Английская Википедия:1951 Tour de France

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox cycling race report The 1951 Tour de France was the 38th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 4 to 29 July. It consisted of 24 stages over Шаблон:Convert. The race started outside Île-de-France for the first time since 1926; a change that remained permanent beyond 1951 with the exceptions of 1963, 1983, 1984, 1986 and 2003.

The race was won by Swiss cyclist Hugo Koblet. Koblet used his time-trial abilities to win large amounts of time. Dutch cyclist Wim van Est made fame, not only by becoming the first Dutch cyclist to lead the Tour de France, but more by falling down a ravine in the leader's jersey.

Teams

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As was the custom since the 1930 Tour de France, the 1951 Tour de France was contested by national and regional teams. The three major cycling countries in 1951, Italy, Belgium and France, each sent a team of 12 cyclists. Other countries sent teams of 8 cyclists: Switzerland, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Spain. The French regional cyclists were divided into four teams of 12 cyclists: Paris, Île-de-France/North-West, East/South-East and West/South-West. The last team of eight cyclists was made up out of cyclists from the French North African colonies. In the end, Luxembourg only sent 7 cyclists, so altogether this made 123 cyclists. There were 68 French cyclists (of which 1 French-Moroccan and 7 French-Algerian), 12 Italian, 12 Belgian, 8 Dutch, 8 Spanish, 8 Swiss and 7 Luxembourgian cyclists.[1]

The teams entering the race were:[1]

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  • Switzerland
  • Italy
  • Belgium
  • France
  • Luxembourg
  • Netherlands
  • Spain
  • Paris
  • Île-de-France/North-West
  • East/South-East
  • West/South-West
  • North Africa

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Route and stages

The 1951 Tour de France started in Metz; it was the second time after the 1926 Tour de France that the start of the Tour de France was not in or near Paris.

Unlike in previous years, the route was no longer around the perimeter of France, and the Massif Central mountains were visited for the first time.Шаблон:Sfn There were two rest days, in Limoges and Montpellier.Шаблон:Sfn

The highest point of elevation in the race was Шаблон:Convert at the summit of the Col d'Izoard mountain pass on stage 20.Шаблон:Sfn[2]

Stage characteristics and winners[3]Шаблон:Sfn[4][5]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
1 4 July Metz to Reims Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
2 5 July Reims to Ghent (Belgium) Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
3 6 July Ghent (Belgium) to Le Tréport Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
4 7 July Le Tréport to Paris Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
5 8 July Paris to Caen Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
6 9 July Caen to Rennes Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
7 10 July La Guerche-de-Bretagne to Angers Шаблон:Convert Файл:Time Trial.svg Individual time trial Шаблон:Flagathlete
8 11 July Angers to Limoges Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
12 July Limoges Rest day
9 13 July Limoges to Clermont-Ferrand Шаблон:Convert Файл:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Шаблон:Flagathlete
10 14 July Clermont-Ferrand to Brive Шаблон:Convert Файл:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Шаблон:Flagathlete
11 15 July Brive to Agen Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
12 16 July Agen to Dax Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
13 17 July Dax to Tarbes Шаблон:Convert Файл:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Шаблон:Flagathlete
14 18 July Tarbes to Luchon Шаблон:Convert Файл:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Шаблон:Flagathlete
15 19 July Luchon to Carcassonne Шаблон:Convert Файл:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Шаблон:Flagathlete
16 20 July Carcassonne to Montpellier Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
21 July Montpellier Rest day
17 22 July Montpellier to Avignon Шаблон:Convert Файл:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Шаблон:Flagathlete
18 23 July Avignon to Marseille Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
19 24 July Marseille to Gap Шаблон:Convert Файл:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Шаблон:Flagathlete
20 25 July Gap to Briançon Шаблон:Convert Файл:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Шаблон:Flagathlete
21 26 July Briançon to Aix-les-Bains Шаблон:Convert Файл:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Шаблон:Flagathlete
22 27 July Aix-les-Bains to Geneva Шаблон:Convert Файл:Time Trial.svg Individual time trial Шаблон:Flagathlete
23 28 July Geneva to Dijon Шаблон:Convert Файл:Mountainstage.svg Stage with mountain(s) Шаблон:Flagathlete
24 29 July Dijon to Paris Шаблон:Convert Файл:Plainstage.svg Plain stage Шаблон:Flagathlete
Total Шаблон:ConvertШаблон:Sfn

