16 L Auto Newspaper Tour De France

In 1903 henri desgrange the editor of the newspaper l auto founded the tour de france as a publicity stunt for his waining publication spoiler alert it worked.

L auto newspaper tour de france. It was conducted in six stages each with an average distance of over 250 miles. The front page of l auto on the morning of the first ever tour de france with the tour s itinerary forming a rectangle in the hexagon shape of france. On july 1 1903 the first tour de france began in the village of montgeron with stops in lyon marseille bordeaux nantes and toulouse and ended in ville d avray. In an incredible climax to the tour de france tadej pogacar crushed fellow slovenian primoz roglic in the last stage saturday before the finish in paris all but guaranteeing that he ll win the.

Tour de france 2020 official site of the famed race from the tour de france. The tour s founding newspaper was printed on yellow paper which explained the color of the race leader s jersey though it would be 16 years before the maillot jaune would be adopted. Maillot jaune was instituted in 1919 probably to reflect the distinctive yellow newsprint on which l auto was published. Organisers of the tour de france amaury sport organisation aso revealed the route of the 2020 tour de france at the palais des congrès in paris on tuesday october 15.

The race leader s yellow jersey french. On january 19 1903 the tour de france was announced in l auto. Includes route riders teams and coverage of past tours. L auto the newspaper that launched the tour de france the paper that launched the tour de france has a combative history writes giles belbin jack elton walters july 15 2016.

It ran from 1 to 19 july in six stages over 2 428 km 1 509 mi and was won by maurice garin.