1908 Paris - Roubaix
13th edition: Sunday, April 19, 1908
Complete results
Paris-Roubaix podium history | 1907 edition | 1909 edition
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The race:
The 1908 Paris-Roubaix was 271 km long and raced at an average speed of 25.63 km/hr.
90 riders started, 27 classified finishers
Weather the week before the race was terrible, turning the roads into a mess.
There was cold rain, snow and sleet on race day.
Winner Cyrille Van Houwaert arrived at the Roubiax velodrome alone, several minutes ahead of his chasers, and collided with a groundsman.
He remounted his bike and finished his six laps on the track to become the first Belgian winner of Paris-Roubaix.
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1908 Paris-Roubaix winner Cyrille Van Houwaert
An undated shot of Van Hauwaert
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Complete results:
- Cyrille Van Hauwaert (Alcyon-Dunlop) 10hr 34min 25sec
- Georges Lorgeou (La Française) @ 3min 35sec
- François Faber (Peugeot-Wolber) @ 5min 5sec
- August Ringeval @ 11min 35sec (P-R scholar Pascal Sergent shows Edouard Léonard 4th)
- Louis Trousselier (Alcyon) @ 21min 35sec
- Georges Passerieu (Peugeot-Wolber) @ 23min 35sec
- André Pottier @ 24min 35sec
- Gustave Garrigou (Peugeot-Wolber) @ 25min 35sec
- Emile Georget (Peugeot-Wolber) @ 29min 35sec
- Jules Masselis (Alcyon-Dunlop) @ 32min 35sec
- Marcel Godiver @ 37min 35sec
- Eugène Plateau (Alcyon-Dunlop) @ 45min 35sec
- Antoine Lombret @ 48min 35sec
- Luigi Ganna @ 58min 35sec
- Vincent d'Hulst @ 59min 35sec
- Antoine Wattelier @ 1hr 0min 35sec
- Guido Devoghelaere @ 1hr 1min 35sec
- François Lafourcade (Alcyon-Dunlop) @ 1hr 41min 35sec
- Georges Ryon (La Française) s.t.
- Pierre Proy @ 2hr 26min 35sec
- Maurice Loit @ 2hr 29min 35sec
- Jules Deloffre (Alcyon-Dunlop) @ 2hr 37min 35sec
- Louis Soulier @ 2hr 37min 35sec
- Joseph Ponthieu @ 3hr 26min 35sec
- August Dufour @ 3hr 51min 35sec
- Charles Rousselot @ 6hr 31min 35sec
- Friedrich Piechnick @ 6hr 41min 35sec
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