L’Auto newspaper

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newspaper sports newspaper

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

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	newspaper → sports newspaper →
associatedEvent	Tour de France →
associatedPerson	Géo Lefèvre →
ceasedPublication	1944 →
competitionWith	Le Vélo →
countryOfPublication	France →
coveredSport	athletics → automobile racing → cycling → football →
createdEvent	Tour de France →
editorInChief	Henri Desgrange →
era	Third French Republic →
firstTourDeFranceHeld	1903 →
founded	1900 →
foundedBy	Henri Desgrange →
foundedIn	Paris →
genre	sports journalism →
hadCirculationIn	France →
headquartersLocation	Paris →
influenced	development of professional road cycling →
inspiredTourDeFranceJerseyColor	yellow jersey →
languageOfPublication	French →
mediaType	print →
nameChangedTo	L’Auto →
nameChangeReason	legal dispute with Le Vélo →
notableFor	creating the Tour de France → organizing the Tour de France →
originalName	L’Auto-Vélo →
ownedBy	industrial and automotive interests →
periodicity	daily →
politicalAlignment	nationalist →
primaryCoverage	cycling → sport →
printingColor	yellow →
publisher	Henri Desgrange →
reasonForClosure	accusations of collaboration during World War II →
roleInTourDeFrance	organizer → sponsor →
subjectOf	studies in media history → studies in sports history →
successor	L’Équipe →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Henri Desgrange →	associatedWith