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Race overview

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General classification winner Hugo Koblet pictured on stage one

On the first stage, Hugo Koblet attacked almost immediately from the start. The peloton got back to him after Шаблон:Convert. Koblet stayed calm for the next stages, until the individual time trial in stage seven, which he won.[6] Initially, Bobet was reported to have won the time trial by one second. Koblet protested against the result, and argued that the intermediate timings showed that Bobet could not have won. The Tour de France jury agreed that Bobet's time was off by one minute, and Koblet was given the stage victory by 59 seconds.Шаблон:Sfn[7] Koblet's rival Raphaël Géminiani after the stage said: "If there were two Koblets in the sport I would retire from cycling tomorrow."Шаблон:Sfn

In the eleventh stage, Koblet attacked after Шаблон:Convert. He was followed by Louis Deprez for a short while, but when Deprez fell back, Koblet was on his own. It was a hot day, and the other cyclists did not believe that Koblet's escape had any chance. When the peloton heard that Koblet was already three minutes ahead, they started to chase him. They worked together for more than 100 km, but couldn't reach Koblet, who won the stage with a margin of more than two and a half minutes.[6] Directly after Koblet finished, he used a stopwatch to measure the time gap, because he did not trust the Tour's time keepers anymore.Шаблон:Sfn The other cyclists were amazed that Koblet had been able to defend his lead against all the other cyclists.

In the twelfth stage, Dutch cyclist Wim van Est escaped, won the stage and took the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification. He was the first Dutch cyclist to do so. Van Est was inexperienced in the mountains that showed up in the thirteenth stage, but did his best to defend his lead. Going up the Aubisque, Van Est punctured and lost time. He tried to gain back time on the descent by following Magni, a fast descender. Van Est could not follow, and crashed. He remounted and rode down again, but took too much risk and fell down a ravine. His fall was broken by trees, 75 meters down. Spectators helped him to climb back, by handing him a rope made from inner tubes.[8] In the next stage, Van Est fell down a ravine while defending his position, and had to abandon the race. Gilbert Bauvin took over the lead. Géminiani crossed the finish line first in that stage, but he was set back to fourth place by the jury.[9]

In the fourteenth stage, Coppi attacked. Koblet punctured, but chased back and reached Coppi, and outsprinted him to win the stage, and thanks to the minute bonification time as stage winner took over the lead.Шаблон:Sfn In the sixteenth stage, that seemed not too hard because there were almost no mountains, Coppi collapsed and lost more than half an hour. This was said to be caused by grief over his brother's death, although other accounts said it was because of food poisoning. His teammates and former rivals Gino Bartali and Fiorenzo Magni helped him until the end of the stage.Шаблон:Sfn

The Mont Ventoux was climbed in the seventeenth stage for the first time in Tour de France history. Bobet escaped and won the stage, while Koblet was able to stay with his competitors. After that stage, second-placed rider Géminiani was no longer trying to beat Koblet, but instead focussed on defending his second place against Bobet.Шаблон:Sfn Koblet stayed out of problems for the rest of the race, and won the time trial in the 22nd stage with a large margin; he even overtook Bartali who had started 8 minutes earlier.Шаблон:Sfn[10]

Classification leadership and minor prizes

The time that each cyclist required to finish each stage was recorded, and these times were added together for the general classification. If a cyclist had received a time bonus, it was subtracted from this total; all time penalties were added to this total. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey.Шаблон:Sfn Of the 123 cyclists that started the 1951 Tour de France, 66 finished the race.

