L’Auto newspaper

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

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L’Auto newspaper canonical 1
newspaper L’Auto 1

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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 French Third Republic
surface form: 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 Le Vélo
surface form: 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

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Henri Desgrange associatedWith L’Auto newspaper
Géo Lefèvre employer L’Auto newspaper
this entity surface form: newspaper L’Auto