Paris–Bordeaux–Paris
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The Paris–Bordeaux–Paris Trail race of June 1895 is sometimes called the "first motor race", although it did not fit modern competition where the fastest is the winner. It was a win for Émile Levassor
Monument à Levassor 1907
Michelin
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Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin SCA, commonly referred to as Michelin, is a French multinational tyre manufacturer based in Clermont-Ferrand in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes région of France
Paris–Bordeaux–Paris
…18 P. Gautier Gautier (motorcar) petrol 19 7 Émile Mayade Panhard et Levassor petrol 20 13 Émile Roger Roger petrol 21 46 André Michelin L'Éclair of Michelin petrol – Did not finish 22 25 Charles Jeanteaud Jeantaud electric 23 1 Jules-Albert de Dion De Dion-Bouton 20 HP steam 24 37 Fréderic (Paul Thaillier…
Headquarters in Clermont-Ferrand, France
The original 1898 poster by "O'Galop" of Bibendum, the Michelin Man
View of old-fashioned Michelin omnibus and two Michelin Men with bystanders behind Charles Rolls statue, Monmouth, Wales, c. 1965–1970
A Michelin Lithion 2 road bicycle tyre