1898 Paris - Roubaix
3rd edition: Sunday, April 10, 1898
Complete results
Paris-Roubaix podium history | 1897 edition | 1899 edition
The 1898 Paris-Roubaix was 268 km long and raced at an average speed of 32.599 km/hr.
This race was motorpaced, riders could use motorcycles or cars.
35 riders started.
The organizers ran a motorcycle race on the same course on the same day. Garin finished only 44 minutes behind the motorcycle winner.
Weather: Cloudy with intermittent rain
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Winner Maurice Garin (in sweater, not top hat)
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Complete results:
- Maurice Garin (France) 8hr 13min 16sec
- August Stéphane @ 29min 32sec
- Edouard Wattelier (France) @ 33min 52sec
- Jean Bertin (France) @ 46min 25sec
- Charles Meyer (Denmark) @ 1hr 12min 58sec
- Rodolfo Muller (Italy) @ 1hr 31min 30sec
- Gaston Herrinck (Belgium) @ 1hr 59min 54sec
- Jules Cordier (Belgium) 2 2hr 8min 15sec
- Liegeois (France) @ 2hr 33min 0sec
- François Monachon (Switzerland) @ 2hr 39min 4sec
- Emile Taquet (France) @ 2hr 45min 44sec
- Yvon (France) @ 3hr 18min 59sec
- Edouard Dubreucq (Belgium) @ 3hr 19min 1sec
- Modeste (France) @ 4hr 29min 34sec
- Charles Habert (France) @ 29min 37sec
- H. Duconseil (France) @ 5hr 11min 10sec
- Blin (France) 2 6hr 4min 4sec
- Frits Vanderstuyft (Belgium) @ 6hr 57min 24sec
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