Cyclist Racing at the Stade Velodrome Buffalo, May 1909.

ID: 451 ~ Creator: Press photography, May 31, 1909. ~ Date: Cyclist Racing, May 1909.
This file appears in: Racing in the Velodrome
Cyclist Racing at the Stade Velodrome Buffalo, May 1909.

The start of track cycle race held at the Stade Velodrome Buffalo in Neuilly-sur Seine. The cyclists from left to right are Victor Dupre, Emile Friol, and Major Taylor.
Image credit: Bibliotheque Nationale de France.

This file appears in: Racing in the Velodrome

By Kaelynn Hayes
The open air cycling track, or velodrome, before you is named for Marshall Walter “Major” Taylor. In 1899, Taylor, a renowned cyclist and world record holder from Indianapolis, became the second African American world champion athlete. Celebrated…