Paris-Roubaix podium history | 1948 edition | 1946 edition
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The race:
The 1947 Paris-Roubaix was 246 km long and raced at an average speed of 39.83 km/hr.
255 riders signed up and 211 started from Barrage de Pierrefitte. There were 36 classified finishers who finished on the Roubaix veleodrome.
The riders were hammered by torrential rain.
Olimpio Bizzi joined a break that formed just 20 kilometers into the race. Eventually Bizzi dropped all his companions. Late in the race he broke his rear wheel in a gutter and by the time he restarted, his gap was down to 40 seconds.
He was caught after riding off the front for nearly 240 kilometers. Adolf Verschueren led out the sprint on the Roubaix velodrome but was passed with ease by Georges Claes, who won his second consecutive Paris-Roubaix.
George Claes after winning his second consecutive Paris-Roubaix in 1947.
Complete Results: