2007

pre-PBP: The Big Event: Paris-Brest-Paris Bike Race by Liivi Sandy, National Post Published, March 01, 2007
pre-PBP: Club Members to Ride Paris-Brest-Paris (no author indicated) on Gran Fondo Cycles web site (no date indicated)
pre-PBP: Count Down to Paris Brest Paris (no author indicated) on Endurofit Blog, July 31st, 2007
pre-PBP: Maiden Voyages: From the Platteland to Paris (no author indicated) on bicycling.co.za, 8 August 2007
pre-PBP: They're in it for the long, long ride by Tom Berridge, Burnaby Now, August 18, 2007
pre-PBP: Présentation de Paris-Brest-Paris 2007 (no author indicated)on velo101.com web site , August 19, 2007
pre-PBP: Back pedalling onion man attempts Paris-Brest-Paris by BikeRadar on bikeradar.com
pre-PBP: Support the French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust by sponsoring Bob Casciato's 750 mile endurance ride in France (2007) (no author indicated) on the frenchandpickering.org web site
Paris-Brest-Paris is On by tina, on a modern girl blog, August 21, 2007
Dans la tourmente par Jean-Michel Richefort, Cyclo Passion, No. 164, Septembre 2007, pages 76-80 [Major Print Article]
De la méthadone sur le trajet Paris-Brest-Paris par Marie-Claudine CHAUPITRE et Léonore MAHIEUX, Ouest-France, on saint-brieuc.maville.com web site , 11 septembre 2007 [alt posting]
Cyclists forego sleep for marathon in France by Joanne Penhale, September 12, 2007
Paris-Brest-Paris 1200km Cycle by Colin Anderson, on Sportzhub web site, September 20, 2007 [Alternate posting]
My modest PBP tips (2007) by Catherine Shenk
Parijs-Brest-Parijs, 1227 km nonstop (2007) (no author indicated) (Dutch) on rowbike.com web site (no date indicated) (There is an Enlish version elsewhere on the site)
Dantesque ! by Frédéric Pondevie, Le Cycle, No. 368, Octobre 2007, pages 101-104 [Major Print Article])
90 hours of BUST by Isabel Best, Cycling Plus, No. 205, January 2008, pages 72-77 [Major Print Article]
Four Articles - Statistics & Analysis by Alain Collongue, November 2007 & January 2008 [Recommended]

PBP Articles Archive:

1891

Le départ de la course Paris-Brest - Supplément illustré du Petit Journal, page 8 [1891 - date not indicated] (en français)
Nos Gravures - Le Petit Journal, Samedi 20 Septembre 1891 (en français)

1901

Two articles from L'Illustration Journal Universel No 3052, Samedi 24 Aout 1901 (en français)
Two articles from Le Petit Journal No 563, Dimanche 1er Septembre 1901 (en français)
En 1901, un Concarnois parcourut Paris-Brest-Paris en 136 heures 55 minutes, (from either "Télégramme de Brest" or "Ouest-France" - published about 1966?) (en français)
Paris Brest Paris - a VOL de PNEUS a few samples from a "plaquette illustrée"

1911

Le IIIe Paris-Brest et Retour - Victoire d'Emile Georget Le Plein Air No. 99, 1 Septembre, 1911, page 739 (en français)

1921

Two articles from the Miroir des Sports coverage of Paris-brest-Paris 1921, No. 62, Septembre 8, 1921 (en français)

1931

La Course Cycliste Paris-Brest par Marcel Delarbre, Le Petit Journal, No 2124, Septembre 6, 1931, page 428 (en français)
Le 5e Paris-Brest et Retour... par Raymond Huttier, Le Miroir Des Sports, No 615, Septembre 8, 1931, page 215 (en français)

1948

Three articles from the Miroir Sprint coverage of Paris-Brest-Paris 1948, No 120 - 6 Septembre 1948 (en français)
Four artilces from the But et CLUB coverage of Paris-Brest-Paris 1948, No 142 - 6 Septembre 1948 (en français)

1951

Two articles from the Miroir Sprint coverage of Paris-Brest-Paris 1951, No 274 - 10 Septembre 1951 (en français)
Two artilces from the Miroir des Sports coverage of Paris-Brest-Paris 1951, No 314 - 10 Septembre 1951 (en français)

1961

Jean Fouace - une "promenade" à vélo... de 1200 km by Géo Villetan, published (probably) in "Tintin"
Race Summary 1961 (not really an article - notes about the action at the front at PBP 1961) provided by Jean Richard

1966

Paris-Brest-Brest: a sacré en Demilly et Macaudière d'authentiques champions by Roger Baumann, Miroir du Cyclisme, No 78, October 1966 (en français)
La Randonnée... Miroir du Cyclisme, No 78, October 1966, pp. 28-30 (en français)
des randonneurs de Paris-Brest-Paris, by Robert Le Goff, Le Telegramme, Vendredi 9 Septembre 1996, pp. 12-13 (en français)
Also: Seven shorter articles, various sources. (en français)

