The 1929 Tour de France was the 23rd edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Paris with a flat stage on 30 June, and Stage 12 occurred on 13 July with a team time trial from Marseille. The race finished in Paris on 28 July.
The 1929 Tour de France was the 23rd edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 30 June to 28 July. It consisted of 22 stages over 5,286 km (3,285 mi).
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.
A team time trial (TTT) is a road-based bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock.
15 July 1929 — Marseille to Cannes, 191 km (119 mi) (TTT) [1]
Marseille is the second-largest city of France. The main city of the historical province of Provence, it nowadays is the prefecture of the department of Bouches-du-Rhône and region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It is located on France's south coast near the mouth of the Rhône river. The city covers an area of 241 km2 (93 sq mi) and had a population of 852,516 in 2012. Its metropolitan area, which extends over 3,173 km2 (1,225 sq mi) is the third-largest in France after Paris and Lyon, with a population of 1,831,500 as of 2010.
Cannes is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The city is known for its association with the rich and famous, its luxury hotels and restaurants, and for several conferences. On 3 November 2011 it also played host to the G20 organisation of industrialised nations.
Stage 12 result [1]
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16 July 1929 — Cannes to Nice, 133 km (83 mi) [1]
Stage 13 result [1]
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18 July 1929 — Nice to Grenoble, 333 km (207 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.
Grenoble is a city in southeastern France, at the foot of the French Alps where the river Drac joins the Isère. Located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Grenoble is the capital of the department of Isère and is an important European scientific centre. The city advertises itself as the "Capital of the Alps", due to its size and its proximity to the mountains.
Stage 14 result [1]
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20 July 1929 — Grenoble to Evian, 329 km (204 mi) [1]
Stage 15 result [1]
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22 July 1929 — Evian to Belfort, 283 km (176 mi) [1]
Belfort is a city in northeastern France in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté région, situated between Lyon and Strasbourg. It is the biggest town and also the administrative centre of the Territoire de Belfort département. Belfort is 400 km (249 mi) from Paris, 141 km (88 mi) from Strasbourg, 290 km (180 mi) from Lyon and 150 km (93 mi) from Zürich. The residents of the city are called "Belfortains". The city is located on the Savoureuse river, on a strategically important natural route between the Rhine and the Rhône – the Belfort Gap or Burgundian Gate. It is located approximately 16 km (10 mi) south from the base of the Ballon d'Alsace mountain range, source of the Savoureuse. The city of Belfort has 50,199 inhabitants. Together with its suburbs and satellite towns, Belfort forms the largest agglomeration in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region with an urban population of 308,601 inhabitants.
Stage 16 result [1]
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23 July 1929 — Belfort to Strasbourg, 145 km (90 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 17 result [1]
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24 July 1929 — Strasbourg to Metz, 165 km (103 mi) [1]
Stage 18 result [1]
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25 July 1929 — Metz to Charleville, 159 km (99 mi) (TTT) [1]
Stage 19 result [1]
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26 July 1929 — Charleville to Malo-les-Bains, 270 km (170 mi) (TTT) [1]
Stage 20 result [1]
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27 July 1929 — Malo-les-Bains to Dieppe, 234 km (145 mi) [1]
Stage 21 result [1]
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28 July 1929 — Dieppe to Paris, 332 km (206 mi) [1]
Stage 22 result [1]
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Maurice De Waele was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.
Gaston Rebry was a Belgian former champion road racing cyclist between 1928 and 1935.
Gare de la Part-Dieu is the primary railway station in Lyon, France. It is situated on the Paris-Lyon-Marseille railway. The train services are mainly operated by SNCF with frequent TGV high-speed and TER regional services with Eurostar and Deutsche Bahn also operating few services through the station. Lyon's secondary station is Gare de Lyon-Perrache south of the city center.
Aix-en-Provence TGV is a high speed railway station located in Cabriès, Bouches-du-Rhône, southern France. The station was opened in 2001 and is located on the LGV Méditerranée. The train services are operated by SNCF. It serves the city of Aix-en-Provence, 15 km north-east of the station, Vitrolles, northern Marseille, 20 km south of the station and the Marseilles Provence international airport.
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