Cottin & Desgouttes in Racing Events

1906 – 1907 – 1908 – 1909 – 1910 – 1911 – 1912 – 1913
1914 – 1923 – 1924  – 1925 – 1927 – 1930

1906

April

• Limonest Hill Climb: Cyrille Cottin, 3^rd in his class; Fraignac, 1^st in his class. This was the first public race in which Cottin & Desgouttes took part.
• A.C. Marseille Hill Climb: Cottin, 2^nd in his class.

July

• A.C. du Rhône Touring Race: G. Deydier, 4^th in the Hill Climb, 3^rd in his class in the general classification.
• Ostende Meeting (Belgium): Cottin, 2^nd in his class (one mile standing start); Latune, 3^rd in his class and Cottin, 5^th in his class (flying kilometer); Latune, 2^nd in his class (5 km standing start); Cottin and Latune, 1^st and 2^nd in their classes (shore course); Fraignac, 1^st prize for body work, open cars class.

• Boulogne-sur-Mer Meeting – Léopold II Challenge: Latune and Cottin, 1^st and 2^nd in their classes in the final classification.

September

• Auvergne Cup: Fraignac and Deydier, 7^th and 8^th in their classes in the final classification (fourteenth and fifteenth in the general classification).

• Mont Ventoux Meeting: Vimont, 2^nd in his class (5^th in the general classification).

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1907

April

• Limonest Hill Climb:
  • Speed: Deydier, 1^st in the racing car class; Cottin and Marze, 1^st and 2^nd of the fifth touring car class; Deydier, 2^nd of the seventh touring car class.
  • Mileage Contest: Latune, 1^st in his class; Cottin and Marze, 1^st and 2^nd in their classes; Deydier, first in his class.
  • Mileage Classification: Latune, twelfth in his class; Cottin and Marze, 4^th and 6^th in their classes; Deydier, 1^st in his class.
• Avignon Flying Kilometer: won by a Cottin & Desgouttes./li>

May

• Lyons Jockey Club Cup: Cottin and Deydier, 2^nd and 9^th.
• Marseilles Touring Rally: won by Vuillot.

• Montjeu Hill Climb: Latune, 3^rd in his class; Marze, 1^st in his class

June

• “La Provence Sportive” Hill Climb: Latune, 1^st in his class; Vuillot, 1^st in his class; Cottin, 1^st in his class. Cottin & Desgouttes won the Challenge of “L’Auto”.
• Val-Suzon Hill Climb: Marze, 1^st in his class
• Villars-les-Dombes Paper-Rally: won by Deydier.
• Lyons Flying Kilometer: Touring cars: Latune 1^st in his class; Marze 3^rd in his class; Racing cars: Latune, 6^th in his class; Cottin 4^th in his class.
• La Faucille Hill Climb: Borgeaud, 10^th; Cottin did the best time of the day.

July

• Lederlin Cup: Marze, 1^st in his class.

August

• Critérium de France and Press Cup: Vrignon, Cottin and Latune, 4^th, 5^th and 9^th in the speed contest. Cottin won the Gold medal for mileage (15.9 l/100km for an average speed of 80.350 km/h).

September

• Provence Meeting – Mont Ventoux Hill Climb: Aubert, 2^nd in his class; Marze and Deydier, 1^st and 4^th in their classes; Marze, 4^th in the general classification.
• Mont-Pilat Hill Climb: Deydier, 2^nd of the second racing car class; Aubert 1^st of the 5^th touring car class; Marze, 1^st of the seventh touring car class.
• Château-Thierry Hill Climb: Genty, 7^th in his class; Marze, 3^rd in his class.

October

• La Cède Hill Climb: Brisson and Arène, 2^nd and 3^rd in their classes; Vuillod 1^st in his class.
• Gaillon Hill Climb: Dumayne 3^rd in his class; Marze 4^th in his class.

December

• Toulon Flying Kilometer: Vuillod, 1^st in his class.
• Sealed Bonnet Motor Reliability Contest (Melbourne, Australie): won by N…. Gold Medal with maximum possible points.

The results for 1907 were published by Cottin & Desgouttes in a booklet.

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1908

April

• Bormes-les-Mimosas Hill Climb: De Werthanson, thirteenth in the general classification.
• Limonest Hill Climb: Speed: Marze 1^st in his class; Deydier 2^nd in his class; Mileage: Marze 2^nd in his class; Deydier 4^th in his class.

