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1929 Paris - Roubaix

30th edition: Sunday, March 31, 1929

Complete results

Paris-Roubaix podium history | 1928 edition | 1930 edition

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The race:

The 1929 Paris-Roubaix was 260 km long and raced at an average speed of 29.13 km/hr.

There were 86 starters and 25 classified finishers.

The riders faced a very cold headwind.

1927 winner Georges Ronsse's attack brought Ronsse, Charles Meunier and Aimé Déolet to the finish for a sprint where Ronsse should have prevailed.

But here's where it becomes a confused mess. Instead of finishing on the Avenue de Villas in Roubaix as it had in recent years, the organizers ended the race at the Amédée-Prouvost stadium so they could sell tickets.

This meant the race would end on an unbanked cinder track. Despite riding with care, Ronsse crashed on the final turn, taking down Déolet with him. Ronsse had to walk across the finish line with his ruined bike and the less favored Meunier was the 1929 Paris-Roubaix champion.

The angry crowed flooded on to the track, forcing the officials to close the stadium to the riders who had not yet finished. For that reason, the results below are a bit of a hash: fifteen riders were awarded 6th place and after 25th place the officials stopped counting.