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| − | + | ! colspan=2 |'''Paris-Brussels''' | |
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| − | + | |Region || [[France]] - [[Belgium]] | |
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| − | + | |Date || September | |
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| − | + | |Type || One-day race | |
| − | '''Paris-Brussels''' is a [[classic cycle races|semi classic]] [[Europe]]an [[Road bicycle racing|bicycle race]]. It is one of the oldest races on the international | + | |- |
| + | |First Edition: || 1896 | ||
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| + | |Editions || 85 | ||
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| + | |First Winner || {{flagiconBEL}} [[André Henry]] | ||
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| + | |Most Recent: || {{flagiconAUS}} [[Robbie McEwen]] | ||
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| + | |Most Wins: || {{flagiconFrance}} [[Octave Lapize]] and<br>{{flagiconBEL}} [[Félix Sellier]],<br>3 times | ||
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| + | '''Paris-Brussels''' is a [[classic cycle races|semi classic]] [[Europe]]an [[Road bicycle racing|bicycle race]]. It is one of the oldest races on the international calendar. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | Paris-Brussels was first run in | + | Paris-Brussels was first run in 1893 as an [[amateur]] event over two days. The race was a Spring Classic towards the end of April, between [[Paris-Roubaix]] and [[Gent-Wevelgem]]. The event lost its prestige in 1966 when [[Netherlands|Dutch]] promoted the [[Amstel Gold Race]]. The race was also affected by traffic problems and was not run between 1967 and 1972. |
| − | When the race returned in | + | When the race returned in 1973 it was midweek towards the end of September, just before Paris-Tours. The 1973 race was won by [[Eddy Merckx]]. The most individual wins stood for a long time at three, by [[Octave Lapize]] ([[France]]) and [[Felix Sellier]] ([[Belgium]]). Lapize won in 1911, 1912 and 1913 and Sellier in 1922, 1923 and 1924. Lapize was disqualified after winning the 1910 race for not observing a neutralised section. In 2007, [[Robbie McEwen]] broke the record by winning his fourth race, and bettered this again with a fifth win in 2008. |
| − | == | + | ==English-speaking riders== |
| − | Paris-Brussels has only seen | + | Paris-Brussels has only seen moderate success for [[United Kingdom|British]] riders, [[Sean Yates]] finished third in 1994 in a break with [[Rolf Sørensen]] and [[Franco Ballerini]]. There was animosity between Yates and Sørensen after shirt-pulling in the 1994 [[Tour de France]]. Sørensen broke away to win. |
| − | [[Tom Simpson]] finished second in | + | [[Tom Simpson]] finished second in 1963. He went away well before the border into Belgium. A small group went with him and established a 13-minute lead. The group contained [[Jean Stablinski]] and Simpson lost to him when his gears slipped and Stablinski got away for the win. |
| − | + | [[Robbie McEwen]] won in 2002 after the peloton caught [[Erik Dekker]] with 500m remaining. Another [[Australia]]n [[Phil Anderson]] finished third in 1992. [[Ireland|Irishman]] [[Seamus Elliott]] was unfortunate in 1958; with three miles to go he had a lead of a minute when he smashed his frame. He took a spectator's bike but finished down the rankings. | |
| − | [[Image:Paris- | + | [[Image:Paris-Brussels Map.JPG|thumb|right|Map showing the route of the 2004 edition of Paris-Brussels.]] |
==Race length== | ==Race length== | ||
