Grand Prix du Parisien

Grand Prix du Parisien
Race details
DateSeptember/October
RegionParis, France
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionSuper Prestige Pernod
TypeTeam time-trial
History
First edition1961 (1961)
Editions5
Final edition1965
First winnerAlcyon–Leroux
Final winnerPelforth–Sauvage–Lejeune

The Grand Prix du Parisien was an annual road bicycle race held in Paris, France as a team time trial. It was approximately 130 kilometres (81 mi). Each team had six riders. The event was first held in 1961 and for the final time in 1965. From 1963 to 1965 it was part of the Super Prestige Pernod series.

Winners

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Year Winning Team Ranked Riders Distance Winning Time
1961 Alcyon–Leroux André Darrigade, Jean Forestier, Joseph Groussard, Anatole Novak and Gustave Van Vaerenbergh 132 km 2.55'47"4
1962 Flandria–Faema–Clément Joseph Planckaert, Peter Post, Edgard Sorgeloos, Rik Van Looy, Guillaume Van Tongerloo and Huub Zilverberg 132.1 km 3.00'31"
1963 Peugeot–BP–Englebert Ferdinand Bracke, François Hamon, Michel Nédélec, Tom Simpson, Claude Valdois and Rolf Wolfshohl 130 km 2.53'53"5
1964 Saint-Raphaël–Gitane–Dunlop Rudi Altig, Arie den Hartog and Albertus Geldermans 131 km 2.53'18"8
1965 Pelforth–Sauvage–Lejeune Henry Anglade, Jan Janssen and Willy Monty 125.8 km 2.51'41"

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