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1912 Tour de France

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{{Infobox cycling race report

| name = 1912 Tour de France

| image = Tour de France 1911 map-fr.svg

| image_caption = Route of the 1912 Tour de France followed clockwise, starting in Paris

| image_alt = Map of France with the route of the 1912 Tour de France on it, showing that the race started in Paris, went clockwise through France and ended in Paris after fifteen stages.

| image_size = 300px

| date = 30 June – 28 July 1912

| stages = 15

| distance = 5289

| unit = km

| time = 49 points

| first = Odile Defraye

| first_nat = BEL

| first_team = Alcyon

| second = Eugène Christophe

| second_nat = FRA

| second_team = Armor

| third = Gustave Garrigou

| third_nat = FRA

| third_team = Alcyon

| previous = 1911

| next = 1913

}}

The 1912 Tour de France was the tenth running of the Tour de France. It consisted of 15 stages for a total of {{convert|5289|km|mi}}. The Tour took place from 30 June to 28 July.{{sfn|Augendre|2016|p=108}} The riders rode at an average speed of {{convert|27.763|kph|abbr=on}}. After 4 stage wins during the Tour of Belgium, the Alcyon team hired Odile Defraye to help Gustave Garrigou repeat his win of the 1911 Tour de France. However, as the race progressed, it was clear that Defraye was the stronger rider, and he was made team leader. Defraye won the 1912 Tour de France, while Garrigou came in third place.{{cite web|url=http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1912/histoire.html|title=The Tour - year 1912|access-date=13 June 2011|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305002125/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1912/histoire.html|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}}

Innovations and changes

The point system from the 1911 Tour de France was still in use, including the cleaning up of the classification after stages 8 and 14.

It was changed in one aspect: if one or more cyclists, excluding the first seven, finished in the same time, they split their points. In stage 8, the first thirteen cyclists finished at the same time. The first seven to cross the line got the normal number of points, but the eighth to thirteenth cyclists all got 10.5 points.

Technically, the bicycles were similar to the 1911 bicycles, only Stéphanois Panel experimented with a derailleur system. This was quickly forbidden afterwards by Tour organiser Henri Desgrange, and only allowed again in 1937.{{cite web|url=http://www.cycloclub-varangeville.com/articles.php?lng=fr&pg=20|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728164119/http://www.cycloclub-varangeville.com/articles.php?lng=fr&pg=20|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 July 2012|language=fr|title=L'origine du vélo|publisher=Cycloclub Varangeville|date=6 January 2008|access-date=28 April 2009}}

Teams

{{main list|List of teams and cyclists in the 1912 Tour de France}}

The 1912 Tour started with 131 cyclists; there were 10 teams of 5 cyclists each; these 50 cyclists included all favourites for the overall victory. The remaining 81 cyclists started in the isolés category.{{cite web|title=The history of the Tour de France – Year 1912 – The starters|url=http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1912/partants.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|access-date=2 April 2020|archive-date=7 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807084842/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1912/partants.html|url-status=dead}} The Alcyon team had the pre-race favourite, Gustave Garrigou, the winner of the previous Tour de France. To help him, they hired Odile Defraye, who had performed well at the 1912 Tour of Belgium.{{cite web|url=http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1912/index.html|title=1912 - 10th Tour de France|publisher=ASO|access-date=28 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304141157/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1912/index.html|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}} At first, the Alcyon team did not want to select Defraye, but the Belgian representative of Alcyon posed commercial threats, and Defraye was selected.{{sfn|Amels|1984|pp=18–19}}

Race overview

{{main|1912 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 8|1912 Tour de France, Stage 9 to Stage 15}}

File:Tour de France 1912.jpg

In the first stage, the favourites remained calm.{{sfn|Amels|1984|pp=18–19}} This first stage was won by Charles Crupelandt. Defraye finished 14th, while Garrigou finished in 21st place.{{cite web|url=http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1912_1.php|publisher=Mémoire du cyclisme|title=10ème Tour de France – 1ère étape|language=fr|access-date=28 April 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090503114749/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1912_1.php| archive-date= 3 May 2009 |url-status=dead}} In the second stage, Defraye and Garrigou were ahead of the rest, and Defraye won the stage. At that point, Defraye was second in the general classification, only one point behind Vincenzo Borgarello,{{cite web|url=http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1912_2.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222104422/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1912_2.php |archive-date=22 February 2012 |access-date=28 October 2016 |url-status=dead |publisher=Mémoire du cyclisme |title=10ème Tour de France – 2ème étape |language=fr }} the first Italian leader of the general classification ever. When Garrigou punctured because of nails spread by vandals, Defraye waited for him. During the long chase for the rest, it was clear that Defraye was stronger than Garrigou, who encouraged Defraye to continue alone.{{sfn|Amels|1984|pp=18–19}} Defraye became a favourite for the overall victory, and his teammates gave him their support. He was the first Belgian who had a serious chance to win the Tour de France, so all Belgians in the race, regardless of their team, were helping him.

