12 Facts About Henri Cornet

Henri Cornet was born on Henri Jardry; 4 August 1884 – 18 March 1941 and was a French cyclist who won the 1904 Tour de France.

Henri Cornet is its youngest winner, just short of his 20th birthday.

Henri Cornet was a talented amateur—he won Paris-Honfleur in 1903—but little known beyond northern France and in Belgium when he entered the second Tour de France in 1904.

The organizer, Henri Cornet Desgrange, promoted his unknown competitors to readers of L'Auto, the newspaper he edited, by giving them nicknames.

Henri Cornet called Cornet Le Rigolo, or "the joker", for his sense of fun.

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Henri Cornet is described as cheerful, with wide-spaced eyes, a nose described as trumpet-like, and a generous mouth that spread easily into a smile.

Henri Cornet never had further success in the Tour, dropping out in 1905 on the fourth day.

Henri Cornet won Paris–Roubaix and came second in Bordeaux–Paris in 1906, and came eighth in the 1908 Tour de France, in which he won a one-lap time-trial held at the end of the race in the Parc des Princes.

Henri Cornet was a fluid rider talented at repeated short efforts.

Henri Cornet rode his last Tour de France in 1912, finishing 28th.

Henri Cornet had repeated health problems which brought his career to an end.

Henri Cornet stopped racing with the start of World War I Henri Cornet retired to work in the cycle business and died after a hospital operation at 56.