| − | Before | + | Before 1926, the race was always over 400km, but this has reduced over the years with 2004 being 225km, although as recently as 1987 the distance was 309km when [[Wim Arras]] triumphed. The quickest race was 1975 when a tailwind helped [[Freddy Maertens]] finish in 46.11kmh. |
==Route== | ==Route== | ||
| − | + | The race starts at [[Soissons]], in [[Picardie]], 85km north-east of [[Paris]], although prior to 1996 the race started in [[Noyon]] and during the 1980s in Senlis. The race is level but towards the end there are cobbled climbs such as the [[Alsemberg]], [[Mont Saint Roch]] and the [[Keperenberg]]. The race ended for many years in the [[Anderlecht]] district of [[Brussels]] outside the Constant Vanden Stock football stadium in the Place de Linde. However, 2005 concluded at the [[Atomium]] north of the centre of Brussels. 1996 saw another change when it was moved from midweek date to a Saturday. | |
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| + | The quality of field has suffered since the [[Vuelta a España]] moved to September in 1995, many sprinter-roadmen preferring the Spanish Tour. | ||
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==Results== | ==Results== | ||
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| − | * [[2005]] - [[Robbie McEwen]] {{ | + | * [[2008]] - [[Robbie McEwen]] {{flagiconAUS}} |
| − | * [[2004]] - [[Nick Nuyens]] {{ | + | * [[2007]] - [[Robbie McEwen]] {{flagiconAUS}} |
| − | * [[2003]] - [[Kim Kirchen]] {{ | + | * [[2006]] - [[Robbie McEwen]] {{flagiconAUS}} |
| − | * [[2002]] - [[Robbie McEwen]] {{ | + | * [[2005]] - [[Robbie McEwen]] {{flagiconAUS}} |
| − | * [[2001]] - [[Emmanuel Magnien]] {{ | + | * [[2004]] - [[Nick Nuyens]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[2000]] - [[Max van Heeswijk]] {{ | + | * [[2003]] - [[Kim Kirchen]] {{flagiconLUX}} |
| − | * [[1999]] - [[Romans Vainsteins]] {{ | + | * [[2002]] - [[Robbie McEwen]] {{flagiconAUS}} |
| − | * [[1998]] - [[Stefano Zanini]] {{ | + | * [[2001]] - [[Emmanuel Magnien]] {{flagiconFrance}} |
| − | * [[1997]] - [[Alessandro Bertolini]] {{ | + | * [[2000]] - [[Max van Heeswijk]] {{flagiconNED}} |
| − | * [[1996]] - [[Andrea Tafi]] {{ | + | * [[1999]] - [[Romans Vainsteins]] {{flagiconLVA}} |
| − | * [[1995]] - [[Frank Vandenbroucke (cyclist)|Frank Vandenbroucke]] {{ | + | * [[1998]] - [[Stefano Zanini]] {{flagiconITA}} |
| − | * [[1994]] - [[Rolf Sørensen]] {{ | + | * [[1997]] - [[Alessandro Bertolini]] {{flagiconITA}} |
| − | * [[1993]] - [[François Moreau]] {{ | + | * [[1996]] - [[Andrea Tafi]] {{flagiconITA}} |
| − | * [[1992]] - [[Rolf Sørensen]] {{ | + | * [[1995]] - [[Frank Vandenbroucke (cyclist)|Frank Vandenbroucke]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1991]] - [[Brian Holm]] {{ | + | * [[1994]] - [[Rolf Sørensen]] {{flagiconDenmark}} |
| − | * [[1990]] - [[Franco Ballerini]] {{ | + | * [[1993]] - [[François Moreau]] {{flagiconFrance}} |
| − | * [[1989]] - [[Jelle Nijdam]] {{ | + | * [[1992]] - [[Rolf Sørensen]] {{flagiconDenmark}} |
| − | * [[1988]] - [[Rolf Gölz]] {{ | + | * [[1991]] - [[Brian Holm]] {{flagiconDenmark}} |
| − | * [[1987]] - [[Wim Arras]] {{ | + | * [[1990]] - [[Franco Ballerini]] {{flagiconITA}} |
| − | * [[1986]] - [[Guido Bontempi]] {{ | + | * [[1989]] - [[Jelle Nijdam]] {{flagiconNED}} |
| − | * [[1985]] - [[Adri van der Poel]] {{ | + | * [[1988]] - [[Rolf Gölz]] {{flagiconGermany}} |
| − | * [[1984]] - [[Eric Vanderaerden]] {{ | + | * [[1987]] - [[Wim Arras]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1983]] - [[Tommy Prim]] {{ | + | * [[1986]] - [[Guido Bontempi]] {{flagiconITA}} |
