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Lampre Wiliers

2008-04-12T21:24:43Z

A special frame for Alessandro Ballan, with more tire clearance and alloy rather than carbon components. Some of the Lampre team are also riding steel frames, but with carbon forks.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/tech/2008/probikes/?id=ballan_lampre_wilierpr08

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O' Grady plants 1st Aussie flag in Roubaix velodrome

2007-04-16T03:59:50Z

Stuart O' Grady wins epic Paris Roubaix!

By Andrew Hood
VeloNews European correspondent
This report filed April 15, 2007

O'Grady takes a solo victory on the Roubaix velodrome

It's not often a rider enters the Roubaix velodrome alone, and an Australian has never done it in the 105-year history of cycling's hardest one-day race.

http://www.velonews.com/race/int/articles/12067.0.html

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Cobbles of The Hell Of the North!

2007-04-16T03:56:48Z

A breakdown of Hell: The pavé of Paris-Roubaix

This coming Sunday, the roads of northeastern France will once again play host to the biggest one-day bike race in the world, Paris-Roubaix. But these are no ordinary roads, as Cyclingnews' resident pavé basher Ben Atkins finds out.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/apr07/roubaix07/?id=/features/2007/roubaix_secteurs07

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Hincapie likely to miss Paris-Roubaix race

2007-03-09T05:07:30Z

Hincapie likely to miss Paris-Roubaix race

AFP
February 26, 2007
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - George Hincapie, the US cyclist who broke his left wrist in the Tour of California last weekend, is unlikely to compete in the Paris-Roubaix race, Discovery Channel team manager Johan Bruyneel said.

Hincapie underwent surgery on Sunday to have a plate inserted in the wrist he injured during Saturday's sixth stage of the Tour of California."The surgery went well, straightforward and no complications," Bruyneel said. "Now we just have to wait and see how he recovers."

April's Paris-Roubaix, featuring cobblestones, is probably going to be too much too soon for Hincapie's recovery, Bruyneel said.
"We'll wait one week and see how it goes. He will be able to ride his bike pretty soon, but it's not very realistic to think about Paris-Roubaix," he said. "It's not just a Classic. It's the cobblestones. That's the issue."

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Prototype nightmare?

2006-12-12T16:56:15Z

The bikes of Hell: George Hincapie's Discovery Channel Trek Paris-Roubaix special, April 8, 2006

The culprit?

Scott Daubert: One thing I forgot to tell you about is that George is running with a different fork; it has a longer axle to crown dimension, and it has a longer rake than the normal Bontrager Race Lite fork.

CN: Is this something new you'll bring into the Trek line?

SD: No, it's actually from Bontrager's Satellite line, almost from their commuter level, but it has dimensions that are appropriate for Roubaix. It's an in-house made fork, made at Trek from OCLV carbon, it's just on a different model bike.

CN: Is it a steel steerer?

SD: No, it's aluminium; it's been blasted then anodized black.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/apr06/roubaix06/?id=/tech/2006/features/hincapie_trek

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ASO adds another stretch of cobbles to Paris-Roubaix

2006-10-24T18:00:46Z

By Agence France Presse
This report filed October 23, 2006
Riders may not thank them for it but organizers of the often-epic Paris-Roubaix spring classic have decided to add another cobbled section to next year's race.

FULL STORY: http://www.velonews.com/race/int/articles/11083.0.html

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Cobbles Baby!

2006-09-05T01:31:36Z

Cobbles Baby!

The new film from Scott Coady, that 'nutter' that brought you "The Tour baby"! has done it again. This time he follows MY favorite race, Paris Roubaix. The subject matter alone puts this film high on my list of films to see ASAP.

Well, it just so happens that they're are six days this November that will screen the California debut of "Cobbles Baby"! This will be a benefit for the NorCal High School Mountain Bike League, so don't miss it!

November 14th - 19th

San Francisco
Oakland
Orinda
Marin
Palo Alto

Watch for more info here: http://www.norcalmtb.org/

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Post Roubaix clean up

2006-04-14T22:24:59Z

The bikes of Hell: After Roubaix, April 14, 2006

The post-Roubaix wash and brush-up
So what happens when it's race over? Well, apart from handing out a few medals and a wad of cash, there's the not so glamorous job of cleaning all those mud-encrusted bikes after six and a half hours in the saddle. Outside the Roubaix velodrome, Cyclingnews' Anthony Tan put on his Wellingtons and went trudging around the pits, seeing how it's done well and done fast.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/apr06/roubaix06/?id=/tech/2006/features/roubaix_postbikes

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Roubaix backlash!

