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 edit

1 July 1903 — Paris (Montgeron) to Lyon, 467 km (290.2 mi)^[1]^[2]

The departure from the Café au Réveil-Matin in Montgeron, 1903 Tour de France.

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]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Maurice Garin (FRA)	17h 45' 13"
2	Emile Pagie (FRA)	+ 55"
3	Léon Georget (FRA)	+ 34' 59"
4	Fernand Augereau (FRA)	+ 1h 02' 50"
5	Jean Fischer (FRA)	+ 1h 04' 55"
6	Marcel Kerff (BEL)	+ 1h 42' 55"
7	Aloïs Catteau (BEL)	+ 1h 48' 57"
8	Ernest Pivin (FRA)	+ 1h 49' 49"
9	Léon Habets (FRA)	+ 2h 08' 16"
10	François Beaugendre (FRA)	+ 2h 08' 27"

Stage 2 edit

5 July 1903 — Lyon to Marseille, 374 km (232.4 mi)

Stage 2 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Hippolyte Aucouturier (FRA)	14h 28' 53"
2	Léon Georget (FRA)	s.t.
3	Eugène Brange (FRA)	+ 26' 06"
4	Maurice Garin (FRA)	+ 26' 07"
5	Rodolfo Muller (ITA)	s.t.
6	Lucien Pothier (FRA)	s.t.
7	Marcel Kerff (BEL)	+ 39' 37"
8	Fernand Augereau (FRA)	+ 57' 17"
9	Georges Pasquier (BEL)	+ 1h 32' 10"
10	François Beaugendre (FRA)	s.t.

General classification after stage 2^[6]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Maurice Garin (FRA)	32h 40' 13"
2	Léon Georget (FRA)	+ 8' 52"
3	Fernand Augereau (FRA)	+ 1h 34' 00"
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Stage 3 edit

8 July 1903 — Marseille to Toulouse, 423 km (263 mi)

Stage 3 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Hippolyte Aucouturier (FRA)	17h 55' 04"
2	Eugène Brange (FRA)	+ 32' 22"
3	Julien Lootens (BEL)	s.t.
4	Maurice Garin (FRA)	s.t.
5	Lucien Pothier (FRA)	s.t.
6	François Beaugendre (FRA)	+ 1h 00' 00"
7	Jean Fischer (FRA)	+ 1h 35' 18"
8	Rodolfo Muller (ITA)	+ 1h 35' 19"
9	Aloïs Catteau (BEL)	+ 1h 35' 20"
10	Marcel Kerff (BEL)	s.t.

General classification after stage 3^[7]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Maurice Garin (FRA)	51h 07' 39"
2	Léon Georget (FRA)	+ 1h 58' 53"
3	Lucien Pothier (FRA)	+ 2h 58' 01"
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1903 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 3

Contents

Stage 1 edit

Stage 2 edit

Stage 3 edit

References edit

Further reading edit