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Weather at Cambrai, France (top of small inset of route map below) 12:45 local time: 6C (43F), some clouds. Cobbled sectors are dry and dusty.
The race:
The 2013 edition was 254.5 km long, starting in Paris (actually in nearby Compiègne) and finishing in Roubaix.
Winner Fabian Cancellara averaged 44.190 km/hr.
There were 27 pavé sectors totaling 52.6 km
With about 50 km to go (the Mons-en-Pévèle sector) the peloton was together. A few kilometers earlier Cancellara had hit the front and from then on the level of aggression went up and riders started to come off. At about 45 km to go it was down to about 15 riders.
While riders were going off the front (about 35 km to go) Fabian Cancellara went back to the team car, pehaps trying to make the otheres think he was having a bad day. Then boom! With 31 km to go Cancellara left his chasing group and starting moving up. At 25 km to go Sep Vanmarcke and Stijn Vandenbergh were 32 seconds in front of the Cancellara group.
At 23 km to go (Bourghelles à Wannehain) Cancellara went again, this time taking only Zdenek Stybar while Vanmarcke and Vandenbergh remained 21 seconds in front. At 19 to go Cancellara with Stybar had closed up to the lead duo.
At the Carrefour de l’Arbre sector both Stybar and Vandenbergh hit roadside fans. That left Cancellara and Vanmarcke in front. At 4 km to go Cancellara put in a huge attack but Vanmarcke closed up without a lot of trouble.
They entered the velodrome together with Vanmarcke in the lead. Vanmarcke led out the sprint but Fabian Cancellara came around at the end to win by a bike length for his third Paris-Roubaix victory.
Complete Results: 198 starters and 118 classified finishers.
Photos are posted below results, map and cobbled sectors list.
2013 Paris-Roubaix map
Sector | Kilometers | Name | Length |
---|---|---|---|
27 | 98.5 | Troisvilles à Inchy | 2.2 km |
26 | 105 | Viesly à Quiévy | 1.8 |
25 | 107.5 | Quiévy à Saint-Python | 3.7 |
24 | 112.5 | Saint-Python | 1.5 |
23 | 120 | Vertain à Saint-Martin-sur-Écaillon | 2.3 |
22 | 130 | Verchain-Maugré à Quérénaing | 1.6 |
21 | 133 | Quérénaing à Maing | 2.5 |
20 | 136.5 | Maing à Monchaux-sur-Écaillon | 1.6 |
19 | 149.5 | Haveluy à Wallers | 2.5 |
18 | 158 | Trouée d'Arenberg | 2.4 |
17 | 164 | Wallers à Hélesmes | 1.6 |
16 | 170.5 | Hornaing à Wandignies-Hamage | 3.7 |
15 | 178 | Warlaing à Brillon | 2.4 |
14 | 181.5 | Tilloy à Sars-et-Rosières | 2.4 |
13 | 188 | Beuvry-la-Forêt à Orchies | 1.4 |
12 | 193 | Orchies | 1.7 |
11 | 199 | Auchy-lez-Orchies à Bersée | 2.6 |
10 | 205 | Mons-en-Pévèle | 3.0 |
9 | 211 | Mérignies à Avelin | 0.7 |
8 | 214.5 | Pont-Thibaut à Ennevelin | 1.4 |
7 | 220.5 | Templeuve (Moulin-de-Vertain) | 0.5 |
6 | 227 | Cysoing à Bourghelles | 1.3 |
6 | 229.5 | Bourghelles à Wannehain | 1.1 |
5 | 234 | Camphin-en-Pévèle | 1.8 |
4 | 236.5 | Carrefour de l’Arbre | 2.1 |
3 | 239 | Gruson | 1.1 |
2 | 246 | Willems à Hem | 1.4 |
1 | 253 | Roubaix | 0.3 |
Total length of pavè sectors | 52.6 km |
Arnaud Demare at Troisvilles à Inchy, the first cobbled sector
Tyler Farrar at Troisvilles à Inchy
Lars Ytting Bak
Stijn Devolder at Quérénaing à Maing
Arenberg Forest
Taylor Phinney on the Arenberg cobbles
Johan Vansummeren in the Arenberg
Thor Hushovd (BMC)
Michael Schär and Stuart O'Grady at Warlaing à Brillon
Orchies sector
Another view of the Orchies cobbles
Michael Schär leads Matthew Hayman at Auchy-lez-Orchies à Bersée
Damien Gaudin at Auchy-lez-Orchies à Bersée riding up to the break.
