Maurice Garin

Maurice-François Garin 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.

3 March 1871

Born on the same birth day (3 March): Anri Sakaguchi • Arthur Kornberg • Asger Jorn • Brent Tate • Brian Leetch • Charles Ponzi • Dragan Stojković • Erwin Mulder • Herschel Walker • Ira Glass • Jayson Tatum • Kampamba Mulenga Chilumba • Michael Walzer • Peter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville • Ragnar Frisch • Teodora Mirčić • Vlado Janković

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