Lucien Buysse wins Tour de France 1926 GC across 17 stages, 5,745km

Tour de France 1926 — Lucien Buysse wins overall after 17 stages

Edition key stats

GC Winner

Lucien Buysse

Christophe-Hutchinson

17

Stages

5,745

Total km

24.2

Avg km/h

Stage profile breakdown

13

Flat

76%

4

Mountain

24%

Stage winners and teams — Nicolas Frantz takes 4 stages

Final general classification (top 30)

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
01	Lucien Buysse BE	AUTOMOTO-HUTCHINSON	238h 44' 25''
02	Nicolas Frantz LU	ALCYON-DUNLOP	240h 06' 50''
03	Bartolomeo Aimo	ALCYON-DUNLOP	240h 07' 16''
04	Théophile Beeckman	ARMOR-DUNLOP	240h 28' 19''
05	Félix Sellier	ALCYON-DUNLOP	240h 33' 38''
06	Albert Dejonghe	J.B.LOUVET-WOLBER	240h 40' 40''
07	Léon Parmentier	JEAN LOUVET-HUTCHINSON	240h 53' 45''
08	Georges Cuvelier FR	METEORE-WOLBER	241h 12' 57''
09	Jules Buysse	AUTOMOTO-HUTCHINSON	241h 21' 28''
10	Marcel Bidot FR	THOMANN-DUNLOP	241h 38' 19''
11	Odile Tailleu	J.B.LOUVET-WOLBER	241h 53' 33''
12	Joseph Van Dam	AUTOMOTO-HUTCHINSON	242h 45' 00''
13	Omer Huyse	AUTOMOTO-HUTCHINSON	242h 51' 49''
14	Camille Van De Casteele BE	J.B.LOUVET-WOLBER	243h 12' 34''
15	Aimé Dossche BE	CHRISTOPHE-HUTCHINSON	244h 07' 34''
16	Emile Hardy	CHRISTOPHE-HUTCHINSON	244h 45' 55''
17	Raymond Englebert	ALCYON-DUNLOP	244h 47' 35''
18	Henri Colle	JEAN LOUVET-HUTCHINSON	245h 55' 00''
19	Georges Detreille FR	METEORE-WOLBER	246h 32' 42''
20	Omer Vermeulen	METEORE-WOLBER	247h 29' 09''
21	Giovanni Rossignoli	TOURISTES ROUTIERS	247h 07' 54''
22	Alfons Standaert	ARMOR-DUNLOP	247h 51' 57''
23	Benoît Faure FR	METEORE-WOLBER	248h 20' 09''
24	Henri Touzard FR	TOURISTES ROUTIERS	248h 20' 59''
25	Léon Devos	THOMANN-DUNLOP	248h 49' 48''
26	Jan Mertens	LABOR-DUNLOP	249h 11' 30''
27	Paul Duboc FR	TOURISTES ROUTIERS	249h 15' 12''
28	Louis De Lannoy	LABOR-DUNLOP	249h 25' 35''
29	Eugène Dhers FR	TOURISTES ROUTIERS	250h 10' 41''
30	Charles Longoni	TOURISTES ROUTIERS	250h 35' 21''

Stage winners (10 riders)

Nicolas Frantz

4 stages

Stages 7, 9, 12, 13

Joseph Van Dam

3 stages

Stages 6, 8, 15

Aimé Dossche

2 stages

Stages 2, 17

Lucien Buysse

2 stages

Stages 10, 11

Jules Buysse

1 stage

Stages 1

Gustaaf Van Slembrouck

1 stage

Stages 3

Félix Sellier

1 stage

Stages 4

Adelin Benoit

1 stage

Stages 5

Bartolomeo Aimo

1 stage

Stages 14

Camille Van De Casteele

1 stage

Stages 16

Teams at the 1926 edition

Team	Riders	Best GC
AUTOMOTO-HUTCHINSON	4	#1
ALCYON-DUNLOP	4	#2
ARMOR-DUNLOP	2	#4
J.B.LOUVET-WOLBER	3	#6
JEAN LOUVET-HUTCHINSON	2	#7
METEORE-WOLBER	6	#8
THOMANN-DUNLOP	2	#10
CHRISTOPHE-HUTCHINSON	2	#15
TOURISTES ROUTIERS	13	#21
LABOR-DUNLOP	2	#26

Stage profiles in the 1926 edition

13

Flat

4

Mountains flat finish

Compare with other editions of the Tour de France

2025

Tadej Pogacar

21 stages

2024

Tadej Pogacar

21 stages

2023

Jonas Vingegaard Hansen

21 stages

2022

Jonas Vingegaard Hansen

21 stages

2021

Tadej Pogacar

21 stages

2020

Tadej Pogacar

21 stages

2019

Egan Bernal Gomez

21 stages

2018

Geraint Thomas

21 stages

Stage-by-stage data: all 17 stages of the 1926 Tour de France

All 17 stages

Stage	Date	Route	Dist.	Winner	Profile	Speed
Stage 1	20 Jun	Evian-les-Bains → Mulhouse	373 km	Jules Buysse	Flat	26.3 km/h
Stage 2	22 Jun	Mulhouse → Metz	334 km	Aimé Dossche	Flat	24.8 km/h
Stage 3	24 Jun	Metz → Dunkerque	433 km	Gustaaf Van Slembrouck	Flat	25.2 km/h
Stage 4	26 Jun	Dunkerque → Le Havre	361 km	Félix Sellier	Flat	24.2 km/h
Stage 5	28 Jun	Le Havre → Cherbourg-en-Cotentin	357 km	Adelin Benoit	Flat	25.1 km/h
Stage 6	30 Jun	Cherbourg-en-Cotentin → Brest	405 km	Joseph Van Dam	Flat	25.0 km/h
Stage 7	2 Jul	Brest → Les Sables	412 km	Nicolas Frantz	Flat	25.2 km/h
Stage 8	3 Jul	Les Sables → Bordeaux	285 km	Joseph Van Dam	Flat	23.8 km/h
Stage 9	4 Jul	Bordeaux → Bayonne	189 km	Nicolas Frantz	Flat	24.7 km/h
Stage 10	6 Jul	Bayonne → Luchon	326 km	Lucien Buysse	Mountains flat finish	19.0 km/h
Stage 11	8 Jul	Luchon → Perpignan	323 km	Lucien Buysse	Mountains flat finish	25.8 km/h
Stage 12	10 Jul	Perpignan → Toulon	427 km	Nicolas Frantz	Flat	24.8 km/h
Stage 13	12 Jul	Toulon → Nice	280 km	Nicolas Frantz	Flat	24.3 km/h
Stage 14	14 Jul	Nice → Briançon	275 km	Bartolomeo Aimo	Mountains flat finish	22.9 km/h
Stage 15	16 Jul	Briançon → Evian-les-Bains	303 km	Joseph Van Dam	Mountains flat finish	24.9 km/h
Stage 16	17 Jul	Evian-les-Bains → Dijon	321 km	Camille Van De Casteele	Flat	23.3 km/h
Stage 17	18 Jul	Dijon → Paris	341 km	Aimé Dossche	Flat	22.8 km/h