1969 Paris Roubaix

Sunday April 13th 1969.
264.00 km
1. Walter Godefroot (Flandria-De Clerck-Krüger) 6hr 46min 47sec. 39.00 km/h
2. Eddy Merckx (Faema) @ 2min 39sec
3. Willy Vekemans (Goldor-Hertekamp-Gerka)
4. Felice Gimondi (Salvarani)
5. Roger de Vlaeminck (Flandria-De Clerck-Krüger)
6. Cees Zoontjens (Caballero) @ 10min 24sec
7. Cyrille Guimard (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson) @ 10min 39sec
8. Patrick Sercu (Faema)
9. Willy Bocklant (Pull Over Centrale-Tasmanie-Novy)
10. Barry Hoban (Mercier-BP-Hutchinson)
11. Edward Sels (Bic)
12. Michele Dancelli (Molteni)
13. Michael Wright (Bic)
14. Rudi Altig (Salvarani)
15. Vittorio Adorni (SCIC)
16. Jozef Huysmans (Dr. Mann-Grundig)
17. Marino Basso (Molteni)
18. José Catieau (Sonolor-Lejeune)
19. Joseph Schoeters (Peugeot-BP-Michelin)
20. Jacques de Boever (Flandria-De Clerck-Krüger)
21. Mario Anni (Molteni)
22. Rik van Looy (Willem II-Gazelle)
23. Jean Jourden (Frimatic-Viva-De Gribaldy)
24. Arturo Pecchielan (Molteni)
25. Léo Duyndam (Caballero) @ 23min 7sec
26. Hugo Hellemans (Dr. Mann-Grundig)
27. Robert Lelangue (Goldor-Hertekamp-Gerka) @ 23min 42sec
28. Raphaël Van Braune (Etalo-Siriki-Ventura) @ 23min 58sec
29. Dieter Puschel (G.B.C.) @ 37min 42sec
30. Yvan Verbiest (Etalo-Siriki-Ventura)
31. Alfons Scheys (Goldor-Hertekamp-Gerka)
32. Herman Van Loo (Willem II-Gaxelle)
33. Urbain de Brauwer (Etalo-Siriki-Ventura)
34. Louis Pfenninger (Zimba Automatic-Mondia)
35. Rolf Maurer (Zimba Automatic-Mondia)
154 riders started - 35 finished.
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I love those days. Riders were hard men.

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Hard men with humility.

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@@pieterisp These men were TITANS............ Hard men of humility, making POWER, compared to the marshmallows of today of little humility who just spin, spin, spin on plastic "bikes".