Automatic system for storing cycles comprising: - a plurality of cycles, each having a locking element, - a plurality of locking stations, each designed to receive a cycle, - at least one control system (S, 2, 51) configured to control the locking station, said locking station comprising: - a structure incorporating a keeper open in a direction of engagement and designed to receive the locking element of a cycle by an inserting movement in said direction of engagement, - a blocking element rotatable between a locked position in which said blocking element is configured to block the locking element of the cycle in the keeper on the one hand and an unlocked position in which the blocking element is configured to allow the locking element of the cycle to move into and out of the keeper in the direction of engagement on the other hand, said blocking element comprising a control nose and a stop nose, the control nose being configured to be pushed by the locking element of the cycle causing the blocking element to be rotated from the unlocked position to the locked position when said locking element of the cycle is engaged in the keeper in the direction of engagement and the stop nose being designed to interfere with the locking element of the cycle so as to block it in the keeper when the blocking element is in the locked position, - a lock control mechanism comprising first and second connecting rods (27, 28) articulated with one another by means of a first articulation, the first connecting rod being articulated on the blocking element by a second articulation and the second connecting rod being articulated by a third articulation on the structure of the locking station, the lock control mechanism being displaceable between a locked position in which said lock control mechanism places the blocking element in a locked position and an unlocked position in which said lock control mechanism places the blocking element in an unlocked position, said lock control mechanism comprising a retaining part which is disposed so as to be retained by a retaining device joined to the structure of the locking station when in the locked position, and the lock control mechanism being disposed so that, in the unlocked position, the first articulation is in a first position out of alignment with a straight line intersecting the second and third articulations (30, 31), characterised in that the lock control mechanism is disposed so that, in the locked position, the first articulation is in a second position out of alignment with said straight line intersecting the second and third articulations (30, 31), this second position being disposed beyond said straight line relative to the first position. - a plurality of cycles, each having a locking element, - a plurality of locking stations, each designed to receive a cycle, - at least one control system (S, 2, 51) configured to control the locking station, - a structure incorporating a keeper open in a direction of engagement and designed to receive the locking element of a cycle by an inserting movement in said direction of engagement, - a blocking element rotatable between a locked position in which said blocking element is configured to block the locking element of the cycle in the keeper on the one hand and an unlocked position in which the blocking element is configured to allow the locking element of the cycle to move into and out of the keeper in the direction of engagement on the other hand, said blocking element comprising a control nose and a stop nose, the control nose being configured to be pushed by the locking element of the cycle causing the blocking element to be rotated from the unlocked position to the locked position when said locking element of the cycle is engaged in the keeper in the direction of engagement and the stop nose being designed to interfere with the locking element of the cycle so as to block it in the keeper when the blocking element is in the locked position, - a lock control mechanism comprising first and second connecting rods (27, 28) articulated with one another by means of a first articulation, the first connecting rod being articulated on the blocking element by a second articulation and the second connecting rod being articulated by a third articulation on the structure of the locking station, the lock control mechanism being displaceable between a locked position in which said lock control mechanism places the blocking element in a locked position and an unlocked position in which said lock control mechanism places the blocking element in an unlocked position, said lock control mechanism comprising a retaining part which is disposed so as to be retained by a retaining device joined to the structure of the locking station when in the locked position,