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Paris-Roubaix podium history | 1960 edition | 1958 edition

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The race:

The 1959 Paris-Roubaix was 262.5 km long and raced at an average speed of 42.760 km/hr.

We don't know how many riders started the race, but there were 75 classified finishers.

The riders raced in the rain.

By the time the peloton reached Amiens a group of seven had separated from the pack and were being chased by an elite group that included Roger Rivière, Rik van Looy and Alfred de Bruyne.

A motorcycle crashed out some of the chasers and flats did in others, taking some of the impetus out of the pursuit.

Up front the seven became three: Noël Foré, Gilbert Desmet and Marcel Janssens. Foré led the sprint out in the Roubaix velodrome and won by two lengths.

1959 Paris-Roubaix winner Noël Foré in an undated photo

Complete results:

1. Noël Foré (Groene Leeuw-Sinalco-SAS) 6hr 8min 20sec.

2. Gilbert Desmet s.t.
3. Marcel Janssens (Flandria-Dr. Mann) s.t.
4. Rik van Looy (Faema-Guerra) @ 57sec
5. Tino Sabbadini (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson) s.t.
6. Alfred de Bruyne (Peugeot-BP-Dunlop) s.t.
7. Frans de Mulder (Groene Leeuw-Sinalco-SAS) s.t.
8. Léon Van Daele (Flandria-Dr. Mann) @ 1min 4sec
9. Frans Aerenhouts (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson) s.t.
10. Raymond Impanis s.t.
11. Albéric "Briek" Schotte s.t.
12. Seamus Elliott (Helyett-Fynsec) s.t.
13. Nino Defilippis (Carpano) @ 1min 22sec
14. Désiré Keteleer s.t.
15. Gilbert Scodeller (St. Raphaël-Géminiani) s.t.
16. Joseph Groussard (Helyett-Fynsec) @ 1min 53sec
17. Angelo Conterno (Carpano) s.t.
18. Norbert Kerckhove (Faema-Guerra) @ 2min 8sec
19. André Darrigade (Helyett-Fynsec) @ 2min 17sec
20. Pierino Baffi (Ignis-Frejus) s.t.
21. Louison Bobet @ 3min 2sec
22. Petrus Oellibrandt (Flandria-Dr. Mann) s.t.
23. Jan Zagers (Libertas-Eura Drinks) s.t.
24. Jacques Anquetil (Helyett-Fynsec) @ 3min 19sec
25. Jean-Claude Lefebvre (St. Raphaël-Géminiani) s.t.
26. Gabriel Borra (Carpano) @ 3min 38sec
27. Yvo Molenaers (Ghigi-Ganna) @ 3min 50sec
28. Bernard Gauthier (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson) s.t.
29. Fernand Picot (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson) s.t.
30. Maurice Meuleman (Elvé-Peugeot) @ 3min 58sec
31. Silvano Ciampi (Bianchi-Pirelli) @ 4min 18sec
32. Josef Planckaert (Carpano) s.t.
33. Diego Ronchini (Bianchi-Pirelli) s.t.
34. Frans Van Looveren (Faema-Guerra) s.t.
35. Hilaire Couvreur (Faema-Guerra) s.t.
36. Rik van Steenbergen s.t.
37. Miguel Poblet (Ignis-Frejus) s.t.
38. Jean Stablinski (Essor-Leroux) s.t.
39. André Vlaeyen s.t.
40. François Mahé (St. Raphaël-Géminiani) s.t.
41. Alfons Voordeckers (Libertas-Eura Drinks) s.t.
42. Raphaël Géminiani (St. Raphaël-Géminiani) @ 5min 7sec
43. Jean Graczyk (Helyett-Fynsec) s.t.
44. Fausto Coppi (Tricolfilina-Coppi) @ 7min 35sec
45. Guillaume Van Tongerloo (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson) s.t.
46. Waldemaro Bartolozzi (Ignis-Frejus) s.t.
47. Peppino Dante (Ignis-Frejus) s.t.
48. Roger Rivière (Rapha-Géminiani-Dunlop) s.t.
49. Roberto Falaschi (Ignis-Frejus) s.t.
50. Eddy Pauwels (Flandria-Dr. Mann) s.t.
51. Nicolas Barone s.t.
52. Raymond Plaza @ 9min 22sec
53. Raymond Mastrotto s.t.
54. Germano Barale s.t.
55. Pierre Everaert @ 11min 7sec
56. Robert Ducard @ 11min 36sec
57. John Ceulemans s.t.
58. Roger Darrigade @ 12min 18sec
59. Gastone Nencini (Carpano) s.t.
60. Augustin Corteggiani s.t.
61. René Pavard (Helyett-Fynsec) s.t.
62. Giuseppe Fallarini s.t.
63. Marcel Seynaeve (Groene Leeuw-Sinalco-SAS) @ 12min 43sec
64. Albert Bouvet (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson) s.t.
65. Henry Anglade @ 13min 27sec
66. Jean Bobet s.t.
67. Fernando Brandolini s.t.
68. Michel Vermeulin s.t.
69. Daniel Denys s.t.
70. Pierre Machiels @ 14min 48sec
71. Nino Catalano s.t.
72. Giuseppe Cainero s.t.
73. Antonin Rolland s.t.
74. Wilfried Ommer s.t.
75. Agostino Coletto (Carpano) s.t.