Henri Desgrange (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi deɡʁɑ̃ʒ]; 31 January 1865 – 16 August 1940) was a French bicycle racer and sports journalist. He set twelve...

The Souvenir Henri Desgrange is an award and cash prize given in the yearly running of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. It is won...

Stade Henri Desgranges is a stadium in La Roche-sur-Yon, France. It is currently used for football matches and is the home stadium of La Roche VF. The...

victories, he was known for his long-standing feud with Tour founder Henri Desgrange and for protesting against the conditions endured by riders in the...

67 that he was awarded a yellow jersey in 1913 when the organiser, Henri Desgrange, asked him to wear a coloured jersey. Thys declined, saying making...

December 2024 La Roche (4) 0–1 Brest (1) La Roche-sur-Yon 15:30 Report Ajorque 41' Stadium: Stade Henri Desgrange Attendance: 4,530 Referee: Aurélien Petit...

and could afford to indulge his whims. The new newspaper appointed Henri Desgrange as the editor. He was a prominent cyclist and owner with Victor Goddet...

was a French literary and artistic paper founded by Henri Desgrange on 1 October 1907 (Desgrange had already founded L'Auto [fr]). It published a number...

after the exhibition. In 1902, the Salle des Machines was inspected by Henri Desgrange, who the following year inaugurated the Tour de France on behalf of...

the velodrome had a 728-yard track. The director of the stadium, Henri Desgrange, was a former racing cyclist and founder of the cycling magazine L'Auto...

Similar events became popular elsewhere, and in 1904 French journalist Henri Desgrange produced Audax regulations, which belonged to his Auto newspaper. Under...

sponsored not only by Le Petit Journal but L'Auto-Velo, edited by Henri Desgrange. For the first time, professionals were segregated from the "touriste-routier"...

France in 1904. It was his first year as a professional. The organizer, Henri Desgrange, promoted his unknown competitors to readers of L'Auto, the newspaper...

organisers, that the rule book distributed to riders by the organiser, Henri Desgrange, reminded them that drugs were not among items with which they would...

2 April 2023 England  2–0  New Caledonia Stade Henri Desgrange, La Roche-sur-Yon Mheuka 7' Olusesi 80' Report...

McKay, Feargal (2018-08-22). "The First Hours - The Hour Record Before Henri Desgrange". Podium Cafe. Retrieved 2022-05-31. Feargal McKay (30 January 2018)...

Similar events became popular elsewhere, and in 1904 French journalist Henri Desgrange produced Audax regulations, which belonged to his Auto newspaper. Under...

arrondissement of Paris, not far from the Eiffel Tower. It was built by Henri Desgrange, editor of L'Auto, who later organised the Tour de France, as a velodrome...

although most places were saved for teams invited by the organiser, Henri Desgrange or his successor, Jacques Goddet, for whom 1937 was his first complete...

portal of the tunnel, at the edge of the road, there is a monument to Henri Desgrange, instigator and first director of the Tour de France. The memorial...

the insistence of Alphonse Steinès, a colleague of the organiser, Henri Desgrange. He told the story in a book published soon after the event. Steinès...

Modigliani, and Piet Mondrian, along with French artists Pierre Bonnard, Henri Matisse, Jean Metzinger, and Albert Gleizes. Surrealists also included artists...

21 December 2024 Round of 64 La Roche v Brest La Roche-sur-Yon 15:30 Report Stadium: Stade Henri Desgrange Referee: Aurélien Petit...

a prize of €5000, the Souvenir Henri Desgrange, given in honour of Tour founder and first race director Henri Desgrange to the first rider to pass the...

proposed including the Pyrenees, Alphonse Steinès. The tour organiser, Henri Desgrange was confident enough after the Pyrenees to include the Alps in 1911...

1894) Sir Brudenell White, Australian general (b. 1876) August 16 – Henri Desgrange, French racing cyclist and founder of the Tour de France (b. 1865)...

McKay, Feargal (2018-08-22). "The First Hours - The Hour Record Before Henri Desgrange". Podium Cafe. Retrieved 2022-06-01. The Bicycle, UK, 30 January 1946...

both road and track racing (including, among others, Major Taylor, Henri Desgrange, Fausto Coppi, Anna Wilson, Eddy Merckx, Francesco Moser, Jeannie Longo...

was above the fray. —  Martini Award for Best Sports Article, 1968 Henri Desgrange Prize (awarded by the Academy of Sports), 1970 Knight of the Ordre...

athlétisme, yachting, aérostation, escrime, hippisme / directeur Henri Desgrange". Gallica. 1904-08-01. Retrieved 2024-05-02. Weecxsteen (1991, p. 104)...