Paris-Roubaix podium history | 1957 edition | 1955 edition

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The race:

The 1956 Paris-Roubaix was 252 km long and raced at an average speed of 41.831 km/hr

We don't know how many riders started the race. There were 80 classified finishers. Eight riders were awarded twelfth place.

Winner Louison Bobet was no longer the extraordinary rider he had been in 1954 and 1955. In this writer's judgment, in 1954, Bobet was the finest active road racer in the world.

Still, in 1956 he set himself to regaining his form and in April he was as good as anyone on the road.

Near the end of the race, coming in to the velodrome in Roubaix, Bernard Gauthier was slightly off the front. The very speedy Rik van Steenbergen was quickly closing in, but he had spent much of the race fending off attacks. While van Steebergen was fading from his efforts, Bobet's teammate Alfred de Bruyne pulled Bobet to the front, allowing Bobet to come around de Bruyne and win the race.

 

Louison Bobet wins the 1956 Paris-Roubaix.

Complete results:

1. Louison Bobet (L. Bobet-Hutchinson) 6hr 1min 26sec.

2. Alfred De Bruyne (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson) s.t.
3. Jean Forestier (Follis-Dunlop) s.t.
4. Rik van Steenbergen (Elvé-Peugeot) s.t.
5. Bernard Gauthier (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson) s.t.
6. Nello Lauredi s.t.
7. Germain Derijcke (Faema-Guerra) @ 53sec
8. André Vlaeyen s.t.
9. Jean Robic (Essor-Leroux) s.t.
10. Gilbert Bauvin (St. Raphaël-Géminiani) s.t.
11. Rik van Looy (Faema-Guerra) s.t.
12. Roger Decock (Faema-Guerra) s.t.
12. Jacques Dupont (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson) s.t.
12. Roger Hassenforder (St. Raphaël-Géminiani) s.t.
12. Marcel Janssens (Eldorado-Elvé) s.t.
12. Norbert Kerkhove (Faema-Guerra) s.t.
12. Bruno Monti s.t.
12. Albéric "Briek" Schotte s.t.
12. Alfons Vandenbrande (Libertas-Huret) s.t.
20. André Rosseel (Terrot-Hutchinson) @ 1min 54sec
21. Constant "Stan" Okers (Elvé-Peugeot) @ 2min 18sec
22. Jean Dacquay (Mercier-BP) s.t.
23. Jean Bobet (L. Bobet-Hutchinson) s.t.
24. François Mahé (St. Raphaël-Géminiani) s.t.
25. Pino Cerami s.t.
26. Angelo Conterno (Bianchi-Pirelli) @ 3min 27sec
27. René Privat (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson) s.t.
28. Ferdy Kübler s.t.
29. Lucien Demunster s.t.
30. Francis Siguenza (Rochet-Dunlop) s.t.
31. Jacques Anquetil (Helyett-Potin) s.t.
32. Giovanni Pettinati (Bianchi-Pirelli) s.t.
33. Pierre Pardoen s.t.
34. Danilo Barozzi @ 3min 59sec
35. Agostino Coletto (Frejus) s.t.
36. Jacques Schoubben (Elvé-Peugeot) @ 5min 11sec
37. Raoul Rémy (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson) s.t.
38. Claude Le Ber (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson) s.t.
39. Lucien Matthijs (Groene-Leeuw) s.t.
40. Jan Adriaenssens (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson) s.t.
41. Raymond Hoorelbeke (Helyett-Potin) s.t.
42. Josef De Feyter s.t.
43. Eugène Telotte (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson) s.t.
44. Raymond Impanis (Elvé-Peugeot) s.t.
45. Stanislaus Bober s.t.
46. Mino De Rossi (Frejus) s.t.
47. Wim Van Est s.t.
48. Willy Vannitsen (Faema-Guerra) s.t.
49. Louis Bergaud s.t.
50. René Fournier (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson) s.t.
51. Vincenzo Rossello @ 10min 5sec
52. Jean Stablinski s.t.
53. Philippe Agut (Spendid-d'Alessandro) s.t.
54. Frans Schoubben s.t.
55. Marcel Rijckaert s.t.
56. Paul Taldeman @ 12min 17sec
57. Raymond Plaza (Essor-Leroux) s.t.
58. Jean-Claude Régent (Rochet-Dunlop) s.t.
59. Mario Gervasoni @ 12min 59sec
60. Giuliano Michelon s.t.
61. Bruno Tognaccini s.t.
62. Louis Barès s.t.
63. André Lemoine s.t.
64. unknown
65. Armand Baeyens @ 13min 39sec
66. Willy Truye (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson) s.t.
67. Manuel Folch s.t.
68. Claude Barmier s.t.
69. Lude Van der Elst s.t.
70. Pierre Ruby s.t.
71. Roger Verbeke @ 20min 29sec
72. Gérard Saint s.t.
73. Albert Bouvet (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson) s.t.
74. Ferdiand Devèze s.t.
75. Joseph Mirando s.t.
76. Max Cohen s.t.
77. Pierre Brun s.t.
78. Georges Gay s.t.
79. Maurice Lampre s.t.
80. Roger Buchonnet s.t.