1903 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 3
The 1903 Tour de France was the 1st edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Paris on 1 July and Stage 3 occurred on 8 July with a flat stage to Toulouse. The race finished at the Parc des Princes in Paris on 18 July.
Stage 1
1 July 1903 — Paris (Montgeron) to Lyon, 467 km (290.2 mi)[1][2]
The inaugural stage of the Tour de France departed from the Cafe au Réveil-Matin, in the south-eastern Paris suburb of Montgeron, at 3:16 p.m.[3] The route headed south through Fontainebleau, Corbeil, Melun, Montargis, Nevers, Moulins, Lapalisse and Roanne, before arriving in Lyon.[2] The riders had raced through the evening and night, to arrive from about 9 a.m. on the following day.[4]
Stage 1 result and general classification after stage 1[1][5]
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Stage 2
5 July 1903 — Lyon to Marseille, 374 km (232.4 mi)
Stage 2 result[1]
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General classification after stage 2[6]
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Stage 3
8 July 1903 — Marseille to Toulouse, 423 km (263 mi)
Stage 3 result[1]
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General classification after stage 3[7]
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References
- "1ère Tour de France 1903". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012.
- "Réglement du Tour de France 1903". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 8 December 2008.
- "1903 Tour de France". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- "1903 Tour de France – Stage 1". Vélo Peloton Pyrénées. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- "1ère Tour de France 1903 - 1ère étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 1 February 2012.
- "Stage 2 Lyon > Marseille". LeTour.fr. Archived from the original on 2 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- "Stage 3 Marseille > Toulouse". LeTour.fr. Archived from the original on 2 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
Further reading
- Facchinetti, Paolo (2003). Tour de France 1903: la nascita della Grande Boucle (in Italian). Ediciclo Editore. ISBN 88-85318-88-6.