the last stage was the longest, at , and ran from nantes to the small town of ville-d'avray, which lies between versailles and paris, instead of at the parc des princes velodrome. this was because of a bylaw forbidding road races to end on cycling tracks (a bylaw subsequently repealed in light of the race's success). garin took his third stage win, and sealed overall victory by 2 hours 59 minutes 31 seconds: this remains the greatest margin of victory in the tour de france. after celebrating with champagne, the riders cycled to parc des princes, where they made several laps of honour before an adoring crowd, to the sound of a bugle.