1909 Tour de France

May 2020 May 2019 1909 Tour de France Route of the 1909 Tour de France.png Route of the 1909 Tour de France followed clockwise, starting in Paris Map of France with the route of the 1908 Tour de France on it, showing that the race started in Paris, went clockwise through France and ended in Paris after fourteen stages. 360px 5 July – 1 August 1909 14 4497 km 37 points François Faber LUX Gustave Garrigou FRA Jean Alavoine FRA 1908 1910 The 1909 Tour de France was the seventh edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 5 July to 1 August. It consisted of 14 stages over 4497 km mi, ridden at an average 28.658 km/h.Augendre 2016 108 The results were computed by points accorded finishing positions on each stage, the rider with fewest points at the end of the race winning the race. The stages were approximately the same as in the 1907 and 1908 Tour de France. Because Lucien Petit-Breton, the winner of the Tour de France in 1907 and 1908, did not enter, the runner-up of 1908, François Faber, was the favourite. Faber went on to win six of the 14 stages and won the race easily. Innovations and changes The 1909 Tour de France was again decided by the point system: the winner of a stage received one point, the second placed cyclist two points, and so on. The cyclist with the fewest points at the end of the race was the winner. After the eighth stage, the classification was cleaned up, by removing the cyclists from the result of the previous stages and recalculating the points of the remaining cyclists. This happened again after the thirteenth stage. In 1908, the cyclists had to use Tour-supplied frames; this rule was abandoned in 1909. The bicycles were still marked with a stamp, to ensure that the riders only used one bicycle.McGann McGann 2006 24 For the first time, cyclists could enter the race in teams, although technically they were still considered sponsored individuals.Thompson 2006 36 In the previous Tours, the Tour organisation had become embarrassed by cyclists urinating in front of spectators, so at the check points obligatory bathrooms were installed.Thompson 2006 161 Teams List of teams and cyclists in the 1909 Tour de France The winner of the previous two editions, Lucien Petit-Breton, was not competing in 1909. Petit-Breton expected his former teammate François Faber, who had become second in 1908, to win the race.McGann McGann 2006 24 Faber had transferred from the Peugeot team, that had dominated the 1908 edition, to the Alcyon team. A new record of 150 cyclists started the race.Amels 1984 The previous Tours had been successful, and similar races were initiated in other countries (most notably the Tour of Belgium, which started in 1908 and the Giro d'Italia, which started in 1909). The Tour de France was still the major race where the best cyclists came, and it was the first large-scale invasion of foreign stars. In total, 19 Italians, 5 Belgians, 4 Swiss, 1 German and 1 Luxembourgian started the race.The history of the Tour de France – Year 1909 – The starters http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1909/partants.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 2020 Because cyclists could enter the race as sponsored cyclists, there were two classes of cyclists: cyclists with sponsors and cyclists without sponsors. There were seven different sponsors in the race (Nil–Supra, Alcyon, Biguet–Dunlop, Le Globe, Atala, Legnano and Felsina), with three to six cyclists. The majority of the cyclists, 112 in total, were not sponsored but were in the Isolé class, the class for cyclists without a sponsor. Race overview 1909 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 7 1909 Tour de France, Stage 8 to Stage 14 thumb|upright|François Faber, winner of five consecutive stages in the 1909 Tour de France.|alt=A man in shorts, in the background some other persons. The 1909 Tour de France was considered the most difficult one so far, because of the cold temperatures, the rain and snow.http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1909/histoire.html ASO 1909 - 7th Tour de France https://archive.today/20090504194611/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/TDF/1909/us/annee.html?RaceYear=1909&x=8&y=7 4 May 2009 dead 9 April 2009 The first stage was won by Belgian Cyrille van Hauwaert, the first Belgian stage victory ever.http://www.veloarchive.com/races/tour/1909.php 1909: Faber is the first non-French winner VeloArchive Tom James 14 August 2003 https://web.archive.org/web/20190423045202/http://veloarchive.com/races/tour/1909.php 23 April 2019 live 9 April 2009 As a result, he was leading also the race, the first time in the Tour de France history that a non-Frenchman was leading the race.In the 1904 Tour de France, after the disqualifications, Swiss Michel Frédérick and Belgian Emile Lombard retroactively had led the race after the first and second stage, but this was not acknowledged during the race. François Faber, the pre-race favourite, finished in second place.http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1909_1.php https://web.archive.org/web/20120222104208/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1909_1.php 22 February 2012 28 October 2016 dead 7ème Tour de France - 1ére ètape fr Mémoire du cyclisme During that first stage, the weather had been reasonable, but at night the storm started.Amels 1984 Faber was best fit to those conditions, and he won the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th stage, this record of five stages in a row has not been broken