The team won the Tour de France four times before World War I with François Faber in 1909, Octave Lapize in 1910, Gustave Garrigou in 1911 and Odile Defraye in 1912.

[5] In 1909, Calais is de manager of the team and Alphonse Baugé sports directeur.

Immediately after the First World War, Alcyon like many other bicycle companies joined a Consortium that employed many riders under the La Sportive name.

The Consortium stopped in 1922 and the member companies which included Automoto, Peugeot and Alcyon restarted up their separate cycling teams.

[7] The organisers of the Tour de France decided in 1930 that the race would be disputed by national teams.