1905 Tour de France

The 1905 Tour de France was the third edition, held from 9 to 30 July and organised by the newspaper L'Auto. After the disqualifications of 1904 the rules were changed, most importantly so that the general classification was decided on points rather than time, and Maurice Garin and Lucien Pothier, banned for two years and for life, could not start. The race brought the first mountains to the Tour; René Pottier shone on the first climb but could not finish. There was less cheating and sabotage than in earlier years, though it was not eliminated. Louis Trousselier won the race and four of its eleven stages.