Cycling at the 1900 Summer Olympics
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Paris, complete La Vie Au Grand Air reports on cycling at the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, issues 105 (Sept 23, 1900) with 2 pages and 106 (Sept 23, 1900) with 3 pages, in good condition for their age.
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The complete reports by the French sports magazine La Vie au Grand Air on the cycling events at the Paris Olympic Games in 1900.
Issue 105 of September 23, 1900: 2 pages
Issue 106 of September 23, 1900: 3 pages
In good condition for their age.
The cycling events, called 'velocipede races', take place at the Vincennes velodrome from September 9 to 16. The professional races of this sport, very popular at the time, include the 1,000 meters, the 2,000 meters, the 100 kilometers, the 100 miles (160 kilometers), and the Bol d’Or run over 24 hours. Maurice Garin, the future winner of the first Tour de France in 1903, finished third in the Bol d’Or. Three races are reserved for amateurs and are therefore considered Olympic: the individual sprint, the points race, and the 25 kilometers.
The sprint is run over four laps for a distance of 1,000 metres. The Frenchman Albert Taillandier wins the final in 2 minutes 52 seconds ahead of his compatriot Fernand Sanz and the American John Henry Lake, who finished second at the 1900 World Championships for track cycling held in Paris in August. The points race covers a distance of 5 kilometres; points are awarded to the first three at every lap. The Italian Enrico Brusoni wins five of the ten sprints and takes the race in 7 minutes 9 seconds with 21 points, ahead of the German Karl Duill and the Frenchman Louis Trousselier (9 points each). Trousselier is notably the future winner of the 1905 Tour de France. Louis Bastien, world champion over 100 kilometres and great favorite for the 25 kilometres, easily wins the race in 25 minutes 36.2 seconds. He beats the Briton Lloyd Hildebrand and Auguste Daumain.
The complete reports by the French sports magazine La Vie au Grand Air on the cycling events at the Paris Olympic Games in 1900.
Issue 105 of September 23, 1900: 2 pages
Issue 106 of September 23, 1900: 3 pages
In good condition for their age.
The cycling events, called 'velocipede races', take place at the Vincennes velodrome from September 9 to 16. The professional races of this sport, very popular at the time, include the 1,000 meters, the 2,000 meters, the 100 kilometers, the 100 miles (160 kilometers), and the Bol d’Or run over 24 hours. Maurice Garin, the future winner of the first Tour de France in 1903, finished third in the Bol d’Or. Three races are reserved for amateurs and are therefore considered Olympic: the individual sprint, the points race, and the 25 kilometers.
The sprint is run over four laps for a distance of 1,000 metres. The Frenchman Albert Taillandier wins the final in 2 minutes 52 seconds ahead of his compatriot Fernand Sanz and the American John Henry Lake, who finished second at the 1900 World Championships for track cycling held in Paris in August. The points race covers a distance of 5 kilometres; points are awarded to the first three at every lap. The Italian Enrico Brusoni wins five of the ten sprints and takes the race in 7 minutes 9 seconds with 21 points, ahead of the German Karl Duill and the Frenchman Louis Trousselier (9 points each). Trousselier is notably the future winner of the 1905 Tour de France. Louis Bastien, world champion over 100 kilometres and great favorite for the 25 kilometres, easily wins the race in 25 minutes 36.2 seconds. He beats the Briton Lloyd Hildebrand and Auguste Daumain.
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