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1900 Paris Roubaix

Motor-Paced. The winner, Emile Bouhours was a track specialist with 24 world records. He was three-times French motor-pace champion and got a second and a third in the worlds in motor-pacing. The many crashes and injuries during this event caused the organizers to do away with motor-pacing in future events.

23 starters, 10 finishers
269 km. (Some sources say 268 km.) 37.352 km/hr average

1 Emile Bouhours (France) 7h 10m 30s
2 Joseph Fischer (Germany) @ about 10m
3 Maurice Garin (France) Did not complete track laps but was awarded third place anyway.  
4 Lucien Itsweire (France)  
5 Oscar Lepoutre (France)  
6 Edouard Simon (France)  
7 Edmond Dubreucq (Belgium)  
8 Hyppolite Aucouturier (France)  
9 Emile Paigie  
10 Pothier @4h 40m
     
Now available: volume 2, covering 1965-2007.