Paris – Roubaix 1977

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Race result
winner BelgiumBelgium Roger De Vlaeminck 6h 11 '26 "
2. BelgiumBelgium Willy Teirlinck + 1:30 min.
3. BelgiumBelgium Freddy Maertens + 1:39 min.
4th BelgiumBelgium Ronald De Witte equal time
5. NetherlandsNetherlands Piet van Katwijk equal time
6th NetherlandsNetherlands Jan Raas equal time.
7th BelgiumBelgium Willem Peeters equal time
8th. GermanyGermany Dietrich Thurau equal time
9. BelgiumBelgium Herman Van Springel equal time
10. NetherlandsNetherlands Hennie Kuiper equal time
Paving stone in honor of the four-time winner Roger De Vlaeminck on the Allée Charles Crupelandt in Roubaix

The one-day race Paris – Roubaix 1977 was the 75th edition of the cycling classic and took place on Sunday, April 17th, 1977.

The race led from Compiègne for the first time , around 80 kilometers north of Paris , to Roubaix , where it ended in the Vélodrome André-Pétrieux . The entire route was 250.5 kilometers long. 149 drivers started, 43 of whom were able to place. The winner Roger De Vlaeminck completed the race at an average speed of 40.464 km / h .

30 kilometers from the finish there was a leading group of 22 drivers. Shortly afterwards, Roger De Vlaeminck “flew away” and was “never seen again”. Monsieur Paris-Roubaix took his fourth victory in this race.

The German driver Dietrich Thurau finished eighth.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paris - Roubaix 1977. In: radsportseiten.net. Retrieved June 15, 2015 .
  2. ↑ a b c 1977 Paris - Roubaix bicycle race complete results. In: BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved June 15, 2015 .