Originally Posted by
Iride01
Yeah, it was done from 1903 to 1930 in the Tour de France. Cheating was really rife back then when you can find TdF history that isn't written strictly to glorify the TdF.
I think you misunderstood my question. I was not asking if races had been conducted without teams. I was asking if there have been races organized in which only a small number of invited participants competed.