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based on the popular sport of six day bicycle racing. As time went on, the format changed to more stages of shorter length.I believe that between the wars, there was a classic of riders something like what is being discussed here, who started with and rode the same course as the professional riders, but who were not necessarily competing, which may be the source of confusion here. In short, the TdF has always been a professional stage race comprising a series of one day stages.
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Intersting there Mike. I don't remember when this happened. I agree that I do not know of evidence that the TDF was a randonne... I also agree that they were rivals... Perhaps the lost intent was that both the TDF and the PBP were long distance endurance bicycle races but over time TDF changed to
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The BREVET is set up by the coordinator for the region and approved by the national. For example RUSA.org is the national and you can go to their site for a calendar of the brevets for the year. Therefore the rider does not have a choice of when to do a BREVET. The time is chosen by the local
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