1896 Paris-Marseilles-Paris Trail
24 September - 3 October - Paris-Marseilles-Paris: 1710 Km

Results:

 1 Mayade                     Panhard               67:42'58" 
 2 Merkel                     Panhard               68:11'05"
 3 Viet                       de Dion trike         71:01'05" Class B.
 4 Emile Levassor-d'Hostingue Panhard               71:23'22"
 5 Collomb                    de Dion trike         73:30'12" Class B.
 6 Berlet                     Peugeot               75:26'24" Class A. series 2.
 7 Ernest Archdeacon          Delahaye              75:29'48" 
 8 Doriot                     Peugeot               81:23'51"
 9 Delieuvin                  De Dion trike         83:13'16" Class B.
10 Delahaye                   Delahaye              84:27'02" 
11 Guyonnet                   Parisienne           102:41'45"
12 Labouré                    Parisienne           108:39'00" 
13 Landry                     Landry et Beyroux    119:44'21" 
14 Pary                       Bollée               141:10'47" Class C.
  
Did not Finish:                                  stage completed (distance)
   Lebrun                     Lebrun              5 stages
   Dubois                     Panhard             5 stages  Class A. series 2.
   Ferradje                   Rochet Schneider    2 stages
   Valentin                   Triouleyre          2 stages
   Amédée Bollée              Bollée              1 stage
   Lejane                     Bollée              1 stage   Class C. 
   Camille Bollée             Bollée              1 stage   Class C.
   Chevalier                  De Dion trike       1 stage   Class B.
                              Peugeot             1 stage
   Rossel                     Rossel              1 stage   
   Boiron                     De Dion trike       1 stage   Class B.
   Tissandier                 Tissandier          1 stage
                              Bollée              1 stage   Class C.
   Ferté                      Fisson              0 stages
   Comte Jules de Dion        de Dion             0 stages
   Estève                     Triouleyre          0 stages
   Tenting                    Tenting             0 stages
   Comte de Chasseloup Laubat De Dion             0 stages  Class A. series 2.


Note:
1: Race named in retrospect: II Grand Prix de l'A.C.F.
2: Four classes: Class A series 1, Class A series 2, Class B (Motor Cycles) and Class C.
3: Class A. series 1 unless other mentioned.
4: In stage 4 Emile Levassor near Orange hit a dog or thought he had while swerving to avoid it. His high, short-wheelbased car turned over and threw Levassor out. Levassor was soon up and away and drove on to Avignon. There he handed the car over to d'Hostingue, his companion, who drove the car through the rest of the race. Levassor never really recovered from that accident and died on 14 April 1897.
Source: "Grand Prix Requiem" by William Court (1992).
5: stagewinners
  1 Paris-Auxerre     177.85 km   Lejane        Bollée   5:34"03"  31.94 kmh.
  2 Auxerre-Dijon     150.95 km   Levassor      Panhard  6:51'40"  22.15 kmh.
  3 Dijon-Lyon        197.95 km   Levassor      Panhard  7:01'08"  28.20 kmh.
  4 Lyon-Avignon      218.90 km   Merkel        Panhard  8:19'28"  26.30 kmh.
  5 Avignon-Marseille 100.90 km   Viet          De Dion  3:18'18"  30.53 kmh.
  6 Marseille-Avignon 100.90 km   Viet          De Dion  3:50'28"  26.27 kmh.
  7 Avignon-Lyon      218.90 km   Merkel        Panhard  9:50'50"  22.23 kmh.
  8 Lyon-Dijon        197.95 km   Mayade        Panhard  6:35'50"  30.01 kmh.
  9 Dijon-Sens        209.20 km   Mayade        Panhard  7:04'00"  29.60 kmh.
 10 Sens-Paris        136.50 km   Mayade        Panhard  5:42'15"  23.93 kmh.