Tour de France 1906
4th Tour de France 1906 - final result | ||
Route length | 13 stages, 4546 km | |
Tour winner | René Pottier | 31 P. 189: 34: 00 h (23.981 km / h) |
Second | Georges Passerieu | 39 P. |
Third | Louis Trousselier | 59 P. |
Fourth | Lucien Petit-Breton | 65 p. |
fifth | Émile Georget | 80 p. |
Sixth | Aloïs Catteau | 129 P. |
seventh | Edouard Wattelier | 137 P. |
Eighth | Léon Georget | 152 P. |
Ninth | Eugène Christophe | 156 P. |
Tenth | Antoine Wattelier | 168 P. |
The 1906 Tour de France took place from July 4 to 29, with at least one day of rest between two stages. The overall winner was not determined based on the driving time, but according to a points system. For the first time, the rouge flame was used, which shows the last kilometer of a stage.
Race course
The number of stages was increased again, from 11 to 13. The length of the individual stages was increased significantly; the tour was more than half longer than a year earlier. The long stages took their toll: of the 76 riders who started, only 14 reached the finish in Paris. For the first time the tour made a detour abroad; short sections led through Germany , Italy and Spain .
The race was won by René Pottier , who is considered the tour's first mountain specialist. He laid the foundation for success at the Ballon d'Alsace , where he shook off all competitors and finally arrived in Dijon with a margin of 47 minutes .
The stages
Stages | Day | Start finish | km | Stage winner | Overall first |
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1st stage | July 4th | Paris - Lille | 275 | Émile Georget | Émile Georget |
2nd stage | July 6th | Douai - Nancy | 400 | René Pottier | René Pottier |
3rd stage | 8th of July | Nancy - Dijon | 416 | René Pottier | René Pottier |
4th stage | 10th of July | Dijon - Grenoble | 311 | René Pottier | René Pottier |
5th stage | July 12 | Grenoble - Nice | 345 | René Pottier | René Pottier |
6th stage | July 14th | Nice - Marseille | 308 | Georges Passerieu | René Pottier |
7th stage | 16th of July | Marseille - Toulouse | 480 | Louis Trousselier | René Pottier |
8th stage | July 18th | Toulouse - Bayonne | 300 | Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq | René Pottier |
9th stage | 20th of July | Bayonne - Bordeaux | 338 | Louis Trousselier | René Pottier |
10th stage | 22nd of July | Bordeaux - Nantes | 391 | Louis Trousselier | René Pottier |
11th stage | 24th July | Nantes - Brest | 321 | Louis Trousselier | René Pottier |
12th stage | July 26th | Brest - Caen | 415 | Georges Passerieu | René Pottier |
13th stage | 29th of July | Caen - Paris | 246 | René Pottier | René Pottier |
Web links
- Tour de France 1906 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- radsport-seite.de on the 1906 tour