Njengoba kunikezwe lesi sigaba mayelana neTour de France yokuqala, owawina umjaho wokuqala
Context:Umjaho wokuqala weTour de France waqhutshwa ngo-1903. Kwakuhlelwe ukuba kube nomjaho wezigaba ezinhlanu kusukela ngo - May 31 kuya ku - July 5, uqale eParis bese uyama eLyon, eMarseille, eBordeaux naseNantes ngaphambi kokuba ubuyele eParis. Kamuva kwanezelwa iToulouse ukuze kunqanyulwe umzila omude owawunqamula eningizimu yeFrance usuka eMedithera uya e-Atlantic. Lezi zigaba zaziqhubeka ubusuku bonke zize ziphele ngakusasa ntambama, kube nezinsuku zokuphumula ngaphambi kokuba abagibeli baphinde baqale uhambo. Kodwa lokhu kwabonakala kunzima kakhulu futhi izindleko zazikhulu kakhulu kwabaningi futhi kwakunabancintisana abangu-15 kuphela. UDesgrange wayengakaze akholwe ngokuphelele futhi wacishe wayeka ukucabanga ngalokhu. Esikhundleni salokho, wanciphisa ubude baba yizinsuku eziyi-19, washintsha izinsuku zaba ngoJulayi 1 kuya ku-19, futhi wanikeza isibonelelo sansuku zonke kulabo abahamba ngesilinganiso okungenani samakhilomitha angama-20 ngehora kuzo zonke izigaba, okulingana nalokho umgibeli obekulindeleke ukuthi akuthole usuku ngalunye ukube ubesebenza efektri. Futhi wanciphisa imali yokungena esuka kuma-franc angu-20 kuya kwangu-10 futhi wamisa umklomelo wokuqala kuma-franc angu-12.000 nomklomelo womnqobi wosuku ngalunye kuma-franc angu-3.000. Ngaleyondlela owayezonqoba wayezothola imali ephindwe kasithupha kunalokho izisebenzi eziningi ezazikuthola ngonyaka. Lokho kwaheha abantu abaphakathi kuka-60 no-80 <unk> inani eliphakeme kungenzeka lalihlanganisa imibuzo enzima futhi abanye bayeka <unk> phakathi kwabo kwakungebona nje ochwepheshe kodwa ama-amateur, abanye ababengasebenzi, futhi abanye nje befuna ukuzijabulisa.  Kubonakala sengathi uDesgrange akakukhohliwe ukuhlaselwa kukaDreyfus okwasungula umncintiswano wakhe futhi kwavusa imizwelo yabalandeli bakhe. Wamemezela umjaho wakhe omusha ngoJulayi 1, 1903 ngokucaphuna umbhali u-Émile Zola, incwadi yakhe evulekile ethi J'Accuse...! eyaholela ekukhululweni kukaDreyfus, esungula isitayela esiqhakazile asisebenzisa kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke.  ITour de France yokuqala yaqala cishe ngaphandle kweCafé Reveil-Matin empambanweni yemigwaqo iMelun neCorbeil edolobhaneni laseMontgeron. Yakhishwa yi-starter, uGeorges Abran, ngo-16:16 ntambama ngoJulayi 1, 1903. I-L'Auto ayizange ifake umjaho ekhasini layo lokuqala ngalolo suku ekuseni. [n 3]  Phakathi kwabancintisana kwakukhona onqobile ekugcineni, uMaurice Garin, imbangi yakhe eyakhiwe kahle uHippolyte Aucouturier, intandokazi yaseJalimane uJosef Fischer, kanye neqoqo labagijimi, kuhlanganise nomunye oncintisana njengo "Samson".[n 4]  Abagibeli abaningi bawushiya umncintiswano ngemva kokuqeda izigaba zokuqala, njengoba ukuzikhandla ngokomzimba okwakudingeka kulolu hambo kwakukukhulu kakhulu. Kwaba nabangu - 24 kuphela ababesele ekupheleni kwesigaba sesine. Umjaho waphela emaphethelweni eParis eVille d'Avray, ngaphandle kweRestaurant du Père Auto, ngaphambi kokugibela okuyisiko eParis kanye nemijikelezo eminingana yeParc des Princes. UGarin wabusa lo mncintiswano, wanqoba isigaba sokuqala nesokugcina, ngejubane elingamakhilomitha angama-25.68 ngehora (15.96 mph). Umgibeli wokugcina, uMillocheau, waqeda ngo-64h 47m 22s ngemuva kwakhe.  Umsebenzi kaL'Auto wafezwa, njengoba ukusakazwa kwencwadi kwaphindeka kabili kulo lonke umncintiswano, okwenza umncintiswano waba mkhulu kakhulu kunalokho uDesgrange ayekulindele.
Umjaho wokuqala ngo-1903 wanqotshwa uMaurice Garin, wanqoba imbangi yakhe uHippolyte Aucouturier