Points for the mountains classification were earned by reaching the mountain tops first.Шаблон:Sfn The system was almost the same as in 1950: there were two types of mountain tops: the hardest ones, in category 1, gave 10 points to the first cyclist, the easier ones, in category 2, gave 6 points to the first cyclist, and the easiest ones, in category 3, gave 3 points. Raphaël Géminiani won this classification.[3]

The team classification was calculated by adding the times in the general classification of the best three cyclists per team.Шаблон:Sfn It was won by the French team, with a large margin over the Belgian team. The other three teams that started, Luxembourg, The Netherlands and North Africa, did not finish with three cyclists so were not eligible for the team classification. The Souvenir Henri Desgrange was given in honour of Tour founder Henri Desgrange to the first rider to pass the summit of the Col du Lautaret on stage 21. This prize was won by Gino Sciardis.[11] The special award for the best regional rider was won by eighth-placed Gilbert Bauvin.Шаблон:Sfn

Classification leadership by stage[12]
Stage Winner General classification
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Mountains classificationШаблон:Efn Team classification
1 Giovanni Rossi Giovanni Rossi no award
2 Jean Diederich Jean Diederich
3 Georges Meunier Luxembourg
4 Roger Lévêque France
5 Serafino Biagioni Serafino Biagioni Italy
6 Édouard Muller Roger Lévêque
7 Hugo Koblet France
8 André Rosseel
9 Raphaël Géminiani Raphaël Géminiani
10 Bernardo Ruiz Bernardo Ruiz
11 Hugo Koblet Raphaël Géminiani
12 Wim van Est Wim van Est West/South-West
13 Serafino Biagioni Gilbert Bauvin
14 Hugo Koblet Hugo Koblet France
15 André Rosseel
16 Hugo Koblet
17 Louison Bobet
18 Fiorenzo Magni
19 Armand Baeyens
20 Fausto Coppi
21 Bernardo Ruiz
22 Hugo Koblet
23 Germain Derijcke
24 Adolphe Deledda
Final Hugo Koblet Raphaël Géminiani France

Final standings

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)[13]
Rank Rider Team Time
1 Шаблон:Flagathlete Switzerland 142h 20' 14"
2 Шаблон:Flagathlete France + 22' 00"
3 Шаблон:Flagathlete France + 24' 16"
4 Шаблон:Flagathlete Italy + 29' 09"
5 Шаблон:Flagathlete Belgium + 32' 53"
6 Шаблон:Flagathlete France + 36' 40"
7 Шаблон:Flagathlete Italy + 39' 14"
8 Шаблон:Flagathlete East/South-East + 45' 53"
9 Шаблон:Flagathlete Spain + 45' 55"
10 Шаблон:Flagathlete Italy + 46' 51"

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Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)[14]
Rank Rider Team Points
1 Шаблон:Flagathlete France 60
2 Шаблон:Flagathlete Italy 59
3 Шаблон:Flagathlete Italy 41
Шаблон:Flagathlete Switzerland
Шаблон:Flagathlete Spain
6 Шаблон:Flagathlete France 37
7 Шаблон:Flagathlete Paris 23
8 Шаблон:Flagathlete France 22
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10 Шаблон:Flagathlete East/South-East 18

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Team classification

Final team classification[15]
Rank Team Time
1 France 426h 47' 36"
2 Belgium + 44' 37"
3 Italy + 1h 22' 16"
4 East/South-East + 1h 48' 00"
5 West/South-West + 2h 15' 38"
6 Switzerland + 2h 49' 55"
7 Spain + 4h 45' 19"
8 Île-de-France/North-West + 5h 30' 39"
9 Paris + 6h 05' 29"

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Aftermath

Hugo Koblet would be unable to defend his title in the 1952 Tour de France, as he was injured. After that, Koblet never reached the heights that he was able to reach in 1951. Second-placed Géminiani said that he regarded himself as the winner, because Koblet did not count because he was not human.Шаблон:Sfn Ravine, who fell down a Van Est wearing the leader's yellow jersey, starred in an advert for watch-making company Pontiac, that said "His heart stopped but his Pontiac kept time."[8]

Notes

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References

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Bibliography

External links

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