Paris – Roubaix 1926

Race result
winner	Julien Delbecque	7h 24 '42 "
2.	Gustaaf Van Slembrouck	equal time
3.	Gaston Rebry	+ 0:58 min.
4th	Lode Eelen	equal time
5.	Castor Notter	+ 4:08 min.
6th	Henri Pélissier	+ 4:18 min.
7th	Felix Sellier	+ 5:01 min.
8th.	Marcel Colleu	+ 7:50 min.
9.	Camille Van de Casteele	+ 10:16 min.
10.	Adelin Benoît	equal time

Julien Delbecque after his victory

The one-day race Paris – Roubaix 1926 was the 27th edition of the cycling classic and took place on Sunday, April 4th, 1926.

The race lasted 270 kilometers and started in Vésinet . 147 racing drivers took part, 86 of whom were able to place. The winner Julien Delbecque completed the race with an average speed of 35.63 km / h .

After an early morning downpour, the roads were wet and muddy. Henri Pélissier determined the course of the race by constantly attacking, creating a small leading group. But it was stopped by a tire failure , so that Delbecque and Gustaaf Van Slembrouck negotiated the final on the Avenue des Villas in Roubaix . While Delbecque won the sprint, he waved both hands into the audience.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Départ Paris-Roubaix au Vésinet: [photographie de presse] / Agence Meurisse. In: gallica.bnf.fr. Retrieved May 31, 2015 (French). 
2. ↑ ^{a b} 1926 Paris - Roubaix bicycle race complete results. In: BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved May 30, 2015 .