since.Heijmans Mallon 2011 77 In stage two, Faber broke away halfway the stage, and rode the last 200 km alone. In the third stage (at a temperature of only 4 degrees Celsius), Faber's chain broke in the last kilometre, and he had to run his bicycle across the finish line.http://www.cyclingrevealed.com/aug05/top25-21.html Top 25 All Time Tours:1909 - Invasion of the Foreigners Cycling Revealed 21 September 2009 In the fifth stage, Faber was blown of the road by a strong wind, but remounted. Later, he was knocked down by a horse that also kicked his bicycle away. Faber remounted again, and won the stage with a five-minute margin. In the sixth stage, 20,000 fans had come to see Faber win his fifth stage in a row, which he did. The 7th stage was won by Ernest Paul, Faber's half brother. Because of the bad weather, already 50 cyclists (1/3 of the field) had quit the race at that point.http://www.teamcyclist.com/cycling_info/heritage/topic.cfm?id=9 Heritage - Tour de France Team Cyclist 21 September 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20071208093535/http://www.teamcyclist.com/cycling_info/heritage/topic.cfm?id=9 8 December 2007 dead The Tour organisers asked Faber to calm down, in order to keep the Tour exciting. His team leader agreed and Faber slowed down and let others win stages; his leading position was never endangered.Amels 1984 In the ninth stage, Faber finished in 10th place at 46 minutes from the winner, his worst performance of the race. He was still leading the race with 26 points, whereas second placed cyclist Garrigou had 40 points.http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1909_9.php https://web.archive.org/web/20120222104218/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1909_9.php 22 February 2012 28 October 2016 dead 7ème Tour de France - 9éme ètape fr Mémoire du cyclisme It seemed impossible to beat Faber in this Tour, and the question became who would finish in second place. Gustave Garrigou was in second place, but Jean Alavoine was getting close to him. Garrigou had more experience, and remained second.Amels 1984 In the fourteenth stage, Jean Alavoine was leading when his bicycle broke, with only 10 km to go. Changing bicycles was not allowed, so Alavoine ran the last 10 km with his bicycle on his shoulders, and still won the stage with a margin of 6 minutes and 30 seconds.http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1909_14.php https://web.archive.org/web/20120222104223/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1909_14.php 22 February 2012 28 October 2016 dead 7ème Tour de France - 14éme ètape fr Mémoire du cyclisme Results The Alcyon-sponsored cyclists dominated the 1909 Tour de France, winning 13 out of 14 stages.McGann McGann 2006 24 Only the 7th stage was not won by a cyclist sponsored by Alcyon, but by Ernest Paul, without sponsor. Stage results + Stage characteristics and winnershttp://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1909.php Mémoire du cyclisme 7ème Tour de France 1909 fr 9 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090502200330/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1909.php 2 May 2009 dead Augendre 2016 11http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html#1909 Tour de France GC top ten Arian Zwegers CVCC 21 September 2009 8 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110708220400/http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html#1909 deadThe history of the Tour de France – Year 1909 – The stage winners http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1909/vainqueurs.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 2020 2 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200402233056/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1909/vainqueurs.html dead Stage Datehttp://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/COURSE/docs/histo2009_02.pdf Guide Historique, Part 2 Jacques Augendre Jacques Augendre Amaury Sport Organisation 2009 15 January 2010 fr https://web.archive.org/web/20110605044651/http://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/COURSE/docs/histo2009_02.pdf 5 June 2011 dead Course Distance TypeIn 1909, there was no distinction in the rules between plain stages and mountain stages; the icons shown here indicate which stages included mountains. Winner Race leader 1 5 July Paris to Roubaix 272 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Cyrille van Hauwaert BEL Cyrille van Hauwaert BEL 2 7 July Roubaix to Metz 398 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage François Faber LUX François Faber LUX 3 9 July Metz to Belfort 259 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) François Faber LUX François Faber LUX 4 11 July Belfort to Lyon 309 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) François Faber LUX François Faber LUX 5 13 July Lyon to Grenoble 311 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) François Faber LUX François Faber LUX 6 15 July Grenoble to Nice 346 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) François Faber LUX François Faber LUX 7 17 July Nice to Nîmes 345 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Ernest Paul FRA François Faber LUX 8 19 July Nîmes to Toulouse 303 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Jean Alavoine FRA François Faber LUX 9 21 July Toulouse to Bayonne 299 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Constant Ménager FRA François Faber LUX 10 23 July Bayonne to Bordeaux 269 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage François Faber LUX François Faber LUX 11 25 July Bordeaux to Nantes 391 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Louis Trousselier FRA François Faber LUX 12 27 July Nantes to Brest 321 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Gustave Garrigou FRA François Faber LUX 13 29 July Brest to Caen 424 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Paul Duboc FRA François Faber LUX 14 1 August Caen to Paris 250 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Jean Alavoine FRA François Faber LUX Total 4497 km 0 onAugendre 2016 108 General classification thumb|upright|Gustave Garrigou, second place in the final classification of the 1909 Tour de France.