1905 Tour de France
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The 1905 Tour de France was the third edition of the Tour de France, held from 9 to 30 July, organised by the newspaper L'Auto. Following the disqualifications after the 1904 Tour de France, there wer
René Pottier, the first cyclist to climb a mountain in the Tour de France.
Louis Trousselier, the winner of the 1905 Tour de France
Hippolyte Aucouturier
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Hippolyte Aucouturier was a French professional road bicycle racer. Aucouturier, a professional between 1900 and 1908, won two stages at the first Tour de France in 1903 and won three stages and finis
1905 Tour de France
…cyclists were disqualified, most notably the top four cyclists of the original overall classification, Maurice Garin, Lucien Pothier, César Garin and Hippolyte Aucouturier. Maurice Garin was originally banned for two years and Pothier for life, so they were ineligible to start the 1905 Tour de France. Of these four, only…
Aucouturier in 1903
Hippolyte Aucouturier on the Ballon d'Alsace 1906