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{{Short description|French cyclist}}
{{for|18th- to 19th- century Roman Catholic saint and priest|Maurice-Marie-Matthieu Garrigou}}
{{for|20th-century Roman Catholic|Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange}}
{{distinguish|Félix Garrigou}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name          = Gustave Garrigou
| image         = Garrigou.jpg
| fullname      = Cyprien Gustave Garrigou
| nickname      =
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1884|09|24|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Vabre-Tizac|Vabres]], [[France]]
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1963|01|28|1884|09|24|df=y}}
| death_place   = [[Paris]], France
| height        =
| weight        =
| currentteam   =
| discipline    = Road
| role          = Rider
| ridertype     = All-rounder
| amateuryears1 =
| amateurteam1  =
| proyears1     = 1907&ndash;1908
| proteam1      = Peugeot
| proyears2     = 1909&ndash;1912
| proteam2      = Alcyon
| proyears3     = 1913&ndash;1914
| proteam3      = Peugeot
| majorwins     = '''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]'''
:'''[[Tour de France]]'''
::'''[[General classification in the Tour de France|General classification]]''' ([[1911 Tour de France|1911]])
::[[Mountains classification in the Tour de France|Mountains classification]] ([[1908 Tour de France|1908]])
::8 individual stages ([[1907 Tour de France|1907]], [[1909 Tour de France|1909]]-[[1911 Tour de France|1911]], [[1913 Tour de France|1913]], [[1914 Tour de France|1914]])
'''[[Classic cycle races|One-day races and Classics]]''' <br />
:[[French National Road Race Championships|National Road Race Championships]] (1907, 1908)
:[[Milan–San Remo]] (1911)
:[[Giro di Lombardia]] (1907)
:[[Paris–Brussels]] (1907)
:Circuito Bresciano (1910)
:Paris–Amiens (1904, 1905)
:Paris–Dieppe (1905)
}}
'''Cyprien Gustave Garrigou''' ({{IPA|fr|ɡystav ɡaʁiɡu|pron}}; 24 September 1884 &ndash; 23 January 1963) was one of the best professional racing cyclists of his era. He rode the [[Tour de France]] eight times and won once. Of 117 stages, he won eight, came in the top ten 96 times and finished 65 times in the first five.

==Career==
Garrigou was born in [[Vabre-Tizac|Vabres]], France, and lived in Paris.  He gained from his lightness in the mountains but had the strength to ride hard on flat stages, and had remarkable powers of recovery. As an amateur he won Paris-Amiens and Paris-Dieppe. He turned professional in 1907 and that year won the national championship, the [[Giro di Lombardia]],  [[Paris–Brussels]] and came second in the Tour de France 19 points behind teammate [[Lucien Petit-Breton]]. A team rider, in the next three years, he placed fourth in 1908, second in 1909 and third in 1910 behind winning teammates Petit-Breton, [[Francois Faber]] and [[Octave Lapize]].

He won the Tour in 1911 surviving not only the race but death threats because fans of another French rider, [[Paul Duboc]], believed Garrigou to be behind an incident in which Duboc collapsed in the [[Pyrenees]] and lay in agony for an hour after drinking from a poisoned bottle.

Garrigou had built a lead of 16 points after the end of Stage 6 but by the time they reached the Pyrenees, Duboc had reduced it to 10 points. With Duboc finishing 3 hours behind, Garrigou finished second to consolidate a lead which increased when stage winner [[Maurice Brocco]] was disqualified for unsportsmanlike behaviour.

Feelings came to their height in [[Rouen]], where Duboc lived and in which notices had been posted in his name pointing out that he would have been leading the Tour had he not been poisoned and inciting the crowd to take revenge. Duboc had nothing to do with the notices and was as alarmed as the race organizer, [[Henri Desgrange]]. Three cars provided a barrier between Garrigou and the crowd until the race had cleared the city. The culprit was eventually found to be a helper with a rival team but Duboc's supporters had suspected Garrigou, as the man most likely to profit from stopping Duboc.

Garrigou won the Tour with a generous number of points over Duboc.  In some early years, the Tour was decided not on elapsed time but on points based on the position in which riders finished stages.

