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 FranceCyclists competing in the Poitiers-to-Bordeaux stage of the Tour de France..(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’Eq...
Tour de FranceCyclists competing in the Poitiers-to-Bordeaux stage of the Tour de France..(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’Eq...
Tour de FranceCyclists competing in the Poitiers-to-Bordeaux stage of the Tour de France.. 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), sponso...