 15th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Paris with a flat stage on 26 June, and Stage 8 occurred on 10 July with a flat stage to Toulon. The race finished in Paris on 24 July.

The 1921 Tour de France was the 15th edition of the Tour de France, taking place 26 June to 24 July. The total distance was 5,485 km (3,408 mi) and the average speed of the riders was 24.720 km/h. The race was won by Belgian Leon Scieur. The Belgians dominated the entire race, partly due to the absence of the French Pélissier brothers, who were on bad terms with the Tour organisation. Scieur's victory was largely uncontested; Hector Heusghem came close after the sixth stage, but lost time later. The organisation tried to get the cyclists to attack more by several means, but this failed.

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of 105 square kilometres and an official estimated population of 2,140,526 residents as of 1 January 2019. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of Europe's major centres of finance, commerce, fashion, science, and the arts.

Toulon is a city in southern France and a large military harbour on the Mediterranean coast, with a major French naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, Toulon is the capital of the Var department.

Stage 1

26 June 1921 — Paris to Le Havre, 388 km (241 mi)^[1]

Le Havre, is an urban French commune and city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northwestern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux.

Stage 1 result and general classification after stage 1^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Louis Mottiat (BEL)	15h 28' 10"
2	Honoré Barthélémy (FRA)	+ 2' 37"
3	Léon Scieur (BEL)	+ 6' 37"
4	Albert Dejonghe (BEL)	+ 7' 44"
5	Hector Heusghem (BEL)	+ 10' 03"
6	Marcel Godard (FRA)	+ 19' 10"
7	Eugène Christophe (FRA)	s.t.
8	Joseph Muller (FRA)	+ 20' 53"
9	Félix Sellier (BEL)	+ 28' 55"
10	Luigi Lucotti (ITA)	+ 34' 13"

Stage 2

28 June 1921 — Le Havre to Cherbourg, 364 km (226 mi)^[1]

Stage 2 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Romain Bellenger (FRA)	13h 07' 50"
2	Léon Scieur (BEL)	+ 3' 14"
3	Hector Heusghem (BEL)	s.t.
4	Robert Gerbaud (FRA)	+ 4' 53"
5	Félix Sellier (BEL)	+ 11' 44"
6	Jean Alavoine (FRA)	+ 20' 42"
7	Eugène Dhers (FRA)	+ 22' 12"
8	Albert Dejonghe (BEL)	+ 28' 10"
9	Luigi Lucotti (ITA)	+ 31' 48"
10	Gaston Degy (FRA)	+ 31' 52"

General classification after stage 2^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Léon Scieur (BEL)
2	Hector Heusghem (BEL)	+ 3' 26"
3	Albert Dejonghe (BEL)	+ 26' 00"
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 3

30 June 1921 — Cherbourg to Brest, 405 km (252 mi)^[1]

Brest is a city in the Finistère département in Brittany. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon. The city is located on the western edge of continental Europe. With 142,722 inhabitants in a 2007 census, Brest is at the centre of Western Brittany's largest metropolitan area, ranking third behind only Nantes and Rennes in the whole of historic Brittany, and the 19th most populous city in France; moreover, Brest provides services to the one million inhabitants of Western Brittany. Although Brest is by far the largest city in Finistère, the préfecture of the department is the much smaller Quimper.

Stage 3 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Léon Scieur (BEL)	15h 08' 45"
2	Honoré Barthélémy (FRA)	+ 9' 12"
3	Romain Bellenger (FRA)	s.t.
4	Hector Heusghem (BEL)	s.t.
5	Jacques Coomans (BEL)	s.t.
6	Eugène Christophe (FRA)	s.t.
7	René Chassot (FRA)	s.t.
8	Albert Dejonghe (BEL)	s.t.
9	Jean Belvaux (BEL)	+ 10' 31"
10	Hector Tiberghien (BEL)	+ 13' 44"

General classification after stage 3^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Léon Scieur (BEL)
2	Hector Heusghem (BEL)	+ 12' 38"
3	Albert Dejonghe (BEL)	+ 35' 12"
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 4

2 July 1921 — Brest to Les Sables-d'Olonne, 412 km (256 mi)^[1]

Les Sables-d'Olonne is a seaside town in Western France, on the Atlantic Ocean. It is a sub-prefecture of the department of Vendée, and has the administrative level of commune. On January 1, 2019, The municipalities of Olonne-sur-Mer, Le Château-d'Olonne and Les Sables-d'Olonne merged into one city named Les Sables-d'Olonne.

