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Originally Posted by Keith99
Quite.

You missed the pun.

1904 had the largest percentage of disqualifications ever in a TDF. (True DQs, not time elimination or retiring). 12 of riders were disqualified, including the first 4 finishers resulting in in Henri Cornet who originally was just 33 seconds short of 3 hours behind the winner being the new winner. He is still the youngest winner ever.

Oh and most of the disqualifications were fro catching a train. Training if you will.
ahaha, yeah I know almost nothing about the TdF or it's history thanks for explaining.
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