The last to speak was the most junior there, the chief cycling journalist, a 26-year-old named Géo Lefèvre.[16] Desgrange had poached him from Giffard's paper.[17] Lefèvre suggested a six-day race of the sort popular on the track but all around France.[17] Long-distance cycle races were a popular means to sell more newspapers, but nothing of the length that Lefèvre suggested had been attempted.[n 2] If it succeeded, it would help L'Auto match its rival and perhaps put it out of business.[18] It could, as Desgrange said, "nail Giffard's beak shut."[19][20] Desgrange and Lefèvre discussed it after lunch.