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The Peking to Paris motor race was an automobile race, originally held in 1907, between Peking (now Beijing), then Qing China and Paris, France, a distance of 9,317 miles or 14,994 km. The idea for the race came from a challenge published in the Paris newspaper Le Matin on 31 January 1907, reading: :"''What needs to be proved today is that as long as a man has a car, he can do anything and go anywhere. Is there anyone who will undertake to travel this summer from Peking to Paris by automobile?''" The race started from the French embassy in Peking on 10 June 1907. The winner Prince Scipione Borghese arrived in Paris on 10 August 1907.〔http://www.pekintoparis.com/2007/history.html〕 == 1907 teams == There were forty entrants in the race, but only five teams ended up going ahead with shipping the cars to Peking. The race was held despite the race committee cancelling the race. * Itala, Italian, 7 litre engine, finished 1st, driven by Prince Scipione Borghese and Ettore Guizzardi * Spyker, Dutch, finished 2nd, driven by Charles Godard with Jean du Taillis * Contal, French, did not finish, three-wheeler Cyclecar, driven by Auguste Pons * DeDion 1, French, finished 3rd, driven by Georges Cormier * DeDion 2, French, finished 4th, driven by Victor Collignon 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peking to Paris」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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