Stage 4 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Louis Mottiat (BEL)	15h 31' 41"
2	Firmin Lambot (BEL)	+ 1"
3	Eugène Dhers (FRA)	s.t.
4	Félix Goethals (FRA)	+ 7' 35"
5	Romain Bellenger (FRA)	s.t.
6	Luigi Lucotti (ITA)	s.t.
7	Honoré Barthélémy (FRA)	s.t.
8	Léon Scieur (BEL)	s.t.
9	Hector Tiberghien (BEL)	s.t.
10	Benjamin Javaux (BEL)	s.t.

General classification after stage 4^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Léon Scieur (BEL)
2	Hector Heusghem (BEL)	+ 18' 44"
3	Albert Dejonghe (BEL)	+ 37' 21"
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 5

4 July 1921 — Les Sables-d'Olonne to Bayonne, 482 km (300 mi)^[1]

Bayonne Subprefecture and commune in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Bayonne is a city and commune and one of the two sub-prefectures of the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France. It is located at the confluence of the Nive and Adour rivers in the northern part of the cultural region of the Basque Country, as well as the southern part of Gascony where the Aquitaine basin joins the beginning of the Pre-Pyrenees.

Stage 5 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Louis Mottiat (BEL)	18h 47' 26"
2	Léon Scieur (BEL)	+ 1"
3	Félix Sellier (BEL)	+ 2"
4	Eugène Christophe (FRA)	+ 2' 12"
5	Léon Despontin (BEL)	s.t.
6	Firmin Lambot (BEL)	+ 3' 03"
7	Hector Tiberghien (BEL)	s.t.
8	Romain Bellenger (FRA)	+ 3' 50"
9	Enrico Sala (ITA)	+ 3' 54"
10	Guillaume Cecherelli (FRA)	+ 3' 59"

General classification after stage 5^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Léon Scieur (BEL)
2	Hector Heusghem (BEL)	+ 29' 23"
3	Albert Dejonghe (BEL)	+ 48' 17"
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 6

6 July 1921 — Bayonne to Luchon, 326 km (203 mi)^[1]

Stage 6 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Hector Heusghem (BEL)	15h 09' 36"
2	Albert Dejonghe (BEL)	+ 24' 02"
3	Léon Scieur (BEL)	+ 25' 17"
4	Honoré Barthélémy (FRA)	+ 32' 53"
5	Luigi Lucotti (ITA)	s.t.
6	Firmin Lambot (BEL)	+ 42' 39"
7	Victor Leenaerts (BEL)	+ 45' 56"
8	Romain Bellenger (FRA)	+ 1h 04' 44"
9	Hector Tiberghien (BEL)	s.t.
10	Léon Despontin (BEL)	s.t.

General classification after stage 6^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Léon Scieur (BEL)
2	Hector Heusghem (BEL)	+ 4' 06"
3	Albert Dejonghe (BEL)	+ 50' 04"
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 7

8 July 1921 — Luchon to Perpignan, 323 km (201 mi)^[1]

Stage 7 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Louis Mottiat (BEL)	12h 58' 15"
2	Honoré Barthélémy (FRA)	s.t.
3	Hector Heusghem (BEL)	s.t.
4	Hector Tiberghien (BEL)	s.t.
5	Léon Scieur (BEL)	s.t.
6	Albert Dejonghe (BEL)	s.t.
7	Firmin Lambot (BEL)	s.t.
8	Victor Leenaerts (BEL)	+ 1' 02"
9	Léon Despontin (BEL)	s.t.
10	Luigi Lucotti (ITA)	+ 3' 01"

General classification after stage 7^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Léon Scieur (BEL)
2	Hector Heusghem (BEL)	+ 4' 06"
3	Albert Dejonghe (BEL)	+ 50' 04"
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 8

10 July 1921 — Perpignan to Toulon, 411 km (255 mi)^[1]

Stage 8 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Luigi Lucotti (ITA)	16h 06' 51"
2	Firmin Lambot (BEL)	+ 1"
3	Louis Mottiat (BEL)	+ 1' 11"
4	Léon Scieur (BEL)	+ 1' 17"
5	Félix Goethals (FRA)	+ 2' 02"
6	Hector Heusghem (BEL)	+ 2' 17"
7	Félix Sellier (BEL)	s.t.
8	Hector Tiberghien (BEL)	+ 5' 16"
9	Léon Despontin (BEL)	s.t.
10	Noël Amenc (FRA)	+ 10' 06"

General classification after stage 8^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Léon Scieur (BEL)
2	Hector Heusghem (BEL)	+ 4' 06"
3	Albert Dejonghe (BEL)	+ 1h 18' 15"
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

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