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Paris Brest Paris. This was run as a professional race from 1891 to 1951 ( usually at 10 year intervals, maybe to give the riders time to recover) Probably the best report of the race is from Miroir Sprint for 1951. It is on the web and Google should find it for you. Even if you can't read the french, the pictures are great. Pierre Brambilla, who came 4th, was said to be so pissed off that he went home and buried his bike.
The winners time was 39 hours odd for the 800 miles. And that was before EPO was even thought of.