1906 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 7

Last updated March 02, 2019

The 1906 Tour de France was the 4th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Paris on 4 July and Stage 7 occurred on 16 July with a flat stage to Toulouse. The race finished in Paris on 29 July.

The 1906 Tour de France was the fourth of the edition Tour de France, and second to use the point system. Taking place from 4 to 29 July the total race distance was 4,637 kilometres (2,881 mi) run over 13 stages, with the winner averaging 24.463 kilometres per hour (15.201 mph). New in this year were the mountain climbs in the Massif Central. Like its predecessors, it still had cheating and sabotage taking place. Four competitors were disqualified for taking trains as a shortcut and spectators threw nails in the road. However, this did not stop René Pottier from taking a big lead in the first stages. Free of tendinitis that plagued his 1905 chances, he dominated the entire race.

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of 105 square kilometres and an official estimated population of 2,140,526 residents as of 1 January 2019. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of Europe's major centres of finance, commerce, fashion, science, and the arts.

Toulouse is the capital of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the region of Occitanie. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, 150 kilometres from the Mediterranean Sea, 230 km (143 mi) from the Atlantic Ocean and 680 km (420 mi) from Paris. It is the fourth-largest city in France, with 466,297 inhabitants as of January 2014. In France, Toulouse is called the "Pink City".

Stage 1

4 July 1906 — Paris to Lille, 275 km (170.9 mi)^[1]

Lille is a city at the northern tip of France, in French Flanders. On the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the Nord department, and the main city of the European Metropolis of Lille.

Stage 1 result and general classification after stage 1^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Émile Georget (FRA)	10h 09' 15"
2	Georges Passerieu (FRA)	s.t.
3	Louis Trousselier (FRA)	s.t.
4	René Pottier (FRA)	+ 10"
5	Lucien Mazan (FRA)	+ 3' 45"
6	Marcel Cadolle (FRA)	+ 10' 25"
7	Léon Georget (FRA)	+ 23' 10"
8	Aloïs Catteau (FRA)	+ 33' 05"
9	François Beaugendre (FRA)	+ 48' 45"
10	Pierre Privat (FRA)	+ 48' 57"

Stage 2

11 July 1906 — Douai to Nancy, 400 km (248.5 mi)^[1]

Douai is a commune in the Nord département in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. Located on the river Scarpe some 40 kilometres from Lille and 25 km (16 mi) from Arras, Douai is home to one of the region's most impressive belfries. The population of the metropolitan area, including Lens, was 552,682 in 1999.

Nancy is the capital of the north-eastern French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, and formerly the capital of the Duchy of Lorraine, and then the French province of the same name. The metropolitan area of Nancy had a population of 434,565 inhabitants at the 2011 census, making it the 20th largest urban area in France. The population of the city of Nancy proper was 104,321 in 2014.

Stage 2 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	René Pottier (FRA)	14h 21' 30"
2	Lucien Mazan (FRA)	+ 1' 30"
3	Maurice Decaup (FRA)	+ 9' 30"
4	Émile Georget (FRA)	+ 27' 00"
5	Georges Passerieu (FRA)	+ 45' 10"
6	Louis Trousselier (FRA)	+ 45' 11"
7	François Beaugendre (FRA)	+ 1h 12' 45"
8	Marcel Cadolle (FRA)	+ 1h 29' 45"
9	Édouard Wattelier (FRA)	s.t.
10	Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq (FRA)	+ 1h 34' 20"

General classification after stage 2^[2]

Rank	Rider	Points
1	René Pottier (FRA)	5
2	Émile Georget (FRA)	5
3	Lucien Mazan (FRA)	7
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 3

14 July 1906 — Nancy to Dijon, 416 km (258 mi)^[1]

Stage 3 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	René Pottier (FRA)	15h 18' 41"
2	Georges Passerieu (FRA)	+ 47' 52"
3	Marcel Cadolle (FRA)	+ 47' 56"
4	Lucien Mazan (FRA)	+ 48' 29"
5	Émile Georget (FRA)	+ 1h 18' 29"
6	Aloïs Catteau (BEL)	+ 1h 18' 30"
7	Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq (FRA)	+ 1h 18' 31"
8	Augustin Ringeval (FRA)	+ 1h 18' 32"
9	Pierre Privat (FRA)	+ 1h 23' 44"
10	Hippolyte Aucouturier (FRA)	+ 2h 54' 19"

General classification after stage 3^[3]

Rank	Rider	Points
1	René Pottier (FRA)	6
2	Georges Passerieu (FRA)	9
3	Émile Georget (FRA)	10
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 4

16 July 1906 — Dijon to Grenoble, 311 km (193 mi)^[1]

Dijon is a city in eastern France, capital of the Côte-d'Or département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.

Grenoble is a city in southeastern France, at the foot of the French Alps where the river Drac joins the Isère. Located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Grenoble is the capital of the department of Isère and is an important European scientific centre. The city advertises itself as the "Capital of the Alps", due to its size and its proximity to the mountains.

