The inaugural stage of the Tour de France departed from the Cafe au Réveil-Matin, in the south-eastern Paris suburb of Montgeron, at 3:16 p.m.[3] The route headed south through Fontainebleau, Corbeil, Melun, Montargis, Nevers, Moulins, Lapalisse and Roanne, before arriving in Lyon.[2] The riders had raced through the evening and night, to arrive from about 9 a.m. on the following day.[4]
Stage 1 result and general classification after stage 1[1][5]