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the first Paris-Roubaix

April 19 1896 The First Paris-Roubaix

2020-04-19
In: Cobbled Classic, Monuments, On this Day, Paris-Roubaix, Spring Classics, Springclassics
Tagged: Paris-Roubaix, the first Paris-Roubaix

51 riders (45 professionals, 6 amateurs) started the 280 km long race. Officially, only 32 of them finished.

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Anita Pethő, Hungarian born (b.1980) literary critic, culture theorist and literary historian.Journalist and owner of a small publishing house.

 

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