Stage 4 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	René Pottier (FRA)	10h 32' 35"
2	Marcel Cadolle (FRA)	+ 14' 31"
3	Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq (FRA)	+ 25' 26"
4	Lucien Mazan (FRA)	+ 25' 28"
5	Émile Georget (FRA)	+ 25' 29"
6	Georges Passerieu (FRA)	+ 40' 31"
7	Maurice Decaup (FRA)	+ 40' 32"
8	Georges Sérès (FRA)	+ 48' 26"
9	Hippolyte Aucouturier (FRA)	+ 1h 12' 37"
10	Augustin Ringeval (FRA)	+ 1h 14' 39"

General classification after stage 4^[4]

Rank	Rider	Points
1	René Pottier (FRA)	7
=2	Georges Passerieu (FRA)	15
=2	Émile Georget (FRA)	15
=2	Lucien Mazan (FRA)	15
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 5

18 July 1906 — Grenoble to Nice, 345 km (214 mi)^[1]

Nice is the seventh most populous urban area in France and the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes département. The metropolitan area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of about 1 million on an area of 721 km² (278 sq mi). Located in the French Riviera, on the south east coast of France on the Mediterranean Sea, at the foot of the Alps, Nice is the second-largest French city on the Mediterranean coast and the second-largest city in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region after Marseille. Nice is approximately 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from the principality of Monaco and 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the French-Italian border. Nice's airport serves as a gateway to the region.

Stage 5 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	René Pottier (FRA)	12h 27' 00"
2	Georges Passerieu (FRA)	+ 26' 00"
3	Eugène Christophe (FRA)	+ 26' 01"
4	Marcel Cadolle (FRA)	+ 41' 30"
5	Émile Georget (FRA)	+ 41' 31"
6	Lucien Mazan (FRA)	+ 41' 32"
7	Pierre Privat (FRA)	+ 42' 00"
8	Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq (FRA)	+ 45' 00"
9	Louis Trousselier (FRA)	+ 49' 00"
10	Maurice Decaup (FRA)	+ 1h 07' 00"

General classification after stage 5^[5]

Rank	Rider	Points
1	René Pottier (FRA)	8
2	Georges Passerieu (FRA)	17
3	Émile Georget (FRA)	20
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 6

20 July 1906 — Nice to Marseille, 292 km (181 mi)^[1]

Marseille is the second-largest city of France. The main city of the historical province of Provence, it nowadays is the prefecture of the department of Bouches-du-Rhône and region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. It is located on France's south coast near the mouth of the Rhône river. The city covers an area of 241 km² (93 sq mi) and had a population of 852,516 in 2012. Its metropolitan area, which extends over 3,173 km² (1,225 sq mi) is the third-largest in France after Paris and Lyon, with a population of 1,831,500 as of 2010.

Stage 6 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Georges Passerieu (FRA)	11h 21' 17"
2	René Pottier (FRA)	+ 1"
3	Marcel Cadolle (FRA)	+ 13' 07"
4	Louis Trousselier (FRA)	+ 30' 41"
5	Édouard Wattelier (FRA)	+ 30' 42"
6	Émile Georget (FRA)	+ 38' 34"
7	Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq (FRA)	+ 44' 23"
8	Léon Georget (FRA)	+ 44' 24"
9	Augustin Ringeval (FRA)	+ 44' 25"
10	Hippolyte Aucouturier (FRA)	+ 49' 43"

General classification after stage 6^[6]

Rank	Rider	Points
1	René Pottier (FRA)	10
2	Georges Passerieu (FRA)	18
3	Émile Georget (FRA)	26
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 7

20 July 1906 — Marseille to Toulouse, 480 km (300 mi)^[1]

Stage 7 result^[1]

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Louis Trousselier (FRA)	17h 24' 00"
2	Georges Passerieu (FRA)	s.t.
3	Lucien Mazan (FRA)	s.t.
4	Marcel Cadolle (FRA)	+ 1h 08' 00"
5	René Pottier (FRA)	+ 1h 08' 02"
6	Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq (FRA)	+ 1h 31' 00"
7	Ferdinand Payan (FRA)	+ 1h 39' 00"
8	Émile Georget (FRA)	+ 2h 11' 00"
9	Eugène Christophe (FRA)	+ 3h 04' 09"
10	Georges Fleury (FRA)	+ 3h 09' 10"

General classification after stage 7^[7]

Rank	Rider	Points
1	René Pottier (FRA)	15
2	Georges Passerieu (FRA)	20
3	Marcel Cadolle (FRA)	30
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "4ème Tour de France 1906". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012.
↑ "4ème Tour de France 1906 - 2ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 6 May 2012.
↑ "4ème Tour de France 1906 - 3ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012.
↑ "4ème Tour de France 1906 - 4ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 6 May 2012.
↑ "4ème Tour de France 1906 - 5ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 6 May 2012.
↑ "4ème Tour de France 1906 - 6ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 6 May 2012.
↑ "4ème Tour de France 1906 - 7ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 6 May 2012.

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[MdC1906-3-3] "4ème Tour de France 1906 - 3ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012.

[MdC1906-4-4] "4ème Tour de France 1906 - 4ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 6 May 2012.

[MdC1906-5-5] "4ème Tour de France 1906 - 5ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 6 May 2012.

[MdC1906-6-6] "4ème Tour de France 1906 - 6ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 6 May 2012.

[MdC1906-7-7] "4ème Tour de France 1906 - 7ème étape". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 6 May 2012.