Bol d'Or cycle race
| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Region | |
| English name | The Golden Bowl |
| Discipline | Track |
| Type | 24-hour endurance race |
| History | |
| First edition | 1894 |
| Editions | 25 |
| Final edition | 1950 |
| 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).
The race was created on 23 and 24 June 1894 by a Monsieur Decam. It first ran at the Vélodrome Buffalo in Paris and was sponsored by Chocolate Meunier.
In the early years riders were paced by tandems or triplets. In 1899 electric tandems were tried and motor (derny) pacing was used in 1950. The 1900 event was one of the cycling events during the 1900 Summer Olympics, but it is not considered an Olympic event by the IOC because professional cyclists were allowed to enter.
The race gets its name from the prize awarded to the winner - a gilded bronze bowl or cup.
Winners
| Year | Rider | Country | Distance | Pacing | Velodrome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1894 | Constant Huret | France | 736.946 km | tandem paced | Vélodrome Buffalo |
| 1895 | Constant Huret | France | 829.498 km | tandem paced | Vélodrome Buffalo |
| 1896 | Gaston Rivierre | France | 859.120 km | tandem paced | Vélodrome Buffalo |
| 1897 | Lucien Stein | France | 764.826 km | tandem paced | Vélodrome Buffalo |
| 1898 | Constant Huret | France | 852.468 km | triplet paced | Roubaix Vélodrome |
| 1899 | Albert Walters |  Great Britain | 1020.977 km | electric tandem paced | Parc des Princes Vélodrome |
| 1900 | Mathieu Cordang |  Netherlands | 956.775 km | triplet paced | Vélodrome de Vincennes |
| 1902 | Constant Huret | France | 779.488 km | tandem paced | Vélodrome Buffalo |
| 1903 | Léon Georget | France | 847.803 km | tandem paced | Vélodrome Buffalo |
| 1904 | Lucien Petit-Breton | France | 852.000 km | tandem paced | Vélodrome Buffalo |
| 1905 | Arthur Vanderstuyft | .svg.png){kind=small} Belgium | 943.666 km | tandem paced | Vélodrome d'hiver |
| 1906 | René Pottier | France | 925.290 km | tandem paced | Vélodrome Buffalo |
| 1907 | Léon Georget | France | 904.420 km | tandem paced | Vélodrome Buffalo |
| 1908 | Léon Georget | France | 973.666 km | tandem paced | Vélodrome d'hiver |
| 1909 | Léon Georget | France | 845.700 km | tandem paced | Vélodrome Buffalo |
| 1910 | Léon Georget | France | 923.300 km | tandem paced | Vélodrome Buffalo |
| 1911 | Léon Georget | France | 915.160 km | tandem paced | Vélodrome Buffalo |
| 1912 | Léon Georget | France | 951.750 km | tandem paced | Vélodrome d'hiver |
| 1913 | Léon Georget | France | 909.984 km | tandem paced | Vélodrome d'hiver |
| 1919 | Léon Georget | France | 924.680 km | tandem paced | Vélodrome d'hiver |
| 1924 | Oscar Egg |  Switzerland | 936.325 km | tandem paced | Vélodrome Buffalo |
| 1925 | Honoré Barthélémy | France | 1035.114 km | tandem paced | Bordeaux Vélodrome |
| 1927 | Honoré Barthélémy | France | 924.500 km | tandem paced | Vélodrome Buffalo |
| 1928 | Hubert Opperman |  Australia | 950.060 km | tandem paced | Vélodrome Buffalo |
| 1950 | Fiorenzo Magni | Italy | 867.609 km | derny paced | Vélodrome d'hiver |