Mafac brake. Simplex gear. Wheel diameter 68 cm. Frame 58cm. Track. Location: Geraardsbergen, Belgium. Mercier was a French cycling team from 1935 to 1983 with several sub-sponsors. The team drove on Mercier racing bikes all those years. Cycles Mercier was the main team sponsor from 1935 to 1969. The team cycled in purple jerseys from 1946. The shirt got its distinctive shape in 1950 with a yellow band in the neck and cuff lining. This would continue until 1969, the team had a second sponsor called Hutchinson from 1935 to 1955, the team was then known as the "Mercier-Hutchinson" team. The team was called "Mercier-BP-Hutchinson" from 1956 to 1969. Antonin Magne, two-time winner of the Tour of France and world champion on the road in 1936, finished his career with the team in 1941 and rejoined the team in 1953 as a sports director. He remained until 1970 when the team continued under the name "Bassor-Mercier".