# 1939 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 10c

The 1939 Tour de France was the 33rd edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Paris with a flat stage on 10 July, and Stage 10c occurred on 21 July with a flat stage to Montpellier. The race finished in Paris on 30 July.

## Stage 1

10 July 1939 — Paris to Caen, 215 km (134 mi)
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Amédée Fournier (FRA) | France – North-East/Île de France | 6h 21' 27" |
| 2 | Romain Maes (BEL) | Belgium | s.t. |
| 3 | Marcel Kint (BEL) | Belgium | s.t. |
| 4 | Edmond Delathouwer (BEL) | Belgium B | s.t. |
| 5 | Eloi Tassin (FRA) | France – West | s.t. |
| 6 | Jan Lambrichs (NED) | Netherlands | s.t. |
| 7 | Fabien Galateau (FRA) | France – South-East | s.t. |
| 8 | Lucien Storme (BEL) | Belgium | s.t. |
| 9 | Raymond Passat (FRA) | France – South-West | s.t. |
| 10 | Auguste Mallet (FRA) | France | + 46" |

## Stage 2a

11 July 1939 — Caen to Vire, 63.5 km (39.5 mi) (ITT)
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Romain Maes (BEL) | Belgium | 1h 40' 13" |
| 2 | Jan Lambrichs (NED) | Netherlands | + 24" |
| 3 | Karl Litschi (SUI) | Switzerland | + 1' 18" |
| 4 | Félicien Vervaecke (BEL) | Belgium | + 1' 24" |
| =5 | Jean Fontenay (FRA) | France – West | + 1' 53" |
| =5 | Yvan Marie (FRA) | France – West | s.t. |
| 7 | Sylvère Maes (BEL) | Belgium | + 2' 11" |
| 8 | Louis Thiétard (FRA) | France – North-East/Île de France | + 2' 13" |
| 9 | Lucien Vlaemynck (BEL) | Belgium B | + 2' 32" |
| 10 | Lucien Storme (BEL) | Belgium | + 2' 37" |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Romain Maes (BEL) | Belgium | |
| 2 | Jan Lambrichs (NED) | Netherlands | + 1' 24" |
| 3 | Félicien Vervaecke (BEL) | Belgium | + 2' 42" |
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## Stage 2b

21 July 1939 — Vire to Rennes, 119.5 km (74.3 mi)
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Eloi Tassin (FRA) | France – West | 3h 10' 45" |
| 2 | Jean Fontenay (FRA) | France – West | + 9" |
| 3 | Albertin Disseaux (BEL) | Belgium B | s.t. |
| 4 | Victor Cosson (FRA) | France | s.t. |
| 5 | René Vietto (FRA) | France – South-East | s.t. |
| 6 | Oreste Bernardoni (FRA) | France – South-East | s.t. |
| 7 | Fabien Galateau (FRA) | France – South-East | + 27" |
| 8 | Mathias Clemens (LUX) | Luxembourg | + 32" |
| 9 | Georges Naisse (FRA) | France | s.t. |
| 10 | Armand Le Moal (FRA) | France – West | s.t. |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Jean Fontenay (FRA) | France – West | |
| 2 | René Vietto (FRA) | France – South-East | + 2' 10" |
| 3 | Eloi Tassin (FRA) | France – West | + 2' 11" |
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## Stage 3

12 July 1939 — Rennes to Brest, 244 km (152 mi)
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Pierre Cloarec (FRA) | France – West | 6h 52' 30" |
| 2 | Antoon van Schendel (NED) | Netherlands | + 13" |
| 3 | Edmond Delathouwer (BEL) | Belgium B | + 24" |
| 4 | Dante Gianello (FRA) | France | + 44" |
| 5 | René Le Grevès (FRA) | France – West | + 50" |
| 6 | Paul Maye (FRA) | France – South-West | s.t. |
| 7 | Éloi Meulenberg (BEL) | Belgium B | s.t. |
| 8 | Jean Fréchaut (FRA) | France – South-West | s.t. |
| =9 | Sylvère Maes (BEL) | Belgium | s.t. |
| =9 | Félicien Vervaecke (BEL) | Belgium | s.t. |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Jean Fontenay (FRA) | France – West | |
| 2 | René Vietto (FRA) | France – South-East | + 2' 10" |
| 3 | Eloi Tassin (FRA) | France – West | + 2' 11" |
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## Stage 4

