Mick Butler wrote: "Does anyone know what age Benoit Faure the famous grimpeur was in the 1948 Paris-Brest-Paris? Was he a couple of months short of his 50th. birthday? I find this remarkable if this is true."
He was 48. He rode it again at 51. In one of those years (not sure which) he made a solo break of 500 km. http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/palmares/faure_benoit.php
Mordecai Silver