1933 Tour de France

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Final Standings
Overall	Georges Speicher	147h 51' 37"
Second	Learco Guerra	4' 01"
Third	Giuseppe Martano	5' 08"
Climber	Vincente Trueba	134 points
Second	Antonin Magne	81 points
Third	Giuseppe Martano	78 points
Teams	France	h ' "

The 1933 Tour de France was the 27th Tour de France, taking place June 27 to July 23, 1933. It was comprised of 23 stages over 4395 km, ridden at an average speed of 29.818 km/h.

This race featured the introduction of the King of the Mountains competition, in which cyclists were challenged to climb the mountains the fastest, with points given to the fastest ascenders.

[edit] Results

[edit] Overall standings

Rank	Name	Country	Time (Avg. speed)
1	Georges Speicher	Image:Flag of France.svg France	147h 51' 37" (29.818 km/h)
2	Learco Guerra	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	4' 01"
3	Giuseppe Martano	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	5' 08"
4	Georges Lemaire	Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium	15' 45"
5	Maurice Archambaud	Image:Flag of France.svg France	21' 22"
6	Vincente Trueba	Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	27' 27"
7	Léon Level	Image:Flag of France.svg France	35' 19"
8	Antonin Magne	Image:Flag of France.svg France	36' 37"
9	Jean Aerts	Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium	42' 53"
10	Kurt Stoepel	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	45' 28"