The concrete track of the Stade Vélodrome Jacques Anquetil forms a perfect bowl, stripped of the grandstands that once packed thousands into its steep curves. Built for the nineteen twenty-four Paris Olympics, this venue hosted the cycling sprint and endurance events before fading into the forest of the Bois de Vincennes. The French cyclist Jacques Anquetil often competed here, drawing massive crowds before the track fell into disrepair. Today, it remains a quiet, circular relic of a century of French cycling history.
Stade-Vélodrome Jacques Anquetil
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