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The Tour de France was for the first time organized in 1903 by "L'Auto-Vélo", one of the two leading French sports newspapers from that period. Henri Desgrange, editor of the concerning sports newspaper, wanted to lift the number of his readers till the level of its biggest competitor, "Le Vélo", and felt that organizing a cycling race throughout France, or a "Tour de France" was an excellent move.

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