13 July 1939 — Brest to Lorient, 174 km (108 mi)
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Raymond Louviot (FRA) | France | 4h 38' 56" |
| 2 | Albert van Schendel (NED) | Netherlands | s.t. |
| 3 | Karl Litschi (SUI) | Switzerland | s.t. |
| 4 | Albertin Disseaux (BEL) | Belgium B | s.t. |
| 5 | Lucien Bidinger (LUX) | Luxembourg | s.t. |
| 6 | Pierre Clemens (LUX) | Luxembourg | s.t. |
| 7 | René Vietto (FRA) | France – South-East | s.t. |
| 8 | Mathias Clemens (LUX) | Luxembourg | s.t. |
| 9 | André de Korver (NED) | Netherlands | + 2' 43" |
| 10 | Armand Le Moal (FRA) | France – West | s.t. |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | René Vietto (FRA) | France – South-East | |
| 2 | Mathias Clemens (LUX) | Luxembourg | + 6" |
| 3 | Albertin Disseaux (BEL) | Belgium B | + 1' 06" |
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## Stage 5

14 July 1939 — Lorient to Nantes, 207 km (129 mi)
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Amédée Fournier (FRA) | France – North-East/Île de France | 5h 40' 13" |
| 2 | Jean Fréchaut (FRA) | France – South-West | s.t. |
| 3 | Éloi Meulenberg (BEL) | Belgium B | s.t. |
| 4 | Maurice Archambaud (FRA) | France – North-East/Île de France | s.t. |
| 5 | Sylvère Maes (BEL) | Belgium | s.t. |
| =6 | Lucien Vlaemynck (BEL) | Belgium B | s.t. |
| =6 | Albert van Schendel (NED) | Netherlands | s.t. |
| =6 | Albert Ritserveldt (BEL) | Belgium B | s.t. |
| =6 | Romain Maes (BEL) | Belgium | s.t. |
| =6 | Sylvain Marcaillou (FRA) | France | s.t. |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | René Vietto (FRA) | France – South-East | |
| 2 | Mathias Clemens (LUX) | Luxembourg | + 6" |
| 3 | Albertin Disseaux (BEL) | Belgium B | + 1' 06" |
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## Stage 6a

15 July 1939 — Nantes to La Rochelle, 144 km (89 mi)
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Lucien Storme (BEL) | Belgium | 4h 23' 05" |
| 2 | Maurice Archambaud (FRA) | France – North-East/Île de France | s.t. |
| 3 | Félicien Vervaecke (BEL) | Belgium | s.t. |
| 4 | Romain Maes (BEL) | Belgium | + 45" |
| 5 | André de Korver (NED) | Netherlands | s.t. |
| 6 | Arsène Mersch (LUX) | Luxembourg | s.t. |
| 7 | Albert Ritserveldt (BEL) | Belgium B | s.t. |
| =8 | Sylvère Maes (BEL) | Belgium | s.t. |
| =8 | Edward Vissers (BEL) | Belgium | s.t. |
| =8 | Marcel Kint (BEL) | Belgium | s.t. |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | René Vietto (FRA) | France – South-East | |
| 2 | Mathias Clemens (LUX) | Luxembourg | + 6" |
| 3 | Albertin Disseaux (BEL) | Belgium B | + 1' 06" |
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## Stage 6b

15 July 1939 — La Rochelle to Royan, 107 km (66 mi)
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Edmond Pagès (FRA) | France – South-West | 3h 00' 23" |
| 2 | Roger Bailleux (FRA) | France – North-East/Île de France | + 10" |
| 3 | René Le Grevès (FRA) | France – West | + 28" |
| 4 | Louis Thiétard (FRA) | France – North-East/Île de France | s.t. |
| 5 | Pierre Jaminet (FRA) | France | s.t. |
| 6 | Jean Fréchaut (FRA) | France – South-West | s.t. |
| 7 | Fabien Galateau (FRA) | France – South-East | s.t. |
| =8 | Sylvère Maes (BEL) | Belgium | s.t. |
| =8 | Félicien Vervaecke (BEL) | Belgium | s.t. |
| =8 | Edward Vissers (BEL) | Belgium | s.t. |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | René Vietto (FRA) | France – South-East | |
| 2 | Mathias Clemens (LUX) | Luxembourg | + 6" |
| 3 | Albertin Disseaux (BEL) | Belgium B | + 1' 06" |
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## Stage 7

