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1928 Tour de France
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The 1928 Tour de France was the 22nd edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 17 June to 15 July. It consisted of 22 stages over 5,376 km (3,340 mi).
![]() Route of the 1928 Tour de France followed counterclockwise, starting in Paris | |||||||||||||
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Dates | 17 June – 15 July 1928 | ||||||||||||
Stages | 22 | ||||||||||||
Distance | 5,376 km (3,340 mi) | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 192h 48' 58" | ||||||||||||
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The Tour was won by Nicolas Frantz, his second win. He held the yellow jersey from beginning to end, despite an incident three days before the end of the race. Frantz had a mechanical failure between Metz and Charleville and had to finish 100 km of the stage on an undersized women's bicycle, resulting in a loss of 28 minutes. Regardless, Frantz won the tour, with his Alcyon team winning the team trophy and having riders finish in second and third places.[1]
The 22nd tour featured the first appearance of an Australian/New Zealand team, indicating the beginning of a more international sporting field.[2][3] Their experience was turned into a film by Phil Keoghan, Le Ride, released in July 2016.
Tour director Henri Desgrange allowed teams to replace exhausted or injured cyclists with new riders, to give the weaker teams a fairer chance. However, the experiment backfired, having the opposite effect, so the concept was quickly abandoned.[3]