Paris-Brest-Paris 1966, Won on a René Herse — Le Cycle, October 1966

Le Cycle’s report of the 1966 Paris-Brest-Paris, on page 15 of n° 73, October 1966: Demilly and Macaudière of the U.A.F., riding René Herse bicycles, finished together in 44 hours 21 minutes, beating the record by more than two hours, and the page carries Daniel Rebour’s drawing of Macaudière’s Herse. The headings and the results are transcribed as printed; the text and captions are summarized in Ebykr’s words, and the page image carries them in full.

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PARIS-BREST-PARIS

Battant le record de plus de deux heures, Demilly et Macaudière (cycle René HERSE) terminent premiers ex aequo

RESULTATS

1. ex aequo : Demilly et Macaudière, 44 h. 21’, tous deux de l’U.A.F. (cycle René HERSE) ; 3. Triolet (U.S. Métro), 46 h. 18’ (ces trois concurrents battent le précédent record qui était détenu par Fouace (U.A.F.), 46 h. 28’) ; 4. De Munck (Belge), 49 h. 43’ ; 5. ex aequo : Soulabail (U.A.F.), Kraemer (U.A.F.), 50 h. 13’ ; 7. Jaffrelot (Saint-Brieuc), 50 h. 20’ ; 8. Richard (U.A.F.) (le plus jeune participant de l’épreuve, 19 ans 1/2), 50 h. 27’ ; 9. Roger Baumann (U.S. Créteil), 51 h. 24’ ; 10. Baudet (Saint-Brieuc) ; 11. Veau (A.S. Mantaise), 51 h. 30’ ; 12. ex aequo : Elie Anselme (Cyclo Tourisme Dignois), De Andreis (Nice), Coche (Paris), 52 h. 22’. Vétéran de l’épreuve, Willems (Lille), 70 ans.

TANDEMS : 1. M. et Mme Martin (U.S. Métro), 66 h. 24’ ; 2. M. et Mme Chevrier (Vendôme), 79 h. 20’.

FEMININE : 1. Mlle Suzanne Pinault, 89 h. 10’.

Le Challenge T.A. est enlevé par les Cycles Herse. La Coupe du plus grand nombre par l’U.S. Métro.

[Ebykr summary; the article’s text is not reproduced. The page reports that the sixth PARIS – BREST – PARIS, organized by the Audax – Club Parisien, was a notable success, with 172 starters and 136 riders classified within the time limit at the finish. It praises two young HERSE riders, Demilly and Macaudière, both members of the U.A.F., who finished together in 44 h. 21’, beating the old record of 46 h. 28’ held by Fouace, while third-placed Triolet of the U.S. Métro also beat that record in 46 h. 18’. The photograph caption says the left picture shows the two winners riding at full speed and the right picture shows their arrival in Paris, where René Herse and his daughter Lyli greeted them. The drawing caption says the bicycle used by the joint winners, here Macaudière’s, is clearly derived from a racing bicycle apart from its tires, mudguards and lighting, the lighting being doubled with a dynamo and headlamp plus battery lamps front and rear. It points out the new HURET derailleurs, which the magazine presents elsewhere and which won their first event here, the IDEALE saddle, the MAILLARD hubs, the T.A. bottle cages and the HERSE chainset and stem.]

[Two photographs head the page: at left, the two winners riding side by side at speed on a road; at right, a rider bent over his bicycle among a group of men at the Paris finish. Below the results, a line drawing in side view shows Macaudière’s René Herse bicycle with drop handlebars and brake levers, full mudguards, lamps front and rear with a dynamo on the rear stays, a double chainring crankset with derailleurs, a leather saddle and two bottle cages, with the name René HERSE lettered along the down tube. The drawing is signed “Rebour” below the chainset; the page carries one signed drawing.]

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