As leader of an all-French team, [[Alcyon]], Garrigou was supposed to retain the title in 1912, but a last-minute publicity stunt cost him. The Belgian [[Odile Defraye]] was included in the team and repaid them by outsprinting Garrigou in stages 2 and 3 on the way to victory. Garrigou finished third behind [[Eugene Christophe]].

[[File:27-7-13 Tour de France Garrigou.JPG|right|thumb|Garrigou at the [[1913 Tour de France]].]]
The Tour of 1913 saw the ending of the points system deciding the winner of the general classification. Garrigou finished in second place 8 minutes and 37 seconds behind another Belgian, [[Philippe Thys (cyclist)|Philippe Thys]].

Garrigou was an all-rounder, also winning Paris–Brussels (1907), [[Milan–San Remo]] (1911) and the Giro di Lombardia. He was national champion in 1907 and 1908. His career ended with the outbreak of war in 1914.

==Retirement==
Garrigou  retired to Esbly, Paris, and went into business.

==Career achievements==
===Major results===
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
;1907
: [[1907 Tour de France|Tour de France]] - 2nd Overall, Stage 10 and 12 wins
: [[1908 Giro di Lombardia|Giro di Lombardia]] - 1st Overall
: [[Paris–Brussels]] - 1st Place
;1908
: [[1908 Tour de France|Tour de France]] - 4th Overall
;1909
: [[1909 Tour de France|Tour de France]] - 2nd Overall, 1 Stage win
;1910
: [[1910 Tour de France|Tour de France]] - 3rd Overall, 1 stage win
;1911
: [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]]'''[[1911 Tour de France|Tour de France]] - 1st Overall''', 2 stage wins
: [[1912 Milan–San Remo|Milan–San Remo]], 1st Place
;1912
: [[1912 Tour de France|Tour de France]] - 3rd Overall
: [[1912 Paris–Roubaix|Paris–Roubaix]] - 2nd Place
;1913
: [[1913 Tour de France|Tour de France]] - 2nd Overall, 1 stage win
;1914
: [[1914 Tour de France|Tour de France]] - Stage 11 win
{{div col end}}

=== Grand Tour results timeline ===
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
|
! scope="col" | 1907
! scope="col" | 1908
! scope="col" | 1909
! scope="col" | 1910
! scope="col" | 1911
! scope="col" | 1912
! scope="col" | 1913
! scope="col" | 1914
|-
![[Giro d'Italia]]
| rowspan=2  style="text-align:center; color:#888888;"| N/A
| rowspan=2  style="text-align:center; color:#888888;"| N/A
| style="text-align:center;"| DNE
| style="text-align:center;"| DNE
| style="text-align:center;"| DNE
| style="text-align:center;"| DNE 
| style="text-align:center;"| DNE
| style="text-align:center;"| DNE
|-
| style="text-align:right;"|Stages won
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
![[Tour de France]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"| [[1907 Tour de France|2]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#EEE8AA;"| [[1908 Tour de France|4]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"| [[1909 Tour de France|2]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"| [[1910 Tour de France|3]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#0f0;"| [[1911 Tour de France|1]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"| [[1912 Tour de France|3]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"| [[1913 Tour de France|2]]
|  style="text-align:center; background:#EEE8AA;"| [[1914 Tour de France|5]]
|-
| style="text-align:right;"|Stages won
| style="text-align:center;"| 2
| style="text-align:center;"| 0
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 2
| style="text-align:center;"| 0
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
|-
![[Vuelta a España]]
| rowspan=2  style="text-align:center; color:#888888;"| N/A 
| rowspan=2  style="text-align:center; color:#888888;"| N/A 
| rowspan=2  style="text-align:center; color:#888888;"| N/A 
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| rowspan=2  style="text-align:center; color:#888888;"| N/A 
| rowspan=2  style="text-align:center; color:#888888;"| N/A 
| rowspan=2  style="text-align:center; color:#888888;"| N/A
|-
| style="text-align:right;"|Stages won
|}
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==References==
* {{cycling archives|2983}}

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{{French National Road Race Championships (men)}}
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[[Category:1884 births]]
[[Category:1963 deaths]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Aveyron]]
[[Category:Cyclists from Occitania (administrative region)]]