Martin Elmiger at Auchy-lez-Orchies à Bersée
Fabian Cancellara and Bernhard Eisel at Auchy-lez-Orchies à Bersée
Juan Antonio Flecha at Mons-en-Pévèle
Jon Degenkolb
Fabian Cancellara leadying Zdenek Stybar at Cysoing à Bourghelles
Sep Vanmarcke leads Cancellara through Carrefour de l’Arbre
Niki Terpstra at Carrefour de l'Arbre
Luca Paolini
Sylvain Chavanel
Filippo Pozzato
Sep Vanmarcke leads Fabian Cancellara on the Roubaix velodrome
And Cancellara celbrates his third Paris-Roubaix victory
Cancellara after the race.
2013 podium, from left: Sep Vanmarcke, Fabian Cancellara and Niki Terpstra
Fabian Cancellara hoists his third Paris-Roubaix cobblestone trophy
Fabian Cancellara
Orchies sector
Monumnet to Jean Stablinski, who discovered the Arenberg cobbled sector
Arenberg Forest
Vacansoleil trains in the Arenberg Forest
André Greipel
Saxo-Tinkoff
Blanco trains on the Orchies sector
Blanco in the Arenberg
Astana hope Borut Bozic
Radio Shack on the Orchies sector
Europcar in the Arenberg. Note the cantilever brakes. See also that the side of the road has been plowed. There's nowhere safe to ride.
José Joaquin Rojas
Filippo Pozzato
Startlist (April 6, 2013) with backnumbers:
Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
Director: Wilfried Peeters
1. CHAVANEL Sylvain
2. KEISSE Iljo
3. MAES Nikolas
4. STEEGMANS Gert
5. STYBAR Zdenek
6. TERPSTRA Niki
7. VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume
8. VANDENBERGH Stijn
Europcar
Director: Dominique Arnould
11. TURGOT Sébastien
12. CHAVANEL Sébastien
13. COUSIN Jérôme
14. GAUDIN Damien
15. GENE Yohann
16. LAMOISSON Morgan
17. THURAU Bjorn
18. VEILLEUX David
RadioShack - Leopard
Director: Dirk Demol
21. CANCELLARA Fabian
22. DEVOLDER Stijn
23. IRIZAR Markel
24. JUNGELS Bob
25. POPOVYCH Yaroslav
26. RAST Gregory
27. ROULSTON Hayden
28. SERGENT Jesse
BMC
Director: Fabio Baldato
31. HUSHOVD Thor
32. BURGHARDT Marcus
33. OSS Daniel
34. PHINNEY Taylor
35. QUINZIATO Manuel
36. SCHAR Michael
37. VAN AVERMAET Greg
38. WYSS Danilo
Sky
Director: Servais Knaven
41. BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
42. EISEL Bernhard
43. HAYMAN Mathew
44. PUCCIO Salvatore
45. RASCH Gabriel
46. ROWE Luke
47. STANNARD Ian
48. THOMAS Geraint
Blanco
Director: Nico Verhoeven
51. BOOM Lars
52. BOL Jetse
53. FLENS Rick
54. TJALLINGII Maarten
55. VAN EMDEN Jos
56. VANMARCKE Sep
57. WAGNER Robert
58. WYNANTS Maarten
Katusha
Director: Guennadi Mikhailov
61. KRISTOFF Alexander
62. GUSEV Vladimir
63. HALLER Marco
64. ISAICHEV Vladimir
65. KUZNETSOV Viacheslav
66. PAOLINI Luca
67. SELIG Rüdiger
68. SMUKULIS Gatis
Garmin - Sharp
Director: Johnny Weltz
71. VANSUMMEREN Johan
72. BAUER Jack
73. FARRAR Tyler
74. KLIER Andreas
75. KREDER Raymond
76. MAASKANT Martijn
77. RATHE Jacob
78. ROSSELER Sebastien
FDJ
Director: Marc Madiot
81. LADAGNOUS Matthieu
82. BONNET William
83. BOUCHER David
84. DELAGE Mickaël
85. DEMARE Arnaud
86. FISCHER Murilo Antonio
87. LE BON Johan
88. OFFREDO Yoann
Lotto-Belisol
Director: Herman Frison
91. ROELANDTS Jurgen
92. BAK Lars Ytting
93. DEHAES Kenny
94. DEBUSSCHERE Jens
95. GREIPEL André
96. HENDERSON Gregory
97. REYNES Vicente
