L’Auto

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newspaper sports newspaper

L’Auto was a French sports newspaper best known for creating and organizing the Tour de France.

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L'Auto 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf newspaper ⓘ
sports newspaper ⓘ
associatedPerson Géo Lefèvre ⓘ
Henri Desgrange ⓘ
ceasedPublication 1944 ⓘ
colorOfPaper yellow ⓘ
competitionWith Le Vélo ⓘ
country France ⓘ
countryOfPublication France ⓘ
created Tour de France ⓘ
createdEvent Tour de France ⓘ
dissolutionDate 1944 ⓘ
distributionArea nationwide in France ⓘ
editorInChief Henri Desgrange ⓘ
era French Third Republic ⓘ
surface form: Third French Republic
firstPublicationDate 1900-10-16 ⓘ
firstTourDeFranceYear 1903 ⓘ
foundedBy Adolphe Clément ⓘ
Henri Desgrange ⓘ
Jules-Albert de Dion ⓘ
Édouard Michelin ⓘ
genre sports journalism ⓘ
hasEditor Géo Lefèvre ⓘ
headquartersLocation Paris ⓘ
inception 1900 ⓘ
language French ⓘ
mainCoverage athletics ⓘ
cycling ⓘ
general sports ⓘ
motor racing ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
notableFor creating the Tour de France ⓘ
organizing the Tour de France ⓘ
ownedBy industrial and automotive interests ⓘ
politicalAlignment nationalist ⓘ
pro-industrialist ⓘ
predecessor Le Vélo ⓘ
printFormat broadsheet ⓘ
publisher Henri Desgrange ⓘ
reasonForDissolution collaboration during German occupation of France ⓘ
subjectOf history of the Tour de France ⓘ
studies of French sports press ⓘ
successor L’Équipe ⓘ
tourDeFranceLeaderJerseyColorInfluence yellow jersey ⓘ
tourDeFranceLeaderJerseyColorReason color of L’Auto’s newsprint ⓘ
tourDeFranceRole official race newspaper ⓘ
race organizer ⓘ

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Henri Desgrange → employer → L’Auto ⓘ
Desgrange → employer → L’Auto ⓘ
subject surface form: Henri Desgrange
this entity surface form: L'Auto
subject surface form: L’Auto