May

• l’A.C. Forézien Hill Climb: Marze, 1^st in his class; J. Deydier, 1^st in his class and 1^st in the general classification.

• Montjeu Hill Climb: Marze, 1^st in his class; Delaville, 2^nd in his class; Deydier, 1^st in his class.

June

• Lyons Flying Kilometer:
  • Touring cars: Genty 2^nd in his class; Marze 4^th in his class; Delaville 3^rd in his class; Deydier 1^st in his class.
  • Racing cars: Marze 1^st in his class; Delaville and Chalandon, 1^st and 3^rd in their classes; Deydier 1^st in his class.
• Val-Suzon Hill Climb: Marze 2^nd in his class; Delaville 3^rd in his class.
• La Faucille Hill Climb: Borgeaud, 5^th. Georges Deydier set the 1908 Course Record.

July

• Coupe Lederlin: Marze, 1^st in his class.

August

• Oran (Algeria) Hill Climb: Three Cottin & Desgouttes were 1^st in their classes. Official Course Record.

September

• Salon Meeting:
  • Flying kilometer: Marze and Mouren, 2^nd and 3^rd in their classes; Delaville, 1^st in his class; Deydier, 1^st in his class.
  • 5 km race: Marze 2^nd in his class; Delaville, 1^st in his class; Deydier, 1^st in his class.
• Mont Ventoux Meeting: Grua, 4^th in his class; Delaville, 1^st in his class and 5^th in the general classification; J. Deydier, 1^st in his class and 2^nd in the general classification.

October

• Gaillon Meeting: Dumayne 1^st in his class; Delaville 2^nd in his class.

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1909

February

• Médéa Hill Climb: Cottin 3^rd then 1^st in his class. (Cyrille Cottin was not there to take part in the race; by chance, he was on a business trip in the area, and joined the race with his Touring car and without any preparation.)
• Bormes-les-Mimosas Hill Climb: Mouren, Tarascon and 2^nd, 3^rd, 6^th and 11^th in their classes.

April

• Le Beausset Hill Climb: Fontès, 1^st in his class; Mouren and d’Argon, 1^st and 2^nd in their classes.
• Lyons Hill Climb: Delaville, 1^st of the seventh touring car speed class; Delaville and Deydier, 1^st of the fourth and sixth touring car mileage classes; Grua, 2^nd of the first racing car class; Deydier, 1^st of the second racing car class.

June

• Montjeu Hill Climb: Delaville, 2^nd of the speed class (cars).
• Anse Flying Kilometer: Delaville, 1^st in his class (touring cars); Grua, 1^st in his class (racing cars); Delaville, 1^st in his class (voiturettes).
• Val-Suzon Hill Climb: Delaville, 1^st of the tenth class (voiturettes).

July

• Nancy Cup: Grua, 4^th in his class (flying kilometer and standing start one-kilometer hill climb), nineteenth in the general speed classification.
• Boulogne Meeting: Delaville, 1^st in his class in the Franchomme Challenge; Delaville, 1^st in his class (3km race); Delaville, 1^st in his class (Mile hill climb); Delaville, 2^nd in his class (300 m standing start hill climb); Delaville, 1^st in his class in the total classification of the fifth touring car class.
• Marchairuz Race (Switzerland): won by Delaville.

October

• Tervueren Kilometer race: De Maere, 2^nd in his class (speed and touring cars).

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1910

January

• Le Camp Hill Climb: Jeansoulin, 1^st in his class.

May

• Belfort Kilometer: Cottin, 1^st in his class.

June

• Peugeot Cup – 3900 m Hill Climb: Bauerlin, 1^st in the formula classification; Popl, 1^st in the speed classification.

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1911

April

• Hyères Flying Kilometer: Jeansoulin, 1^st in his class, won the Cup; Pons, 1^st in his series.

May

• Limonest Hill Climb: Deydier, 2^nd in his class (touring cars); Deydier, 1^st of the seventh and eighth racing car classes. Deydier lowered the course record, at an average speed of 92 km/h.

June

• Val-Suzon Hill Climb: Best time by J. Deydier.

July

• Grand Prix de France: Best initial time by Deydier who later had to abandon.

August

• Mont Ventoux Meeting: Deydier, 1^st in his class.

October

• Geneva Kilometer Race: Goy, 1^st in his class; Deydier, 1^st in his class.

