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Aged 35 he finished seventh in the Grand Prix des Nations in 1946.
Aged 35 he finished seventh in the Grand Prix des Nations in 1946.
He returned to cycling in 1978 and continues training after his 100th birthday. In February 2012 he set a world record in one-hour track cycling in the over-100 age group at 24.250 km. He improved this record to 26.927 km in January 2014.
Marchand was a firefighter in Paris in the 1930s.
After World World War II he moved to Venezuela and then in the 1950s to Canada, where he had a job as a lumberjack. He returned to France in 1960 and worked as a gardener and wine dealer until 1987.