 Instead, Victor Fontan, who was more than one and a half hour behind in the general classification, was allowed to escape and win the stage.Frantz still finished second, seven minutes behind, and extended his lead on his direct competitors, and was now leading by more than 40 minutes.In the tenth stage, the Alcyon team-mates Leducq, Frantz and De Waele finished first, and they now had the first three places in the general classification.