1927 Tour de France
Videos
The 1927 Tour de France was the 21st edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 19 June to 17 July. It consisted of 24 stages over 5,398 km.
Julien Vervaecke and Maurice Geldhof smoking a cigarette during the race
Maurice De Waele
Videos
Maurice De Waele was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.
1927 Tour de France
…finished second in the sixteenth stage, and increased his lead to more than one hour. In the seventeenth stage, Frantz lost 15 minutes to second-placed Maurice De Waele, but because this was the last mountain stage, he had practically secured the victory. The rest of the stages did not cause big changes in the general…
De Waele at the 1929 Tour de France
Maurice De Waele publicity picture (before 1932)