Tour de FranceTour de France, Poitiers-to-Bordeaux stage.(more) Established in 1903 by Henri Desgrange (1865–1940), a French cyclist and journalist, the race has been run every year except during the World Wars. Desgrange’s newspaper, L’Auto (now L’Equipe), sponsored the Tour to boos...
The race was founded as a publicity event for the newspaper L'Auto (ancestor of the present l'?quipe) by its editor and co-founder, Henri Desgrange, to rival the Paris-Brest et retour ride (sponsored by Le Petit Journal), and Bordeaux-Paris. The idea for a round-France stage race is...
Tour de FranceTour de France, Poitiers-to-Bordeaux stage.(more) Established in 1903 byHenri Desgrange (1865–1940), a French cyclist and journalist, the race has been run every year except during the World Wars. Desgrange’s newspaper,L’Auto(nowL’Equipe), sponsored the Tour to boost cir...
Tour de FranceTour de France, Poitiers-to-Bordeaux stage. Established in 1903 byHenri Desgrange (1865–1940), a French cyclist and journalist, the race has been run every year except during the World Wars. Desgrange’s newspaper,L’Auto(nowL’Equipe), sponsored the Tour to boost circulation...