1923 Tour de France, Stage 9 to Stage 15

Last updated March 02, 2019

The 1923 Tour de France was the 17th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Paris with a flat stage on 24 June, and Stage 9 occurred on 10 July with a mountainous stage from Toulon. The race finished in Paris on 22 July.

The 1923 Tour de France was the 17th edition of the Tour de France, taking place 24 June to 22 July. It consisted of 15 stages over 5386 km, ridden at an average speed of 24.233 km/h. The race was won by Henri Pélissier with a convincing half-hour lead to his next opponent, Italian Ottavio Bottecchia. In total, 139 cyclists entered the race, of which 48 finished. Pélissier's victory was the first French victory since 1911, as the Tour de France had been dominated by Belgian cyclists since then.

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 9

10 July 1923 — Toulon to Nice, 281 km (175 mi)^[1]

Stage 9 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Jean Alavoine (FRA)	12h 10' 39"
2	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	s.t.
3	Henri Collé (SUI)	s.t.
4	Romain Bellenger (FRA)	+ 2' 14"
5	Louis Mottiat (BEL)	+ 4' 51"
6	Lucien Buysse (BEL)	s.t.
7	Joseph Muller (FRA)	s.t.
8	Henri Pélissier (FRA)	+ 7' 44"
9	Léon Despontin (BEL)	+ 8' 40"
10	Marcel Huot (FRA)	+ 11' 20"

General classification after stage 9^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)
2	Jean Alavoine (FRA)	+ 12' 19"
3	Henri Pélissier (FRA)	+ 29' 52"
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 10

12 July 1923 — Nice to Briançon, 275 km (171 mi)^[1]

Nice is the seventh most populous urban area in France and the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes département. The metropolitan area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of about 1 million on an area of 721 km² (278 sq mi). Located in the French Riviera, on the south east coast of France on the Mediterranean Sea, at the foot of the Alps, Nice is the second-largest French city on the Mediterranean coast and the second-largest city in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region after Marseille. Nice is approximately 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from the principality of Monaco and 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the French-Italian border. Nice's airport serves as a gateway to the region.

Briançon is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.

Stage 10 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Henri Pélissier (FRA)	12h 45' 29"
2	Lucien Buysse (BEL)	+ 5' 28"
3	Arsène Alancourt (FRA)	+ 18' 24"
4	Hector Tiberghien (BEL)	s.t.
5	Jean Alavoine (FRA)	+ 26' 58"
6	Henri Collé (SUI)	+ 32' 26"
7	Léon Despontin (BEL)	+ 33' 40"
8	Romain Bellenger (FRA)	+ 38' 35"
9	Théophile Beeckman (BEL)	s.t.
10	Eugène Dhers (FRA)	+ 39' 29"

General classification after stage 10^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Henri Pélissier (FRA)
2	Jean Alavoine (FRA)	+ 11' 25"
3	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	+ 13' 16"
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 11

14 July 1923 — Briançon to Geneva, 260 km (160 mi)^[1]

Geneva is the second-most populous city in Switzerland and the most populous city of the Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland. Situated where the Rhône exits Lake Geneva, it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva.

Stage 11 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Henri Pélissier (FRA)	9h 50' 21"
2	Francis Pélissier (FRA)	s.t.
3	Romain Bellenger (FRA)	+ 8' 33"
4	Félix Goethals (FRA)	+ 13' 56"
5	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	s.t.
6	Arsène Alancourt (FRA)	s.t.
7	Lucien Buysse (BEL)	s.t.
8	Théophile Beeckman (BEL)	+ 17' 35"
9	Joseph Muller (FRA)	s.t.
10	Georges Cuvelier (FRA)	s.t.

General classification after stage 11^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Henri Pélissier (FRA)
2	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	+ 29' 12"
3	Romain Bellenger (FRA)	+ 1h 05' 14"
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 12

16 July 1923 — Geneva to Strasbourg, 377 km (234 mi)^[1]

Strasbourg is the capital and largest city of the Grand Est region of France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located at the border with Germany in the historic region of Alsace, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin department. In 2016, the city proper had 279,284 inhabitants and both the Eurométropole de Strasbourg and the Arrondissement of Strasbourg had 491,409 inhabitants. Strasbourg's metropolitan area had a population of 785,839 in 2015, making it the ninth largest metro area in France and home to 13% of the Grand Est region's inhabitants. The transnational Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau had a population of 915,000 inhabitants in 2014.

