Paris-Roubaix podium history | 1922 edition | 1924 edition

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The race:

The 1923 Paris-Roubaix was 270 km long and raced at an average speed of 30.10 km/hr.

There were 225 starters and 88 classified finishers.

The racers enjoyed beautiful weather that first day of April, long ago.

Twenty-three riders finished together and at the time, Swiss rider Heiri Suter had about the fastest sprint in the business. Marcel Huot led out the final rush for the line, but Suter easily went by everyone.

Suter was the first rider to win The Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix in the same year.

I don't have any time splits. Thirteen riders were awarded 7th place.

Heiri Suter & Kaster Notter after their 1-2 finish in the 1926 Paris-Tours.

1923 Paris-Roubaix winner Heiri Suter

An undated photo of Suter.

Complete Results:

1. Heiri Suter (Gurtner-Hutchinson) 8hr 58min 15sec.

2. René Vermandel (Alcyon-Dunlop)
3. Félix Sellier (Alcyon-Dunlop)
4. Theofiel Beeckman
5. Charles Lacquehay (JB Louvet-Soly-Dunlop)
6. Marcel Huot (Griffon-Dunlop)
7. Jean Archelais
7. Gaston Degy
7. Albert Dejonghe (La Française)
7. Charles Deruyter (Gurtner-Hutchinson)
7. Robert Jacquinot (Peugeot-Wolber)
7. Emile Masson, Sr (Alcyon-Dunlop)
7. Francis Pélissier (JB Louvet-Soly-Dunlop)
7. Henri Pélissier (JB Louvet-Soly-Dunlop)
7. Raoul Pétouille
7. Hector Tiberghien (Peugeot-Wolber)
7. Federico Gay
7. Alfonso Colzani
19. Charles Juseret (Peugeot-Wolber)
20. Robert Gerbaud (Labor-Dunlop)
21. Georges Detreille (JB Louvet-Soly-Dunlop)
22. Emile Mulon
23. Louis Mottiat (Alcyon-Dunlop)
24. Maurice Dewaele (Wondor-Dunlop) @ ?
25. Emile Thollembeeck (Ravat-Wonder-Russell Cycles)
26. Maurice Ville (Automoto-Hutchinson)
27. Germain Bézille
28. José Pelletier (Ravat-Wonder-Russell Cycles)
29. Eugène Christophe (Christophe-Hutchinson)
30. Paul Denis
31. Léon Despontin (Peugeot-Wolber)
32. Roger Piquemal
33. Alfred Debusscher
34. Alfred Steux (Dilecta-Russell Cycles)
35. Léon Devos (JB Louvet-Soly-Dunlop)
36. Charles Pélissier (JB Louvet-Soly-Dunlop)
37. Camille Leroy (Rijssel)
38. Georges Delcominette
39. Jean Alavoine (Peugeot-Wolber)
40. Jean Mercier
41. Florent Van den Berghe (JB Louvet-Soly-Dunlop)
42. Léon Scieur (La Française)
43. Achille Depauw
44. Jean Cordero
45. Laurent Seret (Armor-Dunlop)
46. Joseph Muller (Peugeot-Wolber)
47. Firmin Lambot (Peugeot-Wolber)
48. Angelo Gremo (Maino)
49. Etienne Barbé
50. Marcel Gobillot (Peugeot-Wolber)
51. Joseph Massal
52. Louis Noblesse
53. Remé Wendels
54. René Gerard
55. Alfons Van Hecke
56. Kastor Notter
57. Emile Van der Velde
58. Joseph Coulon
59. Jules Matton
60. Claude Deniot
61. Louis Budts
62. Maurice Selbach
63. Pierre Hudsyn
64. Louis Vanderaspaille
65. Sadi Leport
66. André Peltier
67. Jules Nempon
68. Jean-Baptiste Mosselmans
69. Joseph Marchand
70. Léonce Louis
71. Marius Aubry
72. Villemain
73. Henri Colland
74. Hubert Noël
75. Lucien Schils
76. Quede
77. Ernest Bly
78. Denis Verschueren
79. André Mazziotta
80. Odile Tailleu
81. Charles Raboisson
82. Alessandro Tozzi
83. Frits Wiersma
84. Peral
85. Liebert Schiegg
86. Lucien Ghiste
87. Georges Leblanc
88. Didier Meslard