Paris-Roubaix podium history | 1943 edition | 1938 edition
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The race:
The 1939 Paris-Roubaix was 250 km long and raced at an average speed of 35.93 km/hr.
There were 171 starters and 68 classified finishers.
Twenty kilometers from the finish, Emile Masson, Jr was slightly ahead of a powerful quartet of Mercier riders: Marcel Kint, Roger Lapébie, Maurice Archambaud and Cyrille Van Overberghe.
Masson drove on and crossed the finish line in Roubaix a minute and a half in front of his chasers. Marcel Kint was the first of the chasers across the line.
Emile Masson, Jr
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