Maurice Garin

Born

1871-03-03

Died

1957-02-19

Birthplace

Arvier, Aosta Valley, Italy

Biography

Maurice-François Garin (3 March 1871 – 19 February 1957) 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. (Taken from Wikipedia)