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Paris-Roubaix podium history | 1923 edition | 1925 edition

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The race:

The 1924 Paris-Roubaix was 270 km long and raced at an average speed of 25.55 km/hr

There were 145 starters and 56 classified finishers. I'm sorry, but I have no time splits.

The day was cold with the racers facing a strong headwind in the later kilometers.

This strong headwind discouraged breakaways so that about thirty riders contested the final rush.

Jules Van Hevel was capable of long, powerful sprints and he did just that at the end of the 1924 Paris-Roubaix, overwhelming his competition.

Jules van Hevel in an undated photo.

Here is Jules Van Hevel in September 1924 at the Critérium des As.

Complete Results:

1. Jules Van Hevel (Wonder-Russell Cycles) 10hr 34min.

2. Maurice Ville
3. Félix Sellier (Alcyon-Dunlop)
4. Nicolas Frantz (Alcyon-Dunlop)
5. Henri Pélissier (Automoto)
6. Robert Gerbaud
7. Theofiel Beeckman
8. Romain Bellenger (Peugeot-Wolber)
9. Adelin Benoit (M. Buysse Cycles-Colonial)
10. Gérard Debaets (Labor-Dunlop)
11. Gaston Degy (Aiglon-Dunlop)
12. Albert Dejonghe (La Française-Diamant-Dunlop)
13. Paul Deman (La Française-Diamant-Dunlop)
14. Léon Despontin
15. Léon Devos (Claude Delage)
16. Maurice Dewaele (Wonder-Russell Cycles)
17. Eugène Dhers
18. Raymond Englebert (Labor-Dunlop)
19. Marcel Gobillot (Labor-Dunlop)
20. Félix Goethals (Thomann-Dunlop)
21. Hilaire Hellebaut (Wonder-Russell Cycles)
22. Jules Huyvaert (Labor-Dunlop)
23. Robert Jacquinot
24. Charles Pélissier (Automoto)
25. Ediel Taillieu
26. Philippe Thys (Peugeot-Wolber)
27. Denis Verschueren (Wonder-Russell Cycles)
28. Luigi Vertemati
29. Federico Gay
30. Heiri Suter
31. Léon Scieur (Wonder-Russell Cycles)
32. Marcel Colleu (JB Louvet-Wolber)
33. Arsène Alancourt
34. Emile Masson, Sr (Alcyon-Dunlop)
35. Jean Rossius (La Française-Diamant-Dunlop)
36. Alfons Standaert (Armor-Dunlop)
37. Emile Thollembeeck (Wonder-Russell Cycles)
38. Achiel Vermandel
39. René Vermandel (Alcyon-Dunlop)
40. Fritz Preuss
41. Charles Govaert
42. Jules Vertriest (JB Louvet-Wolber)
43. Raymond Decorte (Wonder-Russell Cycles)
44. Camille Van de Casteele (Claude Delage)
45. Georges Davoine
46. Alfred Debusscher
47. E. Béague
48. Trémisseaux
49. Charles Loew
50. Blervaque
51. Octave Hié
52. Joseph Jumet
53. Louis Gillet
54. Victor Lafosse (Remond-Strenz)
55. Vincenzo Bianco
56. Evariste Endaco