Tour de France 1904
France
| Date: | 02-07-1904 | ||
| 1º stage | |||
| Distance: | 467 km | ||
| Road – Stage | |||
| Departure: | Montgeron (Ile-de-France), France | ||
| Arrival: | Lyon (Rhone-Alpes), France | ||
| Category UCI: | |||
Main Tour de France
Websites: http://www.letour.fr
Memo
In this first stage, some riders fell after only a few kilometres. Lipman broke a finger, and became the first rider to abandon this Tour. Around 100 km in the race, Lucien Pothier lost ten minutes to the main group, led by Maurice Garin, because of a broken bicycle. In Cosne, at 174 km, Pothier had reached the leading group. Aucouturier had lost more than one hour at that point. Just before the next control post in Nevers, Aucouturier fell on his face, and continued the race covered in blood. In the last part of the race, Maurice Garin and Lucien Pothier rode away from the others. They were attacked by four masked men in a car, but still finished as the first two, with Garin beating Pothier by 50 m. The many flat tires and crashes of Aucouturier, seemingly the results of sabotage, gave him a time loss of several hours. After the stage, three cyclists were punished: Aucouturier and Samson received fines, Aucouturier for having a cyclist not in the race following him, Samson for riding in the slipstream of a car. Chevallier, who had finished third, was disqualified for resting in a car for 45 minutes. During the stage, Ferdinand Payan had been disqualified. Some sources indicate he was helped by a motor, other that he was helped by riders not in the race. In that first stage, Garin had asked the race official Lefèvre for food, which was illegal. Lefèvre, who knew that Garin was the star of the race, broke the rules and gave him the food, because he did not want to be responsible for Garin leaving the race because of hunger. The news that Garin had received illegal help quickly spread, and caused the fanatical crowd to take action.Result
| 1 | 
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Michel Frédérick | SUI | in 17h 52m | |
| 2 | 
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Giovanni Gerbi | ITA | at 05m 35s | |
| 3 |
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François Beaugendre | FRA | at 27m | |
| 4 | 
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Émile Lombard | BEL | at 27m 30s | |
| 5 |
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Jean Gauban | FRA | at 38m 15s | |
| 6 |
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Alfred Faure | FRA | at 01h 24m 45s | |
| 7 |
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Julien Gabory | FRA | at 01h 46m 39s | |
| 8 |
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Henri Cornet | FRA | at 01h 51m 51s | |
| 9 |
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Edouard Pillon | FRA | at 01h 51m 52s | |
| 10 |
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Julien Maîtron | FRA | at 02h 31m 01s | |
| 11 |
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Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq | FRA | at 02h 43m 51s | |
| 12 |
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Eugène Ventresque | FRA | at 02h 44m 52s | |
| 13 |
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Jean Dargassies | FRA | at 03h 27m 21s | |
| 14 |
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Noël Prévost | FRA | at 03h 33m 06s | |
| 15 |
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Louis Colsaet | FRA | at 03h 49m 51s | |
| 16 |
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Aloïs Catteau | BEL | at 03h 50m 56s | |
| 17 |
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Henri Paret | FRA | at 04h 11m 27s | |
| 18 |
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Auguste Durand | FRA | at 04h 11m 58s | |
| 19 |
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Auguste Maisonneuve | FRA | at 04h 16m 26s | |
| 20 |
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Auguste Gauthier | FRA | at 04h 55m 46s | |
| 21 |
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Charles Prévost | FRA | at 04h 55m 47s | |
| 22 |
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Julien Lootens | BEL | at 05h 05m 53s | |
| 23 |
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? Grimenwald | FRA | at 05h 13m 26s | |
| 24 |
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René Saget | FRA | at 05h 52m 30s | |
| 25 |
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Auguste Daumain | FRA | at 09h 15m 11s | |
| 26 |
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? Vassela | FRA | at 09h 42m 56s | |
| 27 |
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Léon Riche | FRA | at 09h 42m 56s | |
| 28 |
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Achille Colas | FRA | at 09h 42m 56s | |
| 29 |
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Jean-Baptiste Lardillier | FRA | at 10h 09m 26s | |
| 30 |
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Auguste Rist | FRA | at 14h 38m 11s | |
| 31 |
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Julien Leroy | FRA | at 14h 38m 11s | |
| 32 |
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Albert Niepçeron | FRA | at 14h 42m 31s | |
| 33 |
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Laurent Tachet | FRA | at 14h 42m 43s | |
| 34 |
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Pierre Cnops | BEL | at 15h 11m 11s | |
| 35 |
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Gustave Drioul | BEL | at 15h 11m 45s | |
| 36 |
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Pierre Desvages | FRA | at 15h 15m 11s | |
| 37 |
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Nicolas Damelincourt | FRA | at 15h 25m 11s | |
| 38 |
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Anton Jaeck | SUI | at 15h 25m 11s | |
| 39 |
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Ange Varalda | ITA | at 16h 57m 11s | |
| 40 |
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Gabriel Cistac | FRA | at 17h 16m 11s | |
| 41 |
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Émile Poupin | FRA | at 18h 22m 11s | |
| 42 |
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Antoine De Flotrière | FRA | at 18h 22m 11s |
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