1907 Tour de France
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| Final Standings | ||
|---|---|---|
| Length | 14 stages, 4488 km | |
| Overall | Lucien Petit-Breton | 47 points |
| Second | Gustave Garrigou | 66 points |
| Third | Émile Georget | 74 points |
The 1907 Tour de France was the 5th Tour de France and first to have a Luxembourg representative place in the top 10. Taking place between July 8 and August 4, 1907, the race totaled 4488 km (2,788 mi) and the average riding speed was 28.47 km/h (17.690 mi/h). The winner of the 1906 Tour de France, René Pottier, had committed suicide so was not defending his title.
Émile Georget was close to winning the race, when he was penalized for borrowing a bicycle. The lead then transferred to Lucien Petit-Breton. Petit-Breton was an unknown cyclist before the race; He had entered the race in the "poinçonnée" category, a category fo riders who didn't have the support of a team, so he was allowed virtually no mechanical assistance. Petit-Breton won two stages, and won the overall classification. This year's Tour de France, unlike its predecessor was almost free of sabotage but the cheating that plagued the previous races continued.
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[edit] Results
| Final General Standings | |
|---|---|
1. Lucien Petit-Breton  France |
47 points |
| 2. Gustave Garrigou France |
66 points |
| 3. Émile Georget France |
74 points |
| 4. Georges Passerieu France |
85 points |
| 5. François Beaugendre France |
123 points |
6. Ebarardo Pavesi  Italy |
150 points |
7. François Faber  Luxembourg |
156 points |
| 8. Augustin Ringeval France |
184 points |
9. Aloïs Catteau  Belgium |
196 points |
| 10. Ferdinand Payan France |
227 points |
| 11. Pierre-Gonzague Privat France |
251 points |
| 12. Georges Fleury France |
274 points |
| 13. François Lafourcade France |
299 points |
| 14. Marius Vilette France |
333 points |
| 15. Alzir Vivier France |
340 points |
| 16. Gaston Tuvache France |
348 points |
| 17. Eugène Delhaye Belgium |
378 points |
| 18. Baptiste Roux France |
389 points |
| 19. Philippe Pautrat France |
393 points |
| 20. Henri Timmermann France |
411 points |
| 21. Georges Brondchard France |
414 points |
| 22. Marceau Narcy France |
416 points |
| 23. Honoré Genin France |
434 points |
| 24. Antony Wattelier France |
436 points |
| 25. Albert Baudet France |
439 points |
| 26. Alfred Le Bars France |
479 points |
| 27. Alfred Quenon France |
487 points |
| 28. Henri Lorillon France |
491 points |
| 29. René Fleury France |
495 points |
| 30. Octave Noël France |
505 points |
| 31. Albert Géraud France |
515 points |
| 32. Marcel Dozol France |
522 points |
| 33. Albert Chartier France |
568 points |
| 92 competitors, 33 Finishers | |
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