Maurice Garin

Maurice Garin
Garin in 1897
Personal information
Full nameMaurice-François Garin
NicknameLe petit ramoneur
(The Little Chimney-sweep)
Born(1871-03-03)3 March 1871
Arvier, Aosta Valley, Italy
Died19 February 1957(1957-02-19) (aged 85)
Lens, France[1]
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Team information
DisciplineRoad and track
RoleRider
Rider typeDistance rider
Amateur team
1892Maubeuge cycling club
Professional teams
1893–1904La Française
1911La Française
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
General classification (1903)
3 individual stages (1903)

One-day races and Classics

Paris–Roubaix (1897, 1898)
Paris–Brest–Paris (1901)
Bordeaux–Paris (1902)
Maurice Garin

Maurice-François Garin[2] (pronounced [mɔʁis fʁɑ̃swa ɡaʁɛ̃, moʁ-]; 3 March 1871[citation needed] – 19 February 1957)[3] 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.[4][5][6] He was of Italian origin but adopted French nationality on 21 December 1901.

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