Paris-Roubaix podium history | 1981 edition | 1979 edition

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The Race:

The 1980 Paris-Roubaix was 264 km long and raced at an average speed of 43.105 km/hr.

There were 164 starters and 31 classified finishers.

The day was sunny.

Dietrich Thurau dropped the hammer when there were still 90 kilometers left to race.

Sensing that the moment had arrived, René Bittinger, Francesco Moser, Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle and of course, Roger de Vlaeminck made contact with the fleeing German. Bittinger punctured soon thereafter. Then de Vlaeminck flatted, got going and then crashed. Duclos-Lassale fell while cornering on cobbles and began a furious chase of Thurau and Moser.

Under Moser's unrelenting pressure, Thurau lost contact and was passed by Duclos-Lassale. Moser, Italian road champion, rolled into the Roubaix velodrome with almost two minutes in hand to win his third Paris-Roubaix and tie Octave Lapize, Gaston Rebry and Rik van Looy.

 

Paris-Roubaix 1980: Winner Francesco Moser might well be leading the day's successful escape here.

Complete Results:

1. Francesco Moser (Sanson-Campagnolo) 6hr 7min 28sec

2. Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Peugeot) @ 1min 48sec
3. Dietrich Thurau (Puch-Campagnolo) @ 3min 30sec
4. Bernard Hinault (Renault-Gitane) @ 6min 5sec
5. Marc Demeyer (Ijsboerke) s.t.
6. Fons de Wolf (Boule d'Or) s.t.
7. Daniel Willems (Ijsboerke) s.t.
8. William Tackaert (DAF Trucks) @ 8min 37sec
9. Ludo Peeters (Ijsboerke) @ 9min 35sec
10. Piet van Katwijk (TI-Raleigh) @ 10min 38sec
11. Etienne Van der Helst (Safir-Ludo) s.t.
12. Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (La Redoute) s.t.
13. Herman van Springel (Safir-Ludo) s.t.
14. Pol Verschuere (Ijsboerke) s.t.
15. Hennie Kuiper (Peugeot) s.t.
16. Sven-Ake Nilsson (Miko-Mercier) s.t.
17. Willy Govaerts (Mini Flat-Veermer) s.t.
18. René Bittinger (Miko-Mercier) s.t.
19. Jean-René Bernaudeau (Renault-Gitane) s.t.
20. Jacques Osmont (Boston-Ifi-Mavic) @ 18min 59sec
21. Frank Hoste (Marc-Carlos) s.t.
22. Régis Ovion (Puch-Campagnolo) s.t.
23. Jostein Wilmann (Puch-Campagnolo) s.t.
24. Rudy Pevenage (Ijsboerke) @ 21min 5sec
25. Martin Kavik (HB Alarmsystemen) s.t.
26. Jan Bogaert (Mini Flat-Vermeer) @ 23min 18sec
27. Benny Vermeulen (Boston-Ifi-Mavic) @ 35min 44sec
28. Daniel Muller (Puch-Campagnolo) @ 39min 59sec
29. Christian Levavasseur (Miko-Mercier) @ 40min 23sec
30. Daniel Gisiger (Miko-Mercier) s.t.
31. Willy Scheers (Boston-Ifi-Mavic) @ 49min 15sec