Cycles, motos, automobiles Alcyon, reine du Tour (Collection Prestige)
Alcyon, created in 1903 by Edmond Gentil during the Pioneers period, was a world-renowned brand of cycles and motorcycles. Alcyon was at the forefront of innovation, communication and especially of very high-level competition: 13 Tours de France to its credit, 18 Paris-Roubaix, an astonishing and unequalled series of victories in the cycling world... Alcyon swept it all!
The same goes for motorcycles, with an incalculable number of records and victories including the first world champion title in history, and cars, before the Great War, which marked their era.
Z.L. was a Swiss engine factory owned by Ernest Zürcher. Also a pioneer, it became essential in Europe, it equipped all the great emerging motorcycles of the time without exception: from Minerva to Peugeot, Terrot, NSU, Alcyon... and even Brough, the Rolls of Motorcycles!
Like Alcyon, Zedel launched into the automobile, and left us with wonderful models. This incredible captain of industry and this extraordinary mechanic linked their destinies in 1907. For the best. Here is their story.
The story of an extraordinary industrial saga, but also the story of a tough competition between Alcyon and its fierce rival, but which served as a model, Peugeot, a pioneer in competition. Thus, the two competing brands acquired the most prestigious list of achievements in the history of cycling...
But in the end, and still today, 50 years later, on this ground Alcyon clearly beats Peugeot!
Information
| Author: | Cyrille de Ridder, Didier Mahistre |
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| Details: | 400 pages, 29 x 24 cm / 11.4 x 9 in, hardback, in cassette |
| Illustrations: | 800 b&w and colour photos |
| Publisher: | ETAI (F, 2015) |
| Series: | Collection Prestige |
| ISBN: | 9791028300968 |
Cycles, motos, automobiles Alcyon, reine du Tour
Language: French
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