| − | * [[1982]] - [[Jacques Hanegraaf]] {{ | + | * [[1985]] - [[Adri van der Poel]] {{flagiconNED}} |
| − | * [[1981]] - [[Roger De Vlaeminck]] {{ | + | * [[1984]] - [[Eric Vanderaerden]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1980]] - [[Pierino Gavazzi]] {{ | + | * [[1983]] - [[Tommy Prim]] {{flagiconSweden}} |
| − | * [[1979]] - [[Ludo Peeters]] {{ | + | * [[1982]] - [[Jacques Hanegraaf]] {{flagiconNED}} |
| − | * [[1978]] - [[Jan Raas]] {{ | + | * [[1981]] - [[Roger De Vlaeminck]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | + | * [[1980]] - [[Pierino Gavazzi]] {{flagiconITA}} | |
| − | + | * [[1979]] - [[Ludo Peeters]] {{flagiconBEL}} | |
| + | * [[1978]] - [[Jan Raas]] {{flagiconNED}} | ||
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| − | * [[1975]] - [[Freddy Maertens]] {{ | + | * [[1977]] - [[Ludo Peeters]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1974]] - [[Marc Demeyer]] {{ | + | * [[1976]] - [[Felice Gimondi]] {{flagiconITA}} |
| − | * [[1973]] - [[Eddy Merckx]] {{ | + | * [[1975]] - [[Freddy Maertens]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| + | * [[1974]] - [[Marc Demeyer]] {{flagiconBEL}} | ||
| + | * [[1973]] - [[Eddy Merckx]] {{flagiconBEL}} | ||
* [[1967]]-[[1972]] - no races | * [[1967]]-[[1972]] - no races | ||
| − | * [[1966]] - [[Felice Gimondi]] {{ | + | * [[1966]] - [[Felice Gimondi]] {{flagiconITA}} |
| − | * [[1965]] - [[Edward Sels]] {{ | + | * [[1965]] - [[Edward Sels]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1964]] - [[Georges Van Coningsloo]] {{ | + | * [[1964]] - [[Georges Van Coningsloo]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1963]] - [[Jean Stablinski]] {{ | + | * [[1963]] - [[Jean Stablinski]] {{flagiconFrance}} |
| − | * [[1962]] - [[Jos Wouters]] {{ | + | * [[1962]] - [[Jos Wouters]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1961]] - [[Pino Cérami]] {{ | + | * [[1961]] - [[Pino Cérami]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1960]] - [[Pierre Everaet]] {{ | + | * [[1960]] - [[Pierre Everaet]] {{flagiconFrance}} |
| − | * [[1959]] - [[Frans Schouben]] {{ | + | * [[1959]] - [[Frans Schouben]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1958]] - [[Rik Van Looy]] {{ | + | * [[1958]] - [[Rik Van Looy]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1957]] - [[Léon Van Daele]] {{ | + | * [[1957]] - [[Léon Van Daele]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1956]] - [[Rik Van Looy]] {{ | + | * [[1956]] - [[Rik Van Looy]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1955]] - [[Marcel Hendrickx]] {{ | + | * [[1955]] - [[Marcel Hendrickx]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1954]] - [[Marcel Hendrickx]] {{ | + | * [[1954]] - [[Marcel Hendrickx]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1953]] - [[Loretto Petrucci]] {{ | + | * [[1953]] - [[Loretto Petrucci]] {{flagiconITA}} |
| − | * [[1952]] - [[Briek Schotte]] {{ | + | * [[1952]] - [[Briek Schotte]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1951]] - [[Jean Geugen]] {{ | + | * [[1951]] - [[Jean Geugen]] {{flagiconFrance}} |
| − | * [[1950]] - [[Rik Van Steenbergen]] {{ | + | * [[1950]] - [[Rik Van Steenbergen]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1949]] - [[Maurice Diot]] {{ | + | * [[1949]] - [[Maurice Diot]] {{flagiconFrance}} |
| − | * [[1948]] - [[Ludo Poels]] {{ | + | * [[1948]] - [[Ludo Poels]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1947]] - [[Ernest Sterckx]] {{ | + | * [[1947]] - [[Ernest Sterckx]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1946]] - [[Briek Schotte]] {{ | + | * [[1946]] - [[Briek Schotte]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
