| |
By Barry Boyce,
CyclingRevealed Historian
|
|
French Sprinter Pushes Huge Gear to Victory
Bright sunny weather greeted the 154 riders, who would race to a newly renovated Roubaix Velodrome. 1912 P-R champion Charles Crupelandt (Fra) led a group of 7 into the Velodrome and used a huge gear (24x7) to clearly out sprint the breakaway.
SPECIAL NOTE: On August 4, 1914 Crupelandt was in Berlin, Germany racing on the Olympic Velodrome. That day war was declared and Crupelandt had to use his cunning and guile to escape Germany.
| P-R April 12, 1914 |
| 274 Km, Suresnes (west of Paris) to Roubaix (Rue Verte, Criox) |
1.
Charles CRUPELANDT (Fra)
9h02'02" |
| 2.
Louis Luguet (Fra)
|
| 3.
Louis Mottiat (Bel)
|
| Starters: 153 |
| Finishers: 79 |
| Average Speed: 30.332 km/h |
Return to the Timeline ToC
Return to the Race Snippets ToC |
|
19th Paris-Roubaix 1914 (France) 
