1972 PARIS-ROUBAIX No. 1 for Roger De Vlaeminck
70th edition-Sunday, April 16.
The 1972 Paris–Roubaix marked the real beginning of ROGER DE VLAEMINCK'S supremacy of the cobbles of the North.
De Vlaeminck had already placed second two years earlier, but in 1972 there was no stopping anymore for the in future called "Mr. Paris-Roubaix".
Roger won 4 times the Hell classic: 1972; 1974, 1975, 1977.
(ROGER DE VLAEMINCK photos nostalgie FB)
Anno 2020 was the race postponed to Oct 25, then cancelled, for the first time since 1942, because of the Covid-19 pandemic...
1972 PARIS-ROUBAIX No. 1 for Roger De Vlaeminck
70th edition-Sunday, April 16.
The 1972 Paris–Roubaix marked the real beginning of ROGER DE VLAEMINCK'S supremacy of the cobbles of the North.
De Vlaeminck had already placed second two years earlier, but in 1972 there was no stopping anymore for the in future called "Mr. Paris-Roubaix".
Roger won 4 times the Hell classic: 1972; 1974, 1975, 1977.
(ROGER DE VLAEMINCK photos nostalgie FB)
Anno 2020 was the race postponed to Oct 25, then cancelled, for the first time since 1942, because of the Covid-19 pandemic...