Louis Trousselier Photo Gallery
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Louis Trousselier (June 29, 1881 - April 24, 1939) is most famous for having won the 1905 Tour de France, the race's third edition.
That 1905 Tour had eleven stages, of which Trousselier won five, showing his clear superiority to the other competitors. That was the first Tour to be run on points (adding up a rider's stage placings) rather than on elapsed time. Trousselier finished with 35 points while second-place Hippolyte Aucouturier had 54. Over his entire racing career Trousselier won 13 Tour de France stages.
While he was riding that 1905 Tour, he was still serving a a soldier in the French army and had overstayed his leave. His victory seems to have allowed him to be forgiven for his infraction. Just after winning that Tour, he lost his entire race winnings in an evening of gambling with dice.
Trousselier seemed to thrive on the hard, brutal racing of the era. Coming to that 1905 Tour, he had already won won of the toughest races on the calender, Paris-Roubaix.
Trousselier stopped racing just before the start of the First World War.
Major victories and high placings:
- 1905: Paris Roubaix, Tour de France (5 stage wins), Paris-Valenciennes, Brussels-Roubaix
- 1906: 3rd place Tour de France with 4 stage wins
- 1907: 2 Tour de France stage wins
- 1908: Bordeaux-Paris
- 1909: 1 Tour de France stage win, 3rd place Tour of Lombardy
- 1910: 1 Tour de France stage win
- 1911: 2nd place Milan-San Remo
Professional Teams:
- 1905: Peugeot-Wolber
- 1906: Peugeot
- 1907 - 1909: Alcyon
- 1910: Alcyon-Dunlop
- 1911 - 1912: Alcyon
Nicknames: Trou-Trou, Levaloy, The Florist (because of his family's flower business)
Photos:
Louis Trousselier in 1903
Trousselier in 1905, the year he won the Tour de France.
Here is again in 1905.
On a velodrome with a stayer bike (note the reversed fork rake) in 1906.
Louis Trousselier shaking hand with Count Zeppelin after stage two of the 1907 Tour de France.
Undated head shot
Posed against a wall. Note he has toe clips, but no straps.
Louis Trousselier after he won the 1908 Bordeaux-Paris race.
Trousselier in 1908, after he had won Bordeaux-Paris
Louis Trousselier in 1908 wearing street clothes
Trousselier looking a bit worse for the wear. Note the brake presses against tire, meaning the photo was taken early in the 20th century.
Trousselier on the track
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Undated photo of Trousselier about to start a track race.
Louis Trousselier finishing the 1909 Bordeaux-Paris.
Trousselier riding away from the cameraman in stage 11 of the 1909 Tour de France
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Trousselier sometime between 1907 and 1912, the years he rode for Alcyon.
Trousselier in a picture used by Continental Tire Company
Undated picture of Trousselier on a road bike.
The newspaper L'Auto (organizer of the Tour de France) printed this caricature of Trousselier in 1913.
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