One remaining competitor was Octave Lapize. In the fifth stage, Defraye had problems with his knees, and was more than fifteen minutes behind Lapize. Defraye came back, and kept Lapize one point behind him in the general classification.{{sfn|Amels|1984|pp=18–19}} In the sixth stage, Defraye attacked and only Lapize could follow, as they climbed the major Alp mountains together. Then Defraye punctured,{{sfn|Amels|1984|pp=18–19}} and Lapize won the stage,{{cite web|url=http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1912_6.php|publisher=Mémoire du cyclisme|title=6ème Tour de France – 8ème étape|language=fr|access-date=28 April 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090503112827/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1912_6.php| archive-date= 3 May 2009 |url-status=dead}} so Lapize shared the lead with Defraye. In the seventh stage, Defraye punctured again, but he came back and won the stage.{{sfn|Amels|1984|pp=18–19}} The eighth stage was a flat stage, and the fight was expected to continue in the ninth stage. Before the ninth stage, Lapize was only 2 points behind.{{cite web|url=http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1912_8.php|publisher=Mémoire du cyclisme|title=10ème Tour de France – 8ème étape|language=fr|access-date=28 April 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090503114230/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1912_8.php| archive-date= 3 May 2009 |url-status=dead}} During that stage in the Pyrenees, Defraye broke away on the Col de Portet d'Aspet, and Lapize could not follow.{{sfn|Amels|1984|pp=18–19}} Later, Lapize stopped in protest because all the Belgians were riding for Defraye. Lapize said: "How can you expect me to challenge in such conditions?" The rest of his team La Française, the two remaining Charles Crupelandt and Marcel Godivier did not start the next stage, also in protest.

File:Christophe Galibier.jpg, climbing the Galibier on the way to his third consecutive stage victory.|alt=A man on a bicycle, riding on a mountain road.]]

Eugene Christophe, who dominated in the Alps with three consecutive stage victories, including the longest solo breakaway ever of {{convert|315|km|mi}}{{cite web|url=http://www.veloarchive.com/races/tour/1912.php|title=1912: Belgian victory foreshadows problems to come|publisher=VeloArchive|author=Tom James|date=14 August 2003|access-date=28 April 2009}} and had shared the lead after his third stage victory, became the second-placed cyclist after Lapize's retreat. Christophe was not a good sprinter, so he had to break away from Defraye to win back points. With all the Belgians helping Defraye, he could not do this anymore. He could pose no real threat, and Defraye won the overall victory unchallenged. If the Tour de France was decided on time instead of points, Christophe would have led the race until the final stage, where he accepted his loss and allowed a group including Defraye to ride away.

Results

=Stage winners=

class="wikitable"

|+ Stage characteristics and winners{{cite web|url=http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1912.php |publisher=Mémoire du cyclisme |title=10ème Tour de France 1912 |language=fr |access-date=20 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131133350/http://memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1903_1939/tdf1912.php |archive-date=31 January 2009 |url-status=dead }}{{sfn|Augendre|2016|p=14}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html#1912 |title=Tour de France GC top ten |author=Arian Zwegers |publisher=CVCC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516071832/http://www.cvccbike.com/tour/top_ten.html |archive-date=16 May 2008 |url-status=live |access-date=20 April 2009 }}{{cite web|title=The history of the Tour de France – Year 1912 – The stage winners|url=http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1912/vainqueurs.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|access-date=2 April 2020|archive-date=2 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402233114/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1912/vainqueurs.html|url-status=dead}}

scope="col" | Stage

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Course

! scope="col" | Distance

! scope="col" colspan="2" | Type{{efn|In 1912, there was no distinction in the rules between plain stages and mountain stages; the icons shown here indicate which stages included mountains.}}

