1925 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 9

The 1925 Tour de France was the 19th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Paris with a flat stage on 21 June, and Stage 9 occurred on 3 July with a mountainous stage to Perpignan. The race finished in Paris on 19 July.

Stage 1

21 June 1925 — Paris to Le Havre, 340 km (210 mi)^[1]

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

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	Automoto-Hutchinson	12h 19' 02"
2	Francis Pélissier (FRA)	Automoto-Hutchinson	+ 2' 59"
3	Adelin Benoît (BEL)	Thomann-Dunlop	+ 5' 59"
4	Félix Sellier (BEL)	Alcyon-Dunlop	s.t.
5	Auguste Verdyck (BEL)	Christophe Hutchinson	s.t.
6	Théophile Beeckman (BEL)	Thomann-Dunlop	s.t.
7	Arthur Targez (FRA)	Touriste-routier	s.t.
8	Nicolas Frantz (LUX)	Alcyon-Dunlop	+ 9' 59"
9	Joseph Pe (BEL)	Touriste-routier	s.t.
10	Bartolomeo Aimo (ITA)	Alcyon-Dunlop	s.t.

Stage 2

23 June 1925 — Le Havre to Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, 371 km (231 mi)^[1]

Stage 2 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Romain Bellenger (FRA)	Alcyon-Dunlop	15h 06' 00"
2	Adelin Benoît (BEL)	Thomann-Dunlop	s.t.
3	Nicolas Frantz (LUX)	Alcyon-Dunlop	s.t.
4	Auguste Verdyck (BEL)	Christophe Hutchinson	s.t.
5	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	Automoto-Hutchinson	s.t.
6	Marcel Colleu (FRA)	JB Louvet-Pouchois	+ 2"
7	Federico Gay (ITA)	Meteore-Wolber	+ 4"
8	Bartolomeo Aimo (ITA)	Alcyon-Dunlop	s.t.
9	Arturo Bresciani (ITA)	Meteore-Wolber	s.t.
10	Luigi Lucotti (ITA)	Meteore-Wolber	+ 6"

General classification after stage 2^[1]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	Automoto-Hutchinson
2	Adelin Benoît (BEL)	Thomann-Dunlop	+ 5' 59"
3	Auguste Verdyck (BEL)	Christophe Hutchinson
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Stage 3

25 June 1925 — Cherbourg-en-Cotentin to Brest, 405 km (252 mi)^[1]

Stage 3 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Louis Mottiat (BEL)	Alcyon-Dunlop	16h 22' 30"
2	Adelin Benoît (BEL)	Thomann-Dunlop	+ 5' 38"
3	Nicolas Frantz (LUX)	Alcyon-Dunlop	+ 6' 37"
4	Francis Pélissier (FRA)	Automoto-Hutchinson	s.t.
5	Auguste Verdyck (BEL)	Christophe Hutchinson	s.t.
6	Omer Huyse (BEL)	Armor-Dunlop	s.t.
7	Théophile Beeckman (BEL)	Thomann-Dunlop	s.t.
8	Arturo Bresciani (ITA)	Meteore-Wolber	s.t.
9	Jean Alavoine (FRA)	J Alavoine-Dunlop	s.t.
10	Bartolomeo Aimo (ITA)	Alcyon-Dunlop	s.t.

General classification after stage 3^[1]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Adelin Benoît (BEL)	Thomann-Dunlop
2	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	Automoto-Hutchinson	+ 8"
3	Auguste Verdyck (BEL)	Christophe Hutchinson	+ 59"
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Stage 4

26 June 1925 — Brest to Vannes, 208 km (129 mi)^[1]

Stage 4 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Nicolas Frantz (LUX)	Alcyon-Dunlop	8h 22' 30"
2	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	Automoto-Hutchinson	s.t.
3	Félix Sellier (BEL)	Alcyon-Dunlop	s.t.
4	Théo Wynsdau (BEL)	JB Louvet-Pouchois	s.t.
=5	Auguste Verdyck (BEL)	Christophe Hutchinson	s.t.
=5	Alfonso Piccin (ITA)	Christophe Hutchinson	s.t.
=5	Bartolomeo Aimo (ITA)	Alcyon-Dunlop	s.t.
=5	Jean Alavoine (FRA)	J Alavoine-Dunlop	s.t.
=5	Adelin Benoît (BEL)	Thomann-Dunlop	s.t.
=5	Romain Bellenger (FRA)	Alcyon-Dunlop	s.t.

General classification after stage 4^[1]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Adelin Benoît (BEL)	Thomann-Dunlop
2	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	Automoto-Hutchinson	+ 8"
3	Auguste Verdyck (BEL)	Christophe Hutchinson	+ 59"
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Stage 5

27 June 1925 — Vannes to Les Sables-d'Olonne, 204 km (127 mi)^[1]

Stage 5 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Nicolas Frantz (LUX)	Alcyon-Dunlop	7h 25' 42"
2	Félix Sellier (BEL)	Alcyon-Dunlop	s.t.
3	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	Automoto-Hutchinson	s.t.
4	Théo Wynsdau (BEL)	JB Louvet-Pouchois	s.t.
5	Francis Pélissier (FRA)	Automoto-Hutchinson	s.t.
6	Michele Gordini (ITA)	Touriste-routier	s.t.
7	Philippe Thys (BEL)	Automoto-Hutchinson	s.t.
8	Lucien Buysse (BEL)	Automoto-Hutchinson	s.t.
9	Jules Buysse (BEL)	Automoto-Hutchinson	s.t.
10	Eugène Christophe (FRA)	JB Louvet-Pouchois	s.t.

