1907 Tour de France

May 2020 May 2019 1907 Tour de France Route of the 1907 Tour de France.png Route of the 1907 Tour de France followed clockwise, starting in Paris Map of France with the route of the 1907 Tour de France on it, showing that the race started in Paris, went clockwise through France and ended in Paris after fourteen stages. 300px 8 July – 4 August 1907 14 4488 km 47 points Lucien Petit-Breton FRA Gustave Garrigou FRA Émile Georget FRA 1906 1908 The 1907 Tour de France was the fifth running of the annual Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. From 8 July to 4 August, the 93 cyclists cycled 4488 km (2,788 mi) in fourteen stages around France. The winner, Lucien Petit-Breton, completed the race at an average speed of 28.47 km/h (17.69 mph).http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1906/histoire.html 1907 Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 2009 https://archive.today/20090504023724/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/TDF/1907/us/annee.html?RaceYear=1907&x=23&y=4 4 May 2009 dead For the first time, climbs in the Western Alps were included in the Tour de France. The race was dominated at the start by Émile Georget, who won five of the first eight stages. In the ninth stage, he borrowed a bicycle from a befriended rider after his own broke. This was against the rules; initially he received only a small penalty and his main competitors left the race out of protest. Georget's penalty was then increased and Lucien Petit-Breton became the new leader. Petit-Breton won two of the remaining stages and the overall victory of the Tour. Innovations and changes The 1907 Tour de France incorporated 14 stages, which was one more than in 1906. For the first time, roads in Switzerland were included. The mountain stages in 1906 had been so successful, according to the organiser Henri Desgrange, that the western Alps were included in the race for the first time.McGann McGann 2006 19–22 The 1907 race was also the first time that a car with bicycle repairmen drove behind the riders, to give assistance in solving mechanical problems on bicycles. As in 1906, the race was decided by a points system. At the end of every stage, the winner was given one point, the next cyclist two points, and so on. After the eighth stage, when there were only 49 cyclists left in the race, the points given in the first eight stages were redistributed among the remaining cyclists, according to their positions in those stages. Participants List of cyclists in the 1907 Tour de France René Pottier, the winner of the 1906 Tour de France, did not defend his title because he had committed suicide in early 1907. Although the riders officially rode the Tour as individuals, some shared the same sponsor and cooperated as if they rode in teams.Thompson 2006 36 At the start of the race, it was expected that the riders sponsored by Alcyon and the riders sponsored by Peugeot would compete for the overall victory. Alcyon started with three main contenders: Louis Trousselier, Marcel Cadolle and Léon Georget; Peugeot counted on Emile Georget.Amels 1984 As in the previous years, there were two classes of cyclists, the coureurs de vitesse and the coureurs sur machines poinçonnées. Of the 93 cyclists starting the race, 82 were in the poinçonnée category, which meant that they had to finish the race on the same bicycle as they left, and if it was broken they had to fix it without assistance.Wheatcroft 2007 The coureurs de vitesse could get help from the car with bicycle repairmen when they had to fix a bicycle, and when a bicycle was beyond repair, they could change it to a new one.Laget Montgermont Cazaban Laget 2013 Not all cyclists were competing for the victory; some only joined as tourists. The most notable of them was Henri Pépin. Pépin had hired two riders, Jean Dargassies and Henri Gauban, to ride with him. They treated the race as a pleasure ride, stopping for lunch when they chose and spending the night in the best hotels they could find.Chany Cazeneuve 1985 Dargassies and Gaubin became the first cyclists in the history of the Tour de France to ride not for their own placings but for another rider's interest. During the race, they found another