| Lapize Again!!
The 15th edition of Paris-Roubaix was held on Sunday, March 27, 1910.
A record number of starters (144 riders) came to the line in Chatou. At exactly 7:00 am the starter’s flag dropped and the race flew out of Paris. Aggressive racing did not split the field.
Race Status:
Through Beauvais, (75 km / 266 km), the 80-rider peloton remained together. The large group at the check point caused confusion. Nervous riders fought for the pen to sign-in and get away first. The elites kept their pace high.
On the climb of the Doullens Hill (167 km / 266 km), a surprising group of fifty attacked the hill. Francois Faber (Alcyon) led a new breakaway of twelve. Defending champion Octave Lapize (Alcyon) rode prominently in the group.
At the control station in Arras (214 km / 266 km), Lapize signed first and moved away quickly. He was joined by Edouard Leonard (Alcyon), Cyrille Van Hauwaert (Alcyon), and an unlucky Charles Crupelandt (Le Globe), who punctured twice on the cobbled sections near Henin-Lietard.
In Carvin (245 km / 266 km), Faber and Eugene Christophe (Alcyon) caught the breakaway. But suffering from the hard effort Faber began to feel fatigued and lost control, riding into a ditch. He did remount and continue but his chances of victory were gone.
The final four elites of the race dueled steadily through the closing cobbled sections of the north and arrived at the velodrome to a huge ovation!
Van Hauwaert led Lapize into the velodrome.
Belgian Van Hauwaert led for five laps, but on the final lap, Lapize managed to move around a tiring Belgian on the final bend and use superior closing speed to gain his second straight Paris-Roubaix victory.
SPECIAL NOTE: Octave “Le Frisé” Lapize continued a successful 1910 with a victory in the Tour de France, including four stage wins!
P-R March 27, 1910 |
266 Km, Chatou (west of Paris) to Roubaix (Velodrome - Rue Verte, Criox)
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1.
Octave LAPIZE (Fra)
9h15'12" |
2.
Cyrille Van Hauwaert (Bel) |
3.
Eugene Christophe (Fra) |
Starters: 144 / Finishers: 74 Average Speed: 29.274 km/h |
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