! scope="col" | Winner

! scope="col" | Race leader

scope="row" | 1

| style="text-align:center;" | 30 June || Paris to Dunkerque

| {{convert|351|km|mi|abbr=on}} || File:Plainstage.svg || Plain stage|| {{flagathlete|Charles Crupelandt|FRA}} || {{flagathlete|Charles Crupelandt|FRA}}

scope="row" | 2

| style="text-align:center;" | 2 July || Dunkerque to Longwy

| {{convert|388|km|mi|abbr=on}} || File:Plainstage.svg || Plain stage|| {{flagathlete|Odile Defraye|BEL}} || {{flagathlete|Vicenzo Borgarello|ITA|1861}}

scope="row" | 3

| style="text-align:center;" | 4 July || Longwy to Belfort

| {{convert|331|km|mi|abbr=on}} || File:Mountainstage.svg || Stage with mountain(s)|| {{flagathlete|Eugène Christophe|FRA}} || {{flagathlete|Odile Defraye|BEL}}

scope="row" | 4

| style="text-align:center;" | 6 July || Belfort to Chamonix

| {{convert|344|km|mi|abbr=on}} || File:Mountainstage.svg || Stage with mountain(s)|| {{flagathlete|Eugène Christophe|FRA}} || {{flagathlete|Odile Defraye|BEL}}

scope="row" | 5

| style="text-align:center;" | 8 July || Chamonix to Grenoble

| {{convert|366|km|mi|abbr=on}} || File:Mountainstage.svg || Stage with mountain(s)|| {{flagathlete|Eugène Christophe|FRA}} || {{flagathlete|Odile Defraye|BEL}}
{{flagathlete|Eugène Christophe|FRA}}{{efn|After the fifth stage, Defraye and Christophe had the same number of points.}}

scope="row" | 6

| style="text-align:center;" | 10 July || Grenoble to Nice

| {{convert|323|km|mi|abbr=on}} || File:Mountainstage.svg || Stage with mountain(s)|| {{flagathlete|Octave Lapize|FRA}} || {{flagathlete|Odile Defraye|BEL}}
{{flagathlete|Octave Lapize|FRA}}{{efn|After the sixth stage, Defraye and Lapize had the same number of points.}}

scope="row" | 7

| style="text-align:center;" | 12 July || Nice to Marseille

| {{convert|334|km|mi|abbr=on}} || File:Mountainstage.svg || Stage with mountain(s)|| {{flagathlete|Odile Defraye|BEL}} || {{flagathlete|Odile Defraye|BEL}}

scope="row" | 8

| style="text-align:center;" | 14 July || Marseille to Perpignan

| {{convert|335|km|mi|abbr=on}} || File:Plainstage.svg || Plain stage|| {{flagathlete|Vicenzo Borgarello|ITA|1861}} || {{flagathlete|Odile Defraye|BEL}}

scope="row" | 9

| style="text-align:center;" | 16 July || Perpignan to Luchon

| {{convert|289|km|mi|abbr=on}} || File:Mountainstage.svg || Stage with mountain(s)|| {{flagathlete|Odile Defraye|BEL}} || {{flagathlete|Odile Defraye|BEL}}

scope="row" | 10

| style="text-align:center;" | 18 July || Luchon to Bayonne

| {{convert|326|km|mi|abbr=on}} || File:Mountainstage.svg || Stage with mountain(s)|| {{flagathlete|Louis Mottiat|BEL}} || {{flagathlete|Odile Defraye|BEL}}

scope="row" | 11

| style="text-align:center;" | 20 July || Bayonne to La Rochelle

| {{convert|379|km|mi|abbr=on}} || File:Plainstage.svg || Plain stage|| {{flagathlete|Jean Alavoine|FRA}} || {{flagathlete|Odile Defraye|BEL}}

scope="row" | 12

| style="text-align:center;" | 21 July || La Rochelle to Brest

| {{convert|470|km|mi|abbr=on}} || File:Plainstage.svg || Plain stage|| {{flagathlete|Louis Heusghem|BEL}} || {{flagathlete|Odile Defraye|BEL}}

scope="row" | 13

| style="text-align:center;" | 24 July || Brest to Cherbourg-en-Cotentin

| {{convert|405|km|mi|abbr=on}} || File:Plainstage.svg || Plain stage|| {{flagathlete|Jean Alavoine|FRA}} || {{flagathlete|Odile Defraye|BEL}}

scope="row" | 14

| style="text-align:center;" | 26 July || Cherbourg to Le Havre

| {{convert|361|km|mi|abbr=on}} || File:Plainstage.svg || Plain stage|| {{flagathlete|Vicenzo Borgarello|ITA|1861}} || {{flagathlete|Odile Defraye|BEL}}

scope="row" | 15

| style="text-align:center;" | 28 July || Le Havre to Paris

| {{convert|317|km|mi|abbr=on}} || File:Plainstage.svg || Plain stage|| {{flagathlete|Jean Alavoine|FRA}} || {{flagathlete|Odile Defraye|BEL}}

scope="row" |

| colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| Total

| colspan="5" style="text-align:center"| {{convert|5289|km|0|abbr=on}}{{sfn|Augendre|2016|p=108}}

