Paris – Roubaix 1959

Race result
winner	Noël Foré	6h 08 '20 "
2.	Gilbert Desmet	equal time
3.	Marcel Janssens	equal time
4th	Rik Van Looy	+ 0:57 min.
5.	Tino Sabbadini	equal time
6th	Fred De Bruyne	equal time
7th	Frans De Mulder	equal time
8th.	Leon Vandaele	+ 1:04 min.
9.	Frans Aerenhouts	equal time
10.	Raymond Impanis	equal time

Noël Foré (1956)

The one-day race Paris – Roubaix 1959 was the 57th edition of the cycling classic and took place on Sunday, April 12, 1959.

The race led from Saint-Denis , north of Paris , to Roubaix , where it ended in the Vélodrome André-Pétrieux . The route was 262.5 kilometers long. 76 drivers were able to place themselves. The winner Noël Foré completed the race at an average speed of 42.760 km / h .

It rained during the race. At Amiens , a group of seven riders had broken away from the peloton and was chased by another group that included a few favorites to win. A motorcycle collided with some of the pursuers and others had defective tires , so the chase for the leaders fizzled out. From the leading group, three drivers drove out: Noël Foré, Gilbert Desmet and Marcel Janssens . Foré won the sprint in the velodrome by two bike lengths.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Paris - Roubaix 1959. In: radsportseiten.net. Retrieved June 10, 2015 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} 1959 Paris - Roubaix bicycle race complete results. In: BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved June 10, 2015 .