Paris-Roubaix is one of the most prestigious races (and one of the oldest) on the cycling calender. The course's 28 cobblestone sectors makes a race of staggering difficulty. Winning Paris-Roubaix makes the career of any racer.
It is often called the "Hell of the North" (l'enfer du Nord), a nickname given by journalists following the 1919 edition who were struck by the devastation the First World War had wrought upon the countryside of northern France and southern Belgium.
Until 1967 the race began in Paris, but since then the start has been in Compiègne, northeast of Paris. It has always finished in the Roubaix velodrome.
With 4 victories (1972, 1974, 1975, 1977) Roger De Vlaeminck has won Paris-Roubaix the most often.
Click on any highlighted year for more information on that year's race.
Year
|
First
|
Second
|
Third
|
Distance (km)
|
Ave.speed (km/hr)
|
| 1896 |
Josef Fischer (Ger)
9hr 17min
|
Charles Meyer (Den)
@ 25min
|
Maurice Garin(Fra)
@ 28min
|
280
|
30.162
|
| 1897 |
Maurice Garin (Fra)
9hr 57min 21sec
|
Mathieu Cordang (NL)
@ s.t.
|
Michel Frédérick (Switz)
@ 30min 21sec
|
280
|
28.124
|
| 1898 |
Maurice Garin (Fra)
8hr 13min 15sec
|
Auguste Stéphane (Fra)
@ 28min
|
Edouard Wattelier (Fra)
@ 33min 52sec
|
268
|
32.599
|
| 1899 |
Albert Champion (Fra)
8hr 22min 52sec
|
Paul Bor (Fra)
@ 23min 21sec
|
Ambroise Garin (Fra)
@ 23min 25sec
|
268
|
31.976
|
| 1900 |
Emile Bouhours (Fra)
7hr 10min 30sec
|
Josef Fischer (Ger)
@ 18min
|
Maurice Garin (Fra)
@ 38min 30sec
|
268
|
37.352
|
| 1901 |
Lucien Lesna (Fra)
10hr 49min 37sec
|
Ambroise Garin (Fra)
@ 25min 23sec
|
Lucien Itsweire (Fra)
@ 39min 23sec
|
280
|
25.861
|
| 1902 |
Lucien Lesna (Fra)
9hr 32min
|
Edouard Wattelier (Fra)
@ 8min
|
Ambroise Garin (Fra)
@ 11min
|
268
|
28.088
|
| 1903 |
Hippolyte Aucouturier (Fra)
9hr 12min 30sec
|
Claude Chapperon (Fra)
@ 2sec
|
Louis Trousselier (Fra)
@ 6min 30sec
|
268
|
29.104
|
| 1904 |
Hippolyte Aucouturier (Fra)
8hr 15min
|
César Garin (Fra)
@ s.t.
|
Lucien Pothier (Fra)
@ 2min 50sec
|
268
|
32.518
|
| 1905 |
Louis Trousselier (Fra)
8hr 4min 15sec
|
René Pottier (Fra)
@ 8sec
|
Henri Cornet (Fra)
@ 16sec
|
268
|
33.206
|
| 1906 |
Henri Cornet (Fra)
9hr 59min 30sec
|
Marcel Cadolle (Fra)
@ s.t.
|
René Pottier (Fra)
@ 5min
|
270
|
27.034
|
| 1907 |
Georges Passerieu (Fra)
8hr 45min
|
Cyrille Van Hauwaert (Bel)
@ 1min
|
Louis Trousselier (Fra)
@ 3min
|
270
|
30.971
|
| 1908 |
Cyrille Van Hauwert (Bel)
10hr 34min 25sec
|
Georges Lorgeou (Fra)
@ 3min 35sec
|
François Faber (Lux)
@ 5min 5sec
|
271
|
25.630
|
| 1909 |
Octave Lapize (Fra)
9hr 3min 30sec
|
Louis Trousselier (Fra)
@ s.t.