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1912

January

• Rally of Monaco: Bergeaud and Goy both took part

May

• Limonest Hill Climb: Touring cars: Sylvain, 2^nd in his class; Goy, 1^st in his class; Racing cars: Sylvain, 1^st in his class; Goy, 2^nd in his class; Deydier, 1^st in his class. Mileage classification: Sylvain, Goy and Deydier 1^st in their classes.
• Mont Ventoux Meeting: Deydier, 1^st of the first racing car class (new record) and 2^nd in the general classification.; Pont, 1^st of the fifth touring car class.

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1913

April

• 13^th April 1913, Mr. Marc Durand won category IV (up to 3,2litres) in hillclimb Zbraslav-Jiloviste. Durand was dealer of Cottin-Desgouttes for Austro-Hungarian empire based in Eger, today Cheb. Information provided by Jiri Mewald (Motorjournal).

1914

May

• Ceyreste Hill Climb: Kiss, 1^st in his class.

June

• Morocco Course (1500 km): Farret, 8^th.

July

• Anjou Rally: De Franck, 4^th.

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1923

• Mont Ventoux Meeting: Mouren, 1^st in his class. The car was a 3 litre driven by Mouren to 1^st Place in the Touring class with a time of 21min., 37.8 sec. This performance was 6 minutes better than the record for this category (from “La Vie Lyonnaise” dated August, 1923).

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1924

April

• Le Camp Hill Climb: Merli, 1^st in his class.
• Les Alpilles Hill Climb: Colas, 1^st in his class.

May

• Les Platrières Hill Climb: Colas, 1^st in his class.
• Limonest Hill Climb: Colas, 1^st touring and sport cars.

June

• Le Bardo Hill Climb, Poix Hill Climb: Francini and Etévé, 1^st in their classes.
• Montreux-Caux Hill Climb, Planfoy Hill Climb: Fontaine, 1^st in touring car class; Colas, 1^st in his class.
• Le Val-Suzon Hill Climb: Colas, 1^st in the general touring car classification; Lacharnay, 1^st in his class.

August

• A.C.F. Touring Car Grand Prix, Lyons: Lacharnay, Colas and Rost, 1^st of the 2^nd light cars class (1000 kg).

• Laffrey Hill Climb: Colas, 1^st in the general touring car classification.
• Klausen International: Colas, 1^st in the general touring car classification.

September

• Mont Ventoux Meeting: Mouren and Colas, 1^st and 2^nd in their class, 3^rd altogether.

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1925

Mars

• Amélie-Les-Bains Hill Climb: Nicole, 1^st in the general touring and sports cars classification.
• Geneva Flying Kilometer: Goy, 1^st of the general touring car classification.

April

• Le Camp Hill Climb: Merli, 1^st in the general touring and sports cars classification.
• Las Alpilles Hill Climb: Merli, 1^st in his class and 2^nd in the general classification; Colas, 1^st in the general touring and sports cars classification.

May

• Cherragas Hill Climb: Sagnier, 1^st for all touring car classes.
• Arba (Algeria) Kilometer Race: Sagnier, 1^st for all touring car classes.

June

• Limonest Hill Climb: Colas, 1^st in the general touring and sports cars classification.
• Planfoy Hill Climb: Colas, 1^st of the racing car class; Vallier, 1^st of the touring car class.

July

• Le Val-Suzon Hill Climb: Colas, 1^st of the racing car class. Best time for cars.
• A.C.F. Touring Car Grand Prix, Montlhéry (1 000 km) – 3-liter class: 1^st Lacharnay, 2^nd Colas, 3^rd Delalande. Only team where all members finished the race.

August

• La Faucille Hill Climb: Colas, 1^st of the 3-liter race car class; Vallier, 1^st of the 3-liter touring car class.
• Mont Ventoux Meeting: Colas, 1^st in his class (beat record); Vallier, 1^st in his class.

• Laffrey Hill Climb: Colas, 1^st in his class (best time for all cars); Vallier, 1^st in his class (best time for all touring cars).

September

• La Baraque Hill Climb: Colas, 1^st of the racing car class (best time for all cars, beat the lap record by over a minute); Vallier, touring car class, 2^nd of the general classification (best time of the touring and sports cars classes).

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1927

• Rally of Monte Carlo: Durant-Cocagne, on a Sans-Secousses, was 28^th against much more powerful cars.

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1930

• Trans-Saharan Rally: the Cottin & Desgouttes team, composed of four Sans-Secousses, was first. Won the Cup offered by the newspaper “Le Matin”. A page is dedicated to this race.

• Algeria Centennial: the same team was first.

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