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French National Stayers Championships
The French National Stayers Championships are held annually. The stayers event is often known as motor-paced. It is held on a cycling track, the riders follow a motor throughout the race, the rider of the motor is known as their pacer. The event is relatively long for track racing and requires a (steep and wide) track that is suited for these high-speed events, and therefore is held separate from the French National Track Championships. The championship is an open event, in that riders of other nationalities also compete for the French title. All those listed below where nationality is not denoted, are French. Results {, class="wikitable" style="width: 550px; text-align:left;" , - , style="background:#DDDDDD; font-weight:bold; text-align:center;", Year , style="background:gold; font-weight:bold; text-align:center;", Gold , style="background:silver; font-weight:bold; text-align:center;", Silver , style="background:#cc9966; font-weight:bold; text-align:center;", Bronze , - , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motor-paced Racing
Motor-paced racing and motor-paced cycling refer to cycling behind a pacer in a car or more usually on a motorcycle. The cyclist (or stayer in this case) follows as close as they can to benefit from the slipstream of their pacer. The first paced races were behind other cyclists, sometimes as many as five riders on the same tandem. Bordeaux-Paris and record attempts have been ridden behind cars. More usually races or training are behind motorcycles. Origins of pacing Cyclists started to use tandem bicycles as pacers in the late 19th century. There could be as many as five riders on the pacing machine.The Bicycle, UK, 21 October 1953, p15 Because of the long distances covered when following a pacer, these cyclists were called stayers, a term used in long-distance horse racing. Companies such as Dunlop sponsored pacing teams,The Bicycle, UK, 6 February 1952, p2 and "tens of thousands" turned out to watch. A south London rider, J. W. Stocks, set British record of in an hour behin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