|
Jules Masselis (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
276
|
30.469
|
| 1910 |
Octave Lapize (Fra)
9hr 15min 12sec
|
Cyrille Van Hauwaert (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
Eugène Christophe (Fra)
@ s.t.
|
266
|
29.274
|
| 1911 |
Octave Lapize (Fra)
8hr 29min 10sec
|
André Charpiot (Fra)
@ s.t.
|
Cyrille Van Hauwaert (Bel)
@ 4min 50sec
|
266
|
31.345
|
| 1912 |
Charles Crupelandt (Fra)
8hr 30min
|
Gustave Garrigou (Fra)
@ s.t.
|
Maurice Leturgie (Fra)
@ s.t.
|
266
|
31.294
|
| 1913 |
François Faber (Lux)
7hr 30min
|
Charles Deruyter (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
Charles Crupelandt (Fra)
@ s.t.
|
265
|
35.333
|
| 1914 |
Charles Crupelandt (Fra)
9hr 2min
|
Louis Luguet (Fra)
@ s.t.
|
Louis Mottiat (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
274
|
30.332
|
| 1915-1918 |
Race not held |
|
|
|
|
| 1919 |
Henri Pélissier (Fra)
12hr 15min
|
Phillippe Thys (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
Honoré Barthélemy (Fra)
2 s.t.
|
280
|
22.857
Slowest PR
|
| 1920 |
Paul Deman (Bel)
10hr 47min 20sec
|
Eugène Christophe (Fra)
@ 43sec
|
Lucien Buysse (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
263
|
24.377
|
| 1921 |
Henri Pélissier (Fra)
9hr 2min 30sec
|
Francis Pélissier (Fra)
@ 40sec
|
Léon Scieur (Bel)
@ 42sec
|
263
|
29.068
|
| 1922 |
Albert Dejonghe (Bel)
7hr 47min
|
Jean Rossius (Bel)
@ 6min
|
Emile Masson (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
262
|
34.690
|
| 1923 |
Heiri Suter (Sch)
8hr 58min 15sec
|
Rene Vermandel (Bel)
|
Felix Sellier (Bel)
|
270
|
30.098
|
| 1924 |
Jules Van Hevel (Bel)
10hr 34min
|
Maurice Ville (Fra)
|
Felix Sellier (Bel)
|
270
|
25.962
|
| 1925 |
Félix Sellier (Bel)
9hr 16min 32sec
|
Piero Bestetti (Ita)
|
Jules Van Hevel (Bel)
|
260
|
28.031
|
| 1926 |
Julien Delbecque (Bel)
7hr 34min 42sec
|
Gustave Van Slembroeck (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
Gaston Rebry (Bel)
@ 58sec
|
270
|
31.962
|
| 1927 |
Georges Ronsse (Bel)
8hr 32min 20sec
|
Joseph Curtel (Fra)
@ s.t.
|
Charles Pélissier (Fra)
@ s.t.
|
260
|
30.449
|
| 1928 |
André Leducq (Fra)
7hr 44min 20sec
|
Georges Ronsse (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
Charles Meunier (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
260
|
33.597
|
| 1929 |
Charles Meunier (Bel)
8hr 54min 50sec
|
Georges Ronsse (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
Aimé Deolet (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
260
|
29.168
|
| 1930 |
Julien Vervaecke (Bel)
8hr 11min 14sec
|
Jean Maréchal (Fra)
@ s.t.