Stage 12 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Joseph Muller (FRA)	15h 08' 51"
2	Lucien Buysse (BEL)	+ 24' 34"
3	Marcel Huot (FRA)	s.t.
4	Benjamin Mortier (BEL)	+ 34' 35"
5	Louis Mottiat (BEL)	s.t.
6	Alfons Standaert (BEL)	s.t.
7	Lucien Rich (FRA)	s.t.
8	Eugène Dhers (FRA)	s.t.
9	Gaston Degy (FRA)	s.t.
10	Théophile Beeckman (BEL)	s.t.

General classification after stage 12^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Henri Pélissier (FRA)
2	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	+ 29' 12"
3	Romain Bellenger (FRA)	+ 1h 05' 14"
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 13

18 July 1923 — Strasbourg to Metz, 300 km (190 mi)^[1]

Metz is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand Est region. Located near the tripoint along the junction of France, Germany, and Luxembourg, the city forms a central place of the European Greater Region and the SaarLorLux euroregion.

Stage 13 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Romain Bellenger (FRA)	11h 36' 00"
2	Félix Goethals (FRA)	s.t.
3	Alfons Standaert (BEL)	s.t.
4	Henri Pélissier (FRA)	s.t.
5	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	s.t.
6	Eugène Dhers (FRA)	s.t.
7	Georges Cuvelier (FRA)	s.t.
8	Joseph Muller (FRA)	s.t.
9	Louis Mottiat (BEL)	s.t.
10	Henri Collé (SUI)	s.t.

General classification after stage 13^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Henri Pélissier (FRA)
2	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	+ 29' 12"
3	Romain Bellenger (FRA)	+ 1h 03' 18"
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 14

20 July 1923 — Metz to Dunkerque, 433 km (269 mi)^[1]

Stage 14 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Félix Goethals (FRA)	18h 55' 08"
2	Hector Tiberghien (BEL)	s.t.
3	Théophile Beeckman (BEL)	s.t.
4	Arsène Alancourt (FRA)	+ 1' 18"
5	Henri Pélissier (FRA)	+ 2' 59"
6	Ottavio Pratesi (ITA)	s.t.
7	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	+ 4' 28"
8	Romain Bellenger (FRA)	s.t.
9	Léon Despontin (BEL)	+ 6' 26"
10	Georges Cuvelier (FRA)	+ 8' 06"

General classification after stage 14^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Henri Pélissier (FRA)
2	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	+ 30' 41"
3	Romain Bellenger (FRA)	+ 1h 04' 43"
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 15

22 July 1923 — Dunkerque to Paris, 343 km (213 mi)^[1]

Stage 15 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Félix Goethals (FRA)	15h 19' 36"
2	Henri Pélissier (FRA)	s.t.
3	Louis Mottiat (BEL)	s.t.
4	Robert Jacquinot (FRA)	s.t.
5	Arsène Alancourt (FRA)	s.t.
6	Francis Pélissier (FRA)	s.t.
7	Marcel Huot (FRA)	s.t.
8	Georges Cuvelier (FRA)	s.t.
9	Lucien Buysse (BEL)	s.t.
10	Théophile Beeckman (BEL)	s.t.

General classification after stage 15^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Henri Pélissier (FRA)	222h 15' 30"
2	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	+ 30' 41"
3	Romain Bellenger (FRA)	+ 1h 04' 43"
4	Hector Tiberghien (BEL)	+ 1h 29' 16"
5	Arsène Alancourt (FRA)	+ 2h 06' 40"
6	Henri Collé (SUI)	+ 2h 28' 43"
7	Léon Despontin (BEL)	+ 2h 39' 49"
8	Lucien Buysse (BEL)	+ 2h 40' 11"
9	Eugène Dhers (FRA)	+ 2h 59' 09"
10	Marcel Huot (FRA)	+ 3h 16' 56"

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