1907 Paris - Roubaix
12th edition: Sunday, March 31, 1907
Complete results
Paris-Roubaix podium history | 1906 edition | 1908 edition
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The race:
The 1907 Paris-Roubaix was 270 km long and raced at an average speed of 30.971 km/hr.
56 riders started, 22 classified finishers
Winner Georges Passerieu arrived at the velodrome alone, quite clear of the field.
But, he was stopped by a policeman at the velodrome entrance who wanted to check the bicycle license to make sure that the appropriate taxes had been paid to use the bike on the roads.
Passerieu was able to enter the Roubaix velodrome safely in front of second-place Van Hauwaert.
Van Hauwaert entered the velodrome just as Passerieu crossed the finish line for the win.
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Winner Georges Passerieu's photo on a postcard
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Complete results:
- Georges Passerieu (Peugeot-Wolber) 8hr 45min
- Cyrille Van Hauwaert (La Française-Persan) @ 1min
- Louis Trousselier (Alcyon-Dunlop) @ 3min
- Gustave Garrigou (Peugeot-Wolber) @ 4min 30sec
- Augustin Ringeval (Labor-Dunlop) @ 5min
- Emile Georget (La Française-Persan) @ 15min
- Léon Georget (La Française-Persan) @ 21min
- Henri Cornet (Griffon) @ 28min
- François Faber (Labor-Dunlop) @ 39min
- Pierre Privat @ 40min
- Lucien Pothier (Labor-Dunlop) @ 52min
- Prosper Rau (Conte) @ 1hr 45min
- Georges Fleury @ 2hr 2min
- Georges Caquant @ 3hr 5min
- Jacques Mendes (Biguet-Soly) @ 3hr 35min
- Alfred Picard @ 4hr 10min
- Alcide Vivier @ 4hr 55min
- Léopold Deruysser @ 4hr 57min
- Léon Mopin @ 7hr 50min
- Jean Ruffin-Roffy @ 7hr 51min
- Ferdinand Narcy@ 8hr 50min
- Paul Pietrois @ 8hr 51min
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