17 July 1939 — Royan to Bordeaux, 198 km (123 mi)
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Raymond Passat (FRA) | France – South-West | 5h 47' 16" |
| 2 | André de Korver (NED) | Netherlands | s.t. |
| 3 | Cyriel Vanoverberghe (BEL) | Belgium B | s.t. |
| 4 | Jules Lowie (BEL) | Belgium B | s.t. |
| 5 | Paul Maye (FRA) | France – South-West | + 1' 31" |
| 6 | Pierre Jaminet (FRA) | France | s.t. |
| 7 | Louis Thiétard (FRA) | France – North-East/Île de France | s.t. |
| 8 | Romain Maes (BEL) | Belgium | s.t. |
| 9 | Théo Perret (SUI) | Switzerland | s.t. |
| 10 | Albert Ritserveldt (BEL) | Belgium B | s.t. |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | René Vietto (FRA) | France – South-East | |
| 2 | Mathias Clemens (LUX) | Luxembourg | + 6" |
| 3 | Albertin Disseaux (BEL) | Belgium B | + 1' 06" |
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## Stage 8a

18 July 1939 — Bordeaux to Salies-de-Béarn, 210.5 km (130.8 mi)
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Marcel Kint (BEL) | Belgium | 6h 35' 43" |
| 2 | Fabien Galateau (FRA) | France – South-East | s.t. |
| 3 | Jean Fréchaut (FRA) | France – South-West | s.t. |
| 4 | Antoon van Schendel (NED) | Netherlands | + 28" |
| 5 | Lucien Storme (BEL) | Belgium | + 52" |
| 6 | Charles Berty (FRA) | France – South-East | s.t. |
| 7 | Raymond Louviot (FRA) | France | s.t. |
| 8 | Cyriel Vanoverberghe (BEL) | Belgium B | s.t. |
| 9 | Auguste Mallet (FRA) | France | s.t. |
| 10 | Edmond Pagès (FRA) | France – South-West | s.t. |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | René Vietto (FRA) | France – South-East | |
| 2 | Mathias Clemens (LUX) | Luxembourg | + 6" |
| 3 | Albertin Disseaux (BEL) | Belgium B | + 1' 06" |
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## Stage 8b

18 July 1939 — Salies-de-Béarn to Pau, 68.5 km (42.6 mi) (ITT)
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Karl Litschi (SUI) | Switzerland | 1h 52' 05" |
| 2 | Maurice Archambaud (FRA) | France – North-East/Île de France | + 14" |
| 3 | Lucien Vlaemynck (BEL) | Belgium B | + 1' 22" |
| 4 | Sylvère Maes (BEL) | Belgium | + 2' 03" |
| 5 | Jan Lambrichs (NED) | Netherlands | + 2' 11" |
| 6 | Félicien Vervaecke (BEL) | Belgium | + 2' 53" |
| 7 | Eloi Tassin (FRA) | France – West | + 3' 09" |
| 8 | Edward Vissers (BEL) | Belgium | + 4' 08" |
| =9 | Albert Hendrickx (BEL) | Belgium | + 4' 15" |
| =9 | François Neuville (BEL) | Belgium | s.t. |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | René Vietto (FRA) | France – South-East | |
| 2 | Albertin Disseaux (BEL) | Belgium B | + 58" |
| 3 | Lucien Vlaemynck (BEL) | Belgium B | + 2' 37" |
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## Stage 9