=General classification=

Of the 131 starting cyclists, 41 finished. The winner received 5000 francs for his victory.{{cite web|url=http://www.wielercentrum.com/tourdefrance/statistieken%5CAlle-uitslagen%5C1912--10e-editie-1574.html|title=1923 - 10e editie|publisher=Tourdefrance.nl|language=nl|date=29 December 2003|access-date=29 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017142424/http://www.wielercentrum.com/tourdefrance/statistieken/Alle-uitslagen/1912--10e-editie-1574.html|archive-date=17 October 2012|url-status=usurped}}

class="wikitable" style="width:38em; margin-bottom:0;"

|+ Final general classification (1–10){{cite web|title=The history of the Tour de France – Year 1912 – Stage 15 Le Havre > Paris|url=http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1912/1500/etape.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|access-date=2 April 2020|archive-date=2 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402214409/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/1912/1500/etape.html|url-status=dead}}

scope="col" | Rankscope="col" | Riderscope="col" | Teamscope="col" | Points
scope="col" | 1

| {{flagathlete|Odile Defraye|BEL}}|| Alcyon || style="text-align:right;" | 49

scope="col" | 2

| {{flagathlete|Eugène Christophe|FRA}}|| Armor || style="text-align:right;" | 108

scope="col" | 3

| {{flagathlete|Gustave Garrigou|FRA}}|| Alcyon || style="text-align:right;" | 140

scope="col" | 4

| {{flagathlete|Marcel Buysse|BEL}}|| Peugeot || style="text-align:right;" | 147

scope="col" | 5

| {{flagathlete|Jean Alavoine|FRA}}|| Armor || style="text-align:right;" | 148

scope="col" | 6

| {{flagathlete|Philippe Thys|BEL}}|| Peugeot || style="text-align:right;" | 148

scope="col" | 7

| {{flagathlete|Hector Tiberghien|BEL}}|| Griffon || style="text-align:right;" | 149

scope="col" | 8

| {{flagathlete|Henri Devroye|BEL}}|| Le Globe || style="text-align:right;" | 163

scope="col" | 9

| {{flagathlete|Félicien Salmon|BEL}}|| Peugeot || style="text-align:right;" | 166

scope="col" | 10

| {{flagathlete|Alfons Spiessens|BEL}}|| J.B. Louvet || style="text-align:right;" | 167

class="collapsible collapsed wikitable noprint" style="width:38em;margin-top:-1px;"
scope="col" colspan="4" | Final general classification (11–41)
scope="col" | Rankscope="col" | Riderscope="col" | Sponsorscope="col" | Points
scope="col" | 11

| {{flagathlete|Louis Heusghem|BEL}}|| Alcyon || style="text-align:right;" | 167

scope="col" | 12

| {{flagathlete|René Vandenberghe|BEL}}|| Thomann || style="text-align:right;" | 194

scope="col" | 13

| {{flagathlete|Vicenzo Borgarello|Italy|1861}}|| J.B. Louvet || style="text-align:right;" | 212

scope="col" | 14

| {{flagathlete|François Faber|LUX}}|| Automoto || style="text-align:right;" | 229

scope="col" | 15

| {{flagathlete|Louis Engel|FRA}}|| Aiglon || style="text-align:right;" | 241

scope="col" | 16

| {{flagathlete|Charles Deruyter|BEL}}|| Peugeot || style="text-align:right;" | 255

scope="col" | 17

| {{flagathlete|Jacques Coomans|BEL}}|| Thomann || style="text-align:right;" | 260

scope="col" | 18

| {{flagathlete|Firmin Lambot|BEL}}|| Le Globe || style="text-align:right;" | 265

scope="col" | 19

| {{flagathlete|Ottavio Pratesi|Italy|1861}}|| – || style="text-align:right;" | 304

scope="col" | 20

| {{flagathlete|Charles Guyot|SUI}}|| Aiglon || style="text-align:right;" | 309

scope="col" | 21

| {{flagathlete|Jules Deloffre|FRA}}|| – || style="text-align:right;" | 320

scope="col" | 22

| {{flagathlete|Gabriel Figuet|FRA}}|| Griffon || style="text-align:right;" | 335

