The first part of the race showcased the tactics of Robert Jacquinot and some action from Eugène Christophe.

Lambot was 48 minutes behind Christophe at one point but then plowed ahead to his win in Paris.

However, this defied the rules during this time, and he was docked one hour by race officials, dropping him to fourth overall.

He had sworn to change the format for the 1922 Tour de France, but this did not happen, and the formula remained the same.

The cycling companies were still not able to sponsor the cyclists in the way they did before the war, so as in 1919, 1920 and 1921 they bundled their forces under the nick La Sportive.

[9] Christophe still led the race after that stage, 37 years and 164 days old; this makes him the oldest person in Tour de France history to lead the general classification.

[10] During this sixth stage, Philippe Thys, who was in second position in the overall classification, broke his wheel and lost more than three hours, which removed his chances to win the Tour de France for the fourth time.

[7] Heusghem attacked on that stage, and won back more than half an hour, and was then third in the general classification.

[14] In the thirteenth stage, Hector Heusghem fell down due to a pothole,[11] and broke his bicycle.

[11][15] This dropped him to the fourth place of the general classification, and allowed Lambot to take over the lead.

[7] Lambot stayed in the yellow jersey easily until Paris, so he won the 1922 Tour de France.

Some newspapers reported that Lambot won the race by luck, because of the penalty that was given to Heusghem.

To the French crowds, Jean Alavoine was the moral winner, and he was celebrated as a hero.

The French audience was still somewhat pleased by the 1922 Tour de France, as the French cyclists had won some of the stages, wore the yellow jersey for a long time during the race and Alavoine, although placed second, had competed for the victory.