Tour de France competitor, Jean-Marie Teychenne, lying in a ditch. They helped him get up and fed him; from then on Teychenne also helped Pépin.McGann McGann 2006 19–22Dauncey Hare 2003 73 Race overview 1907 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 7 1907 Tour de France, Stage 8 to Stage 14 Early in the race, Trousselier, François Faber and Emile Georget were the main contenders. Trousselier, winner of the 1905 Tour de France and eager to win again, won the first stage.Amels 1984 In the second stage, the Tour passed the French-German border to finish in Metz, which was then part of Germany. The German authorities allowed the cyclists to finish there, but did not allow the French flag to be flown or the cars of race officials to enter the city.Thompson 2006 68 At the end of the stage, Emile Georget seemingly beat Trousselier with a very small margin. After inquiry, Desgrange, the Tour's organiser, decided to put both cyclists in first place,Augendre 2016 9 to keep both sponsors satisfied.Amels 1984 In the third stage, the Tour returned to France; at the border, the riders were stopped by two French customs officers and the delay took so long that the stage had to be restarted.McGann McGann 2006 19–22 During the stage in the Alps, Émile Georget was better than his competitors; he won the stage and became leader of the general classification.Amels 1984 Georget won five of the first eight stages, and had a commanding lead.McGann McGann 2006 19–22 In the seventh stage, Marcel Cadolle, at that time in second place,5ème Tour de France 1907 – 6ème étape http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1907_6.php Mémoire du cyclisme fr https://web.archive.org/web/20090503114635/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1907_6.php 3 May 2009 dead 2 April 2009 fell and his handlebar penetrated his knee, after which he had to give up.Amels 1984 thumb|upright|Lucien Petit-Breton, the winner of the 1907 Tour de France|alt=A man on a bicycle, riding on an outdoor velodrome.During the ninth stage, when Georget was leading the race, he broke the frame of his bicycleAmels 1984 at a checkpoint. According to the rules, Georget should have fixed his bicycle alone; he knew this would take him more than five hours, so he switched bicycles with Pierre-Gonzague Privat.McGann McGann 2006 19–22 This was against the rules, so Georget was given a fine of 500 francs.http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5625856.zoom.f5.langFR Le Tour de France 28 July 1907 11 August 2010 5 Le Petit Parisien fr Gallica Bibliothèque Numérique After this stage, won by Petit-Breton, the general classification was as follows: +General classification after stage 9http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k562583f.zoom.f4.langFR Le Tour de France 26 July 1907 11 August 2010 4 Le Petit Parisien fr Gallica Bibliothèque Numérique Rank Rider Points1 Émile Georget 172 Lucien Petit-Breton 373 Louis Trousselier 404 Gustave Garrigou 53 Unsatisfied with the fine given to Georget, Trousselier and the other riders sponsored by Alcyon left the Tour in protest.Amels 1984http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k562584t.zoom.f4.langFR Le Tour de France 27 July 1907 11 August 2010 4 Le Petit Parisien fr Gallica Bibliothèque Numérique After the tenth stage, the organisers gave Georget an additional penalty for the bicycle change in the ninth stage. They changed the classification of the ninth stage, moving Georget from 4th on the stage to last (48th place). This effectively cost him 44 points in the general classification and moved him from first to third place.http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1907_9.php 5ème Tour de France 1907 – 9ème étappe fr 2 April 2009 Mémoire du cyclisme https://web.archive.org/web/20090503114047/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1907_9.php 3 May 2009 dead The new classification, after the tenth stage, was +General classification after stage 10 Rank Rider Points 1 Lucien Petit-Breton 39 2 Gustave Garrigou 54 3 Emile Georget 64 Lucien Petit-Breton became the new leader of the race. Although he had already finished in fifth place and fourth place in previous