Paris – Roubaix 1998
Race result | ||
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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 |
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
- ^ Paris - Roubaix 1998. In: radsportseiten.net. Retrieved June 19, 2015 .
- ↑ a b 1998 Paris - Roubaix bicycle race complete results. In: BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved June 19, 2015 .