Faber is the first non-French winner

A huge field lined up for the seventh edition of the Tour, but they were all crushed by the dominance of the Luxembourger François Faber, the Tour's first foreign winner. Faber, who was tragically to lose his life during the Great War, was one of the sports greatest riders from that era: to his Tour victory could be added victories in seven classics. His Tour victory was built on a great run between Roubaix and Nice, when he won five consecutive stages, each one a lone victory. His all-round consistency was sufficient to see him win easily in a formula stilled based on points: of the 14 stages, he won six, finished in the top three in five more and never finished lower than tenth.

Amongst the minor points: not only was Faber the Tour's first foreign winner, but Cyrille Van Hauwaert opening stage win was the first by a Belgian.

Stage winners

	Stage	Winner	Overall Leader
Stage 1	Paris - Roubaix, 272km	Cyrille Van Hauwaert	Cyrille Van Hauwaert
Stage 2	Roubaix - Metz, 398km	François Faber	François Faber
Stage 3	Metz - Belfort, 259km	François Faber	François Faber
Stage 4	Belfort - Lyon, 309km	François Faber	François Faber
Stage 5	Lyon - Grenoble, 311km	François Faber	François Faber
Stage 6	Grenoble - Nice, 345km	François Faber	François Faber
Stage 7	Nice - Nîmes, 345km	Ernest Paul	François Faber
Stage 8	Nîmes - Toulouse, 303km	Jean Alavoine	François Faber
Stage 9	Toulouse - Bayonne, 299km	Constant Ménager	François Faber
Stage 10	Bayonne - Bordeaux, 269km	François Faber	François Faber
Stage 11	Bordeaux - Nantes, 391km	Louis Trousselier	François Faber
Stage 12	Nantes - Brest, 321km	Gustave Garrigou	François Faber
Stage 13	Brest - Caen, 415km	Paul Duboc	François Faber
Stage 14	Caen - Paris, 251km	Jean Alavoine	François Faber

In a nutshell

Luxemburger François Faber is the only rider to have won five consecutive stages of the Tour. He is the first foreign victor of the race. There is some confusion over the spelling of his surname - Faber or Fabert
For the first time, some of the riders started grouped in teams. The remainder were classified as isoles, a category which didn't finally disappear until 1938.
First Tour for two of the race's future stars. Jean Alavoine, who is to finish four times on the podium over the next 16 years is 3rd on his debut. Octave Lapize, winner-to-be in 1910 retired on stage 5 after a strong start. He was to lose his life during the Great War.

Results

Overall

1st: François Faber, (Luxembourg), Alcyon, 4488km at 28.658km/h, 37 points
2nd: Gustave Garrigou, (France), Alcyon, 57
3rd: Jean Alavoine, (France), Alcyon, 66
4th: Paul Duboc, (France), Alcyon, 70
5th: Cyrille Van Hauwaert, (Belgium), Alcyon, 92
6th: Ernest Paul, (France), "Isole", 95
7th: Constant Ménager, (France), Le Globe, 102
8th: Louis Trousellier, (France), Alcyon, 114
9th: Eugène Christophe, (France), "Isole", 139
10th: Aldo Bettini, (Italy), "Isole", 142

(55th: Georges Devilly, (France), "Isole", 713)

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