This is supposed to be the oldest game to be named after the Tour de France (though I don't remember where I read it...). A relevant fact, of course, and one that is enough (if true) to make this game an important one.

As you can see, there are at least three different boxes. The two on the left belonged to the late Geert Lagrou's collection. The one on the right is a cheaper version of the game.

By the way, there is no maker's identification or date on any (known) version. The 1930 date comes probably from the same unremembered source (un)mentionned above. Take it with a pinch of salt, thus. According to Pierre Bertin ("De l'Arčne Cyclista ŕ la Grande Boucle", Vox Ludi), some versions of this game date from as late as the fifties or even sixties, and the wooden board featured below is probably even more recent than that.

 

 

The board on the right belongs to the cheaper version.  Since the box is smaller, the board is oddly bent in four parts. The cardboard is thinner, too.

 

 

 

As mentionned above, the game has had quite a long life. Here is a wooden board, a reissue probably made in the 1970s (the foldable board on the right is the original, just shown here for comparison). By the way, on the flip side is a beautiful Jeu du Trotting (aka Jeu des Petits Chevaux)

The rules are very simple. It is a game of goose, of course. The most interesting thing is that if you land ona a field occupied by another player, you throw your dice again, and if you throw less (than the number you have thrown to land on that field), you go back to where you came from. On the other hand, if your throw is equal or higher, it is the other player who goes back to the field where you came from.

 

Nice signalectics

But no cyclists