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	Paris-Brest-Paris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Paris-Brest-Paris (PBP) is an approximately 1200km randonnée bicycle ride held on an out-and-back course between Paris and Brest, France, every four years.
		PBP was held every five years between 1956 and 1975, with more and more participants riding and less and less media coverage.
		Whereas once PBP was contested by a few great professional athletes as a demonstration of the bicycle's potential, today the focus is on the ordinary or casual rider.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paris-Brest_et_retour (1349 words)

	Brest - Paris-Brest: a delicious ring shaped, cream filled pastry
		A personal account of riding the1975 Paris-Brest-Paris by Harriet Fell, one of four Americans to complete the PBP that year.
		Paul Brest is the President of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in Menlo Mr.
		The Alexander Brest Planetarium in the Jacksonville Museum of
	linksessions.com /q/brest.htm (214 words)

	ipedia.com: Brest, France Article
		Brest (population 155,000) is a city in Brittany, north-west France, in the département of Finistère (29).
		Brest is a city in Brittany, north-west France, in the département of Finistère.
		Brest is also the name of a city in Belarus.
	www.ipedia.com /brest__france.html (168 words)

	Paris-Brest-Paris 1999
		ACP had laid on extra hills on the run into Brest, the weather was becoming hot and humid again, and I was still wearing my leg-warmers (drat!).
		And was able to take in more of the scenery on the way down, while waving to familiar faces as they climbed out of Brest: Hello Steve, hello Keith...
		The rest of this section of PBP is more or less a total blank, except for a lingering impression of being sent on a very circuitous route to the control so we had every opportunity to take in the sights of the town.
	www.audax.demon.co.uk /low/pbp99.html (10240 words)

	Paris Brest Paris 2003
		Ein Randonneur soll gesagt haben, dass derjenige, der das Ziel in Paris erreicht, nicht mehr derselbe sei, der er beim Aufbruch nach Brest gewesen wäre.
		Aber was ist das für eine fantastische Perspektive, denn mit etwas Glück erreiche ich heute Nacht wieder Paris.
		Wir haben alle unsere Leidensfähigkeit auf die Probe gestellt, um damit später selbst zu dem Mythos der Veranstaltung beizutragen, wenn wir mit übernächtigten, abgespannten und ausgezehrten Gesichtern wieder in Paris einlaufen.
	www.gehr-mann.privat.t-online.de (12614 words)

	Paris-Brest-Paris 1991 Chronicles
		As the airplane was landing in Paris, I realized that the planning and extra training I had done for the past year and a half would soon be over.
		After attending a PBP reunion and seeing what some other PBP finishers whom I qualified with had done with their memorabilia, I decided that I should commit my memories to paper before they faded.
		Part of the requirements for riding PBP were to have your bicycle equipped with lights and fenders.
	think-snow.no-ip.com:82 /MoosePoop/pages/pbp91.html (7580 words)

	Paris-Brest-Paris
		Paris - Brest - Paris may seem outmoded in a period where more and more events are becoming shorter and faster, but its stature is something else.
		To think that the Paris - Brest - Paris is an flat event is far from the truth, there is nearly 10,000 metres of change in altitude, that is equivalent to a weeks riding in the mountains !
		It is often said that Paris - Brest - Paris is achieved more with the head than with the legs.
	www.cyclos-cyclotes.org /pbp/presentation_pbp_ang.html (345 words)

	Paris-Brest-Paris 2003
		Apparently somebody was riding PBP on a "patinette." I was puzzled--that was a scooter, not a Liam Gallagher posing-around-London Vespa but a child's kick-along machine.
		This proved to be a series of intriguing ethnic food stalls, a bar or two, a couple of deserted tents manned by local cycle clubs, and a roped-off arena in which people in silly costumes were doing a variety of silly things on silly bikes.
		I was chatting to a PBP first-timer I'd met at the Pavillon Bleu when I began to feel weird, dizzy and light-headed.
	www.audax.demon.co.uk /low/pbp03.html (10459 words)

	pbp
		A baker on seeing the gallant lads cycling by his window on the first PBP was so inspired by what he saw, he created a pastry called the "Paris-Brest" in honor of the staunch riders attempting this most unique of rides.
		But at least I could claim that I'd ridden into Paris on PBP with one of the winners (albeit two days later!).
		That ride from Carhaix to Brest had seemed to be the worst segment of the whole ride, and I was positively dreading climbing all those hills on the return.
	www.geocities.com /Pipeline/Shore/4768/pbp.html (12719 words)

