This was against the rules; initially he received only a small penalty and his main competitors left the race out of protest.

[1][2] The mountain stages in 1906 had been so successful, according to the organiser Henri Desgrange, that the western Alps were included in the race for the first time.

[2] René Pottier, the winner of the 1906 Tour de France, did not defend his title because he had committed suicide in early 1907.

They treated the race as a pleasure ride, stopping for lunch when they chose and spending the night in the best hotels they could find.

[8] Dargassies and Gaubin became the first cyclists in the history of the Tour de France to ride not for their own placings but for another rider's interest.

During the race, they found another Tour de France competitor, Jean-Marie Teychenne, lying in a ditch.

[3][9] Early in the race, Trousselier, François Faber and Emile Georget were the main contenders.

[10] At the end of the stage, Emile Georget seemingly beat Trousselier with a very small margin.

After inquiry, Desgrange, the Tour's organiser, decided to put both cyclists in first place,[11] to keep both sponsors satisfied.

[3] In the seventh stage, Marcel Cadolle, at that time in second place,[12] fell and his handlebar penetrated his knee, after which he had to give up.

[1][13] After this stage, won by Petit-Breton, the general classification was as follows: Unsatisfied with the fine given to Georget, Trousselier and the other riders sponsored by Alcyon left the Tour in protest.

He won five stages and the general classification, and became the first cyclist to win the Tour de France two times.