Paris – Roubaix 1988

Race result
winner	Dirk Demol	6h 34 '18 "
2.	Thomas Wegmüller	+ 0:02 min.
3.	Laurent Fignon	+ 1:55 min.
4th	Stephan Joho	equal time
5.	Marc Sergeant	equal time
6th	Corné Van Rijen	+ 2:03 min.
7th	Gérard Veldscholten	equal time
8th.	Steve Bauer	+ 2:34 min.
9.	Herman Frison	+ 2:46 min.
10.	Johan Lammerts	equal time

Dirk Demol (2008)

The one-day race Paris – Roubaix 1988 was the 86th edition of the cycling classic and took place on Sunday, April 10, 1988.

The race led from Compiègne , around 80 kilometers north of Paris , to Roubaix , where it ended in the city center instead of in the Vélodrome André-Pétrieux as in previous decades. The entire route was 266 kilometers long. 194 drivers started, 75 of whom were able to place. The winner Dirk Demol completed the race at an average speed of 40.324 km / h .

It was a sunny day of racing. Thierry Casas attacked at 44 km and pulled twelve other riders with him, but the peloton did not react. When the leading group reached the Trouée d'Arenberg , they were more than five minutes ahead, but defects and crashes reduced this group to seven riders. At the Carrefour de l'Arbre , Thomas Wegmüller and Demol pulled away, and the winner in Roubaix was Dirk Demol.

A further internationalization of the race became evident this year: After decades of international competition between France and Belgium and later the Netherlands, drivers from other nations started increasingly in the 1980s. In 1988 two Swiss cyclists were able to place in the top ten. With Steve Bauer , the first Canadian was also up front.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Paris - Roubaix 1988. In: radsportseiten.net. Retrieved June 17, 2015 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} 1988 Paris - Roubaix bicycle race complete results. In: BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved June 17, 2015 .