|alt=A signed postcard of a man on a bicycle on a sandy road. The general classification was calculated by points: at every stage, the winner was given one point, the next cyclist two points, etc. After the eighth stage, when only 71 cyclists were still in the race, the points given in the first eight stages were redistributed among the remaining cyclists, in accordance with their positions in those stages. Of the 150 starting cyclists, 55 finished. François Faber is one of the youngest Tour de France winners in history at only 22 years and 7 months; as of 2019, only Henri Cornet in 1904 was younger (19 years and 11 months).https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/jul/23/tour-de-france-winner-list-garin-wiggins Every Tour de France winner listed from Garin to Wiggins The Guardian 23 July 2012 17 August 2013 + Final general classification (1–10)The history of the Tour de France – Year 1909 – Stage 14 Caen > Paris http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1909/1400/etape.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 2020 2 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200402214356/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1909/1400/etape.html dead Rank Rider Team Points 1 François Faber LUX Alcyon 37 2 Gustave Garrigou FRA Alcyon 57 3 Jean Alavoine FRA Alcyon 66 4 Paul Duboc FRA Alcyon 70 5 Cyrille van Hauwaert BEL Alcyon 92 6 Ernest Paul FRA – 95 7 Constant Ménager FRA Le Globe 102 8 Louis Trousselier FRA Alcyon 114 9 Eugène Christophe FRA – 139 10 Aldo Bettini ITA 1861 – 142 Final general classification (11–55) Rank Rider Sponsor Points 11 Julien Maitron FRA Le Globe 148 12 Georges Fleury FRA Le Globe 152 13 Alfred Faure FRA – 205 14 Mario Gajoni ITA 1861 Legnano 210 15 Attilio Zavatti ITA 1861 Legnano 241 16 Jules Deloffre FRA Nil–Supra 252 17 Joseph Habierre FRA – 296 18 Ildebrando Gamberini ITA 1861 Felsina 305 19 Alfred Le Bars FRA – 317 20 Emile Lachaise FRA – 327 21 Lucien Leman FRA – 341 22 Léon Rabot FRA – 343 23 Georges Oudin FRA – 345 24 Armédee Dutiron FRA – 351 24 Robert Lecointe FRA – 351 26 Pierre Langlade FRA – 404 27 Angelo Magagnoli ITA 1861 Felsina 407 28 Antony Wattelier FRA – 411 29 Alfred Vaidis FRA – 450 30 Henri Alavoine FRA – 467 31 Paul Boillat SUI – 471 32 Amleto Belloni ITA 1861 – 477 33 René Chaude FRA – 479 34 Joseph Leblanc FRA – 481 35 Auguste Denizot FRA – 484 36 Auguste Dufour FRA – 491 37 Antoine Fauré FRA – 495 38 Albert Lagagner FRA – 518 39 Rodolphe Meili FRA – 548 40 Louis Gardent FRA – 549 41 Alcide Riviere FRA – 556 42 François Roche FRA – 561 43 Lucien Colin FRA – 569 44 André Herbelin FRA – 573 45 Giovanni Perucca SUI – 579 46 Eugène Leroy FRA – 610 47 Camille Mathieu FRA – 613 48 Charles Ponson FRA – 620 49 Paul Piétrois FRA – 633 50 Louis Di Maria FRA – 648 51 Henri Anthoine FRA – 649 52 Henri Ory FRA – 651 53 Ernest Goujon FRA – 659 54 Alfred Guidez FRA – 670 55 Georges Devilly FRA – 713 Other classifications Sixth-placed Ernest Paul became the winner of the "isolé" category.http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/fr/TDF/1909/histoire.html l'Historique du Tour - Année 1909 fr Amaury Sport Organisation 4 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100716170720/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/fr/TDF/1909/histoire.html 16 July 2010 dead The organising newspaper l'Auto named François Faber the meilleur grimpeur. This unofficial title is the precursor to the mountains classification.Cleijne 2014 156 Notes References 30em Bibliography Amels Wim De geschiedenis van de Tour de France 1903–1984 Valkenswaard, Netherlands Sport-Express 1984 nl 978-90-70763-05-3 Jacques Augendre Jacques Augendre http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf Guide historique Historical guide 2016 fr 27 October 2016 Tour de France Paris Amaury Sport Organisation https://web.archive.org/web/20160817121602/http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf 17 August 2016 live Cleijne Jan Legends of the Tour https://books.google.com/books?id=3nCNAwAAQBAJ 2014 London Head of Zeus 978-1-78185-998-8 Jeroen Heijmans Mallon Bill Historical Dictionary of Cycling https://books.google.com/books?id=ZdXCmwpk-SAC 2011 Lantham, MD Scarecrow Press Historical Dictionaries of Sports 978-0-8108-7175-5 McGann Bill McGann Carol The Story of the Tour de France: 1903–1964 1 https://books.google.com/books?id=jxq20JskqMUC Dog Ear Publishing Indianapolis, IN 2006 978-1-59858-180-5 Thompson Christopher S. The Tour de France: A Cultural History https://books.google.com/books?id=M-vUF6Y_4RUC University of California Press Oakland, CA 2006 978-0-520-24760-4 Further reading Mapping Le Tour Ellis Bacon HarperCollins Publishers Glasgow 2014 34–35 9780007543991 872700415 External links 1909 Tour de France 1 7 8 14 Tour de France Category:Tour de France by year Tour de France Tour de France Tour de France