* [[1940]]-[[1945]] - no races | * [[1940]]-[[1945]] - no races | ||
| − | * [[1939]] - [[Frans Bonduel]] {{ | + | * [[1939]] - [[Frans Bonduel]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1938]] - [[Marcel Kint]] {{ | + | * [[1938]] - [[Marcel Kint]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1937]] - [[Albert Beckaert]] {{ | + | * [[1937]] - [[Albert Beckaert]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
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| − | * [[1935]] - [[Edgard De Caluwé]] {{ | + | * [[1936]] - [[Eloi Meulenberg]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1934]] - [[Frans Bonduel]] {{ | + | * [[1935]] - [[Edgard De Caluwé]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1933]] - [[Albert Barthelèmy]] {{ | + | * [[1934]] - [[Frans Bonduel]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1932]] - [[Julian Vervaecke]] {{ | + | * [[1933]] - [[Albert Barthelèmy]] {{flagiconFrance}} |
| − | * [[1931]] - [[Jean Aerts]] {{ | + | * [[1932]] - [[Julian Vervaecke]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1930]] - [[Ernest Mottard]] {{ | + | * [[1931]] - [[Jean Aerts]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1929]] - [[Pé Verhaegen]] {{ | + | * [[1930]] - [[Ernest Mottard]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1928]] - [[Georges Ronsse]] {{ | + | * [[1929]] - [[Pé Verhaegen]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1927]] - [[Nicholas Frantz]] {{ | + | * [[1928]] - [[Georges Ronsse]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1926]] - [[Denis Verschueren]] {{ | + | * [[1927]] - [[Nicholas Frantz]] {{flagiconFrance}} |
| − | * [[1925]] - [[Gerard Debaets]] {{ | + | * [[1926]] - [[Denis Verschueren]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1924]] - [[Félix Sellier]] {{ | + | * [[1925]] - [[Gerard Debaets]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1923]] - [[Félix Sellier]] {{ | + | * [[1924]] - [[Félix Sellier]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1922]] - [[Félix Sellier]] {{ | + | * [[1923]] - [[Félix Sellier]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1921]] - [[Robert Reboul]] {{ | + | * [[1922]] - [[Félix Sellier]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1920]] - [[Henri Pélissier]] {{ | + | * [[1921]] - [[Robert Reboul]] {{flagiconFrance}} |
| − | * [[1919]] - [[Alexis Michiels]] {{ | + | * [[1920]] - [[Henri Pélissier]] {{flagiconFrance}} |
| + | * [[1919]] - [[Alexis Michiels]] {{flagiconBEL}} | ||
* [[1915]]-[[1918]] - no races | * [[1915]]-[[1918]] - no races | ||
| − | * [[1914]] - [[Louis Mottiat]] {{ | + | * [[1914]] - [[Louis Mottiat]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
| − | * [[1913]] - [[Octave Lapize]] {{ | + | * [[1913]] - [[Octave Lapize]] {{flagiconFrance}} |
| − | * [[1912]] - [[Octave Lapize]] {{ | + | * [[1912]] - [[Octave Lapize]] {{flagiconFrance}} |
| − | * [[1911]] - [[Octave Lapize]] {{ | + | * [[1911]] - [[Octave Lapize]] {{flagiconFrance}} |
| − | * [[1910]] - [[Maurice Brocco]] {{ | + | * [[1910]] - [[Maurice Brocco]] {{flagiconFrance}} |
| − | * [[1909]] - [[François Faber]] {{ | + | * [[1909]] - [[François Faber]] {{flagiconLUX}} |
| − | * [[1908]] - [[Lucien Petit-Breton]] {{ | + | * [[1908]] - [[Lucien Petit-Breton]] {{flagiconFrance}} |
| − | * [[1907]] - [[Gustave Garrigou]] {{ | + | * [[1907]] - [[Gustave Garrigou]] {{flagiconFrance}} |
| − | * [[1906]] - [[Albert Dupont]] {{ | + | * [[1906]] - [[Albert Dupont]] {{flagiconFrance}} |
