Jacques Anquetil, André Darrigade and Ferdinando Terruzzi won the Six Jours de Paris in both 1957 and 1958. Y. Charieras designed this race poster, and Imprimerie du Val d'Osne printed it. The race was six days of team track racing at the Vélodrome d'Hiver, the enclosed indoor velodrome on the boulevard de Grenelle. Suze, the gentian aperitif, was the sponsor, and its name sits in the footer.
The Vel' d'Hiv' was demolished in 1959.
On the poster
Three track cyclists sprint through a cobalt-rimmed oval on a black ground, orange jerseys blurring into diagonal streaks of yellow and pink. The lead rider takes the lower arc and two more follow close behind. A large orange "6" fills the right half, with "Jours / VEL'D'HIV'" stacked in white and black beneath it. The dates "7 au 13 / NOVEMBRE" (7 to 13 November) sit top-left in white and orange.
A yellow footer band carries "SUZE / A LA GENTIANE" in bold black type.
About this print
A digitally restored reproduction, printed on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Fine Art paper with pigment inks.

