Paris – Roubaix 1920
Race result | ||
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winner | Paul Deman | 10h 47 '20 " |
2. | Eugène Christophe | + 0:43 min. |
3. | Lucien Buysse | equal time |
4th | Honoré Barthélémy | + 1:00 min. |
5. | Jules Vanhevel | + 6:23 min. |
6th | Henri Pélissier | + 7:26 min. |
7th | Robert Gerbaud | equal time |
8th. | Giuseppe Azzini | + 15:40 min. |
9. | Félix Goethals | + 16:40 min. |
10. | Marcel Buysse | + 27:42 min. |
The one-day race Paris – Roubaix 1920 was the 21st edition of the cycling classic and took place on Sunday, April 4th, 1920.
The race went over 280 kilometers from Suresnes in freezing rain . 93 racing drivers started, 22 of whom were able to place. The winner Paul Deman completed the race at an average speed of 25.95 km / h .
Numerous racing drivers retired in the course of the race. Towards the end, four drivers were leading: Lucien Buysse , Paul Deman, Honoré Barthélémy and Henri Pélissier , two Belgians and two French. Two kilometers before Roubaix , however, Deman was on his own in the lead and finally won at the Jean-Dubrulle stadium , as Pélissier had a flat tire and Buysse and Barthélémy were held back by other defects on their bikes.
Individual evidence
- ^ Paris - Roubaix 1920. In: radsportseiten.net. Retrieved May 31, 2015 .
- ↑ a b 1920 Paris - Roubaix bicycle race complete results. In: BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved May 30, 2015 .