Tour de France pour automobile, 16-24th July 1899; 2172.5 km (IV Grand Prix de l'A.C.F.). Left: Fernand Charron on Panhard & Levassor 16 CV; right: Etienne Giraud on Amédée Bollée fils 30 CV. Both did not finish.
[Collection Jules Beau. Photographie sportive] : T. 10. Année 1899 / Jules Beau : F. 1. Course [automobile] du Tour de France, 1899;
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