First Tour de France

Date: July 19, 1903 • Location: Rome, Italy

French cyclist Maurice Garin won the first edition of the Tour de France.

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 nationality on 21 December 1901.