Bol d'Or cycle race

Bol d'Or
Race details
Region
English nameThe Golden Bowl
DisciplineTrack
Type24-hour endurance race
History
First edition1894 (1894)
Editions25
Final edition1950
First winner Constant Huret (FRA)
Most wins Léon Georget (FRA) (9)
Final winner Fiorenzo Magni (ITA)

The Bol d'Or was a bicycle track race that ran in France between 1894 and 1950. It was a paced, 24-hour endurance event. It has been won by several notable cyclists including Constant Huret (4 times), the Australian Hubert Opperman and three time hour record breaker Oscar Egg. The person with the most wins is Léon Georget (brother of Émile) with nine (including eight in a row).


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