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Paris-Roubaix podium history | 1954 edition | 1952 edition

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The race:

The 1953 Paris-Roubaix was 245 km long and raced at an average speed of 43.32 km/hr.

There were both an unknown number of starters and classified finishers, records only go 75 finishers deep.

Twenty kilometers from the finish five riders were away: Donato Piazza, Wout Wagtmans, Germain Derycke, Raphaël Géminiani and Adolfo Grosso.

Grosso and Géminiani dropped off with bike problems. Piazza escaped the remaining trio and Derycke bridged, the two coming into the Roubaix velodrome together. In the velodrome Piazza attacked first, but Derycke sped by on the finishing straight.

German Derycke beats Donato Piazza to win the 1953 Paris-Roubiax.

Complete Known Results:

1. Germain Derycke (Alcyon-Dunlop) 5hr 39min 19sec.

2. Donato Piazza s.t.
3. Wout Wagtmans s.t.
4. Louison Bobet (Stella-Wolber-Dunlop) @ 33sec
5. Emile Baffert (Mercier-Hutchinson) s.t.
6. Roger Decock (Bertin-d'Alessandro) s.t.
7. Raymond Impanis (Garin-Wolber) s.t.
8. Désiré Keteleer s.t.
9. Gilbert Bauvin s.t.
10. Marcel Bloome s.t.
11. Luciano Maggini (Atala) s.t.
12. Fiorenzo Magni (Ganna-Ursus) s.t.
13. Hilaire Couvreur (Terrot-Hutchinson) s.t.
14. Bernard Gauthier (Mercier-Hutchinson) s.t.
15. Antonin Rolland (Terrot-Hutchinson) s.t.
16. Jean-Maire Cieliczka (Gitane-Hutchinson) s.t.
17. Gilbert Perty s.t.
18. Donato Zampini s.t.
19. Stanislaus Bober s.t.
20. Jozef De Feyter @ 1min 34sec
21. Jean Dacquay (Mercier-F. Pélissier) @ 1min 51sec
22. Pierre Pardoen s.t.
23. Bouwdewijn Devos (Bertin-d'Alessandro) s.t.
24. Albino Crespi (Benotto-Levrieri) @ 2min 0sec
25. Adolfo Grosso (Benotto-Levrieri) s.t.
26. Maurice Diot (Mercier-Hutchinson) @ 2min 15sec
27. Sigisfredo "Alfred" Tonello (Alcyon-Dunlop) s.t.
28. Giuseppe Minardi (Legnano-Pirelli) @ 2min 33sec
29. Maurice Quentin s.t.
30. Jean Bobet (Stella-Wolber-Dunlop) s.t.
31. Fiorenzo Crippa (Bianchi-Pirelli) s.t.
32. Alois Van Steenkiste (Mercier-Hutchinson) s.t.
33. Nello Lauredi (Mercier-Hutchinson) s.t.
34. Stefano Gaggero (Bianchi-Pirelli) s.t.
35. Gilbert Scodeller (Stella-Wolber-Dunlop) s.t.
36. Ettore Milano (Bianchi-Pirelli) s.t.
37. Wim Van Est s.t.
38. Georges Decaux (Gitane-Hutchinson) s.t.
39. Ernest Sterckx (Peugeot-Dunlop) s.t.
40. René Mertens s.t.
41. Léopold De Graeveleyn s.t.
42. Albéric "Briek" Schotte (Alcyon-Dunlop) s.t.
43. Roger Chupin (Colomb-Manera) s.t.
44. Jan Zagers s.t.
45. Giovanni Pettinati (Benotto-Levrieri) s.t.
46. Eugène Van Roosbroeck (Peugeot-Dunlop) s.t.
47. André Rosseel (Terrot-Hutchinson) s.t.
48. Raoul Rémy (Mercier-Hutchinson) s.t.
49. Eugène Telotte (Mercier-F. Pelissier) s.t.
50. Pierre Michel s.t.
51. Ludwig Hörmann s.t.
52. Pino Cerami (Peugeot-Dunlop) s.t.
53. Jean Storms s.t.
54. Charles Joly s.t.
55. René Walschot s.t.
56. Léopold Schaeken s.t.
57. Attilio Redolfi s.t.
58. Florent Rondele s.t.
59. Arthur Cleenewerck s.t.
60. Louis Déprez s.t.
61. Marcel Ernzer s.t.
62. Albert Platel s.t.
63. Waldemaro Bartolozzi s.t.
64. Raphaël Glorieux s.t.
65. Lucien Matthijs (Groene Leeuw) s.t.
66. Robert Varnajo (Gitane-Hutchinson) s.t.
67. Pierre Polo s.t.
68. Robert Vanderstockt s.t.
69. Emile Guérinel s.t.
70. Jacques Renaud s.t.
71. Lucien Tesseire s.t.
72. Vincenzo Rossello (Ganna-Ursus) s.t.
73. Yves Nédellec s.t.
74. Jean Robic s.t.
75. Isidore De Rijck s.t.