Cycling at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 kilometres

25 kilometres at the Games of the II Olympiad
Venue	Vélodrome de Vincennes
Date	September 15
Competitors	10 from 3 nations
Medalists
Louis Bastien  France Louis Hildebrand  France Auguste Daumain  France

Cycling at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Track cycling
Sprint	men
25 kilometres	men
Points race	men

The men's 25 kilometres was one of three cycling events, all track cycling, on the Cycling at the 1900 Summer Olympics programme that were open to all amateurs, had more than one nation participating and no handicapping. It was held on 15 September. Ten cyclists competed. Four had already competed in the sprint event. Louis Bastien was the favorite, with John Lake and Louis Hildebrand also expected to do well. The result of the race proved Bastien to be the top long-distance cyclist present, while Hildebrand finished in second. One of the contestants, Louis Trousselier, would go on to win the 1905 Tour de France.

Results

Place	Cyclist	Time
1	Louis Bastien (FRA)	25:36.2
2	Louis Hildebrand (FRA)	28:09.4
3	Auguste Daumain (FRA)	29:36.2
4	Maxime Bertrand (FRA)	Unknown
—	Léon Gingembre (FRA)	DNF
	Louis Trousselier (FRA)	DNF
	John Henry Lake (USA)	DNF
	A. Porcher (FRA)	DNF
	Paul Gottron (GER)	DNF
	J. Bérard (FRA)	DNF

References

• International Olympic Committee medal winners database
• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Cycling - track 1900". Accessed 19 March 2006. Available electronically at .
• Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0.