The Grand Prix de l'UVF was a track cycling sprint race held annually from 1894 until 1945.[1] During this time, it was the most important competition for track sprinters alongside the UCI Track Cycling World Championships and the Grand Prix de Paris.

Grand Prix de l'UVF
The final of the UVF Grand Prix on October 9, 1910
Race details
DisciplineTrack
TypeSprint race
OrganiserUnion Vélocipédique de France
History
First edition1894 (1894)
Final edition1945
First winner Arthur Augustus Zimmerman (USA)
Most wins Lucien Michard (FRA) (6 wins)
Final winner Emile Gosselin (BEL)

Winners edit

Year Winner Second Third
1894   Arthur Augustus Zimmerman   George August Banker   Arthur Edwards
1895   George August Banker   Ludovic Morin   Paul Bourillon
1896 No race
1897   Ludovic Morin   Paul Masson   Paul Bourillon
1898   Georges Deschamps   Louis Grogna   David Parlby
1899   Gian Ferdinando Tomaselli   Louis Grogna   Jean-Baptiste Louvet
1900   Jean-Pierre Domain   Tom Gascoyne   Jean Mathieu
1901   Diego Conelli   Edmond Jacquelin   Charles-Louis Van den Born
1902   Paul Bourotte   Louis Grogna   Harrie Meyers
1903   Thorvald Ellegaard   Harrie Meyers   Charles Piard
1904   Walter Rütt   Charles Piard   Henri Mayer
1905   Henri Mayer   Gabriel Poulain   Frank Kramer
1906   Gabriel Poulain   Frank Kramer   Henri Mayer
1907   Thorvald Ellegaard   Henri Mayer   Walter Rütt
1908   Émile Friol   Thorvald Ellegaard   Walter Rütt
1909   Walter Rütt   Thorvald Ellegaard   Victor Dupré
1910   Émile Friol   Thorvald Ellegaard   Marcel Dupuy
1911   Émile Friol   Thorvald Ellegaard   Léon Hourlier
1912 (1)   Thorvald Ellegaard   Cesare Moretti   Victor Dupré
1912 (2)   Julien Pouchois   Émile Friol   Victor Dupré
1913   Cesare Moretti   Émile Friol   Thorvald Ellegaard
1914–1918 No race
1919   Marcel Dupuy   Gabriel Poulain   Bertrand Casas
1920   William Bailey   Emile Otto   Marcel Dupuy
1921   Harris Horder   Lucien Louet   Fernand Fournous
1922   Robert Spears   Cesare Moretti   Piet Moeskops
1923   Piet Moeskops   Lucien Michard   Cesare Moretti
1924   Lucien Michard   Charles Guyot   Jean Cugnot
1925   Lucien Michard   Aloïs Degraeve   Emile Otto
1926   Lucien Michard   Maurice Schilles   Lucien Faucheux
1927   Lucien Faucheux   Piet Moeskops   Maurice Schilles
1928   Lucien Michard   Lucien Faucheux   Robert Spears
1929   Mario Bergamini   Cesare Moretti   Aloïs Degraeve
1930   Piet Moeskops   Lucien Michard   Lucien Faucheux
1931   Lucien Michard   Lucien Faucheux   Louis Gérardin
1932   Lucien Michard   Louis Gérardin   Jef Scherens
1933   Jef Scherens   Louis Gérardin   Lucien Michard
1934   Jef Scherens   Louis Gérardin   Lucien Michard
1935   Albert Richter   Lucien Michard   Jef Scherens
1936   Louis Gérardin   Jef Scherens   Albert Richter
1937   Louis Gérardin   Albert Richter   Jef Scherens
1938   Albert Richter   Jef Scherens   Louis Chaillot
1941   Louis Gérardin
1942   Jef Scherens
1943   Emile Gosselin
1945   Emile Gosselin

References edit

  1. ^ "Grand Prix de l'UVF". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu. Retrieved 16 October 2020.