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Le Vélo
Le Vélo was the leading French sports newspaper from its inception on 1 December 1892 until it ceased publication in 1904. Mixing sports reporting with news and political comment, it achieved a circulation of 80,000 copies a day. Its use of sporting events as promotional tools led to the creation of the Paris–Roubaix cycle race in 1896, and the popularisation of the Bordeaux–Paris cycle race during the 1890s.
Its demise was a consequence of the creation of the Tour de France by "L'Auto", a
As editor of "Le Vélo", his opposition to the car-maker Albert de Dion over the Dreyfus affair led de Dion to create a rival daily, "L'Auto".
Géo Lefèvre was a sports journalist who was recruited from "Le Vélo", to work as a rugby and cycling correspondent for "L'Auto". Lefèvre's idea for 'a six-day race round France' lead to the demise of his old paper. Victor Breyer was the cycling editor for "Le Vélo", and he