* [[1894]]-[[1905]] - no race | * [[1894]]-[[1905]] - no race | ||
| − | * [[1893]] - [[André Henry]] {{ | + | * [[1893]] - [[André Henry]] {{flagiconBEL}} |
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Latest revision as of 17:33, 27 February 2009
| Paris-Brussels | |
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| Region | France - Belgium |
| Date | September |
| Type | One-day race |
| First Edition: | 1896 |
| Editions | 85 |
| First Winner | .png){kind=small} André Henry
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| Most Recent: |  Robbie McEwen
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| Most Wins: |  Octave Lapize and Félix Sellier,3 times |
Paris-Brussels is a semi classic European bicycle race. It is one of the oldest races on the international calendar.
History
Paris-Brussels was first run in 1893 as an amateur event over two days. The race was a Spring Classic towards the end of April, between Paris-Roubaix and Gent-Wevelgem. The event lost its prestige in 1966 when Dutch promoted the Amstel Gold Race. The race was also affected by traffic problems and was not run between 1967 and 1972.
When the race returned in 1973 it was midweek towards the end of September, just before Paris-Tours. The 1973 race was won by Eddy Merckx. The most individual wins stood for a long time at three, by Octave Lapize (France) and Felix Sellier (Belgium). Lapize won in 1911, 1912 and 1913 and Sellier in 1922, 1923 and 1924. Lapize was disqualified after winning the 1910 race for not observing a neutralised section. In 2007, Robbie McEwen broke the record by winning his fourth race, and bettered this again with a fifth win in 2008.
English-speaking riders
Paris-Brussels has only seen moderate success for British riders, Sean Yates finished third in 1994 in a break with Rolf Sørensen and Franco Ballerini. There was animosity between Yates and Sørensen after shirt-pulling in the 1994 Tour de France. Sørensen broke away to win.
Tom Simpson finished second in 1963. He went away well before the border into Belgium. A small group went with him and established a 13-minute lead. The group contained Jean Stablinski and Simpson lost to him when his gears slipped and Stablinski got away for the win.
Robbie McEwen won in 2002 after the peloton caught Erik Dekker with 500m remaining. Another Australian Phil Anderson finished third in 1992. Irishman Seamus Elliott was unfortunate in 1958; with three miles to go he had a lead of a minute when he smashed his frame. He took a spectator's bike but finished down the rankings.
File:Paris-Brussels Map.JPG
Map showing the route of the 2004 edition of Paris-Brussels.
Race length
Before 1926, the race was always over 400km, but this has reduced over the years with 2004 being 225km, although as recently as 1987 the distance was 309km when Wim Arras triumphed. The quickest race was 1975 when a tailwind helped Freddy Maertens finish in 46.11kmh.
Route
The race starts at Soissons, in Picardie, 85km north-east of Paris, although prior to 1996 the race started in Noyon and during the 1980s in Senlis. The race is level but towards the end there are cobbled climbs such as the Alsemberg, Mont Saint Roch and the Keperenberg. The race ended for many years in the Anderlecht district of Brussels outside the Constant Vanden Stock football stadium in the Place de Linde. However, 2005 concluded at the Atomium north of the centre of Brussels. 1996 saw another change when it was moved from midweek date to a Saturday.
The quality of field has suffered since the Vuelta a España moved to September in 1995, many sprinter-roadmen preferring the Spanish Tour.
