The first ever motor race is held in France between the cities of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris–Rouen_(motor_race)" id="mwtA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Paris–Rouen (motor race)">Paris and Rouen</a>. The fastest finisher was the Comte <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules-Albert_de_Dion" id="mwtQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jules-Albert de Dion">Jules-Albert de Dion</a>, but the "official" victory was awarded to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Lemaître" id="mwtg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Albert Lemaître">Albert Lemaître</a> driving his three-horsepower petrol engined <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot" id="mwtw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Peugeot">Peugeot</a>.