Paris – Roubaix 1998

Race result
winner	Franco Ballerini	6h 57 '49 "
2.	Andrea Tafi	+ 4:16 min.
3.	Wilfried Peeters	+ 4:19 min.
4th	Léon van Bon	+ 4:49 min.
5.	Frédéric Moncassin	equal time
6th	Rolf Sørensen	+ 4:50 min.
7th	Magnus Backstedt	+ 4:52 min.
8th.	Bart Leysen	+ 6:34 min.
9.	Gianluca Bortolami	equal time
10.	Henk Vogels	equal time

Paving stone in honor of the two-time winner Franco Ballerini on the Allée Charles Crupelandt in Roubaix

The one-day race Paris – Roubaix 1998 was the 96th edition of the cycling classic and took place on Sunday, April 12, 1998.

The race led from Compiègne , around 80 kilometers north of Paris , to Roubaix , where it ended in the Vélodrome André-Pétrieux . The entire route was 266.5 kilometers long. 192 drivers started, 49 of whom were able to place; 17 other drivers reached the finish outside of the time limit. The winner Franco Ballerini completed the race with an average speed of 38.27  km / h .

Eight riders left the peloton 65 kilometers from the finish line , another 15 kilometers later Franco Ballerini attacked and set off on his own. He completed a solo trip to the cycling track , where he arrived with a lead of more than four minutes and won for the second time since 1995 .

It was the second time since 1996 that the Mapei team was able to take the first three places.

Web links

• Paris Roubaix 1998 on YouTube , December 27, 2012

Individual evidence

1. ^ Paris - Roubaix 1998. In: radsportseiten.net. Retrieved June 19, 2015 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} 1998 Paris - Roubaix bicycle race complete results. In: BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved June 19, 2015 .