Victory to "the Argentine"

Victory in 1907 went to Lucien Petit-Breton, sometimes known as "the Argentine", in which country he was bought up. It was a somewhat fortuitous victory. the early running was made by Emile Georget, who won four of the first eight stages. Up to this moment, Petit-Breton had not shown his ability. At Bayonne, however, Petit-Breton won his first stage (by over twenty minutes); more importantly, Georget had changed bicycle, which was against the rules that year. At the start of the next stage, Georget was docked a large number of points, leaving Petit-Breton to inherit a safe lead. Thereafter his supremacy was unchallenged, as he rode to Paris never finishing out of the top three on the remaining stages.

Stage winners

	Stage	Winner	Overall Leader
Stage 1	Paris - Roubaix, 272km	Louis Trousselier	Louis Trousselier
Stage 2	Roubaix - Metz, 398km	Emile Georget and Louis Trousselier, tied	Louis Trousselier
Stage 3	Metz - Belfort, 259km	Emile Georget	Emile Georget
Stage 4	Belfort - Lyon, 309km	Marcel Cadolle	Emile Georget
Stage 5	Lyon - Grenoble, 311km	Emile Georget	Emile Georget
Stage 6	Grenoble - Nice, 345km	Georges Passerieu	Emile Georget
Stage 7	Nice - Nîmes, 345km	Emile Georget	Emile Georget
Stage 8	Nîmes - Toulouse, 303km	Emile Georget	Emile Georget
Stage 9	Toulouse - Bayonne, 299km	Lucien Petit-Breton	Emile Georget
Stage 10	Bayonne - Bordeaux, 269km	Gustave Garrigou	Lucien Petit-Breton
Stage 11	Bordeaux - Nantes, 391km	Lucien Petit-Breton	Lucien Petit-Breton
Stage 12	Nantes - Brest, 321km	Gustave Garrigou	Lucien Petit-Breton
Stage 13	Brest - Caen, 415km	Emile Georget	Lucien Petit-Breton
Stage 14	Caen - Paris, 262km	Georges Passerieu	Lucien Petit-Breton

In a nutshell

First excursion into the Chartreuse Massif

Results

Overall

1st: Lucien Petit-Breton, (France), Peugeot, 4230km at 28.470km/h, 47 points
2nd: Gustave Garrigou, (France), 66
3rd: Emile Georget, (France), 74
4th: Georges Passerieu, (France), 85
5th: François Beaugendre, (France), 123
6th: Eberado Pavesi, (Italy), 150
7th: François Faber, (Luxembourg), 156
8th: Augustin Ringeval, (France), 184
9th: Aloîs Catteau, (Belgium), 196
10th: Ferdinand Payan, (France), 227

(33rd: Albert Chartier, (France), 568)

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