19 July 1939 — Pau to Toulouse, 311 km (193 mi)
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Edward Vissers (BEL) | Belgium | 10h 23' 27" |
| 2 | Sylvère Maes (BEL) | Belgium | + 4' 04" |
| 3 | Albert Ritserveldt (BEL) | Belgium B | s.t. |
| 4 | Dante Gianello (FRA) | France | s.t. |
| 5 | René Vietto (FRA) | France – South-East | s.t. |
| 6 | Sylvain Marcaillou (FRA) | France | + 7' 42" |
| 7 | Jan Lambrichs (NED) | Netherlands | s.t. |
| 8 | Christophe Didier (LUX) | Luxembourg | s.t. |
| 9 | Auguste Mallet (FRA) | France | s.t. |
| 10 | Lucien Vlaemynck (BEL) | Belgium B | s.t. |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | René Vietto (FRA) | France – South-East | |
| 2 | Sylvère Maes (BEL) | Belgium | + 2' 57" |
| 3 | Lucien Vlaemynck (BEL) | Belgium B | + 6' 15" |
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## Stage 10a

21 July 1939 — Toulouse to Narbonne, 148.5 km (92.3 mi)
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Pierre Jaminet (FRA) | France | 4h 07' 35" |
| 2 | Antoon van Schendel (NED) | Netherlands | + 49" |
| 3 | Oreste Bernardoni (FRA) | France – South-East | s.t. |
| 4 | Amédée Fournier (FRA) | France – North-East/Île de France | + 59" |
| 5 | René Le Grevès (FRA) | France – West | s.t. |
| 6 | Jean Fontenay (FRA) | France – West | s.t. |
| 7 | Sylvain Marcaillou (FRA) | France | + 1' 31" |
| =8 | Sylvère Maes (BEL) | Belgium | s.t. |
| =8 | Edward Vissers (BEL) | Belgium | s.t. |
| =8 | Marcel Kint (BEL) | Belgium | s.t. |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | René Vietto (FRA) | France – South-East | |
| 2 | Sylvère Maes (BEL) | Belgium | + 2' 57" |
| 3 | Lucien Vlaemynck (BEL) | Belgium B | + 6' 15" |
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## Stage 10b

21 July 1939 — Narbonne to Béziers, 27 km (17 mi) (ITT)
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Maurice Archambaud (FRA) | France – North-East/Île de France | 37' 30" |
| 2 | Pierre Jaminet (FRA) | France | + 38" |
| 3 | Edward Vissers (BEL) | Belgium | + 1' 20" |
| 4 | Lucien Vlaemynck (BEL) | Belgium B | + 1' 24" |
| 5 | Jan Lambrichs (NED) | Netherlands | + 1' 25" |
| 6 | Oreste Bernardoni (FRA) | France – South-East | + 1' 27" |
| 7 | Albert Ritserveldt (BEL) | Belgium B | + 1' 30" |
| 8 | René Vietto (FRA) | France – South-East | + 1' 33" |
| 9 | François Neuville (BEL) | Belgium | + 1' 50" |
| 10 | Sylvère Maes (BEL) | Belgium | + 1' 55" |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | René Vietto (FRA) | France – South-East | |
| 2 | Sylvère Maes (BEL) | Belgium | + 3' 19" |
| 3 | Lucien Vlaemynck (BEL) | Belgium B | + 6' 06" |
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## Stage 10c

21 July 1939 — Béziers to Montpellier, 70.5 km (43.8 mi)
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Maurice Archambaud (FRA) | France – North-East/Île de France | 1h 50' 09" |
| 2 | Albert Hendrickx (BEL) | Belgium | + 52" |
| 3 | Pierre Jaminet (FRA) | France | s.t. |
| 4 | François Neuville (BEL) | Belgium | s.t. |
| =5 | Sylvère Maes (BEL) | Belgium | s.t. |
| =5 | Eloi Tassin (FRA) | France – West | s.t. |
| =5 | Raymond Passat (FRA) | France – South-West | s.t. |
| =5 | Sylvain Marcaillou (FRA) | France | s.t. |
| =5 | Pierre Clemens (LUX) | Luxembourg | s.t. |
| =5 | Mathias Clemens (LUX) | Luxembourg | s.t. |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | René Vietto (FRA) | France – South-East | |
| 2 | Sylvère Maes (BEL) | Belgium | + 3' 19" |
| 3 | Lucien Vlaemynck (BEL) | Belgium B | + 6' 06" |
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