Route de France 1910

The route de France 1910 lasted from the 3. to 31. July. The number of stages was increased of 14 to 15, of it was 13 to those of the previous year identically. But there was a crucial change, because the passports of the Pyreneeses were overcome for the first time. One year before had been sent the reporter Alphonse of stone into this at that time still wild area, in order to explore forest and passport roads, which were passable with bicycles also.

Due to its positive report the Portet were d'Aspet, the Col was route-painted you Peyresourde, the Col d'Aspin, the Col you and the Col d'Aubisque was taken up to the program. The roads were usually fastened and the drivers had their wheel to partly push. When the later stage winner Octave Lapize the Col d'Aubisque crossed, it was not particularly good on the organizations to speak and aligns exhausted: „You condemned murderers! “ Gustave Garrigou received a special premium from 100 francs, because he had route-painted defeated, without descending off the wheel.

A further innovation was the broom car, which in-collected and into the goal drove the separated drivers. 69 of 110 drivers had to take these „to service up “.

Running was coined/shaped by the duel between previous year winner François Faber and Octave Lapize, the three and/or. four stage-wins to celebrate could. Faber led of the 2. up to 12. Stage the Gesamtklassement on, but then profited to Lapize from some falls of its competitor and decided finally the round travel for itself.

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