Australians win Six-Day Cycle Race: Unidentified; Russell Mockridge (on cycle); Marie Berlioz, Vice Queen of the Race; Unidentified; Reginald Arnold (on cycle); Unidentified; Jacqueline Joubert, Queen of the race; French boxing champion Charles Humez; Sydney Patterson (holding Winners' cup, on Bike); Unidentified. The Australian team after winning the six-day cycle race in Paris last night, March 9. They covered 4,132.5 kilometers at an average speed of 32.34 kilometers an hour (about 2,567.841 miles at an average speed of 20.085 miles an hour). They pulled up from 11th place in the last 24 hours, and took the lead only three hours from the finish. March 18, 1955. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).