The first tour de France ran from 1st to 19th of July 1903 and was divided into 6 stages. 60 people entered this first competition, but only 21 finished. The first Tour de France was won by the Italian born Maurice Garin. He also won Tour de France in 1904, but was stripped of the title later. It is today not really known why or what happened in the 1904 race.
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