Roubaix Velodrome
The Roubaix Velodrome (French: Le vélodrome de Roubaix , official name today: Vélodrome André Pétrieux ) is a concrete track in Roubaix in northern France , which is particularly well-known as the destination of the Paris – Roubaix road race .
history
A forerunner of today's Roubaix cycle track , the "Vélodrome roubaisien", was built in the Parc Barbieux in 1895 and was the site of numerous track races in the years that followed, such as the French stay championships and the Bol d'Or . Two entrepreneurs from Roubaix, Theo Vienne and Maurice Pérez, had initiated the construction of the 333.33-meter-long runway and finally also the idea of organizing a race that would end on this velodrome: Paris-Roubaix . 1896 was the first event won by the German Josef Fischer . In 1910 the track surface was lined with wood. At the beginning of the First World War , the railway was closed and dismantled by the Germans during the war.
In 1909 a second cycle track was built in Wattrelos , a suburb of Roubaix, called the "Velodrome des Trois Villes", and inaugurated on July 25 with a " match " between Louis Darragon , Georges Parent and Georges Sérès in front of around 10,000 spectators. The track was 400 meters long, half-open (the grandstands and track were covered) and, according to the words of Tour de France founder Henri Desgrange, “incomparable”. In 1924 this line was torn down and houses were built in its place.
In 1920 the “Jean Dubrulle Stadium” was built in Roubaix itself, and in 1936 today's cycling track, the Vélodrome André Pétrieux ; it is located in the “Parc des Sports” of Roubaix. Since 1943 it has been the destination of Paris-Roubaix again , a tradition that had been interrupted since 1914 (with a renewed interruption from 1986 to 1988). The open track is made of concrete and is 499.75 meters long.
In addition to this open cycle track, a modern hall with a cycle track has now been built, the Vélodrome Couvert Régional Jean Stablinski .
Todays use
The velodrome is still the destination of Paris-Roubaix today . In addition, several French rail championships were held there. In 2009 she was part of the Cyclo Cross World Cup.
Rugby games are also played inside .
The last 300 meters before the Roubaix Velodrome are named "Allée Charles Crupelandt" after the only Paris-Roubaix winner from Roubaix, Charles Crupelandt . On the occasion of the centenary of the race in 1996, small marble tablets with the names of the previous winners were placed between the paving stones there.
Web links
literature
- Pascal Sergent: Le temps des vélodromes. 2008.
- Pascal Sergent: Les Grandes heures du Velodrome Roubaisien. Editions VC Roubaix. Roubaix, 1992. (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ virtualtourist.com accessed on September 1, 2010 (English)
Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′ 41.3 ″ N , 3 ° 12 ′ 19 ″ E