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Julien Gabory

French racing cyclist

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ10312883
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Julien Gabory (30 November 1880 — 20th century) was a French professional road cyclist.

He competed between 1901 and 1919 and was professional between 1904 and 1911. He is most known for finishing ninth overall in the 1905 Tour de France.

Career

Gabory became professional in 1904 riding with Audax, later followed by Cycles JC, Peugeot and Le Globe.

His best-known result was in the second edition of the Tour de France, held in 1905, where he finished 9th in the general classification. He had a total of seven top-10 achievements in Tour de France stages. Gabory also competed in the other main cycling races in his era, like 1906 Paris–Tours and finished seventh in Bordeaux–Paris. At the end of his career, after his professional career, in 1919 he still had a podium finish in Nice-Annot-Nice.

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