These early races include Liège -- Bastogne -- Liège ( established 1892 ) , Paris -- Roubaix ( 1896 ) , the Tour de France ( 1903 ) , the Milan -- San Remo and Giro di Lombardia ( 1905 ) , the Giro d'Italia ( 1909 ) and the Tour of Flanders ( 1913 ) .
Some of the first races were Liège -- Bastogne -- Liège ( started in 1892 ) , Paris-Roubaix ( 1896 ) , the Tour de France ( 1903 ) , the Milan -- San Remo and Giro di Lombardia ( 1905 ) , the Giro d'Italia ( 1909 ) and the Tour of Flanders ( 1913 ) .