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Born in 1903 in Great Britain as the “Six Days Reliability Trial”, the Six Days was the first international event organised under the supervision of the FIM as from 1913, under the name International Six Days of Regularity. Originally, the Trophy team was composed of three riders from the country they were racing for, but they also had to ride machines manufactured in the country itself and each team had to include one sidecar or cyclecar. As this criteria limited the participation of countries (2 in 1913, 4 in 1920), the Vase d’Argent was introduced as from 1924, with four riders from each country, the origin of the motorcycles being free. A team which lost a rider during the competition would also lose any chance of achieving a good classification.

Les pilotes et les motocyclettes devaient venir de la même nation. Avec le déclin de la fabrication de motos dans les années 1950 et 1960, cette règle a dû être abandonnée en 1970.