1971

Two article by Roger Baumann in Miroir du Cyclisme No. 148, Octobre 1971

1975

Paris-Brest-Paris: C'est Le Sport Pour Tous, Cyclisme Magazine No 94, Octobre 1975, pp 15-16
Paris-Brest-Paris and the birth of AUK, related by John Nicholas, September 1979 (but about PBP 1975) Source unknown

1981 -audax

Paris-Brest-Paris audax, le Cycle No 71, September 1981

1983

the LONG RIDE, Bicycle Times No 41, October 1983

1987

Interview with Roger Baumann Sprint 2000 No 80, Avril-Mai, 1987 (i.e. before PBP '87), pages 12-16
Paris-Brest-Paris: The Average Man's RAAM by Lon Haldeman, from Bicycling, March 1988
DNF - Bitten By a Snake (Paris-Brest-Paris Randonnee) (author not credited), from Cycling Weekly, September 24, 1987, No 50011
Two short articles from Arrivee 19 reflecting on PBP 1987   (author(s) not credited)

1991

15 articles from LE CYCLE's extensive coverage of the centenary PBP. LE CYCLE no. 182, Octobre 1991, pages 41-55.

1995

Two articles from cyclotourism No. 431, Octobre 1995, pages 19-21 (en français)
Coverage from cyclotourism No 434, various contributors - pages préparées par Jean-Louis Rougier, Février 1996, pages 51-57 (en français)
Paris-Brest-Paris randonneurs go for distance (1995) by Lynne Tolman [external link]

1999

PBP Procedures by Johnny Bertrand
The Upside of the PBP 90h Start by Johnny Bertrand
What's Going On Here? Les Randonnées Abandonnées by Bill Bryant
Analysis of PBP DNF Rates by Bill Bryant
PBP Advice by Scott Dickson
Sleepless en Paris ...et Normandie ...et Bretagne (1999) by Eric Fergusson)
You're Not a Real Cyclist Until You've Puked In a French Ditch (1999) by Eric Fergusson (English)
Five Reasons to Take the PBP 84h Start by Charles Lamb
Providing Support at PBP by Jennifer Wise
Things to Bring to PBP by Jennifer Wise
Tips for PBP: Free Advice for Randonneur & Randonneuse Wannabe's (following PBP 1999) by author not indicated
Four Articles from Le Perche photos & coverage from Mortagne during PBP 1999, 26 Août, pages 28-29

2003

(2002) Paris-Brest-Paris Randonneur: du grand défi by Frédéric Pondevie (from Le Cycle magazine, November 2002) (en français)
Four Articles in La Liberté by Jean Ammann, 26 Août, 2003, page 21 (mainly)
Paris Brest Paris by Jean Claude ARENS, on the cyclosport web sit, 26 décembre 2003
Getting Ready for PBP by Bill Bryant
Parigi-Brest-Parigi: 1260 Km no stop, pedalare giorno e notte by S.Giord (Italian)
Czak und Gleim bei "Paris-Brest-Paris" (2003) Bernd Czak und Thomas Gleim (German)
The Competitive Side of Randonneuring (2003) by Jan Heine & Melinda Lyon (Alt posting on official PBP site: here, et en français)
Paris-Brest-Paris 2003 author not credited (possibly Jan Heine)
Tipps zu PBP (2003) von Martin Radwanski (German) [doc or auto generated html]
They take the long way: Race covering 783 miles makes for quite a trip for local randonneurs by Shannon Russell, Cincinnati Enquirer
DORMIR A PARIS BREST PARIS: Leurs nuits aussi belles que nos jours par André Tignon (en français)
1.225 Kilometer in 83 Stunden: Buchholzer Hendrik Schorler bewältigt Radmarathon Paris - Brest un zurück (2003) author not credited
Gang of six sets new PBP record (2003) author not credited
Paris-Brest-Paris 2003: 6 cyclists and a record! (2003) author not credited

2007 - see top of this page

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Articles, not year (event) specific:

Eating an Elephant (2003) by Ron Himschoot

Broken Links - Lost Articles :

PARIS - BREST - PARIS (Sport) (1995) by J. Verger (en français)
Si Paris-Brest-Paris m’était conté (1999) (en français)
Paris-Brest-Paris: voyage au bout de l'enfer et retour (2003) by Jean Ammann [no longer on-line, but hard copy HERE]
     [Plus these additional 3 articles about PBP '03 by Jean Ammann on the same web page:]
     Strohheker en 66 heures
     C'est comme gravir l'Everest
     En tandem, c'est plus dur
Distance cyclists tough it out (2003) by Geneviève Svatek
Paris Brest Paris: Elle l'a fait ! (2003) [about Nadine Masset] Reportage de Jean Marc Hecquet (en français)
One way to see France: 760 miles, three days, two legs, one bicycle: Jon Muellner completes historic French cycling marathon (2003) by Scott Wilson

pre-PBP: Another French cycling event, the PBP (2007) (no author indicated) on the 32spokes blog, August 16, 2007
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