1980 Paris - Roubaix
78th edition: Sunday, April 13, 1980
Paris-Roubaix podium history | 1981 edition | 1979 edition
264 km. 164 starters, 31 classified finishers
Francesco Moser in 1986
The Race: Sunny. Dietrich Thurau dropped the hammer when there were still 90 kilometers left to race. Sensing that the moment had arrived, René Bittinger, Francesco Moser, Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle and of course, Roger de Vlaeminck made contact with the fleeing German. Bittinger punctured soon thereafter. Then de Vlaeminck flatted, got going and then crashed. Duclos-Lassale fell while cornering on cobbles and began a furious chase of Thurau and Moser. Under Moser's unrelenting pressure, Thurau lost contact and was passed by Duclos-Lassale. Moser, Italian road champion, rolled into the Roubaix velodrome with almost two minutes in hand to win his third Paris-Roubaix and tie Octave Lapize, Gaston Rebry and Rik van Looy.
Complete Results:
- Francesco Moser (Sanson-Campagnolo) 6hr 7min 28sec. 43.105 km/hr
- Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (Peugeot) @ 1min 48sec
- Dietrich Thurau (Puch-Campagnolo) @ 3min 30sec
- Bernard Hinault (Renault-Gitane) @ 6min 5sec
- Marc Demeyer (Ijsboerke) s.t.
- Fons de Wolf (Boule d'Or) s.t.
- Daniel Willems (Ijsboerke) s.t.
- William Tackaert (DAF Trucks) @ 8min 37sec
- Ludo Peeters (Ijsboerke) @ 9min 35sec
- Piet van Katwijk (TI-Raleigh) @ 10min 38sec
- Etienne Van der Helst (Safir-Ludo) s.t.
- Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (La Redoute) s.t.
- Herman van Springel (Safir-Ludo) s.t.
- Pol Verschuere (Ijsboerke) s.t.
- Hennie Kuiper (Peugeot) s.t.
- Sven-Ake Nilsson (Miko-Mercier) s.t.
- Willy Govaerts (Mini Flat-Veermer) s.t.
- René Bittinger (Miko-Mercier) s.t.
- Jean-René Bernaudeau (Renault-Gitane) s.t.
- Jacques Osmont (Boston-Ifi-Mavic) @ 18min 59sec
- Frank Hoste (Marc-Carlos) s.t.
- Régis Ovion (Puch-Campagnolo) s.t.
- Jostein Wilmann (Puch-Campagnolo) s.t.
- Rudy Pevenage (Ijsboerke) @ 21min 5sec
- Martin Kavik (HB Alarmsystemen) s.t.
- Jan Bogaert (Mini Flat-Vermeer) @ 23min 18sec
- Benny Vermeulen (Boston-Ifi-Mavic) @ 35min 44sec
- Daniel Muller (Puch-Campagnolo) @ 39min 59sec
- Christian Levavasseur (Miko-Mercier) @ 40min 23sec
- Daniel Gisiger (Miko-Mercier) s.t.
- Willy Scheers (Boston-Ifi-Mavic) @ 49min 15sec