Maurice Garin

Maurice Garin
	Garin in 1897
Personal information
Full name	Maurice-François Garin
Nickname	Le petit ramoneur; (The Little Chimney-sweep)
Born	3 March 1871; Arvier, Aosta Valley, Italy
Died	19 February 1957 (aged 85); Lens, France
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Road and track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Distance rider
Amateur team
1892	Maubeuge cycling club
Professional teams
1893–1904	La Française
1911	La Française
Major wins
	Grand Tours Tour de France General classification (1903) 3 individual stages (1903) One-day races and Classics ; Paris–Roubaix (1897, 1898) Paris–Brest–Paris (1901) Bordeaux–Paris (1902)

Maurice-François Garin^[2] (pronounced [mɔʁis fʁɑ̃swa ɡaʁɛ̃, moʁ-]; 3 March 1871^{[citation needed]} – 19 February 1957)^[3] 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.^[4]^[5]^[6] He was of Italian origin but adopted French nationality on 21 December 1901.

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