2006-04-12T21:18:42Z

Read some letters to cyclingnews.com regarding the outcome of this year's Paris Roubaix.

Letters to Cyclingnews - Paris-Roubaix edition - April 12, 2006

This week's special midweek edition of letters to Cyclingnews is a record of reader backlash following the incident in Sunday's Paris-Roubaix classic which saw Peter Van Petegem, Leif Hoste and Vladimir Gusev disqualified. Many readers reacted strongly to the decision to disqualify these three riders and not the trio of Tom Boonen, Alessandro Ballan and Juan Antonio Flecha, who admittedly made the same mistake as the previous three riders. If you have any views on the subject, please email your correspondence to:

letters@cyclingnews.com.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/letters/?id=2006/04-12letters#disqualification

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UCI's McQuaid responds to Roubaix controversy

2006-04-12T16:18:05Z

UCI president Pat McQuaid has weighed in to the debate over Sunday's disqualification of the second, third and fourth-placed riders in this year's Paris-Roubaix.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2006/apr06/apr11news

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hincapie chunks again.

2006-04-11T01:34:44Z

well, he *was* looking pretty good there.

until that steerer tube snapped...

now tell me, what the hell are they doing sending their star "classics specialist" out into p-r with an aluminum steerer, when poor boys been the bridesmaid more times than we care to remember? i think sometimes trek/discovery/postal tries a bit hard to push the tech envelope on these things...

but he sure as hell wouldnt have been sitting in a ditch at 45km to go with a steel steerer... at least this time it wasnt an asleep at the wheel, missing the break or something...

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Paris-Roubaix; Fabian the giant killer

2006-04-10T17:20:38Z

A Paris Roubaix filled with drama, crashes, suprizes and controversy!

By Andrew Hood
VeloNews European correspondent
This report filed April 9, 2006

http://www.velonews.com/race/int/articles/9720.0.html

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Paris Roubaix.....disqualify them all!

2006-04-10T00:21:23Z

How can the riders in 2nd, 3rd and 4th place be the only ones to be disqualified...ok they went through the red light before the train, they should be disqualified!....but so should Boonen and the other two riders with him...they waited for the train to pass then rode through!....THE LIGHT WAS STILL RED! one rule for everyone!

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OLN's PR coverage

2006-04-08T20:10:33Z

http://www.olntv.com/cyclysm/#Roubaix

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Boonen's Roubaix bike

2006-04-08T20:06:30Z

The bikes of Hell: Tom Boonen's Quick.Step Innergetic Time VXS Spécial
Paris-Roubaix, April 8, 2006

Check it:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/apr06/roubaix06/?id=/tech/2006/features/boonen_time

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Paris-Roubaix: Boonen in the tracks of Rik Van Looy

2006-04-07T21:25:16Z

By John Wilcockson
VeloNews editorial director
This report filed April 7, 2006

Perhaps more than any other world champion, current rainbow jersey holder Tom Boonen most resembles his legendary countryman Rik Van Looy. Van Looy, who was known as the Emperor of Herentals after his hometown, won all of the major one-day classics, including three editions of Paris-Roubaix, which Boonen is attempting to win for a second time this Sunday.

Full story:

http://www.velonews.com/news/fea/9706.0.html

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TV Coverage

2006-04-07T16:53:08Z

Cycling.tv will have live coverage. Guess its time to drop down the $20 for premium access.

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2006 Paris Roubaix

2006-04-06T19:32:06Z

104th Paris-Roubaix, WWIII: La Trouée d'Arenberg is back

Dating back to its first use in 1968 and with a history of creating the first decisive split in this race of epic proportions, the return of the 2,400 metre-long section of pavé, otherwise known as the La Trouée d'Arenberg (The Trench of Arenberg), will bring the riders back to the front line of war as they tackle the 104th edition of Paris-Roubaix.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/apr06/roubaix06/?id=default

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The friends of Roubaix - preparing hell

2006-04-06T18:56:23Z

There’s more to the Pavés du Nord than just the Paris - Roubaix race. Roads were cobbled all over the North East Region of France (and the North of Belgium) as a matter of course because, in the days before Macadam met Tar, the high water table made dirt roads impassable almost all the time. Now it's time to clean them up, so Cyclingnews' Ben Atkins gets stuck into some work on the cobbled chain gang to help Sunday's big race and do his part for the local culture.

