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1966 Paris - Roubaix

64th edition: Sunday, April 17, 1966

Complete results

Paris-Roubaix podium history | 1967 edition | 1965 edition

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The race:

The 1966 Paris-Roubaix was 262.5 km long and raced at an average speed of 37.546 km/hr.

There were 134 starters and 58 classified finishers.

The riders were hammered by very cold rain.

Despite a stellar field of Belgians (Merckx, van Looy, Godefroot, Sels, Planckaert, Foré, etc.) Felice Gimondi was able to escape with about 35 kilometers to go.

Knowing he would be crushed in a sprint finish, he quickly built a substantial lead that turned out to be impervious to the Belgian chase.

A kind BikeRaceInfo.com reader who was at the finish said that Gimondi was able to take a shower before the awards ceremony while Jan Jansen & Gustave Desmet had "mud blankets".

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Felice Gimondi finishes alone in Roubaix


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Complete results:

Raymond Poulidor came in 17th, but was disqualified for an illegal bike change

  1. Felice Gimondi (Salvarani) 6hr 59min 26sec
  2. Paris–Roubaix: The Inside Story
  3. Jan Janssen (Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune) @ 4min 8sec
  4. Gustave Desmet (Wiel's-Greone Leeuw-Gancia) s.t.
  5. Willy Planckaert (Romeo-Smiths) s.t.
  6. Josef Huysmans (Mann-Grundig) s.t.
  7. Rudi Altig (Molteni) s.t.
  8. Willy Bocklant (Mann-Grundig) s.t.
  9. Arthur de Cabooter (Wiel's-Greone Leeuw-Gancia) s.t.
  10. Rik van Looy (Solo-Superia) s.t.
  11. Gerben Karstens (Televizier-Batavus) s.t.
  12. Bernard Vanderkerckhove (Ford France) s.t.
  13. Jo De Roo (Televizier-Batavus) @ 4min 22sec
  14. Adriano Durante (Salvarani) s.t.
  15. Guido De Rosso (Molteni) s.t.
  16. Eddy Merckx (Peugeot-BP-Michelin) s.t.
  17. Michel Grain (Ford France-Hutchinson) s.t.
  18. Frans Brands (Romeo-Smiths) @ 4min 56sec
  19. Jaak de Boever (Wiel's-Greone Leeuw-Gancia) s.t.
  20. Jean Graczyk (Ford France-Hutchinson) s.t.
  21. Walter Godefroot (Wiel's-Greone Leeuw-Gancia) s.t.
  22. Edouard Delberghe (Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune) @ 5min 16sec
  23. Jozef Spruyt (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson) @ 5min 31sec
  24. Yvo Molenaers (Romeo-Smiths) @ 6min 13sec
  25. Michele Dancelli (Molteni) @ 6min 28sec
  26. Gilbert Desmet (Romeo-Smiths) s.t.
  27. Gianni Motta (Molteni) s.t.
  28. Lucien Aimar (Ford France-Hutchinson) @ 7min 7sec
  29. Georges Vandenberghe (Romeo-Smiths) @ 10min 2sec
  30. Huub Zilverberg (Televizier-Batavus) @ 10min 16sec
  31. Peter Post (Solo-Superia) s.t.
  32. André Foucher (Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune) s.t.
  33. Georges Vanconingsloo (Peugeot-BP-Michelin) s.t.
  34. Edward Sels (Solo-Superia) s.t.
  35. Jean-Claude Annaert (Ford France-Hutchinson) @ 10min 57sec
  36. Alain Le Grevès (Kamome-Dilecta-Dunlop) s.t.
  37. Julien Stevens (Solo-Superia) s.t.
  38. Jean-Pierre Genêt (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson) @ 13min 48sec
  39. Francis Bazire (Peugeot-BP-Michelin) @ 14min 15sec
  40. Johnny Schleck (Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune) @ 14min 55sec
  41. Anatole Novak (Ford France-Hutchinson) s.t.
  42. Arie Den Hartog (Ford France-Hutchinson) s.t.
  43. Roger Milliot (Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune) s.t.
  44. Jos Van der Vleuten (Televizier-Batavus) @ 15min 44sec
  45. Rudi Zollinger (Tigra-Meltina-De Gribaldy) s.t.
  46. Vincent Denson (Ford France-Hutchinson) @ 16min 5sec
  47. Bruno Fantinato (Salvarani) @ 16min 7sec
  48. Piet Braspennincx (Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune) @ 16min 50sec
  49. Albertus Geldermans (Molteni) s.t.
  50. Roger Baguet (Solo-Superia) @ 17min 35sec
  51. Willi Altig (Molteni) @ 21min 15sec
  52. Vittorio Pesenti (Salvarani) @ 21min 46sec
  53. Bastiaan Maliepaard (Televizier-Batavus) s.t.
  54. Daniel Labrouille (Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune) s.t.
  55. Daniel Salmon (Kamome-Dilecta-Dunlop) @ 29min 17sec
  56. Jozef Timmerman (Wiel's-Greone Leeuw-Gancia) s.t.
  57. Albert Herger (Tigra-Meltina-De Gribaldy) s.t.
  58. André Messelis (Mann-Grundig) s.t.
  59. Henk Nijdam (Televizier-Batavus) s.t.

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