1920 Tour de France

The 1920 Tour de France was the 14th edition, run from 27 June to 27 July over fifteen stages and 5,503 km at 24.072 km/h. Belgium's Philippe Thys won to become the first three-time winner, and his compatriots dominated: Belgians won twelve of the fifteen stages and filled the first eight places. Conditions were returning to normal after 1919, with 113 starters against 67 the year before, though the cycling firms still pooled their riders under the La Sportive name and the field was split into first-class professionals and second-class amateurs. The formula used since 1910 and kept until 1924 applied: fifteen stages of around 5,000 km round the perimeter of France, starting and finishing in Paris.