(arrived 1st but relegated)
|
Antonin Magne (Fra)
@ 6min 48sec
|
255
|
31.146
|
| 1931 |
Gaston Rebry (Bel)
7hr 1min
|
Charles Pélissier (Fra)
@ 1min 42sec
|
Emile Decroix (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
255
|
36.342
|
| 1932 |
Romain Gijssels (Bel)
6hr 49min 58sec
|
Georges Ronsse (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
Herbert Sieronski (Ger)
@ s.t.
|
255
|
37.320
|
| 1933 |
Sylvère Maes (Bel)
6hr 59min
|
Julien Vervaecke (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
Léon Le Calvez (Fra)
@ 1min 48sec
|
255
|
35.523
|
| 1934 |
Gaston Rebry (Bel)
7hr 52min 7sec
|
Jef Wauters (Bel)
@ 5sec
|
Frans Bonduel (Bel)
@ 3min 32sec
|
255
|
32.415
|
| 1935 |
Gaston Rebry (Bel)
6hr 40min 57sec
|
André Leducq (Fra)
@ 2min 24sec
|
Jean Aerts (Bel)
@ 4min 44sec
|
255
|
37.363
|
| 1936 |
Georges Speicher (Fra)
7hr 15min 1sec
|
Romain Maes (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
Gaston Rebry (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
262
|
36.137
|
| 1937 |
Jules Rossi (Ita)
7hr 17min 57sec
|
Albert Hendrickx (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
Noël Declercq (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
255
|
34.935
|
| 1938 |
Lucien Storme (Bel)
8hr 13min 38sec
|
Louis Hardiquest (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
Marcel Van Houtte (Bel)
@ 6sec
|
255
|
30.936
|
| 1939 |
Emile Masson (Bel)
7hr 17min 30sec
|
Marcel Kint (Bel)
@ 1min 30sec
|
Roger Lapébie (Fra)
@ s.t.
|
262
|
35.934
|
| 1940-1942 |
Race not held |
|
|
|
|
| 1943 |
Marcel Kint (Bel)
6hr 1min 32sec
|
Jules Lowie (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
Louis Thiétard (Fra)
@ s.t.
|
250
|
41.822
|
| 1944 |
Maurice De Simpelaere (Bel)
6hr 9min 57sec
|
Jules Rossi (Ita)
@ s.t.
|
Louis Thietard (Fra)
@ s.t.
|
246
|
39.897
|
| 1945 |
Paul Maye (Fra)
7hr 52min 54sec
|
Lucien Teisseire (France)
@ s.t.
|
Kléber Piot (Fra)
@ s.t.
|
246
|
31.212
|
| 1946 |
Georges Claes (Bel)
7hr 13min 25sec
|
Louis Gauthier (Fra)
@ s.t.
|
Lucien Vlaemynck (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
246
|
34.055
|
| 1947 |
Georges Claes (Bel)
6hrn 10min 34sec
|
Adolf Verscheuren (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
Louis Thiétard (Fra)
@ s.t.
|
246
|
39.831
|
| 1948 |
Rik van Steenbergen (Bel)
5hr 35min 31sec
|
Emile Idée (Fra)
@ s.t.
|
Georges Claes (Bel)
@ 16sec
|
246
|
43.612
|
| 1949 |
Andre Mahé (Fra)/Serse Coppi (Ita) Tie awarded by judges
6hr 11min 59sec
|
Frans Leenen (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
244
|
39.356
|
| 1950 |
Fausto Coppi (Ita)
6hr 18min 48sec
|
Maurice Diot (Fra)
@ 2min 45sec
|
Fiorenzo Magni (Ita)
@ 5min 24sec
|
247
|
39.123
|
| 1951 |
Antonio Bevilacqua (Ita)
6hr 7min 14sec
|
Louison Bobet (Fra)
@ 1min 32sec
|
Rik van Steenbergen (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
247
|
40.355
|
| 1952 |
Rik van Steenbergen (Bel)
5hr 50min 31sec
|
Fausto Coppi (Ita)
@ s.t.
|
André Mahé (Fra)
@ 11sec
|
245
|
41.938
|
| 1953 |
Germain Derycke (Bel)
5hr 39min 19sec
|
Donato Piazza (Ita)
@ s.t.
|
Wout Wagtmans (NL)
@ s.t.
