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〔état-civil〕 Henri Pépin (born France, 18 November 1864, died Bordeaux, 1914)〔Woodland, Les (2007), ''Yellow Jersey Guide to the Tour de France'', Yellow Jersey, UK〕 was an affluent French racing cyclist who once hired two riders to escort him leisurely through the Tour de France, in which they ate at good restaurants〔(Tour de France 1903–2003, )〕 and spent the night in expensive hotels. When he had had enough, he paid his assistants – the first ''domestiques'' in cycle racing – what they would have earned had they won the Tour and went home by train.〔Procycling, UK, 2000〕〔(Google Books, The Story of the Tour de France, by Bill McGann, Carol McGann )〕 ==Tour de France== The Tour which made Pépin celebrated started at the Porte Bineau in Paris on 8 July 1907. Pépin, whom reporters quickly turned into a count or a baron (see below) was rider number 59 in a peloton of 112. He had hired two riders, Jean Dargassies〔His real name was Dargaties but the Tour spelled his name wrongly and the error stuck〕 and Henri Gauban to ride with him. Far from competing with the favourites, Gustave Garrigou, Émile Georget and Lucien Petit-Breton, Pépin planned to treat the race as a pleasure ride, stopping for lunch when they chose and spending the night in the best hotels they could find.〔Chany, Pierre (1988), La Fabuleuse Histoire du Tour de France, Nathan, France〕 The race left the Porte Bineau at 5.30am but without Pépin, Gauban and Dargassies. Pierre Chany reports that Pépin was in conversation with a lady, occasionally raising his hat to other women and blowing kisses. The bunch had already left for its eight-hour ride to Roubaix, but only when Pepin was ready did he say: The three riders never separated, never hurried. They took 12 hours and 20 minutes longer than Georget on the stage from Roubaix to Metz – they were far from last – and the judges were powerless because the race was decided not on time but points. It mattered less what speed riders competed than the order in which they crossed the line. In an era when riders could be separated by hours, there was no point in hurrying after a rival who could not be caught and passed. The judges had to wait for everyone.〔 One day the trio came across another rider, not on the road but lying in a ditch. Somewhere between Lyon and Grenoble on stage five – three times the direct distance the way the race went – Pépin pulled out the money he had promised his little team and set off for the train home. Dargassies joined Pépin on the train. Gauban carried on, finishing 36th in stage six, 27th on stage four. By stage eight he was only 36 minutes in arrears, but something happened on stage nine and he dropped behind by 2 hours and 12 minutes. Despite pulling back to an hour and six minutes on stage 10, where he finished 14th, he pulled out on the 11th. It was his fifth and final Tour.〔(Tour de France, Official site, Histories )〕 It was also the last Tour for Dargassies, who had come 11th in 1903 and fourth in 1904 before abandoning in 1905 and 1907.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henri Pépin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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