How long did James Moore take to complete the first Paris-to-Rouen bicycle race?

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Olympic road cycling — cycling Individual Neutral Athlete Gleb Syritsa, a Russian passport holder, cycling past Les Invalides during the men's road cycling individual time trial at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

James Moore completed the first city-to-city bicycle race from Paris to Rouen on November 7, 1869, in 10 hours and 25 minutes. This time included periods where he had to walk his bicycle up steeper sections of the course.1