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11th Paris-Roubaix 1906 (France)

 
   
 

By Barry Boyce, CyclingRevealed Historian

 

  

Popular Frenchman Escapes on the Hill at Doullens

1904 Tour de France winner Henri Cornet (Fra) attacked on the Doullens hill and out sprinted breakaway companion Marcel Cadolle (Fra) at the sold-out Roubaix Velodrome.

P-R April 15, 1906
270 Km, Chatou (west of Paris) to Roubaix (Rue Verte, Criox)

1. Henri CORNET (Fra)

2. Marcel Cadolle (Fra)
3. Rene Pottier (Fra)
Starters: 17
Finishers: 14
Average Speed: 27.034 km/h

 

 

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