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Paris-Roubaix podium history | 1975 edition | 1973 edition

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The Race:

The 1974 Paris-Roubaix was 274 km long and raced at an average speed of 37.582 km/hr.

There were 176 starters and 55 classified finishers.

This year there was no Wallers-Arenberg sector of pavé. After several attempts to break away, Francesco Moser went clear with Walter Godefroot with about 29 kilometers to go.

Godefroot punctured and was unable to regain Moser's wheel.

Meanwhile Roger de Vlaeminck bolted and eventually bridged up to Moser. Moser slipped and crashed in a corner and in an instant de Vlaeminck was well and truly gone to win his second Paris-Roubaix

Roger de Vlaeminck is gone with the rest of the peloton chasing. The headline says: "Eddy Merckx: Roger de Vlaeminck was the strongest!".

Complete Results:

1. Roger de Vlaeminck (Brooklyn) 7hr 17min 26sec.

2. Francesco Moser (Filotex) @ 57sec
3. Marc Demeyer (Flandria-Carpenter) @ 1min 24sec
4. Eddy Merckx (Molteni) s.t.
5. Eric Leman (MIC-De Gribaldy) s.t.
6. André Dierickx (Merlin Plage-Flandria) s.t.
7. Freddy Maertens (Flandria-Carpenter) @ 4min 26sec
8. Herman van Springel (MIC-De Gribaldy) s.t.
9. Herman Vrijders (MIC-De Gribaldy) s.t.
10. Michel Périn (Gan-Mercier) s.t.
11. Jan van Katwijk (Tim Oil-Novy) s.t.
12. Johan de Muynck (Brooklyn) s.t.
13. Enrico Paolini (SCIC) @ 5min 14sec
14. Louis Verreydt (Ijsboerke) s.t.
15. Alain Santy (Gan-Mercier) s.t.
16. Willy de Geest (Rikado) s.t.
17. Georges Pintens (MIC-De Gribaldy) s.t.
18. Walter Godefroot (Flandria-Carpenter) @ 7min 38sec
19. Eddy Peelman (Bic) @ 8min 11sec
20. José De Cauwer (Sonolor-Gitane) @ 10min 9sec
21. Walter Planckaert (Watney-Maes) s.t.
22. Charly Rouxel (Peugeot) @ 11min 4sec
23. Ronny Van de Vijver (Ijsboerke) @ 12min 6sec
24. Raymond Poulidor (Gan-Mercier) @ 12min 46sec
25. Sylvain Vasseur (Bic) s.t.
26. Robert Mintkiewicz (Sonolor-Gitane) s.t.
27. René Dillen (Sonolor-Gitane) s.t.
28. Gustav Hermans (Rokado) @ 15min 4sec
29. Rik van Linden (Ijsboerke) @ 16min 35sec
30. Ronny van Marcke (MIC-De Gribaldy) s.t.
31. Julien Stevens (Ijsboerke) s.t.
32. Lieven Malfait (Watney-Maes) @ 18min 47sec
33. Barry Hoban (Gan-Mercier) @ 18min 54sec
34. Robert Poggiali (Filotex) s.t.
35. Adriano Passuello (Brooklyn) s.t.
36. Gérard Besnard (Sonolor-Gitane) s.t.
37. Jacques Botherel (Sonolor-Gitane) s.t.
38. Celestino Vercelli (SCIC) s.t.
39. Jean-Jacques Fussien (Bic) s.t.
40. Joseph Fuchs (Filotex) s.t.
41. Pierre Tosi (Jobo-Lejeune) s.t.
42. Hennie Kuiper (Rokado) s.t.
43. Jean-Pierre Berckmans (Molteni) s.t.
44. Maurice Le Guilloux (Sonolor-Gitane) s.t.
45. Christian Palka (Bic) s.t.
46. Lucien de Brauwere (Flandria-Carpenter) s.t.
47. Victor van Schil (Molteni) s.t.
48. Alain Vasseur (Bic) s.t.
49. Ghislain van Landeghem (Merlin Plage-Shimano) s.t.
50. Cees Bal (Gan-Mercier) s.t.
51. Karl-Heinz Kuster (Rokado) @ 30min 49sec
52. Antonio Menendez (KAS) s.t.
53. Joël Huavieux (Magiglace-Juaneda) s.t.
54. Roger Legeay (Magiglace-Juaneda) @ 37min 51sec
55. Gerrie Knetemann (Gan-Mercier) @ 38min 25sec