CYCLIST

Maurice Garin

1871 - 1957

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Maurice-François Garin (pronounced [mɔʁis fʁɑ̃swa ɡaʁɛ̃, moʁ-]; 3 March 1871 – 19 February 1957) was an Italian-French road bicycle racer best known for winning the inaugural Tour de France in 1903, and for being stripped of his title in the second Tour in 1904 along with eight others, for cheating. He was of Italian origin but adopted French nationality on 21 December 1901. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maurice Garin is the 5th most popular cyclist (up from 7th in 2019), the 981st most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,200th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Cyclist.

Maurice Garin is most famous for being the first winner of the Tour de France in 1903.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Maurice Garin ranks 5 out of 1,613. Before him are Eddy Merckx, Fausto Coppi, Jacques Anquetil, and Rik Van Looy. After him are Gino Bartali, Raymond Poulidor, Bernard Hinault, Roger De Vlaeminck, Miguel Induráin, Tom Simpson, and Lucien Petit-Breton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Maurice Garin ranks 21. Before him are Heinrich Mann, Ioannis Metaxas, Elena of Montenegro, Theodore Dreiser, Émile Borel, and Georges Rouault. After him are František Kupka, Giacomo Balla, Stjepan Radić, William Stern, Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia, and Alexander von Zemlinsky. Among people deceased in 1957, Maurice Garin ranks 31. Before him are José Leandro Andrade, Curzio Malaparte, Jože Plečnik, Richard E. Byrd, Joseph McCarthy, and Alfonso de Portago. After him are František Kupka, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, V. Gordon Childe, Eliot Ness, and Erich von Stroheim.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Maurice Garin ranks 981 out of 5,161. Before him are Gian Maria Volonté (1933), Antipope John XVI (1000), Franco Modigliani (1918), Faustina the Elder (105), Gnaeus Naevius (-275), and Giovanni Angelo Becciu (1948). After him are Antipope Paschal III (1110), Robert I, Duke of Parma (1848), Roger de Flor (1267), Ludovico Carracci (1555), Francesco II Sforza (1495), and Giuseppe Tornatore (1956).

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Among CYCLISTS In Italy

Among cyclists born in Italy, Maurice Garin ranks 2. Before him are Fausto Coppi (1919). After him are Gino Bartali (1914), Felice Gimondi (1942), Alfredo Binda (1902), Marco Pantani (1970), Francesco Moser (1951), Ottavio Bottecchia (1894), Luigi Ganna (1883), Gastone Nencini (1930), Ercole Baldini (1933), and Fiorenzo Magni (1920).

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