scope="col" | 23

| {{flagathlete|Édouard Léonard|FRA}}|| J.B. Louvet || style="text-align:right;" | 346

scope="col" | 24

| {{flagathlete|Eugène Dhers|FRA}}|| Automoto || style="text-align:right;" | 354

scope="col" | 25

| {{flagathlete|Pierre-Joseph Heusghem|BEL}}|| Le Globe || style="text-align:right;" | 358

scope="col" | 26

| {{flagathlete|Pierre Everaerts|BEL}}|| – || style="text-align:right;" | 364

scope="col" | 27

| {{flagathlete|Julien Maitron|FRA}}|| Automoto || style="text-align:right;" | 366

scope="col" | 28

| {{flagathlete|Henri Cornet|FRA}}|| Le Globe || style="text-align:right;" | 398

scope="col" | 29

| {{flagathlete|François Lafourcade|FRA}}|| – || style="text-align:right;" | 398

scope="col" | 30

| {{flagathlete|Augustin Ringeval|FRA}}|| – || style="text-align:right;" | 408

scope="col" | 31

| {{flagathlete|Maurice Leliaert|BEL}}|| – || style="text-align:right;" | 487

scope="col" | 32

| {{flagathlete|Georges Oudin|FRA}}|| – || style="text-align:right;" | 494

scope="col" | 33

| {{flagathlete|Fernand Courcelles|FRA}}|| – || style="text-align:right;" | 495

scope="col" | 34

| {{flagathlete|Raymond Harquet|FRA}}|| – || style="text-align:right;" | 512

scope="col" | 35

| {{flagathlete|Emile Druz|FRA}}|| – || style="text-align:right;" | 544

scope="col" | 36

| {{flagathlete|Emile Eigeldinger|FRA}}|| – || style="text-align:right;" | 545

scope="col" | 37

| {{flagathlete|Charles Dumont|SUI}}|| – || style="text-align:right;" | 546

scope="col" | 38

| {{flagathlete|Henri Alavoine|FRA}}|| – || style="text-align:right;" | 577

scope="col" | 39

| {{flagathlete|Emile Caudrelier|FRA}}|| – || style="text-align:right;" | 600

scope="col" | 40

| {{flagathlete|Gaston Neboux|FRA}}|| – || style="text-align:right;" | 608

scope="col" | 41

| {{flagathlete|Maurice Lartigue|FRA}}|| – || style="text-align:right;" | 612

=Other classifications=

Jules Deloffre, ranked 21 in the general classification, became the winner of the "isolés" category.{{cite web|url=http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/fr/TDF/1912/histoire.html|title=l'Historique du Tour - Année 1912|language=fr|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|access-date=6 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716170733/http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/fr/TDF/1912/histoire.html|archive-date=16 July 2010|url-status=dead}} The "isolés" classification was calculated in the same way as the general classification, but only with the stage results for the cyclists riding as isolated riders. Therefore, it was possible that Deloffre beat Pratesi with 41 points to 42 points in the isolés category, whereas Pratesi ranked higher in the general classification.{{cite news|url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1912/08/01/MD19120801-004.pdf|title=Categoría aislados|language=es|date=1 August 1912|work=Mundo Deportivo|page=4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808115023/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/HEM/1912/08/01/MD19120801-004.pdf|archive-date=8 August 2012|url-status=live}} The organising newspaper l'Auto named Odile Defraye the meilleur grimpeur. This unofficial title is the precursor to the mountains classification.{{sfn|Cleijne|2014|p=156}}

Notes

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References

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Bibliography

  • {{cite book|last=Amels|first=Wim|title=De geschiedenis van de Tour de France 1903–1984|location=Valkenswaard, Netherlands|publisher=Sport-Express|year=1984|language=nl|isbn=978-90-70763-05-3}}
  • {{cite web|first=Jacques|last=Augendre|author-link=Jacques Augendre|url=http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf|title=Guide historique|trans-title=Historical guide|year=2016|language=fr|access-date=27 October 2016|work=Tour de France|location=Paris|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817121602/http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf|archive-date=17 August 2016|url-status=live}}
  • {{cite book|last=Cleijne|first=Jan|title=Legends of the Tour|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3nCNAwAAQBAJ|year=2014|location=London|publisher=Head of Zeus|isbn=978-1-78185-998-8}}

Further reading

  • {{cite book|title=Mapping Le Tour|first=Ellis|last=Bacon|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|location=Glasgow|year=2014|pages=42–43|isbn=9780007543991|oclc=872700415}}

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