years,http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/1362.html Amaury Sport Organisation Past results for Lucien MAZAN dit PETIT-BRETON (FRA) 2 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304220153/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/1362.html 4 March 2016 dead he was still relatively unknown, and had started in the coureurs sur machines poinçonnées category. Petit-Breton finished in the top three in the next stages, so no other cyclist was able to challenge him for the overall victory. At the end of the race, he had increased his lead to a margin of 19 points ahead of Garrigou and 27 points ahead of Georget. Results Stage results In the first and final stages, the cyclists were allowed to have pacers.http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k562565h.zoom.f5.langFR Le Tour de France fr Le Petit Parisien 3–4 Gallica Bibliothéque Numèrique 8 July 1907 11 August 2010 + Stage characteristics and winnershttp://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1907.php Mémoire du cyclisme 5ème Tour de France 1907 fr 2 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090502202022/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1907.php 2 May 2009 deadAugendre 2016 9The history of the Tour de France – Year 1907 – The stage winners http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1907/vainqueurs.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 2020 2 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200402233050/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1907/vainqueurs.html dead Stage Date Course Distance TypeIn 1907, 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 8 July Paris to Roubaix 272 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Louis Trousselier FRA Louis Trousselier FRA 2 10 July Roubaix to Metz 398 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Emile Georget FRAshared At first, Georget was declared winner, but after investigation by tour organiser Henri Desgrange, Trousselier was also declared winner.Augendre 2016 9Louis Trousselier FRAshared Louis Trousselier FRA 3 12 July Metz to Belfort 259 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Emile Georget FRA Emile Georget FRA 4 14 July Belfort to Lyon 309 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Marcel Cadolle FRA Emile Georget FRA 5 16 July Lyon to Grenoble 311 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Emile Georget FRA Emile Georget FRA 6 18 July Grenoble to Nice 345 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Stage with mountain(s) Georges Passerieu FRA Emile Georget FRA 7 20 July Nice to Nîmes 345 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Emile Georget FRA Emile Georget FRA 8 22 July Nîmes to Toulouse 303 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Emile Georget FRA Emile Georget FRA 9 24 July Toulouse to Bayonne 299 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Lucien Petit-Breton FRA Emile Georget FRA 10 26 July Bayonne to Bordeaux 269 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Gustave Garrigou FRA Lucien Petit-Breton FRA 11 28 July Bordeaux to Nantes 391 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Lucien Petit-Breton FRA Lucien Petit-Breton FRA 12 30 July Nantes to Brest 321 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Gustave Garrigou FRA Lucien Petit-Breton FRA 13 1 August Brest to Caen 415 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Emile Georget FRA Lucien Petit-Breton FRA 14 4 August Caen to Paris 251 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Plain stage Georges Passerieu FRA Lucien Petit-Breton FRA Total 4488 km 0 onAugendre 2016 108 General classification Although 110 riders were on the starting list, 17 did not show up, so the race started with 93 cyclists. At the end of the Tour de France, 33 cyclists remained. The cyclists officially were not grouped in teams; some cyclists had the same sponsor, even though they were not allowed to work together.Thompson 2006 36 + Final general classification (1–10)The history of the Tour de France – Year 1907 – Stage 14 Caen > Paris http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1907/1400/etape.html Tour de France Amaury Sport Organisation 2 April 2020 2 