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Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
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Maurice Garin
French cyclist (1871–1957)
Maurice-François Garin was an Italian-French road bicycle racer best known for winning the inaugural Tour de France in 1903, and for being stripped of his title in the second Tour in 1904 along with eight others, for cheating. He was of Italian origin but adopted French…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
1903 Tour de France
Cycling race
The 1903 Tour de France was the first cycling race set up and sponsored by the newspaper L'Auto, ancestor of the current daily, L'Équipe. It ran from 1 to 19 July in six stages over 2,428 km (1,509 mi), and was won by Maurice Garin.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
July 19
Day of the year
July 19 is the 200th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 165 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)