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The 1909 Tour de France was the seventh Tour de France, taking place from 5 July to 1 August 1909. It consisted of 14 stages over 4,498 km (2,794.9 mi), ridden at an average 28.658kmh. The results were computed by points accorded finishing positions on each stage, the rider with fewest points at the end of the race winning the race. The stages were approximately the same as in the 1907 and 1908 Tour de France.
Because Lucien Petit-Breton, the winner of the 1907 and 1908 Tour de Frances did not enter, the runner-up of 1908, François Faber, was the favourite. Faber went on to win six of the 14 stages and won the race easily.
After the first stage, Belgian Cyrille van Hauwaert was leading the race, the first time in the Tour de France history that a non-Frenchman was leading the race. Luxembourgian Faber took over the lead after the second stage and remained leader until the end, so the 1909 Tour de France was also the first Tour that did not see a French leader.
The team competition was won by Alcyon.
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