Paris – Roubaix 1976

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Race result
winner BelgiumBelgium Marc Demeyer 6h 37 '41 "
2. ItalyItaly Francesco Moser equal time
3. BelgiumBelgium Roger De Vlaeminck equal time
4th NetherlandsNetherlands Hennie Kuiper equal time
5. BelgiumBelgium Walter Godefroot + 2:41 min.
6th BelgiumBelgium Eddy Merckx equal time.
7th NetherlandsNetherlands Jan Raas + 5:13 min.
8th. FranceFrance Jean-Pierre Danguillaume + 7:44 min.
9. BelgiumBelgium Willy Teirlinck + 9:19 min.
10. BelgiumBelgium Frans Verbeeck + 10:33 min.
Paving stone in honor of Marc Demeyer on the Allée Charles Crupelandt in Roubaix

The one-day race Paris – Roubaix 1976 was the 74th edition of the cycling classic and took place on Sunday, April 11th, 1976.

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 274 kilometers long. 154 drivers started, 38 of whom were able to place. The winner Marc Demeyer completed the race with an average speed of 40.81 km / h .

With 31 kilometers to go, Roger De Vlaeminck picked up speed and pulled four drivers with him - Demeyer, Francesco Moser , Hennie Kuiper and Walter Godefroot . Godefroot had a puncture and lost the connection. In the last 20 kilometers, De Vlaeminck kept pushing the pace, when he arrived at the cycling track, he put on the sprint. Moser was able to overtake him, but Demeyer overtook both drivers and won.

The German Dietrich Thurau took 23rd place. The winner Marc Demeyer died six years later in his sleep of a heart attack.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paris - Roubaix 1976. In: radsportseiten.net. Retrieved June 15, 2015 .
  2. ↑ a b c 1976 Paris - Roubaix bicycle race complete results. In: BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved June 15, 2015 .