Gontaud-de-Nogaret (French pronunciation: [ɡɔ̃to də nɔɡaʁɛ]; Occitan: Gontaud de Nogaret) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France.
The village was the home of Henri Pépin, a prosperous houseowner and cycling enthusiast who employed two helpers to pace him around the Tour de France in 1906.
Pépin—sometimes wrongly described as a baron—had no interest in winning the race.
Instead, he paid his helpers to lead him to the best restaurants and hotels they could find.
This Lot-et-Garonne geographical article is a stub.