	A History of Paris - Brest - Paris: The Professional Race
		The organizers of Paris - Brest - Paris, run every ten years but interupted by the war, had a harder and harder time to convince racers of the value of the ride.
		The Parisian, who was hampered by a groin injury, kept up his solitary break until, close to Morlaix, he stopped and abandonned the race after a misunderstanding with his handlers.
		At Brest, Laval was fifteen minutes ahead of Terront, the victim of two more punctures.
	www.randonneursontario.ca /history/phprace.html (1595 words)

	PARIS-BREST-PARIS 1975
		Bernard and I arrived at Chateauneuf-au-Thimerais, the last control before Paris, at 1:10 AM with two drivers who were as exhausted as we were.
		We joined the official route west of Paris and stopped at each café that had been a control point in the official brevet.
		One of them said she liked to rest on the climbs, her weakness, and force herself on the flats where she was naturally stronger.
	www.ccs.neu.edu /home/fell/PBP1975.html (4088 words)

	Randonneurs USA
		For example, already twice victorious in Paris-Roubaix, the winner in the 1901 PBP race was Maurice Garin, who would then go on to win the inaugural Tour de France in 1903.
		Interestingly, the three PBP randonnées of 1948, 1951, and 1956 saw men's tandem teams outrun the solo bike riders and arrive back in Paris first.
		PBP also caught the attention of bicycle and tire manufacturers wanting to show the cycling-crazy public that their products were superior to other brands.
	www.rusa.org /pbphistory.html (3585 words)

	Paris-Brest-Paris randonneurs go for distance
		Lougee finished the 750-mile round trip to Montreal in 82.5 hours and hears PBP is "not as tough." Both rides have more than 30,000 feet of climbing, but the American one has steeper hills, including Middlebury Gap in Vermont's Green Mountains.
		In the rainy 1987 PBP, the first finishers in every category were Americans, but overall the Yanks made a dismal showing.
		Warren Sass of Woods Hole is riding PBP for his fifth time, and will get a special medal if he completes the event.
	www.ltolman.org /93arch/95820.htm (748 words)

	Paris-Brest-Paris 2003
		We left Brest late, far later than I had originally hoped for, but I knew by now that most of the times I had hoped for were really just pipe dreams, so I made the best of it.
		PBP is the single most difficult thing I have ever done in my life, physically and psychologically.
		I thought that perhaps giving myself time to reflect back on PBP, a few weeks away from the blur that it was, would help me recollect what had actually happened beyond a few glimpses into the world of sleep-dep time loss that the ride was.
	www.blackbirdsf.org /randonneuring/2003_pbp.html (5070 words)

	Paris-Brest-Paris 2003
		In 2003, it was the 15th time Paris-Brest-Paris was carried out sincce 1891, since 1971 it is carried out every four years.
		It is being organized of the Audax Club Paris, and the initial idea of the race was to demonstrate the suitability of bicycles for covering long distances.
		The fact, that it is only 370 km left to Paris, less than 24 hours, gives us the necessary drive to get going again.
	www.mountainbike-expedition-team.de /pbp/pbp03_e.html (1805 words)

	Adelsman's Cross-Country Ski Page: Racing
		Brest is the turn-around point on the route, and I headed back toward Paris after lunch.
		There is a classic French desert that was created at the turn of the century to celebrate this ride, the desert is called "Paris Brest".
		The decent into Brest would have made the trip worthwhile on its own!
	www.skinnyski.com /racing/articles/cyclingreport-3.html (711 words)

	Charlene's European Adventure
		In the 15th PBP event, held in 2003, there were over 4000 participants.
		The next PBP was scheduled for 1941, but was delayed until 1948 because of WWII.
		Because the PBP was so demanding, it was initially held every 10 years.
	www.machka.net /pbp/machka.htm (661 words)

	15ème Paris - Brest - Paris
		It is as if they have waited the last four years for the next Paris Brest to come through their village.
		Four years since I first road Paris Brest Paris, I am returning to France with my friends.
		Unless one is here, I doubt one can understand what it is like to ride Paris Brest.
	home.comcast.net /~petermckay/2003pbpindex.htm (1445 words)

	1999 Paris-Brest-Paris
		History of PBP by Robert Lepertel -- An excellent history from 1891 to 1987 by the chief organizer of PBP in the Audax Club Parisien.
		The 1999 PBP will be 14th running of the PBP "Randonneurs" by the Audax Club Parisien.
		PBP was ran as a Pro-Race in 1891, 1901, 1911, 1921, 1931, and 1951.
	www.caltriplecrown.com /99PBP.htm (1769 words)