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200402214352/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1907/1400/etape.html dead Rank Rider Sponsor Points Category 1 Lucien Petit-Breton FRA Peugeot-Wolber 47 Poinçonnées 2 Gustave Garrigou FRA Peugeot-Wolber 66 Vitesse 3 Emile Georget FRA Peugeot-Wolber 74 Vitesse 4 Georges Passerieu FRA Peugeot-Wolber 85 Vitesse 5 François Beaugendre FRA Peugeot-Wolber 123 Poinçonnées 6 Eberardo Pavesi ITA 1861 Otav 150 Poinçonnées 7 François Faber LUX Labor-Dunlop 156 Poinçonnées 8 Augustin Ringeval FRA Labor-Dunlop 184 Vitesse 9 Aloïs Catteau BEL – 196 Poinçonnées 10 Ferdinand Payan FRA – 227 Poinçonnées Final general classification (11–33) Rank Rider Sponsor Points Category 11 Pierre-Gonzague Privat FRA – 251 Vitesse 12 Georges Fleury FRA – 274 Poinçonnées 13 François Lafourcade FRA Montabro 299 Poinçonnées 14 Marius Villette FRA – 333 Poinçonnées 15 Alzir Vivier FRA – 340 Poinçonnées 16 Gaston Tuvache FRA – 348 Poinçonnées 17 Eugène Delhaye BEL – 378 Poinçonnées 18 Baptiste Roux FRA – 389 Vitesse 19 Philippe Pautrat FRA – 393 Vitesse 20 Henri Timmermann BEL – 411 Poinçonnées 21 Georges Bronchard FRA – 414 Poinçonnées 22 Marceau Narcy FRA Biguet-Soly 416 Poinçonnées 23 Honoré Genin FRA Peugeot-Wolber 434 Vitesse 24 Antony Wattelier FRA Labor-Dunlop/Montabro 436 Vitesse 25 Albert Baudet FRA – 439 Poinçonnées 26 Alfred Le Bars FRA Labor-Dunlop 479 Vitesse 27 Alfred Quenon FRA – 487 Poinçonnées 28 Henri Lorillon FRA Touiller 491 Vitesse 29 René Fleury FRA – 495 Poinçonnées 30 Octave Noël FRA Furor Cycles 505 Poinçonnées 31 Albert Géraud FRA JC Cycles 515 Poinçonnées 32 Marcel Dozol FRA – 522 Poinçonnées 33 Albert Chartier FRA – 568 Poinçonnées The total prize money was 25000 French francs, of which 4000 francs were given to Petit-Breton for winning the Tour.Augendre 2016 9 In total, he received more than 7000 francs.http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1907/08/08/MD19070808-006.pdf Le Tour de France 8 August 1907 6 es Mundo Deportivo https://web.archive.org/web/20191006131100/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1907/08/08/MD19070808-006.pdf 6 October 2019 live Other classifications Lucien Petit-Breton was also the winner of the "machines poinçonnées" category.http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/fr/TDF/1907/histoire.html l'Historique du Tour – Année 1907 fr Amaury Sport Organisation 2 January 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100716170709/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/fr/TDF/1907/histoire.html 16 July 2010 dead The organising newspaper l'Auto named Emile Georget the meilleur grimpeur. This unofficial title is the precursor to the modern-day mountains classification.Cleijne 2014 156 Aftermath Petit-Breton also started the 1908 Tour de France. He won five stages and the general classification, and became the first cyclist to win the Tour de France two times.http://www.veloarchive.com/races/tour/1908.php 1908: Petit-Breton becomes the first double-winner Veloarchive James, Tom 27 August 2007 16 August 2010 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 Chany Pierre Pierre Chany Cazeneuve Thierry La Fabuleuse Histoire du Tour de France 1985 France ODIL fr 978-2-8307-0689-5 Cleijne Jan Legends of the Tour https://books.google.com/books?id=3nCNAwAAQBAJ 2014 London Head of Zeus 978-1-78185-998-8 Dauncey Hare Hugh Geoff The Tour de France, 1903–2003: A Century of Sporting Structures, Meanings and Values https://books.google.com/books?id=54pAJY6Ix8YC 2003 Frank Cass & Co London 978-0-203-50241-9 Laget Françoise Montgermont Gilles Cazaban Philippe Laget Serge Tour de France: The Official 100th Race Anniversary Edition https://books.google.com/books?id=pRFhBQAAQBAJ 2013 Hachette UK London 978-1-78206-415-2 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 Wheatcroft Geoffrey https://archive.org/details/letourhistoryoft0000whea registration Le Tour: A History of the Tour De France New York City Simon & Schuster 2007 978-1-84739-086-8 Further reading Mapping Le Tour Ellis Bacon HarperCollins Publishers Glasgow 2014 28–29 9780007543991 872700415 External links 1907 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 Tour de France