Paris–Roubaix

The cycling race Paris -Roubaix is one of the most famous classic one-day race of cycling about 250 kilometers distance and is considered one of the monuments of cycling.

History

The first time in 1896 discharged race takes place every year in mid-April in northern France instead and is called La Reine des Classiques ( Queen of the Classics ), but also as L' Enfer du Nord ( hell of the North) respectively. The name Hell of the North got the race after the First World War, the region in which took place the race devastated.

Paris -Roubaix was up to its end after the 2004 season, part of the comprehensive ten race bike World Cup and was from 2005 for three seasons for the newly introduced UCI ProTour, a series of the most important bike race of the year. Since 2011, the race is part of the follow-up series UCI World Tour.

The route of Paris -Roubaix varies only slightly from year to year. However, the spring classics will no longer start since 1977 in Paris, but about 80 km north, in front of the Castle in Compiegne.

Characteristic for the taking place on completely flat terrain classics are the famous Pavés, cobblestone sections: Paths - some still to arise in the 19th century - with rough cobblestones, which can be especially in bad weather to an extraordinary ordeal the race. Originally the cobblestones was the usual road paving in the north of France; after but increasingly these streets were paved, the organizers decided in 1967 cobblestone sections on field and forest paths in the race to integrate. Today, many Pavés by the French Government are obtained specifically for the cycling classic. The most notorious is the Pavéabschnitt. Through the forest of Wallers- Arenberg d' Arenberg the trouée, who already often resulted in a preliminary decision after two -thirds of the approximately 250 km long race 2005, a part of the patch has been restored, the section defused overall somewhat; he still keep his rating as a 5- star section (highest difficulty ). In the similarly difficult, in the last quarter of the race following Pavéabschnitten of Mons -en- Pévèle and Carrefour de l' Arbre also falls often a preliminary decision.

Most wins in the hell of the north reach the Belgian Roger De Vlaeminck, the total of four times on the velodrome of Roubaix triumph 1972-1977 ( and a trophy in the form of a paving stone receive) could, as well as the also coming from Belgium Tom Boonen, who also won four times 2005-2012. The only German winner of Paris -Roubaix is Josef Fischer, who won at the first discharge in 1896. With five victories in six years dominated in the second half of the 1990s, the team Mapei the cobbled classics. Twice (1996 and 1998) was even able to fill all three podium places the team.

The Vélo Club Roubaix organizes every two years an Everyman edition, in which on the original course next sections over 120 km or 190 km also the complete range of professional race can be completed by about 260 km, respectively, with the aim in the Vélodrome of Roubaix.

Pavé - sectors

The 27 pavé sectors of the race 2011

The Forest of Arenberg 13 April 2008

First section of the Carrefour de l' Arbre

During the 111th edition in 2013, the riders had to overcome a total of 27 cobblestone passages. The sectors are divided into categories 1 to 5, where 5 is the highest level. Decisive for categorization is the state of the cobblestone streets, the length of the section and also the position in the race. 2013, the forest of Arenberg, Mons -en- Pévèle and the Carrefour de l' Arbre were classified in category 5. A total of 52.6 km cobbled had to be overcome.

The last 300 meters before the Vélodrome of Roubaix named after the single Paris -Roubaix winner of Roubaix, Charles Crupelandt, " Allée Charles Crupelandt ". On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Victory in the 1912 Crupelandts small marble plaques were admitted with the names of previous winners between the local paving stones.

Winner

Professionals

  • List of winners of Paris -Roubaix

U23 / Amateurs

Junior

The junior host runs under the name of Le Pavé de Roubaix.

  • 2012 Denmark Mads Würtz Schmidt
  • 2011 France Florian Sénéchal
  • 2010 Belgium Jasper Stuyven
  • 2009 Belgium Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
  • 2007 France Fabien Taillefer
  • 2006 The Netherlands Raymond Kreder
  • 2005 Switzerland Michael Bear
  • 2003, France Anthony Colin
Classic cycle races Cycle sport UCI Road World Cup Josef Fischer (cyclist) Orchies Cysoing Eric Baumann (cyclist) Thierry Marie Stephen Roche Alfons De Wolf Alain Vasseur Georges Pintens Andrew Fenn Geraint Thomas Amaury Sport Organisation 2014 UCI World Tour Tour Down Under Volta a Catalunya E3 Harelbeke Tour of Flanders Tour of the Basque Country Amstel Gold Race Tour de Romandie Tour de Pologne 2010 UCI ProTour
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