Stage: 6 – 19 July : Nantes – Paris/Parc des Princes, 471.00 km 1903 Tour de France – Stage 6 started at 18:00 in the city centre of Nantes. There was a huge crowd in attendance. After the events of the previous day Garin is booed while Augereau was applauded and cheered. As the race left Nantes…
Stage: 5 – 13 July : Bordeaux – Nantes, 425 km Stage 5 started at 23:00, it was an easy victory for Garin. His only real rival for the GC was Georget who abandoned at La Rochelle  feeling very unwell. Garin easly won the stage in a sprint with 2 of his domestics. Fernand Augereau arrived 10…
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Stage: 4 – 10 July : Toulouse – Bordeaux, 268 km First foreign stage victory. 1903 Tour de France – Stage 4. The riders are divided into 2 groups again for this stage. There were 25 riders left in the GC competition. It is once again the second group that produced the winner. Swiss rider Charles Laeser…
Stage: 3 – 7 July : Marseille – Toulouse, 423 km 1903 Tour de France – Stage 3. The race was started in 2 groups. Those who competed for the GC left 1 hour before 5 riders who competed for the stage only. Hippolyte Aucouturier started in the second bunch. Eugene Brange won the sprint from the…
Stage: 2 – 4 July : Lyon – Marseille, 374 km 1903 Tour de France – Stage 2 from Lyon to Marseille 347 km. Stage 2 started at 02:00. 42 riders started but only 37 would finish. The stage finished in the village of Saint-Antoine about 10 km from Marseille. This stage was won by Hippolyte Aucouturier…
Tour de France History A brief history of Le Tour de France . The greatest show on earth, le Tour is the largest annual sporting event in the world. Introduction – Origins A newspaper publicity stunt, personal animosity and class warfare set to the backdrop of one of the biggest political scandals in French history. The story of…
Stage: 1 – 1 July : Paris – Lyon, 467 km For the 1903 Tour de France – Stage 1 there were 79 riders entered in the race. Only 60 turned up at the start of which only 37 would finish the first stage into Lyon the following day. The stage started at 15:16. The riders…
1903 Tour de France Origins of Le Tour de France 4 days after they lost the court case forcing the name change, Henri Desgrange announced his plans for Le Tour de France in L’Auto. The original itinerary was for the race to start on 31st May and finish on 5th July. with an entry fee…
Tour de France History – Origins The Dreyfus Affair The Tour de France has its origins in the political scandal known as the Dreyfus Affair which rocked France and Europe in the last decade of the 19th century. The scandal began in November 1894, with the treason conviction of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a young French artillery officer…
Luck Cycling Shoes I needed new cycling shoes. Last year I bought a pair of Giro shoes. They were new in the shoe market but were well-known for their helmets which I have used for the past decade. The Giro shoes were very comfortable. I’m afraid that’s where the good things to say about them…
Argeles-Gazost An ideal location for cycling, in The Circle of Death, it has easy access to the most famous climbs of Le Tour de France. It is in general a great location for a Pyreneen adventure, on or off the bike. Within 15 km there are over 30 categorised climbs, including Col du Tourmalet, Col d’Aubisque,…