Complete story: http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/apr06/roubaix06/?id=/features/2006/roubaix_friends

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The 2006 cobblestone sectors

2006-04-04T05:57:36Z

Sectors Kilometres Place Length
27 98 km Troivilles at Inchy 2,2 km
26 104,5 km Viesly at Quiévy 1,8 km
25 107 km Quiévy at Saint-Python 3,7 km
24 112 km Saint-Python 1,5 km
23 119,5 km Vertain at St-Martin-sur-Écaillon 1,9 km
22 126,5 km Capelle-sur-Écaillon - Le-Buat 1,7 km
21 138 km Verchain-Maugré at Quérénaing 1,6 km
20 141 km Quérénaing at Maing 2,5 km
19 144 km Maing at Monchaux-sur-Écaillon 1,6 km
18 155,5 km Haveluy at Wallers 2,5 km
17 163,5 km Trouée d'Arenberg 2,4 km
16 170 km Wallers at Hélesmes 1,6 km
15 176,5 km Hornaing at Wandignies - Hamage 3,7 km
14 184 km Warlaing at Brillon 2,4 km
13 187,5 km Tilloy at Sars-et-Rosières 2,4 km
12 198,5 km Orchies 1,7 km
11 205 km Auchy-lez-Orchies at Bersée 2,6 km
10 210,5 km Mons-en-Pévèle 3 km
9 216,5 km Méringnies at Pont-à-Marcq 0,7 km
8 219,5 km Pont-Thibaut at Ennevelin 1,4 km
7 225 km Templeuve - L'Épinette 0,2 km
7 225,5 km Templeuve - Moulin-de-Vertain 0,5 km
6 232 km Cysoing at Bourghelles 1,3 km
6 234,5 km Bourghelles at Wannehain 1,1 km
5 239 km Camphin-en Pévèle 1,8 km
4 242 km Carrefour de l'Arbre 2,1 km
3 244 km Gruson 1,1 km
2 251 km Hem 1,4 km
1 259 km Roubaix 0,3 km

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Sunday, sunday, sunday!!

2006-04-04T05:47:09Z

If last Sundays' Tour of Flanders was any indication of what we might see this Sunday in the 104th edition of Paris-Roubaix, we're in for battle of epic proportions!

9 April 2006 in Compiégne, France will see the start of the 104th Paris-Roubaix. What makes this race so compelling is, of course, the pavé. Without it Paris-Roubaix would be just another race that favors the flat-landers, like Paris-Tours. There are 27 sectors of cobbles totaling over 52.7 kilometers, the most well known sector being the Arenberg Forest at kilometer 163.5, where the cobbles are the size of a small Renault. There will be mayhem in the run up to this sector: The speed builds as every rider fights to get the front before the road bottlenecks, it is clearly not for the faint of heart.

The 2006 Teams:
http://www.cycling4all.com/index.php?content=r06rparo.php

Oficial site:
http://www.letour.fr/2006/PRX/LIVE/us/100/edito.html

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Less than a month to go!

2006-03-15T23:14:13Z

who will be on the podium on April 9th?

Can Boonen double?
Will George move up a spot from last year?
Will George have any team mates in the final?
Can Magnus do better than 4th this year?
What about 'dark horses' Stephen Wesemann, Filippo Pozzato or Roger Hammond?

Any picks out there?

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Arenberg is back!

2006-02-27T04:15:02Z

The infamous Arenberg forest section has been repaired and will be featured in this year's edition of Paris Roubaix!

More here:

http://www.velonews.com/race/int/articles/9544.0.html

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2005/dec05/dec07news

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Paris-Roubaix announces teams roster

2006-02-17T05:22:42Z

The organizers of Paris-Roubaix have issued five invitations to continental pro squads for this year's "Hell of the North," slated for April 9.

The five squads invited to join the 20 ProTour teams at this year's race are Landbouwkrediet and Unibet.com (Belgium); Agritubel (France); Skil (Netherlands); and LPR (Swiss).

Meanwhile, it's not yet clear whether the Forest of Arenberg will be part of the 2006 race, according to organizers ASO, which says repairs remain ongoing and the number of pavé sections have yet to be determined. -Agence France Presse

Teams for the 2006 Paris-Roubaix:
France: AG2R, Agritubel, Bouygues Telecom, Cofidis, Credit Agricole, Française des Jeux
Belgium: Davitamon, Landbouwkrediet, Quick Step, Unibet.com
Spain: Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Baléares, Euskaltel, Liberty, Saunier Duval
Italy: Lampre, Liquigas, Milram
Germany: Gerolsteiner, T-Mobile
Netherlands: Rabobank, Skil
Switzerland: LPR, Phonak
Denmark: CSC
United States: Discovery Channel

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"fun facts" #2

2006-02-07T03:57:20Z

"fun facts" #2

Only one rider has won Paris-Roubaix four times, Roger De Vlaeminck, of whom Eddy Merckx said in 1977 after De Vlaeminck took his fourth win, "I have never seen that before. Roger slipped over the cobbles as if he knew exactly where each cobblestone was." With his victories in 1972, 1974, 1975 and 1977, De Vlaeminck exploited the riding skills honed in Belgian winter cyclo-cross races and motivated by a burning desire to be the equal of his countryman Eddy Merckx in the classics, was practically unbeatable when luck turned his way - as it so often did.