General classification after stage 5^[1]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Adelin Benoît (BEL)	Thomann-Dunlop
2	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	Automoto-Hutchinson	+ 8"
3	Auguste Verdyck (BEL)	Christophe Hutchinson	+ 59"
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Stage 6

28 June 1925 — Les Sables-d'Olonne to Bordeaux, 293 km (182 mi)^[1]

Stage 6 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	Automoto-Hutchinson	11h 06' 51"
2	Nicolas Frantz (LUX)	Alcyon-Dunlop	s.t.
3	Félix Sellier (BEL)	Alcyon-Dunlop	s.t.
=4	Jean Alavoine (FRA)	J Alavoine-Dunlop	s.t.
=4	Albert Jordens (BEL)	Touriste-routier	s.t.
=4	Philippe Thys (BEL)	Automoto-Hutchinson	s.t.
=4	Lucien Buysse (BEL)	Automoto-Hutchinson	s.t.
=4	Jules Buysse (BEL)	Automoto-Hutchinson	s.t.
=4	Francis Pélissier (FRA)	Automoto-Hutchinson	s.t.
=4	Eugène Christophe (FRA)	JB Louvet-Pouchois	s.t.

General classification after stage 6^[1]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Adelin Benoît (BEL)	Thomann-Dunlop
2	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	Automoto-Hutchinson	+ 8"
3	Auguste Verdyck (BEL)	Christophe Hutchinson	+ 59"
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Stage 7

29 June 1925 — Bordeaux to Bayonne, 189 km (117 mi)^[1]

Stage 7 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	Automoto-Hutchinson	6h 35' 21"
2	Auguste Verdyck (BEL)	Christophe Hutchinson	s.t.
3	Federico Gay (ITA)	Meteore-Wolber	s.t.
4	Lucien Buysse (BEL)	Automoto-Hutchinson	s.t.
5	Romain Bellenger (FRA)	Alcyon-Dunlop	s.t.
6	Arturo Bresciani (ITA)	Meteore-Wolber	s.t.
7	Hector Martin (BEL)	JB Louvet-Pouchois	+ 4' 30"
8	Nicolas Frantz (LUX)	Alcyon-Dunlop	s.t.
9	Alfonso Piccin (ITA)	Christophe Hutchinson	s.t.
10	Adelin Benoît (BEL)	Thomann-Dunlop	s.t.

General classification after stage 7^[1]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	Automoto-Hutchinson
2	Auguste Verdyck (BEL)	Christophe Hutchinson	+ 51"
3	Adelin Benoît (BEL)	Thomann-Dunlop	+ 4' 22"
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Stage 8

1 July 1925 — Bayonne to Luchon, 326 km (203 mi)^[1]

Stage 8 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Adelin Benoît (BEL)	Thomann-Dunlop	15h 18' 56"
2	Omer Huyse (BEL)	Armor-Dunlop	+ 8' 34"
3	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	Automoto-Hutchinson	+ 11' 15"
4	Nicolas Frantz (LUX)	Alcyon-Dunlop	+ 21' 19"
5	Albert Dejonghe (BEL)	JB Louvet-Pouchois	+ 22' 04"
6	Romain Bellenger (FRA)	Alcyon-Dunlop	+ 35' 50"
7	Théophile Beeckman (BEL)	Thomann-Dunlop	+ 37' 04"
8	Bartolomeo Aimo (ITA)	Alcyon-Dunlop	+ 40' 46"
9	Félix Sellier (BEL)	Alcyon-Dunlop	+ 42' 42"
10	Lucien Buysse (BEL)	Automoto-Hutchinson	+ 43' 41"

General classification after stage 8^[1]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Adelin Benoît (BEL)	Thomann-Dunlop
2	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	Automoto-Hutchinson	+ 6' 53"
3	Omer Huyse (BEL)	Armor-Dunlop	+ 24' 24"
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Stage 9

3 July 1925 — Luchon to Perpignan, 323 km (201 mi)^[1]

Stage 9 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Nicolas Frantz (LUX)	Alcyon-Dunlop	13h 08' 51"
2	Albert Dejonghe (BEL)	JB Louvet-Pouchois	s.t.
3	Lucien Buysse (BEL)	Automoto-Hutchinson	+ 6' 05"
4	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	Automoto-Hutchinson	s.t.
5	Romain Bellenger (FRA)	Alcyon-Dunlop	+ 15' 12"
6	Hector Martin (BEL)	JB Louvet-Pouchois	s.t.
7	Félix Sellier (BEL)	Alcyon-Dunlop	+ 18' 25"
8	Bartolomeo Aimo (ITA)	Alcyon-Dunlop	+ 18' 30"
9	Auguste Verdyck (BEL)	Christophe Hutchinson	+ 32' 09"
10	Omer Huyse (BEL)	Armor-Dunlop	+ 35' 13"

General classification after stage 9^[1]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Ottavio Bottecchia (ITA)	Automoto-Hutchinson
2	Nicolas Frantz (LUX)	Alcyon-Dunlop	+ 13' 20"
3	Albert Dejonghe (BEL)	JB Louvet-Pouchois	+ 26' 25"
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References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z "19ème Tour de France 1925". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 15 August 2011.

[MdC1925-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z "19ème Tour de France 1925". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 15 August 2011.

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