1926 Wonderful and scarce Art Deco Bicycle Tour de France medal by Huguenin

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Before you bidding - shipping time to Europe 10-14 days, to USA, Canada, Australia will take 30-35 days. Payment – Paypal We will ship items together to save on shipping costs. Items are usually shipped the following business day payment is received. If you not happy with your item, I will return you back your money. ============================================================== Wonderful and scarce French Art Deco Rare medal 52mm bronze The Tour de France ( French pronunciation: [tuʁ də fʁɑ̃s] ) is an annual multiple stage bicycle race primarily held in France ,[ 1] while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. The race was first organized in 1903 to increase paper sales for the magazine L'Auto ;[ 2] it is currently run by the Amaury Sport Organisation .[ 3] The race has been held annually since its first edition in 1903 except for when it was stopped for the two World Wars .[ 4] As the Tour gained prominence and popularity the race was lengthened and its reach began to extend around the globe. Participation expanded from a primarily French field, as riders from all over the world began to participate in the race each year. The Tour is a UCI World Tour event, which means that the teams that compete in the race are mostly UCI ProTeams , with the exception of the teams that the organizers invite. [5 ][ 6] Along with the Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España , the Tour makes up cycling's prestigious, three-week-long Grand Tours .[ 7] Traditionally, the race is held primarily in the month of July. While the route changes each year, the format of the race stays the same with the appearance of at least two time trials, [1 ] the passage through the mountain chains of the Pyrenees and the Alps , and the finish on the Champs-Élysées .[ 8] [9 ] The modern editions of the Tour de France consist of 21 day-long segments (stages) over a 23-day period and cover around 3,200 kilometres (2,000 mi). [10 ] The race alternates between clockwise and anticlockwise circuits of France. [11 ] The number of teams usually varies between 20 and 22, with nine riders in each.All of the stages are timed to the finish; after finishing the riders' times are compounded with their previous stage times. [1 ] The rider with the lowest aggregate time is the leader of the race and gets to don the coveted yellow jersey .[ 1] [12 ] While the general classification garners the most attention there are other contests held within the Tour: the points classification for the sprinters, the mountains classification for the climbers with general classification hopes, young rider classification for the riders under the age of 26, and the team classification for the fastest teams. [1 ]The Tour de France was made in 1903. The roots of the Tour de France trace to the Dreyfus Affair , a cause célèbre that divided France at the end of the 19th century over the innocence of Alfred Dreyfus , a soldier convicted—though later exonerated—of selling military secrets to the Germans. Opinions became heated and there were demonstrations by both sides. One was what the historian Eugen Weber called "an absurd political shindig" at the Auteuil horse-race course in Paris in 1899. [13 ] Among those involved was Comte Jules-Albert de Dion , the owner of the De Dion-Bouton car works, who believed Dreyfus was guilty. [14 ] De Dion served 15 days in jail and was fined 100 francs for his role at Auteuil, [13 ] which included striking Émile Loubet , the president of France, on the head with a walking stick .[ 13 ][ 14 ][ 15 ]The incident at Auteuil, said Weber, was "...tailor-made for the sporting press." The first and the largest daily sports newspaper in France was Le Vélo ,[ 16 ] which sold 80,000 copies a day. [17 ] Its editor, Pierre Giffard , thought Dreyfus innocent. He reported the arrest in a way that displeased de Dion, who was so angry that he joined other anti-Dreyfusards such as Adolphe Clément and Édouard Michelin and opened a rival daily sports paper, L'Auto .[ n ... read more

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