The Derny piccy is from the 1961 Bordeau-Paris which was 605 km
that year and won, if Davey remembers, by Wim Van Est.

Davey rode that event and also the last one organized in 1988 won
by Jean-François Rault. Not to bore current readers, but Davey
has already posted twice about his participation in the 1988
event, and so isn't going to repost that anecdote.

[There was an amateur edition organized in 2014, but no dernys]

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