The 1903 Tour de France was the 1st edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Paris on 1 July and Stage 3 occurred on 8 July with a flat stage to Toulouse. The race finished at the Parc des Princes in Paris on 18 July.
Stage 1
1 July 1903 — Paris (Montgeron) to Lyon, 467 km (290.2 mi)[1][2]
The departure from the Café au Réveil-Matin in Montgeron, 1903 Tour de France.
The inaugural stage of the Tour de France departed from the Cafe au Réveil-Matin, in the south-eastern Paris suburb of Montgeron, at 3:16 p.m.[3] The route headed south through Fontainebleau, Corbeil, Melun, Montargis, Nevers, Moulins, Lapalisse and Roanne, before arriving in Lyon.[2] The riders had raced through the evening and night, to arrive from about 9 a.m. on the following day.[4]
Stage 1 result and general classification after stage 1[1][5]