The Six Days of Paris in Vel 'd'Hiv' in 1958

  The 14th of November 1958: The Six Days of Paris in Vel 'd'Hiv'.

 

The Vélodrome d'Hiver (Winter Velodrome), colloquially Vel' d'Hiv, was an indoor bicycle racing cycle track and stadium on rue Nélaton, not far from the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The last six-day race at the Vel' d'Hiv' started on 7 November 1958. The stars were Roger Rivière, Jacques Anquetil, Fausto Coppi and André Darrigade. The race was run with teams of three. Rivière had to drop out after a crash with Anquetil in the first hours; on 12 November, Darrigade won the biggest prime, or intermediate prize, ever offered at the track: one million francs. The overall winners were Anquetil and his partners, Darrigade and Terruzzi.

 

   From left to right : Andre Darrigade, Terruzzi and Jacques Anquetil

the Queen of Six days

 

with Louis "Toto" Gérardin