Twelfth lunar month twenty (Renyin years), January 19, 1903, France announced the organization of the first Tour de France.

1902 Dege Lang Day, the French automobile newspaper editor received a boss Dedi Weng will, for propaganda purposes and to the organization of the game - with another newspaper the "Bicycle newspaper competition and Paris bike race. After, at the suggestion of his friends, on January 19, 1903 in the newspaper announced the biggest bike race in the world - the Tour de France will be held on July 1. Paris in the beginning of the contest, the contest total length of 2397 (2428 a) km, divided into six sections of the game, there are 60 contestants (�Ө�d��y����h�� $ �Ө�ry.c��m) Finally, France's Maurice Garin won on July 19 championship. Held once every year since then, forced to close down due to the two world wars (in the years 1915 -1918 and 1940 -1946)