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Paris-Roubaix podium history | 1944 edition | 1939 edition

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The race:

The 1943 Paris-Roubaix (the first edition of the race since 1939) was 250 km long and raced at an average speed of 41.490 km/hr.

There were 120 starters and 52 classified finishers.

Seventeen riders were clear of the field as the riders left Arras, but attacks and misfortune whittled them down to a handful by the time they reached the Roubaix velodrome.

Marcel Kint "The Black Eagle" far outclassed the others in the sprint.

Kint then rode his race bike back home.

Here is a still captured from the film of the finish.

Marcel Kint

Here's Marcel Kint just after winning the race.

Complete Results:

1. Marcel Kint (Mercier-Hutchinson) 6hr 1min 32sec.

2. Jules Lowie (Mercier-Hutchinson) s.t.
3. Louis Thiétard (Métropole-Dunlop) s.t.
4. Achiel Buysse (Dilecta-Wolber) s.t.
5. Albert Sercu (Dilecta-Wolber) s.t.
6. Camille Danguillaume (Peugeot) @ 36sec
7. Lucien Le Guevel (Dilecta-Wolber) s.t.
8. Albéric "Briek" Schotte @ 2min 0sec
9. René Adriaensens (Helyett-Hutchinson) @ 2min 51sec
10. Joseph Goutorbe (Helyett-Hutchinson) s.t.
11. Odiel Van den Meerschaut @ 3min 56sec
12. Maurice De Simpelaere s.t.
13. Lucien Vlaemynck (Alcyon-Dunlop) s.t.
14. Pierre Brambilla @ 5min 7sec
15. Fermo Camellini (Mercier-Hutchinson) @ 5min 7sec
16. Raymond Louviot (Mercier-Hutchinson) @ 7min 51sec
17. Georges Blum (Dilecta-Wolber) @ 8min 35sec
18. Lionel Talle (Métropole-Dunlop) s.t.
19. Robert Bonnaventure (Alcyon-Dunlop) @ 9min 12sec
20. Roger Cottyn (Mercier-Hutchinson) @ 10min 6sec
21. Fernand Lesguillons (Génial Lucifer) s.t.
22. Frans Bonduel (Dilecta-Wolber) s.t.
23. Giuseppe Martino (Rhonson-Dunlop) s.t.
24. Edouard Muller (Alcyon-Dunlop) s.t.
25. Léon Level (Métopole-Dunlop) s.t.
26. Fernand Mithouard s.t.
27. Louis Thomas @ 11min 28sec
28. Gustave Van Overloop (Alcyon-Dunlop) s.t.
29. Alexandre Barbaroux (France Sport-Dunlop) @ 11min 41sec
30. Bruno Carini (France Sport-Dunlop) @ 13min 23sec
31. Edmond Pages @ 14min 15sec
32. Domenico Pedrali @ 14min 34sec
33. Alexandre Pawlisiak (Helyett-Hutchinson) s.t.
34. Célestin Riga s.t.
35. Antoine Giaunan s.t.
36. Paul Maye (Alcyon-Dunlop) @ 14min 27sec
37. Emile Idée (Alcyon-Dunlop) s.t.
38. Sylvère Jezo (Dilecta-Wolber) s.t.
39. Georges Guillier (Mercier-Hutchinson) @ 16min 4sec
40. Lucien Teisseire s.t.
41. Robert Dorgebray (Mercier-Hutchinson) s.t.
42. Fabien Galateau (Rhonson-Dunlop) @ 18min 16sec
43. Joseph Soffietti (Rhonson-Dunlop) s.t.
44. Amédée Rolland (Mercier-Hutchinson) @ 19min 2sec
45. Georges Chocque (Génial Lucifer) s.t.
46. Jules Siciliano (Rhonson-Dunlop) @ 25min 31sec
47. Jean Robic (Génial Lucifer) s.t.
48. Marcel Van Houte @ 26min 26sec
49. Séverin Virgili @ 27min 1sec
50. Giulio "Jules" Rossi @ 31min 22sec
51. Robert Panier (Alcyon-Dunlop) s.t.