Louis Trousselier

Tour de France winners: Louis Trousselier (1905)

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Tour de France history on PelotonTales blog: Louis Trousselier, Tour de France winner 1905

There is a story about Louis Trousselier (1881-1939), the winner of Tour de France in 1905, that’s makes him one of those very characteristic protagonists of the early days of road cycling races: he lost all his prize money earned during the Tour de France by playing dice with friends on the night of his … Read more

He won the Tour de France, but lost his money to gambling

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Tour de France history on PelotonTales blog: Louis Trousselier, Tour de France winner 1905

Louis Trousselier (1881-1939), the winner of the 3rd Tour de France (1905) was an entertaining person, for sure. He even shouldn’t have been there, when he won the race, because his official leave from the French army ended days before.  But he stayed a bit longer and won the general classification of the Tour de … Read more