|
245
|
43.522
|
| 1954 |
Raymond Impanis (Bel)
6hr 54min 43sec
|
Stan Ockers (Bel)
@ 6sec
|
Marcel Rijckaert (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
246
|
35.590
|
| 1955 |
Jean Forestier (Fra)
6hr 6min 42sec
|
Fausto Coppi (Ita)
@ 15sec
|
Louison Bobet (Fra)
@ s.t.
|
249
|
40.741
|
| 1956 |
Louison Bobet (Fra)
6hr 1min 26sec
|
Fred de Bruyne (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
Jean Forestier (Fra)
@ s.t.
|
252
|
41.831
|
| 1957 |
Fred de Bruyne (Bel)
7hr 15min 19sec
|
Rik van Steenbergen (Bel)
@ 1min 11sec
|
Leon van Daele (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
252
|
34.738
|
| 1958 |
Léon van Daele (Bel)
8hr 4min 41sec
|
Miguel Poblet (Sp)
@ s.t.
|
Rik van Looy (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
269
|
33.300
|
| 1959 |
Noël Foré (Bel)
6hr 8min 20sec
|
Gilbert Desmet (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
Marcel Janssens (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
262
|
42.760
|
| 1960 |
Pino Cerami (Bel)
6hr 1min 45sec
|
Tino Sabbadini (Fra)
@ 14sec
|
Miguel Poblet (Sp)
@ 55sec
|
262
|
43.538
|
| 1961 |
Rik van Looy (Bel)
6hr 19min 8sec
|
Marcel Janssens (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
René Vanderveken (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
263
|
41.700
|
| 1962 |
Rik van Looy (Bel)
6hr 43min 57sec
|
Emile Daems (Bel)
@ 25sec
|
Frans Schoubben (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
258
|
38.321
|
| 1963 |
Emile Daems (Bel)
7hr 3min 33sec
|
Rik van Looy (Bel)
@ s.t.
|
Jan Janssen (NL)
@ s.t.
|
266
|
37.681
|
| 1964 |
Peter Post (NL)
5hr 52min 19sec
|
Benoni Beheyt (Bel)
s.t.
|
Yvo Molenaers (Bel)
s.t.
|
265
|
45.129
Fastest PR
|
| 1965 |
Rik van Looy (Bel)
6hr 23min 32sec
|
Edward Sels (Bel)
@ 1min 5sec
|
Willy Vannitsen (Bel)
@ 1min 11sed
|
267
|
41.847
|
| 1966 |
Felice Gimondi (Ita)
6hr 59min 26sec
|
Jan Janssen (NL)
@ 4min 8sec
|
Gilbert Desmet (Bel)
s.t.
|
262
|
37.546
|
| 1967 |
Jan Janssen (Ned)
7hr 8min 31sec
|
Rik van Looy (Bel)
s.t.
|
Rudi Altig (Ger)
s.t.
|
263
|
36.824
|
| 1968 |
Eddy Merckx (Bel)
7hr 9min 26sec
|
Herman van Springel (Bel)
s.t.
|
Walter Godefroot (Bel)
@ 1min 37sec
|
262
|
36.606
|
| 1969 |
Walter Godefroot (Bel)
6hr 46min 47sec
|
Eddy Merckx (Bel)
@ 2min 39sec
|
Willy Vekemans (Bel)
s.t.
|
264
|
38.939
|
| 1970 |
Eddy Merckx (Bel)
6hr 23min 15sec
|
Roger de Vlaeminck (Bel)
@ 5min 21sec
|
Eric Leman (Bel)
@ 5min 29sec
|
266
|
41.644
|
| 1971 |
Roger Rosiers (Bel)
6hr 17min 53sec
|
Herman van Springel (Bel)
@ 1min 26sec
|
Marino Basso (Ita)
s.t.
|
266
|
42.108
|
| 1972 |
Roger de Vlaeminck (Bel)
7hr 24min 5sec
|
André Dierickx (Bel)
@ 1min 57sec
|
Barry Hoban (UK)
@ 2min 13sec
|
272
|
36.709
|
| 1973 |
Eddy Merckx (Bel)
7hr 28min 43sec
|
Walter Godefroot (Bel)
@ 2min 20sec
|
Roger Rosiers (Bel)
s.t.
