Paris–Roubaix
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Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in France, held on the first Sunday in April and starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cy
Winners since 1977 have received a mounted cobble (sett); the organisers keep a gold-plated cobble for themselves
Théodore Vienne Roubaix entrepreneur
Share of the Société Anonyme du Vélodrome de Roubaix, issued 3 March 1899
Cobblestone Emblem of Paris–Roubaix, Donated on the 100th anniversary by 'Les Amis de Paris–Roubaix' and 'La Ville de Roubaix' 50°40′43″N 3°12′17″E / 50.678548°N 3.204612°E / 50.678548; 3.204612
Cycling monument
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The Monuments are five classic cycle races generally considered to be the oldest, hardest, longest and most prestigious one-day events in men's road cycling, with distances between 240 and 300 kilomet
Paris–Roubaix
…in April and starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Monuments' or classics of the European calendar, and contributes points towards the UCI World Ranking. From its beginning in 1896 until 1967, the race started…
Eddy Merckx in 1974
Ce soir 17 avril 1949 Paris Roubaix Monument