François Beaugendre (1880-1936) was an early twentieth century

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who participated in the

1903 Tour de France The 1903 Tour de France was the first cycling race set up and sponsored by the newspaper ', ancestor of the current daily, '. It ran from 1 to 19 July in six stages over , and was won by Maurice Garin. The race was invented to boost the circula ...

(the first Tour) and finished ninth overall. Beaugendre also rode the first four stages of the

1904 Tour de France The 1904 Tour de France was the second Tour de France, held from 2 to 24 July. With a route similar to its previous edition, 1903 Tour de France winner Maurice Garin seemed to have repeated his win by a small margin over Lucien Pothier, while ...

, where he finished 7th, 11th, 3rd and 3rd, and did not start the fifth stage. Months after this Tour finished, many cyclists were disqualified, and Beaugendre's results were upgraded to 3rd, 6th, 2nd and 1st; Beaugendre was therefore declared winner of the fourth stage, and following the disqualifications he had been leader at the moment he left the race. Beaugendre rode the Tour a few more times, his best result was the fifth place in the

1907 Tour de France The 1907 Tour de France was the fifth running of the annual Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. From 8 July to 4 August, the 93 cyclists cycled 4488 km (2,788 mi) in fourteen stages around France. The winner, Lucien Petit-Bre ...

. François Beaugendre had two brothers who were also cyclists: Joseph Beaugendre rode the

1909 Tour de France The 1909 Tour de France was the seventh edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 5 July to 1 August. It consisted of 14 stages over , ridden at an average 28.658 km/h. The results were computed by points accorded finishing positions ...

, while Omer Beaugendre rode the

1910 Tour de France The 1910 Tour de France was the eighth edition of the Tour de France, taking place 3 to 31 July. It consisted of 15 stages over , ridden at an average speed of 28.680 km/h. It was the first Tour to enter the Pyrenees mountains. Two main cand ...

, having won the 1908

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race.

Major results

;1903 :

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::9th place overall classification ;1904 :

:: Winner stage 4 ::Leading general classification for one day ;1907 :

::5th place overall classification ;1908 :Paris-Lille ;1910 :Geneva-Nice

References

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