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"fun facts"!

2006-02-07T03:51:09Z

"fun facts" about Paris Roubaix!

The largest winning margin in Paris-Roubaix history is the 5:21 by which Eddy Merckx beat Roger De Vlaeminck in 1970. The narrowest is the centimetre that Eddy Planckaert got ahead of Steve Bauer by in 1990.

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Paris-Roubaix to restore infamous trench

2006-01-10T06:05:04Z

Funding has been approved to restore the Arenberg trench in the hopes of making Paris-Roubaix's most infamous cobbled sector ready for 2006. France's North regional council on Monday unanimously approved 220 000 euros to fix the section, which was deemed too dangerous for last year's edition.

More here:

http://www.eurosport.com/home/pages/v4/l0/s18/sport_lng0_spo18_sto799381.shtml

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Paris Roubaix photos

2006-01-03T02:00:01Z

Unfortuantely you can't enlarge these awesome pictures by Jurgen Burkhardt, but they are some of the best, most unique and "behind (heh, heh) the scenes" shots I've ever seen.

http://www.worldmoustachechampion.com/neueSeiten/Photo/Paris-Roubaix/roubaix.html

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Magnus interview

2005-10-25T22:20:52Z

http://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/2005/interviews/?id=magnus_backstedt05

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Unbeliveable finish!

2005-04-11T18:26:41Z

Well, although I did guess who two of the top three would be, I never could have imagined a more exciting finale' to this year's Paris Roubaix!

Tom Boonen proved his current dominance in the classics as well as in the new Pro Tour circuit.

See it all here, and here, and here!
http://velonews.com/race/int/articles/7816.0.html
http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/apr05/roubaix05/?id=photos
http://www.hincapie.com/
http://news.google.com/news?q=Tom+Boonen&hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&client=safari&rls=en-us&sa=N&tab=nn&oi=newsr

Major 'props' to my man Magnus for hangin' in for 4th place.

It was epic.

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What kind of beer would you recommend for this weekend's race....

2005-04-11T16:19:16Z

Only a few more days till the big race! Will big George make it this time or go in the ditch again?? Who knows!!
I do know that I've been trying to figure out what beer to buy for watching the race this weekend and have narrowed it down to just a few choices though.

-Guinness
-Anchor Steam
-Stella Artois
-Sierra Nevada
-Black and Tan's (Guinness + Bass)

I would throw the bigfoot barleywine's up there but I can't seem to put em back like I used to anymore.....

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Johan - whos going to win?

2005-04-10T06:05:22Z

My money is on Magnus Backstead.

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Who will win!?

2005-04-10T06:02:57Z

All right "Hell tribe", who will win the 103rd edition of L'enfer du Nord, Hell of the North, Queen of the Classics, the only (one day race) that matters, Paris Roubaix?!

"Old School", or "new School"?

Tom Boonen?

Peter Van Petgem?

Magnus Backstedt?

Stephen Wesemann?

George Hincapie?

Adrea Tafi?

Or will it be a surprize winner?

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Crazy bikes for Roubaix!

2005-04-10T05:46:13Z

Check out some of the crazy, weird, (stupid?) bikes being used at this year's Paris Roubaix, "Hell of the North"!

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/apr05/roubaix05/tech/?id=discovery-t-mobile

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Roubaix photos!

2005-04-08T19:41:09Z

Here are some Roubaix photos on cyclingnews.com

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2005/apr05/roubaix05/?id=training/cycling-paris-roubaix-29

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2005 Hell of the North!

2005-04-08T19:14:07Z

This Sunday is the 103rd edition of Paris Roubaix, and is said to be just as brutal as ever dispite the lack of the Arenburg forest section.

Tom Boonen is the favorite to win after his awesome solo finish at Flanders.

See full story here:

http://www.velonews.com/race/int/articles/7819.0.html

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One month to go!

2005-03-12T05:23:50Z

Only one month (approx) to the greatest one day bike race.

