Paris – Roubaix 1970

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Race result
winner BelgiumBelgium Eddy Merckx 6h 23 '15 "
2. BelgiumBelgium Roger De Vlaeminck + 5:21 min.
3. BelgiumBelgium Eric Leman + 5:29 min.
4th BelgiumBelgium André Dierickx equal time
5. BelgiumBelgium Walter Godefroot + 7:07 min.
6th BelgiumBelgium Frans Verbeeck equal time
7th NetherlandsNetherlands Jan Janssen equal time
8th. BelgiumBelgium Roger Rosier equal time
9. NetherlandsNetherlands Karstens tanning + 8:05 min.
10. BelgiumBelgium Jean-Pierre Monseré equal time
Eddy Merckx (1967)

The one-day race Paris – Roubaix 1970 was the 68th edition of the cycling classic and took place on Sunday, April 12, 1970.

The race led from Chantilly , around 50 kilometers north of Paris , to Roubaix , where it ended in the Vélodrome André-Pétrieux . The entire route was 266 kilometers long. 155 drivers started, 43 of whom were able to place. The winner Eddy Merckx completed the race with an average speed of 41.653 km / h .

It rained heavily throughout the race. Behind the forest of Arenberg , the group of leading drivers had melted to seven. Although he repeatedly tire defect e had Merckx made such a pressure that finally only Eric Leman and Roger De Vlaeminck could keep up. In the end, De Vlaeminck also had a flat tire and Leman was exhausted, so that Merckx arrived at the velodrome alone with a five-minute lead and won.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paris - Roubaix 1970. In: radsportseiten.net. Retrieved June 13, 2015 .
  2. ↑ a b 1970 Paris - Roubaix bicycle race complete results. In: BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved June 12, 2015 .