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1903 Tour de France - BikeRaceInfo

    https://www.bikeraceinfo.com/tdf/tdf1903.html
    1903 Tour Quick Facts: 2,428 km raced at an average speed of 25.68 km/hr. 60 starters and 21 classified finishers. Henri Desgrange, editor of L'Auto (ancestor to today's l'Equipe), was desperate to find a way to win a circulation war with competing sports newspaper Le Vélo.The Tour de France was suggested to Desgrange as a sales promotion.

The First Tour de France (1903) – The Public Domain Review

    https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-first-tour-de-france-1903
    The First Tour de France (1903) The 2013 Tour de France marks the 100th of the event's history, which began in 1903 (the competition was put on hold during the two world wars). Strangely, this inaugural event of 1903 had it's origins in one of France's greatest political scandals - the Dreyfuss Affair.

Photo: First Tour De France Winner, 1903 : The Picture ...

    https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2011/07/22/137828661/photo-first-tour-de-france-winner-1903
    Jul 22, 2011 · Cyclist Lucien Buysse passes a cow during the 1926 Tour de France, which he later went on to win. This was the longest race since the Tour de France started in 1903…

The first-ever Tour de France - Freewheeling France

    https://www.freewheelingfrance.com/tour-de-france/the-first-ever-tour-de-france.html
    In this extract from A Race For Madmen, Chris Sidwells says the first ever Tour de France riders were racing the unknown for almost 2,500km.. Au Reveil Matin, the cafe in Montgeron where the first Tour started in 1903. Photo: Offside/L’Equipe. The first Tour de France was 2,428 kilometres long, split into six stages with between two and four days of rest between each one.

Riding the first Tour de France Cyclist

    https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/1477/riding-the-first-tour-de-france
    It’s on. Originally that first Tour in 1903 was scheduled to run from 31st May to 5th June, with six stages to emulate the six-day track meets that were popular in France.

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