four places, Petit-Breton won the Tour even more easily with just 36 points, finishing outside the first four in just one stage. Behind him, team-mates Francois Faber and Georges Passerieu finished with 68 and 75 points respectively. That was his last great victory. First World War ended his career. He joined the French army as a driver and died in 1917 when he crashed into a horse and cart which turned in front of him at the front near Troyes. The cart driver was said to be insensible through drink. Before the war he had started a bicycle shop and high-quality bicycles bearing his name were made in Nantes until the 1960s. In popular culture The French TV series Les Brigades du Tigre was a popular crime drama focusing on an elite squad of police detectives in the early 20th century. In an episode broadcast in 1978 they are appointed to watch over the competitors of the 1908 Tour de France, two of whom have been killed by a man who opposes cycling on the claim that his son was killed in a riding accident. Jacques Giraud appears as Petit Breton who is determined to continue the event come what may and persuades the other hesitant cyclists to also continue on the grounds that they should not let him win without a fight. He himself is later assaulted by the man but defiantly continues the stage to the admiration of those present. Career achievements Major results 1906 Paris–Tours 1907 Milan–San Remo Tour de France: Winner overall classification Winner stages 9 and 11 1908 Tour de France: Winner overall classification Winner stages 2, 7, 9, 11 and 14 Paris–Brussels Tour of Belgium (including 4 stages) 1911 Giro d'Italia Winner stage 5 Grand Tour general classification results timeline External links 1882 births 1917 deaths Cyclists from Loire-Atlantique French emigrants to Argentina Naturalized citizens of Argentina Argentine male cyclists French male cyclists Tour de France winners French Tour de France stage winners French Giro d'Italia stage winners French military personnel killed in World War I Road incident deaths in France