The Tour de France cycling race was created in 1903 by the newspaper L’Auto in an effort to increase sales. The same motives led to the creation of the Giro in 1909 by the bosses of the Italian Gazzetta dello Sport. And what about the Spanish Vuelta, the youngest of the Grand Tours? As if by a copycat, but only in 1935.
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The Tour de France cycling race was created in 1903 by the newspaper L’Auto in an effort to increase sales. The same motives led to the creation of the Giro in 1909 by the bosses of the Italian Gazzetta dello Sport. And what about the Spanish Vuelta, the youngest of the Grand Tours? As if by a copycat, but only in 1935.