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.

[edit] Stages

Stage	Date	Route	Length (km)	Winner	Race leader
1	8 July	Paris - Roubaix	272	Louis Trousselier France	Louis Trousselier France
2	10 July	Roubaix - Metz	398	Émile Georget France	Louis Trousselier France
3	12 July	Metz - Belfort	259	Émile Georget France	Émile Georget France
4	14 July	Belfort - Lyon	309	Marcel Cadolle France	Émile Georget France
5	16 July	Lyon - Grenoble	311	Émile Georget France	Émile Georget France
6	18 July	Grenoble - Nice	345	Georges Passerieu France	Émile Georget France
7	20 July	Nice - Nîmes	345	Émile Georget France	Émile Georget France
8	22 July	Nîmes - Toulouse	303	Émile Georget France	Émile Georget France
9	24 July	Toulouse - Bayonne	299	Lucien Petit-Breton France	Émile Georget France
10	26 July	Bayonne - Bordeaux	269	Gustave Garrigou France	Lucien Petit-Breton France
11	28 July	Bordeaux - Nantes	391	Lucien Petit-Breton France	Lucien Petit-Breton France
12	30 July	Nantes - Brest	321	Gustave Garrigou France	Lucien Petit-Breton France
13	1 August	Brest - Caen	415	Émile Georget France	Lucien Petit-Breton France
14	4 August	Caen - Paris	251	Georges Passerieu France	Lucien Petit-Breton France

[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