[3][4] The bonification system was invented to give sprinters, who lost a lot of time in the mountains, a chance to battle for the general classification.

[7] Charles Pélissier, who had won 13 stages in the 1930 and 1931 Tours, and Antonin Magne, the winner of 1931, were absent from the French team.

[6] The Belgium team had Jef Demuysere, who had fought for the victory in the previous Tour until the end and had come second, and two-time world champion Georges Ronsse.

[6] Aerst, Dutch-speaking, did not get the support from his French-speaking teammates, and lost ten minutes in that stage, together with the Italian favourites.

[6] German Kurt Stöpel won the stage, and donned the yellow jersey, thanks to the bonification.

Stöpel was the first German cyclist to lead the general classification in the Tour de France.

[8] On one stage, Leducq flatted, and received a wheel from his teammate Georges Speicher, who would win the next Tour.

[6] Leducq also crossed the finishline first in the eighteenth stage, but the jury relegated him because he had been pushed by Albert Barthélemy.

The organising newspaper, l'Auto named a meilleur grimpeur (best climber), an unofficial precursor to the modern King of the Mountains competition.

[16] Winner André Leducq kept riding the Tour de France until 1938, but he never managed to win again,[6] although he had three more stage victories.