	History
		Paris Brest Paris was first run in 1891 and was originally held every 10 years [WW2: 1941 moved to 1948].
		After 1971 the audax PBP continued to be run every five years.
		The early PBPs were pro cycling races, but were also open to 'touristes-routiers' - i.e.
	www.randonneurs.bc.ca /pbp/history.html (665 words)

	PBP 2003
		We saw him in Carhaix, the last controlle before Brest as he was on his return from Brest to Paris.
		I remembered that Gay Williams had said that in 1987 on PBP she had had an experience not to be missed-they had rubbed something on her legs that felt great and "restorative", so I wanted that, too.
		On PBP I think I used the triple a couple of times, just from tiredness, not for steepness.
	www.big-dogs.org /scripts/PBPSteveR.html (1676 words)

	Paris-Brest-Paris Stories
		PBP 2003 Experience by Charles M. "Chip" Coldwell
		PBP - 1999 - The Best and the Worst
	www.abc-cycling.com /pbpstories.htm (17 words)

	1999 Paris-Brest-Paris
		After stopping at Brest, and taking a nap on the concrete next to my bike for a few hours, I rode down the road to the first grocery store.
		The hills out to Brest were not very bad.
		Said he's done PBP before and he needed something "different" this time.
	pages.cthome.net /christopher.pile/bicycling/1999/PBP1999.html (2211 words)

	Paris-Brest-Paris 1999: A 1200 km Randonnee
		It's the Paris-Brest-Paris bicycle ride, a 1200 km bike randonnee that is conducted over a fixed length of time, either 80, 84, or 90 hours depending on the choice of the rider.
		The long-awaited PBP was here! My wife Ruby and I had come over from the US, and toured Paris for 5 days prior to the start of the ride, but the PBP was finally starting. First off, what is the PBP?
		To qualify for the PBP you must complete four "brevets" in the year of the event:
	www.geocities.com /mdwrhw/pbp1999.htm (553 words)

	Paris-Brest-Paris 2003
		Von Paris nach Brest und zurück, 1200 km in höchstens 90 h
		Damit sich der große Starterblock auseinanderzieht, geht es auf der für den Autoverkehr gesperrten Stadtautobahn von Paris in Richtung Westen.
		Audax Club Parisien (die offizielle Seite des Veranstalters)
	www.mountainbike-expedition-team.de /pbp/pbp03.html (1667 words)

	RECIT DE VOYAGE
		Tout le reste du Paris Brest se fera dans ces conditions, massages, douleurs temporaires, et petits développements.
		Au total je me présente au Paris Brest Paris avec 7500 km depuis le 1 janvier, ce qui, paraît t'il, est une bonne moyenne pour celui qui ne prétend à aucun record dans cette épreuve.
		Ce groupe est composé majoritairement d'étudiantes, venues passer leur vacances en France et faire le mythique Paris-Brest-Paris (une anecdote à propos des américain: une américaine a débarqué à Paris sans vélo, et elle a fait un appel au micro du village accueil la veille du départ, pour qu'on lui prête un vélo.
	pmaiques.free.fr (2926 words)

	Mon premier PARIS-BREST-PARIS
		Un mois s’est écoulé depuis le 300 quand je prends le départ du 400 autour de Paris.
		Dans un village un cafetier toujours ouvert peint en pleine nuit une grande flèche directionnelle "P.B.P. Paris" sur la chaussée.
		Le contrôle de Brest est bruyant, il est 12 heures 54 et tous veulent manger.
	www.centcols.org /le_col_du_chat/mon_premier_pbp.htm (4066 words)

	Paris Brest Paris
		I know that many people from every where will come to Paris fir this long distance ride in august 2003.
		I ride 400 km on saturday, it was not easy with the bad weather but I'm proud to have made it.
		A couple of my riding budies from Texas in the US are going to go.
	www.cyclingforums.com /t25488.html (207 words)

	2003 Paris-Brest-Paris
		To qualify for PBP, one must complete a series of brevets of 200, 300, 400, and 600 km, in order, within the specified time limits, in the same year that PBP is being held.
		This page was last modified in August 2003.
	www.felixwong.com /openroad/pbp03 (178 words)

	Paris-Brest-Paris
		Eighteen of us acclimatised on the Saturday with a Paris PROFS 100km ride, out on the old PBP route, two leisurely bar stops, and back on the new - though many missed their way in the homeward lineout and I had to go back next day to check the way through the suburbs.
		The only variations I made were the addition of a three egg omelette at Brest and chicken breast at the last control, Nogent le Roi, having guessed there would be no food at the finish.
		I even used up some of my 1991 PBP souvenir phone card to trace the tandem recumbent, unbelievably still on the road though close to time throughout.
	www.audax.uk.net /rides/pbp.htm (1789 words)

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