Changes From The 1906 Tour De France
René Pottier, the winner of the 1906 Tour de France, did not defend his title because he had committed suicide in early 1907.
The length again increased by one stage, and for the first time Switzerland was included. The mountain stages had been so successful, according to the organiser Henri Desgrange, that the western Alps were included. For the first time, a car with bicycle repairmen drove behind the riders, to give assistance in solving mechanical problems on bicycles.
The points system was used to determine the race's winner, the same as in the previous year: at every stage, the winner was given one point, the next cyclist two points, etc. After the eighth stage, when only 49 cyclists were still in the race, the points given in the first eight stages were redistributed among the remaining cyclists, in accordance with their positions in those stages.
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