1903 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 3

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Route of the 1903 Tour de France

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.

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Stage 1

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

The departure from the Cafe au Reveil-Matin in Montgeron, 1903 Tour de France. 1903cafeaurm.jpg
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]
RankRiderTime
1Flag of France.svg  Maurice Garin  (FRA)17h 45' 13"
2Flag of France.svg  Emile Pagie  (FRA)+ 55"
3Flag of France.svg  Léon Georget  (FRA)+ 34' 59"
4Flag of France.svg  Fernand Augereau  (FRA)+ 1h 02' 50"
5Flag of France.svg  Jean Fischer  (FRA)+ 1h 04' 55"
6Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Marcel Kerff  (BEL)+ 1h 42' 55"
7Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Aloïs Catteau  (BEL)+ 1h 48' 57"
8Flag of France.svg  Ernest Pivin  (FRA)+ 1h 49' 49"
9Flag of France.svg  Léon Habets  (FRA)+ 2h 08' 16"
10Flag of France.svg  François Beaugendre  (FRA)+ 2h 08' 27"

Stage 2

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

Stage 2 result [1]
RankRiderTime
1Flag of France.svg  Hippolyte Aucouturier  (FRA)14h 28' 53"
2Flag of France.svg  Léon Georget  (FRA)s.t.
3Flag of France.svg  Eugène Brange  (FRA)+ 26' 06"
4Flag of France.svg  Maurice Garin  (FRA)+ 26' 07"
5Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Rodolfo Muller  (ITA)s.t.
6Flag of France.svg  Lucien Pothier  (FRA)s.t.
7Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Marcel Kerff  (BEL)+ 39' 37"
8Flag of France.svg  Fernand Augereau  (FRA)+ 57' 17"
9Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Georges Pasquier  (BEL)+ 1h 32' 10"
10Flag of France.svg  François Beaugendre  (FRA)s.t.
General classification after stage 2 [6]
RankRiderTime
1Flag of France.svg  Maurice Garin  (FRA)32h 40' 13"
2Flag of France.svg  Léon Georget  (FRA)+ 8' 52"
3Flag of France.svg  Fernand Augereau  (FRA)+ 1h 34' 00"
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Stage 3

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

Stage 3 result [1]
RankRiderTime
1Flag of France.svg  Hippolyte Aucouturier  (FRA)17h 55' 04"
2Flag of France.svg  Eugène Brange  (FRA)+ 32' 22"
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Julien Lootens  (BEL)s.t.
4Flag of France.svg  Maurice Garin  (FRA)s.t.
5Flag of France.svg  Lucien Pothier  (FRA)s.t.
6Flag of France.svg  François Beaugendre  (FRA)+ 1h 00' 00"
7Flag of France.svg  Jean Fischer  (FRA)+ 1h 35' 18"
8Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Rodolfo Muller  (ITA)+ 1h 35' 19"
9Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Aloïs Catteau  (BEL)+ 1h 35' 20"
10Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Marcel Kerff  (BEL)s.t.
General classification after stage 3 [7]
RankRiderTime
1Flag of France.svg  Maurice Garin  (FRA)51h 07' 39"
2Flag of France.svg  Léon Georget  (FRA)+ 1h 58' 53"
3Flag of France.svg  Lucien Pothier  (FRA)+ 2h 58' 01"
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