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Moscow-St.-Petersberg, 1899.

In 1899, after such success of the previous year competition, Louis Mazy decided to make a 100-verst race. A traditional cycling race should’ve been taken between Moscow and St.-Petersberg that year, so the cars were included in cycling event.
The race, scheduled on June, 20, saw six drivers (excluding cyclists): Louis Mazy (Clement-DeDion 2,25hp four-seater quadricycle with a bicycle seat), Gerz (Germany, drove 6-seater car), Comber (France) and Trubetskoi (Russia, both 8hp 2-seater cars), Schneiderov and Andrei Abrikosov (both raced for Russia and drove 1,75hp Clement tricycles).
The route was following: Moscow – Torzhok - Vyshnyi Volochek – Nizhnyi Novgorod - Tsarskoe Selo, so the distance was not 100, but 650 versts (693,42 km).

Starting order:

12:30 – Mazy,
12:31 – Schneiderov,
12:32 – Abrikosov,
12:33 – Trubetskoi,
12:34 – Gerz,
12:35 – Comber.

Race direction counted tentative finish time and was waiting the first car back at 8-9 in the morning, but they didn’t note the human factor – drivers was tired, so the winner – Mazy, who leaded from start to finish – finished at 10:22. Trubetskoi and Abrikosov were 2nd and 3rd respectively, but were so slow that finished even after cyclists.

Race results:

1. Mazy (26:58),
2. Trubetskoi (42:59),
3. Abrikosov (42:23, disqualified),
Schneiderov (ret. – mechanical breakdown at Torzhok),
Comber (ret. – no one knows what happened to him up to now),
Gerz (ret.)