98. SIEBERG Marcel
Astana
Director: Stefano Zanini
101. BOZIC Borut
102. GUARDINI Andrea
103. GUARNIERI Jacopo
104. HUFFMAN Evan
105. KAMYSHEV Arman
106. MURAVYEV Dmitriy
107. TLEUBAYEV Ruslan
108. GRIVKO Andriy
Orica-GreenEdge
Director: Laurenzo Lepage
111. O'GRADY Stuart
112. BEPPU Fumiyuki
113. COOKE Baden
114. DOCKER Mitchell
115. DURBRIDGE Luke
116. KEUKELEIRE Jens
117. LANGEVELD Sebastian
118. MOURIS Jens
Vacansoleil - DCM
Director: Hilaire Van der Schueren
121. FLECHA Juan Antonio
122. BOECKMANS Kris
123. KREDER Wesley
124. LEUKEMANS Bjorn
125. LINDEMAN Bert Jan
126. SELVAGGI Mirko
127. VAN POPPEL Boy
128. VEUCHELEN Frederik
Lampre - Merida
Director: Fabrizio Bontempi
131. POZZATO Filippo
132. FAVILLI Elia
133. GRAZIATO Massimo
134. PALINI Andrea
135. PETACCHI Alessandro
136. ARIEL RICHEZE Maximiliano
137. VIGANO Davide
138. WACKERMANN Luca
Saxo-Tinkoff
Director: Tristan Hoffman
141. TOSATTO Matteo
142. BRESCHEL Matti
143. CANTWELL Jonathan
144. AAEN JORGENSEN Jonas
145. JUUL-JENSEN Christopher
146. KUMP Marko
147. LUND Anders
148. MORKOV Michael
IAM Cycling
Director: Eddy Seigneur
151. HAUSSLER Heinrich
152. BANDIERA Marco
153. ELMIGER Martin
154. GODDAERT Kristof
155. HINAULT Sébastien
156. KLEMME Dominik
157. LARSSON Gustav
158. SARAMOTINS Aleksejs
Argos - Shimano
Director: Marc Reef
161. DEGENKOLB John
162. CLARKE William
163. CURVERS Roy
164. DE BACKER Bert
165. DE KORT Koen
166. SINKELDAM Ramon
167. STAMSNIJDER Tom
168. VEELERS Tom
AG2R-La Mondiale
Director: Vincent Lavenu
171. CHAINEL Steve
172. APPOLLONIO Davide
173. BAGDONAS Gediminas
174. HOULE Hugo
175. HUTAROVICH Yauheni
176. IGLINSKIY Valentin
177. MINARD Sébastien
178. MONDORY Lloyd
Sojasun
Director: Stéphane Heulot
181. ENGOULVENT Jimmy
182. DANIEL Maxime
183. LABORIE Christophe
184. LEMOINE Cyril
185. MARTIAS Rony
186. PAIANI Jean-Lou
187. SISKEVICIUS Evaldas
188. TALABARDON Yannick
Cannondale
Director: Stefano Zanatta
191. BODNAR Maciej
192. BOIVIN Guillaume
193. DA DALTO Mauro
194. HAEDO Lucas Sebastian
195. KING Edward
196. KOREN Kristjan
197. MARANGONI Alan
198. SABATINI Fabio
Cofidis
Director: Alain Deloeuil
201. PETIT Adrien
202. BARLE Florent
203. GARCIA Egoitz
204. GHYSELINCK Jan
205. JOEAAR Gert
206. LABBE Arnaud
208. SIJMENS Nico
208. ZINGLE Romain
NetApp – Endura
Director: Enrico Poitschke
211. KLUGE Roger
212. BARTA Jan
213. DEMPSTER Zakkari
214. DOWNING Russell
215. EICHLER Markus
216. JARC Blaz
217. SCHILLINGER Andreas
218. WETTERHALL Alexander
Movistar
Director: José-Luis Jaimerena
221. ROJAS José Joaquin
222. DOWSETT Alex
223. ERVITI Imanol
224. GUTIERREZ José Ivan
225. HERRADA LOPEZ Jesús
226. TERUEL Eloy
227. VENTOSO Francisco José
228. VISCONTI Giovanni
Bretagne- Séché Environnement
Director: Emmanuel Hubert
231. DELPECH Jean-luc
232. DION Renaud
233. JARRIER Benoît
234. KORETZKY Clément
235. LAENGEN Vegard Stake
236. MALACARNE Gaël
237. PERICHON Pierre-luc
238. VACHON Florian
Euskaltel - Euskadi
Director: Oscar Guerrero
241. BILBAO Peio
242. GARCIA AMBROA Ricardo
243. OROZ Juan José
244. RADOCHLA Steffen
245. SAEZ DE ARREGI Adrian
246. SCHULZE Andre
247. SEREBRYAKOV Alexander
248. TAMOURIDIS Ioannis