moore joined the véloce cycling club of paris after 1868. he began racing at the meeting held in the park at st-cloud, west of paris, on 31 may 1868. moore's race is widely cited as the first formal cycle race in history and a plaque was added to the park railings to mark the event. but the validity of the claim is contested in keizo kobayashi's history of the draisienne and the michaux vélocipede, which claims moore's race was the third that day and not even the most important.