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Paris-Roubaix podium history | 1930 edition | 1932 edition

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The race:

The 1931 Paris-Roubaix was 256 km long and raced at an average speed of 36.44 km/hr.

There were 102 starters and 51 classified finishers.

The riders were hit with very cold rain and a wind that broke the field into echelons.

Gaston Rebry, "The Bulldog", was a powerful rider, but completely lacked a sprint. He relentlessly pressured the peloton until he was alone (the only way he could win) after his last breakaway companion Emile Joly flatted shortly before the finish.

Belgium put nine riders in the top ten.

1931 Paris-Roubaix winner Gaston Rebry

Complete Results:

1. Gaston Rebry (Alcyon-Dunlop) 7hr 1min 0sec.

2. Charles Pélissier (Génial Lucifer) @ 1min 42sec
3. Emile Decroix s.t.
4. Georges Ronsse (La Française-Dunlop) @ 4min 0sec
5. Emile Joly (Génial Lucifer) s.t.
6. Jef Demuysere (Génial Lucifer) @ 7min 0sec
7. Alfons Schepers (La Française-Dunlop) @ 8min 15sec
8. Gustaaf Van Slembrouck (Génial Lucifer) s.t.
9. Romain Gijssels (Dilecta-Wolber) @ 8min 50sec
10. Adolf Van Bruane (La Nordiste-Wolber) @ 9min 10sec
11. Herman Buse @ 10min 5sec
12. Achiel Viaene @ 13min 10sec
13. Gérard Loncke (Génial Lucifer) @ 14min 40sec
14. Gustave Hombroeckx @ 15min 40sec
15. Karl Koch @ 15min 48sec
16. Ludwig Geyer s.t.
17. Hector Martin (La Française-Dunlop) s.t.
18. Jean Wauters s.t.
19. Jean Aerts (Alcyon-Dunlop) s.t.
20. Albert Barthélémy (Dilecta-Wolber) @ 16min 22sec
21. Jef Dervaes s.t.
22. Nicolas Frantz (Alcyon-Dunlop) s.t.
23. Marcel Bidot (Alcyon-Dunlop) s.t.
24. Alfred Haemerlinck (Dilecta-Wolber) s.t.
25. August Van Tricht (Génial Lucifer) s.t.
26. Godfried De Vocht (Génial Lucifer) @ 19min 8sec
27. Joseph Mauclair s.t.
28. Bernard Van Rysselberghe (Dilecta-Wolber) s.t.
29. Ferdinand Le Drogo (Dilecta-Wolber) s.t.
30. Jean-Pierre Muller @ 21min 23sec
31. Frans Bonduel (Dilecta-Wolber) @ 21min 40sec
32. Ernest Neuhard s.t.
33. Aimé Dossche (Dilecta-Wolber) s.t.
34. Leander Gijssels s.t.
35. Jean Naert (Génial Lucifer) @ 21min 50sec
36. Constant Struyven (La Nordiste-Wolber) @ 22min 10sec
37. Charles Meunier (La Nordiste-Wolber) @ 23min 5sec
38. Emile Robache (Génial Lucifer) @ 23min 45sec
39. Jean Maréchal (Lutetia-Wolber) s.t.
40. Robert Van Grotenbruele s.t.
41. Félicien Vervaecke s.t.
42. Georges Laloup @ 25min 31sec
43. Raoul Degroote (Dilecta-Wolber) @ 25min 36sec
44. Constant Dyzers (Dilecta-Wolber) @ 27min 36sec
45. Paul Le Drogo (Dilecta-Wolber) s.t.
46. Jean Goulème s.t.
47. André Godinat s.t.
48. Marcel Gobillot (Dilecta-Wolber) s.t.
49. Albert Gabard (Thomann-Dunlop) s.t.
50. Hans Schuffenhauer s.t.
51. Francis Bouillet (Génial Lucifer) s.t.