the Tour at a meeting with Henri Desgrange, editor of the daily newspaper L'Auto as a way to boost circulation. Desgrange recruited Lefèvre from the rival...

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...

cyclist, Henri Desgrange, who had published a book of cycling tactics and training and was working as a publicity writer for Clément. Desgrange was a strong...

the Champ de Mars. Desgrange decided to build a new cycling temple next door, at the corner of the Boulevard de Grenelle and the rue Nélaton, the new Vel...

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

L'Auto. The editor, Henri Desgrange, planned a five-week race from 31 May to 5 July. This proved too daunting and only 15 entered. Desgrange cut the length...

and La Closerie des Lilas as well as salons like Gertrude Stein's in the rue de Fleurus. The Rive Gauche, or left bank, of the Seine in Paris, was and...

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...

at L'Auto and took over organisation of the race when the director, Henri Desgrange, became too ill to continue in 1936. In association football, Goddet...

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...