Paris-Roubaix podium history | 1904 edition | 1906 edition
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The race and its winner:
The 1905 Paris-Roubaix was 268 km long and raced at an average speed of 33.206 km/h.
63 starters and 26 classified finishers
1905 was Louis Trousselier's year. He was the first rider to perform a Paris-Roubaix/Tour de France double. That year he also won Paris-Valenciennes and Brussels-Roubaix.
He went on to get third in the 1906 Tour de France and win the 1908 edition of Bordeaux-Paris.
By the end of his racing career he had won 13 Tour de France stages.
Louis Trousselier
Complete Results: