Bol d'Or (cycling race)
The Bol d'Or ( French for golden bowl ) was a French track race that was held between 1894 and 1928 and then again in 1950. It was a 24-hour race behind pacemakers . The idea for the race went back to the Cuca Cocoa Cup , which was held a little earlier in Great Britain and lasted over 24 hours. The editor of Paris-Pedale magazine , M. Decam, was the initiator of the Bol d'Or.
From 1894 to 1897 and from 1902 to 1928 the pacemaker was a tandem , in 1898 and 1900 a three-seater, in 1899 an electric tandem and in 1950 a derny .
In 1900 the Bol d'Or was held as part of the professional races of the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris .
The venues for the race changed:
- 1894 to 1897, 1902 to 1904, 1906, 1907, 1909 to 1911, 1924, 1927 and 1928: Buffalo Velodrome in Paris
- 1898: Roubaix Velodrome
- 1899: Prinzenparkstadion
- 1900: Vincennes Cycle Track ("La Cipale")
- 1905, 1908, 1912, 1913, 1919, 1950: Vélodrome d'Hiver
- 1925: Bordeaux Velodrome
The record winner was the Frenchman Léon Georget with nine successes.
Palmarès
- 1950 Fiorenzo Magni
- 1928 Hubert Opperman
- 1927 Honoré Barthélémy
- 1925 Honoré Barthélémy
- 1924 Oscar Egg
- 1919 Léon Georget
- 1913 Léon Georget
- 1912 Léon Georget
- 1911 Léon Georget
- 1910 Léon Georget
- 1909 Léon Georget
- 1908 Léon Georget
- 1907 Léon Georget
- 1906 René Pottier
- 1905 Arthur Vanderstuyft
- 1904 Lucien Petit-Breton
- 1903 Léon Georget
- 1902 Constant Huret
- 1900 Mathieu Cordang
- 1899 Albert Walters
- 1898 Constant Huret
- 1897 Lucien Stein
- 1896 Gaston Rivierre
- 1895 Constant Huret
- 1894 Constant Huret
Web links
Commons : Bol d'Or - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Bol d'Or in the database of Radsportseiten.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hervé Paturle, Guillaume Rebière: Un siècle de cyclisme . Calmann- Lévy, Paris 1997, p. 30 (French).