|
272
|
36.370
|
| 1974 |
Roger de Vlaeminck (Bel)
7hr 17min 26sec
|
Francesco Moser (Ita)
@ 57sec
|
Marc de Meyer (Bel)
@ 1min 24sec
|
274
|
37.567
|
| 1975 |
Roger de Vlaeminck (Bel)
6hr 52min 4sec
|
Eddy Merckx (Bel)
s.t.
|
André Dierickx (Bel)
s.t.
|
277
|
40.406
|
| 1976 |
Marc de Meyer (Bel)
6hr 37min 41sec
|
Francesco Moser (Ita)
s.t.
|
Roger de Vlaeminck (Bel)
s.t.
|
279
|
40.811
|
| 1977 |
Roger de Vlaeminck (Bel)
6hr 11min 26sec
|
Willy Tierlinck (Bel)
@ 1min 30sec
|
Freddy Maertens (Bel)
@ 1min 39sec
|
250
|
40.464
|
| 1978 |
Francesco Moser (Ita)
7hr 12min 24sec
|
Roger de Vlaeminck (Bel)
@ 1min 40sec
|
Jan Raas (NL)
s.t.
|
263
|
36.494
|
| 1979 |
Francesco Moser (Ita)
6hr 17min 28sec
|
Roger de Vlaeminck (Bel)
@ 40sec
|
Hennie Kuiper (NL)
s.t.
|
259
|
41.010
|
| 1980 |
Francesco Moser (Ita)
6hr 7min 28sec
|
Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (France)
@ 1min 48sec
|
Dietrich Thurau (Ger)
@ 3min 30sec
|
264
|
43.106
|
| 1981 |
Bernard Hinault (Fra)
6hr 26min 7sec
|
Roger de Vlaeminck (Bel)
s.t.
|
Francesco Moser (Ita)
s.t.
|
263
|
40.868
|
| 1982 |
Jan Raas (NL)
7hr 21min 50sec
|
Yvon Bertin (Fra)
@ 16sec
|
Gregor Braun (Ger)
s.t.
|
270
|
36.733
|
| 1983 |
Hennie Kuiper (NL)
6hr 47min 51sec
|
Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Fra)
@ 1min 15sec
|
Francesco Moser (Ita)
s.t.
|
274
|
40.308
|
| 1984 |
Sean Kelly (Irl)
7hr 31min 35sec
|
Rudy Rogiers (Bel)
s.t.
|
Alain Bondue (Fra)
@ 36sec
|
265
|
36.074
|
| 1985 |
Marc Madiot (Fra)
7hr 21min 10sec
|
Bruno Wojtinek (Fra)
@ 1min 57sec
|
Sean Kelly (Irl)
@ 2min 9sec
|
265
|
36.109
|
| 1986 |
Sean Kelly (Irl)
6hr 48min 23sec
|
Rudy Dhaenens (Bel)
@ 1sec
|
Adrie van der Poel (Bel)
s.t.
|
268
|
39.374
|
| 1987 |
Eric Vanderaerden (Bel)
7hr 18min 3sec
|
Patrick Versluys (Bel)
s.t.
|
Rudy Dhaenens (Bel)
s.t.
|
264
|
36.982
|
| 1988 |
Dirk de Mol (Bel)
6hr 34min 18sec
|
Thomas Wegmüller (Switz)
@2sec
|
Laurent Fignon (Fra)
@ 1min 55sec
|
266
|
40.324
|
| 1989 |
Jean-Marie Wampers (Bel)
6hr 46min 45sec
|
Dirk de Wolf (Bel)
s.t.
|
Edwig van Hooydonck (Bel)
@ 59sec
|
265
|
39.164
|
| 1990 |
Eddy Planckaert (Bel)
7hr 37min 2sec
|
Steve Bauer (Canada)
s.t.
