1907 Paris–Roubaix was the 12th edition of the Paris–Roubaix, a classic one-day cycle race in France. The single day event was held on 31 March 1907 and...
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Paris–Roubaix [pa.ʁi.ʁu.bɛ] is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border...
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Roubaix (US: /ruːˈbeɪ/ roo-BAY, French: [ʁubɛ] or [ʁube] ; Dutch: Robaais; West Flemish: Roboais; Picard: Roubés) is a city in northern France, located...
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The 1908 Paris–Roubaix was the 13th edition of the Paris–Roubaix, a classic one-day cycle race in France. The single day event was held on 19 April 1908...
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The 1906 Paris–Roubaix was the 11th edition of the Paris–Roubaix, a classic one-day cycle race in France. The single day event was held on 15 April 1906...
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were from 1:00 p.m. to midnight. In 1907, Théodore Vienne, a wealthy industrialist and sports entrepreneur from Roubaix, founded the Wonderland Français...
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finished in Paris on 4 August. 8 July 1907 — Paris to Roubaix, 272 km (169.0 mi) 10 July 1907 — Roubaix to Metz, 398 km (247.3 mi) 12 July 1907 — Metz to...
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in 1969, 1971, 1972 and 1975. On 17 April 1949, at the day of 47th Paris–Roubaix race edition, the term monument appeared for the first time in road...
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racer, known for winning classics as Bordeaux–Paris (1907 and 1909), Milan–San Remo and Paris–Roubaix (both 1908). He was the first Belgian cyclist to...
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Albert Champion (cyclist) (category Cyclists from Paris)
French track bicycle racer and later an industrialist who won the 1899 Paris–Roubaix. In 1905 he incorporated the Albert Champion Company in Boston to make...
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Théodore Vienne (category Paris–Roubaix)
Roubaix who with Maurice Perez founded the Paris–Roubaix cycle race in 1896 (One of the oldest cycle races in the world.). Vienne was born in Roubaix...
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Toulouse Musée d'Orsay, Paris Musée Ingres Bourdelle, Montauban Musée Rodin, Paris Museo Soumaya, Mexico City La Piscine Museum, Roubaix Palais des beaux-arts...
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prestige, the uniqueness of its parcours sometimes drawing comparison with Paris-Roubaix. First held in 2007. Milano–Torino – first run in 1876, the race had...
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before RC Roubaix took control of the league becoming the first French club to win three straight titles beginning in 1902. Following Roubaix's success...
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Romain Gijssels (category 1907 births)
1930 and 1936. In 1932, Gijssels won both the Tour of Flanders and Paris–Roubaix in the same season, which (up to 2024) has only been accomplished by...
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Faber won 19 Tour de France stages, Paris–Brussels, Bordeaux–Paris, Sedan-Brussels, Paris–Tours twice, Paris–Roubaix and the Giro di Lombardia. Faber joined...
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Hippolyte Aucouturier (section 1903 Paris–Roubaix)
stages and finished second in the 1905 Tour de France. He also won Paris–Roubaix twice, in 1903 and 1904. His elder brother Francois was also a racing...
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France, and reached the podium twice. He also was the winner of Paris–Roubaix and Paris–Tours. According to the 1891 UK census (available on subscription)...
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Beaux-Arts in Paris. Lemay launched his career in Lille in 1898, during an era of the city's rapid expansion, along with its neighbors Roubaix and Tourcoing...
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René Pottier (category 1907 suicides)
turning professional. He came second in Paris–Roubaix 1905 and Bordeaux–Paris 1905, then third in 1906's Paris–Roubaix, before winning the Tour de France in...
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Scheldeprijs (category Recurring sporting events established in 1907)
until 2009, the race was held in mid-April on the Wednesday following Paris–Roubaix. In 2010, when the Scheldeprijs was purchased by Flanders Classics,...
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Louis Trousselier (category Cyclists from Paris)
1905 Tour de France. His other major wins were Paris–Roubaix, also in 1905, and the 1908 Bordeaux–Paris. He came third in the 1906 Tour de France and won...
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classic Paris–Roubaix, riding for the Mapei cycling team. In 1993 he was beaten on the line by Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle in an exciting Paris–Roubaix finale...
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road bicycle racer. His most notable achievement in cycling is winning Paris–Roubaix in 2004. Born in Linköping, Östergötland Bäckstedt began as a skier...
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Palais, Paris The Sower, now at La Piscine Museum, Roubaix, 1907 figures representing cotton-gathering and sheep-shearing, Hotel de Ville, Roubaix, 1911...
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Paris–Roubaix in 1896 and Bordeaux–Paris in 1900. 1893 1st, Vienna–Berlin 1896 1st, Paris–Roubaix 1899 2nd, Bordeaux–Paris 1900 1st, Bordeaux–Paris 2nd...
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Overall Tour de France 6th Paris–Roubaix 1905 7th Paris–Roubaix 1906 3rd Paris–Tourcoing 6th Overall Tour de France 1907 9th Overall Tour de France 1908...
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existed. Hippolyte Aucouturier rode Peugeot cycles when he won Paris–Roubaix and Bordeaux–Paris in 1903, and when he was disqualified from the 1904 Tour de...
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Tom Simpson (section 1963: Bordeaux–Paris)
started in Roubaix, struggling to pedal on the cobbles. Three months after his fall at Paris–Roubaix he saw a doctor at St. Michael's Hospital in Paris. He gave...
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are around 130 museums in Paris, France, within city limits. This list also includes suburban museums within the "Grand Paris" area, such as the Air and...
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