Le Challenge Yellow 1952 — L’Officiel du cycle, 3 May 1952, the Tie-Break Rules of the Road-Racing Challenge and the List of Winners

From L’Officiel du cycle, du motocycle et du camping, 3 May 1952, N° 18, the spring number, page 20: ‘Le Challenge Yellow 1952′: tie-break rules of the road-racing challenge, prize of 40,000 francs, list of winners 1931-1951. The title, headings, captions and lists are transcribed as printed; the text is summarized in Ebykr’s words, and the page images carry it in full.

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LE CHALLENGE YELLOW 1952

(Voir le précédent numéro)

[Ebykr summary; the article’s text is not reproduced. The rules state how ties are settled. If riders are level on points in the final general classification, the Challenge goes to the one with the most first places, and if those are equal, to the one with the most second places. If two riders are still level, the better placing in the road Championship of France decides the winner of the “Challenge Yellow”. The winner must be in good standing under the statutes of the F. F. C. and in possession of his civic rights. The bonus on points is granted only when the event is international. At the end of the season the winner receives a work of art together with a check for 40.000 fr.]

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Rappelons, en terminant, le palmarès du Challenge « Yellow » :
1931 : Leduc. — 1932 : Moineau. — 1933 : suspension. — 1934 :
Antonin Magne. — 1935 : Le Grevès. — 1936 : Antonin Magne. —
1937 : Georges Speicher. — 1938 : Paul Maye. — 1939, 1946 :
suspension en raison des événements. — 1947 : Emile Idée. —
1948 : Emile Idée. — 1949 : Moujica. — 1950 : Antonin Rolland.
— 1951 : Louison Bobet.

[Text only. A short magazine article set in justified roman type in one wide column, with no picture. The title “LE CHALLENGE YELLOW 1952” stands centered at the head in heavy italic sans-serif capitals, with the italic line “(Voir le précédent numéro)” beneath it. Short indented paragraphs of rules are followed by a centered group of three stars set in a triangle. The closing paragraph, a run of winners’ names and years, is set with the names in italic and the years in old-style figures. There is no signature, no firm’s name and no address.]