On July 22, 1894 four Serpollet vehicles competed in the "Le Petit Journal Contest for Horseless Carriages" from Paris to Rouen. Maurice Le Blant finished 14th and Ernest Archdeacon finished 16th, but 'De Prandiéres' and Étienne le Blant stopped en route.&lt;ref name="Gallica 3/7/94"&gt;Gallica, Online Archive of France. 22 July 1894. "Le Petit Journal"&lt;/ref&gt;