Paris-Roubaix podium history | 1911 edition | 1913 edition

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The race:

The 1912 Paris-Roubaix was 266 km long and ridden at an average speed of 31.3 km/hr.

The number of starters and classified finishers is unknown.

Time splits to 18th place were rounded and are unavailable for riders who finished after that.

The day was sunny, the riders enjoyed excellent weather.

Charles Crupelandt was the first rider on the Roubaix velodrome, but he was quickly joined by six others. Crupelandt had the good fortune to get a leadout from his teammate Octave Lapize.

The help from Lapize (Tour de France champion and three-time Paris-Roubaix winner) combined with Crupelandt's own track smarts (he lived in Roubaix and trained on the velodrome) were enough to give the town of Roubaix the pleasure of seeing a hometown boy win.

Winner Charles Crupelandt in a 1913 photo

 

Another photo of Charles Crupelandt

 

Complete known Results:

1. Charles Crupelandt (La Française-Diamant) 8hr 30min.
2. Gustave Garrigou (Alcyon-Dunlop) s.t.
3. Maurice Léturgie (Automoto) s.t.
4. Octave Lapize (La Française-Diamant) s.t.
5. Odiel Defraye (Dunlop) s.t.
6. Jules Masselis s.t.
7. Charles Deruyter (Peugeot-Wolber) s.t.
8. Joseph Van Daele (JB Louvet) @ 6min
9. Eugène Platteau s.t.
10. Paul Deman @ 8min
11. Carlo Durando (Peugeot-Wolber) @ 10min
12. Louis Heusghem (Alcyon-Dunlop) @ 12min
13. Gaston Léonard @ 13min
14. Pierre Van de Velde s.t.
15. Ernest Paul (Alcyon-Dunlop) @ 14min
16. Henri Hanlet s.t.
17. François Faber (Automoto) @ 17min
18. Pierre Everaerts @ 20min
19. Charles Cruchon (Armor)
20. Alois Persyn
21. Georges Passerieu
22. Robert Lefort (Aiglon-Dunlop)
23. Hector Tiberghien (Griffon)
24. André Huret
25. Angelo Gremo (Peugeot-Wolber)
26. Arthur Maertens
27. René Vandenberghe
28. Louis Luguet
29. Hubert Verdyckt
30. Maurice Grec
31. Alcide Rousseau
32. Achille Depauw
33. Jules Deloffre
34. Georges Charron
35. Georges Tribouillard (La Française-Diamant)
36. Auguste Benoit
37. Albert Dupont (Le Globe)
38. François Lafourcade (Celer-Continental)
39. Camille Masselis
40. Constant Niedergang (Automoto)
41. Alfred Beyl
42. Charles Charron (Automoto)
43. Alfons Spiessenss (JB Louvet)
44. Charles Desmeets
45. Henri Cornet (Le Globe-Russian)
46. Léon Lannoy
47. Edouard Léonard (Automoto)
48. Philippe Thys (Peugeot-Wolber)
49. Gabriel Figuet (Griffon)
50. Pierre-Joseph Heusghem (Le Globe)
51. Henri Devroye
52. Raphael Galiero
53. Omer Beaugendre
54. Maurice Pardon
55. Alexandre Chavière
56. Hector Heusghem
57. Auguste Dierickx
58. Firmin Lambot
59. Auguste Bergerioux
60. Joseph Dumortier
61. Pierre Delplace
62. Raymond Harquet
63. Julien Lootens
64. Henri Alavoine
65. Louis Poyet
66. Raoul Grieux
67. François Dhaen
68. Octave Doury
69. Maurice Laliert
70. Jules Lesschaeve