Paris – Roubaix 1964

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Race result
winner FranceFrance Peter Post 5h 52 '19 "
2. BelgiumBelgium Benoni Beheyt equal time
3. BelgiumBelgium Yvo Molenaers equal time
4th BelgiumBelgium Willi Bocklant equal time
5. BelgiumBelgium Louis Proost + 2:28 min.
6th BelgiumBelgium Frans Melckenbeeck + 2:32 min.
7th FranceFrance Jean Stablinski equal time
8th. NetherlandsNetherlands Jan Janssen equal time
9. BelgiumBelgium Gilbert Desmet equal time
10. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tom Simpson equal time
Peter Post (1960)

The one-day race Paris – Roubaix 1964 was the 62nd edition of the cycling classic and took place on Sunday, April 19, 1964.

The race led from Saint-Denis , north of Paris , to Roubaix , where it ended in the Vélodrome André-Pétrieux . The route was 265 kilometers long. 137 drivers started, 81 of whom were able to place. The winner Peter Post completed the race at an average speed of 45.129 km / h , making it the fastest edition of the race until 2017.

During the race there was rain and a strong tail wind. After around 160 kilometers, a leading group had formed that did not include either Rik Van Looy or Raymond Poulidor , the favorites to win. Then there were numerous failures due to defects on the wheels and exhaustion of the drivers, so that only four drivers remained in the top group. Peter Post had Willi Bocklant as a supporter and world champion Benoni Beheyt and his teammate Yvo Molenaers . Post won the sprint and was the first Dutchman to win Paris – Roubaix . The German Rudi Altig finished eleventh.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paris - Roubaix 1964. In: radsportseiten.net. Retrieved June 12, 2015 .
  2. ↑ a b 1964 Paris - Roubaix bicycle race complete results. In: BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved June 12, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Mark Zalewski: Strava posts from fastest Paris-Roubaix in history. In: CyclingTips. April 10, 2017, accessed April 10, 2017 .