|
Edwig van Hooydonck (Bel)
s.t.
|
265
|
34.855
|
| 1991 |
Marc Madiot (Fra)
7hr 8min 19sec
|
Jean-Claude Colotti (Fra)
@ 1min 7sec
|
Carlo Bomans (Bel)
s.t.
|
266
|
37.332
|
| 1992 |
Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Fra)
6hr 26min 56sec
|
Olaf Ludwig (Ger)
@ 34sec
|
Johan Capiot (Bel)
@ 1min 22sec
|
267.5
|
41.480
|
| 1993 |
Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Fra)
6hr 25min 20sec
|
Franco Ballerini (Ita)
s.t.
|
Olaf Ludwig (Ger)
@ 2min 9sec
|
267.5
|
41.652
|
| 1994 |
Andrej Tchmil (Mol)
7hr 28min 2sec
|
Fabio Baldato (Ita)
@ 1min 13sec
|
Franco Ballerini (Ita)
s.t.
|
270
|
36.160
|
| 1995 |
Franco Ballerini (Ita)
6hr 27min 8sec
|
Andrej Tchmil (Mol)
@ 1min 56sec
|
Johan Museeuw (Bel)
s.t.
|
266
|
41.303
|
| 1996 |
Johan Museeuw (Bel)
6hr 5min 0sec
|
Gianluca Bortolami (Ita)
s.t.
|
Andrea Tafi (Ita)
s.t.
|
262
|
43.310
|
| 1997 |
Frederic Guesdon (Fra)
6hr 38min 10sec
|
Jo Planckaert (Bel)
s.t.
|
Johan Museeuw (Bel)
s.t.
|
267
|
40.280
|
| 1998 |
Franco Ballerini (Ita)
6hr 55min 16sec
|
Andrea Tafi (Ita)
@ 4min 16sec
|
Wilfried Peeters (Bel)
@ 4min 19sec
|
266
|
38.505
|
| 1999 |
Andrea Tafi
6hr 44min 15sec
|
Wilfried Peeters
@ 2min 14sec
|
Tom Steels
@ 2min 26sec
|
273
|
40.519
|
| 2000 |
Johan Museeuw
6hr 47min
|
Peter Van Petegem
@ 15sec
|
Erik Zabel
s.t.
|
273
|
40.172
|
| 2001 |
Servais Knaven
6hr 45min
|
Johan Museeuw
@ 34sec
|
Romans Vainsteins
@ 41sec
|
254.5
|
39.190
|
| 2002 |
Johan Museeuw
6hr 39min 8sec
|
Steffen Wesemann
@ 3min 4sec
|
Tom Boonen
@ 3min 8sec
|
261
|
39.235
|
| 2003 |
Peter Van Petegem
6hr 11min 35sec
|
Dario Pieri
s.t.
|
Viatcheslav Ekimov
s.t.
|
261
|
42.143
|
| 2004 |
Magnus Backstedt
6hr 40min 26sec
|
Tristan Hoffman
s.t.
|
Roger Hammond
s.t.
|
261
|
39.107
|
| 2005 |
Tom Boonen
6hr 29min 38sec
|
George Hincapie
s.t.
|
Juan Antonio Flecha
s.t.
|
259
|
40.101
|
| 2006 |
Fabian Cancellara
6hr 7min 54sec |
Tom Boonen
@ 1min 49sec |
Alessandro Ballan
s.t. |
259 |
42.239 |
| 2007 |
Stuart O'Grady
6hr 9min 7sec |
Juan Antonio Flecha
@ 52sec |
Steffen Wesemann
s.t. |
259.5 |
42.181 |
| 2008 |
Tom Boonen
5hr 58min 42sec |
Fabian Cancellara
s.t. |
Alessandro Ballan
s.t. |
259.5 |
43.406 |
| 2009 |
Tom Boonen
6hr 15min 53sec |
Filippo Pozzato
@ 47sec |
Thor Hushovd
1min 17sec |
259 km |
41.34 |
