Henri Cornet

Henri Cornet was a French cyclist who won the 1904 Tour de France. He is its youngest winner, just short of his 20th birthday.

Cornet was born in the PasdeCalais region of northwest France. Its not known why he changed his name from Henri Jardry to Henri Cornet. He was a talented amateur he won ParisHonfleur in 1903 but little known beyond northern France and in Belgium when he entered the second Tour de France in 1904. It was his first year as a professional. The organiser, Henri Desgrange, promoted his unknown competitors to readers of LAuto, the newspaper he edited, by giving them nicknames. He called Cornet Le Rigolo, or the joker, for his sense of fun. He is described as cheerful, with widespaced eyes, a nose described as trumpetlike, and a generous mouth that spread easily into a smile.

Source: Wikipedia