Grand Prix de l'UVF

Final of the Grand Prix de l'UVF 1910, on the Buffalo Velodrome : Émile Friol , Marcel Dupuy , Thorvald Ellegaard (from left to right)

The Grand Prix de l ' UVF was a French sprint tournament that was held from 1894 to 1945. During this time, it was the most important competition for track sprinters alongside the UCI track world championships and the Grand Prix de Paris . The best professional sprinters of their time have entered the list of winners .

The competition was organized by the Union Vélocipédique Française , the predecessor organization of today's French cycling association, Fédération Française de Cyclisme (FFC). The place of the tournament changed. a. in Paris in the Vélodrome d'Hiver and in the Prinzenparkstadion , but also on cycle tracks in Tours , Arras and Bordeaux . The record winner was the Frenchman Lucien Michard with six successes. The Germans Walter Rütt and Albert Richter each won twice.

Palmarès

1945 Emile Gosselin 1943 Emile Gosselin 1942 Jef Scherens 1941 Louis Gérardin 1938 Albert Richter 1937 Louis Gérardin 1936 Louis Gérardin 1935 Albert Richter 1934 Jef Scherens 1933 Jef Scherens 1932 Lucien Michard 1931 Lucien Michard 1930 Piet Moeskops 1929 Mario Bergamini

1928 Lucien Michard 1927 Lucien Faucheux 1926 Lucien Michard 1925 Lucien Michard 1924 Lucien Michard 1923 Piet Moeskops 1922 Robert Spears 1921 Harris Horder 1920 William Bailey 1919 Marcel Dupuy 1913 Cesare Moretti sr. 1912 Thorvald Ellegaard 1912 Julien Pouchois 1911 Émile Friol 1910 Émile Friol

1909 Walter Rütt 1908 Émile Friol 1907 Thorvald Ellegaard 1906 Gabriel Poulain 1905 Henry Mayer 1904 Walter Rütt 1903 Thorvald Ellegaard 1902 Paul Bourotte 1901 Diego Conelli 1900 Jean-Pierre Domain 1899 G. Tomaselli 1898 Georges Deschamps 1897 Ludovic Morin 1895 George A. Banker 1894 AA Zimmerman

Web links

Commons : Grand Prix de l'UVF  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Grand Prix de Paris on memoire-du-cyclisme.net
• Grand Prix de Paris on radsportseiten.net