Henri Desgrange

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cyclist human newspaper editor sports journalist

Henri Desgrange was a French cyclist, sports journalist, and newspaper editor best known for creating and organizing the Tour de France, which became the world’s most famous cycling race.

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Henri Desgrange prize in the Tour de France 1

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instanceOf cyclist ⓘ
human ⓘ
newspaper editor ⓘ
sports journalist ⓘ
areaOfInfluence French sports media ⓘ
international road cycling races ⓘ
associatedWith Amaury Sport Organisation ⓘ
surface form: Amaury Sport Organisation (historical lineage of Tour de France organizers)

French road cycling ⓘ
L’Auto newspaper ⓘ
commemoratedBy Souvenir Henri Desgrange classification in the Tour de France ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
describedAs father of the Tour de France ⓘ
employer L’Auto ⓘ
familyName Desgrange ⓘ
fieldOfWork road bicycle racing ⓘ
sports journalism ⓘ
founded Tour de France ⓘ
genre sports writing ⓘ
givenName Henri ⓘ
hasHonor Col du Galibier memorial to Henri Desgrange ⓘ
hasPartIn history of the Tour de France ⓘ
hasRole race organizer ⓘ
sports promoter ⓘ
influenced development of professional road cycling ⓘ
influencedBy early 20th-century French sports journalism ⓘ
knownFor being editor of L’Auto ⓘ
creating the Tour de France ⓘ
organizing the Tour de France ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
legacy Henri Desgrange self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Henri Desgrange prize in the Tour de France
name Henri Desgrange self-link ⓘ
nationality French ⓘ
notableAchievement turning the Tour de France into the world’s most famous cycling race ⓘ
notableWork Tour de France ⓘ
surface form: Tour de France race regulations
occupation cyclist ⓘ
newspaper editor ⓘ
sports administrator ⓘ
sports journalist ⓘ
positionHeld director of the Tour de France ⓘ
editor of L’Auto ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
significantEvent creation of the first Tour de France ⓘ
directing early editions of the Tour de France ⓘ
sport cycling ⓘ

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L’Auto → associatedPerson → Henri Desgrange ⓘ
L’Auto → editorInChief → Henri Desgrange ⓘ
L’Auto newspaper → editorInChief → Henri Desgrange ⓘ
subject surface form: L’Auto
L’Auto → foundedBy → Henri Desgrange ⓘ
L’Auto newspaper → foundedBy → Henri Desgrange ⓘ
subject surface form: L’Auto
Tour de France → founder → Henri Desgrange ⓘ
Henri Desgrange → legacy → Henri Desgrange self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Henri Desgrange prize in the Tour de France
Henri Desgrange → name → Henri Desgrange self-link ⓘ
Desgrange → nameInNativeLanguage → Henri Desgrange ⓘ
subject surface form: Henri Desgrange
L’Auto → publisher → Henri Desgrange ⓘ
L’Auto newspaper → publisher → Henri Desgrange ⓘ
subject surface form: L’Auto
Desgrange → usedBy → Henri Desgrange ⓘ