Even without the Arenburg, it will still be epic! Also, it looks like George Hincapie is on form with his early season victory at Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne. Let's hope his form, along with his new teammates, Roger Hammond (3rd last year) and Leif Hoste, as well as veteran Ekimov, he can pull off what he's tried for several years.

I know I can't wait!

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No Arenberg forest section for 2005?

2005-02-10T05:44:59Z

Defending Paris-Roubaix champion Magnus Bäckstedt (Liquigas-Bianchi) has reacted to the route changes made by race organiser ASO, saying "Arenberg is what Paris-Roubaix is all about! It is the location of the first major selection in the race. If it is being removed so that it can be restored then I can accept that, but if it's being removed because organisers don't think its safe for riders and they might fall, then that is unacceptable."

See story here:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2005/jan05/jan15news

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More on the greatest race on earth!

2005-02-09T06:34:00Z

Great history and photos found here on the dailypeloton.com

http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=5951

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New Fast Freddie website up, and it looks great!

2004-12-25T07:11:14Z

Take a look at "Fast Freddie" Rodriguez's all new website, it looks great!

www.fredrodriguez.com/

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Magnus at T-Mobile

2004-09-20T23:42:04Z

The highlight (for me) of this year's T-Mobile, was meeting the guy who may have been one the first guy's to drop out of the race!

Magnus Backstedt of Bianchi / Alessio, the biggest man in the pro peloton. When he won this year's edition of Paris Roubaix, he weighed in at 198 lbs! The first Swede to win the "Hell of the North". Although he may be a "big, bad, bike breaking man", he is one of the friendliest, most genuine people I've meet. Certainly of the Pro cyclist I've meet, and I've meet a few.

Thanks again to Bianchi USA for having him as a guest at they're expo booth at the 2004 T-Mobile International, and god luck to "Big Maggie" with his new team, and for his coing 2005 season.

Sincerely,

Johan

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Retro "Roubaix" Bianchi

2004-08-27T06:34:44Z

Reader Nigel Scott sent these photos from his home in Dorset, England, of his very unusual 1951 Bianchi with a prototype of the "Paris Roubaix" rod-shifting derailleur.

http://www.campyonly.com/history/paris-roubaix.html

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See the entire (insane) route here!

2004-08-27T06:06:46Z

http://www.letour.com/stf/roubaix/2003/us/parcours.html

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History of Paris Roubaix

2004-08-27T05:56:52Z

History of Paris Roubaix:
(From official website)

Launched in 1896 by two Roubaix textile manufacturers, Theo Vienne and Maurice Perez, Paris-Roubaix stands out as one of cycling's premiere events, a race both unique and unflinching in its philosophy. Riders and bikes find their resilience tested to the extreme, on roads where feats of legend are bound to crop up. The famed cobblestones of the hellish north are challenging in their own right, much as the towering mountain passes of the Tour de France. This test of resilience in no way rules out raw velocity - Dutchman Peter Post's record 45,129 km/h has stood since 1964.

Throughout the years, Paris-Roubaix's itinerary has gone through changes
With roads being renovated and the cobblestones progressively replaced, race organizers have had to seek for new stretches of no man's land. The race has shifted east, towards the town of Valenciennes. But this Classic of Classics has remained true to its original style and spirit. It retains strategical bottlenecks where the race can be as easily won or lost - Doullens Hill, Arras, Carvin and the legendary Wattignies bend, were the pivotal stretches of yesteryear; in their place we now find the Wallers-Arenberg Trench, Mons-en-Pévèle and the famed Tree-Crossing.

Such a treacherous course meets with mixed feelings
There are those who maintain that it is just what cycling requires. However, top-notch riders always manage to get the better of the dreaded coblestones. As the names of past winners clearly shows, with its succession of great names of the sport, and notably Maurice Garin, André Leducq, Rik van Steenbergen, Fausto Coppi, Louison Bobet, Eddy Merckx and Bernard Hinault.

For many years, Paris-Roubaix set the stage for a Franco-Belgian showdown
Belgium holds the upper hand, having won 47 times to France's 30. Jules Rossi's victory in 1937, and to a greater extents Coppi's in 1950 opened the way for Italian riders whose exploits have continued in recent decades, with the likes of Francesco Moser, Franco Ballerini and Andrea Tafi. Nonetheless, four-time winner Roger de Vlaeminck perfectly embodies the superiority of Belgian riders - he stands alone amongst past winners, having done better than Lapize, Rebry, van Looy, Eddy Merckx and Francesco Moser, each having won the race three times.

Notwithstanding what are often gruelling conditions, with wind, rain and mud, he who captures Paris-Roubaix is sure to gain his place on the sunny side of the street.

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