Vélodrome Buffalo and Stade Buffalo

[2] The name derives from the showman Buffalo Bill Cody, whose circus played on the grounds of the first velodrome.

[1] On Monday 4 July 1892, Arthur DuCros, representing Ireland, won the ten kilometre scratch event for the Silver Buffalo Challenge Cup at this velodrome.

[9] Henri Desgrange set the first ratified hour record on 11 May 1893 covering 35.325 km.

[10] In May 1893 a rider called Cassignard set the world kilometre standing start record at 1 minute and 28 seconds.

On 27 September 1893 French cycling star Charles Terront left Saint Petersburg in Russia to cycle the 3,000 kilometres (1,864 mi) across Poland and Germany before arriving at the Vélodrome Buffalo after 14 days and 7 hours.

On 19 May 1895, the Welsh rider Jimmy Michael broke the 100 miles cycling record and registered a time of 4 hours, 2 minutes and 45 seconds.

[11] On 8 June 1895, Jimmy beat his own time over 100 miles at the same track, during a 6 hour race against Gaston Rivierre, Tom Linton, Constant Huret, Lucien Lesna, The, Charles Lucas, and Aries.

He is supposed to have introduced the practice of ringing a bell to announce the last lap of a race.