PeloPics: This weekend sees the boys’s and ladies’s Paris-Roubaix, so let’s have to have a look at the traditional of Classics – Paris-Roubaix. Not any Roubaix, it needed to be a muddy version and 1994 was one of many worst. It takes an excellent hard-man to beat the muddy cobbles and Andrei Tchmil was one of many hardest.
Forty-seven riders completed on the Roubaix velodrome in 1994 as a result of snow yesterday. George Hincapie crossed the road of his first ‘Hell of the North’ and will solely say: “It was brutal”.
These Northern French cobbles had been treacherous in 1994
Rock Shocks on Johan Museeuw’s particular Bianchi bike
Musseeuw’s full suspension bike wasn’t a lot assist as he completed in thirteenth place after the suspension gave up on him after which a non-releasing pedal slowed his bike change (Why does it have Gewiss group bottles?)
We haven’t seen a moist Roubaix for a number of years, perhaps we are going to in 2018?
Adri van der Poel – Cyclocross World champion and Classics winner, he by no means did win Roubaix, though Tour of Flanders, Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Amstel Gold Race, Brabantse Pijl, Clásica San Sebastián, Paris–Brussels and Paris–Excursions wasn’t unhealthy. He’s additionally father of cross riders Mathieu and David
Leon van Bon now takes photographs of races
At all times a giant crowd on the cobbled path to Roubaix
Charley Mottet – Extra identified for his climbing than cobble using
Bruno Boscardin leads Fabio Baldato. Baldato was 2nd in 1994 and is now a DS with BMC
Franco Ballerini – Roubaix winner in 1995 and so shut in 1993 and third in 1994. He died in a rally automobile race in 2010
Sean Yates didn’t look so completely happy at this level
fifth place for Yates
Eric Vanderaerden received Roubaix in 1987, however by 1994 his profession was on the slide, though he did end sixth in 1995
Three time winner Johan Museeuw – Particular bike however solely thirteenth
Dirk De Wolf – Liège winner in ’92 and 2nd in Roubaix in ’89
Andrei Tchmil made his transfer 67 kilometers out
The Moldavian’s transfer appeared a bit early
1994 Paris-Roubaix was extra like a cyclocross race
One lap of the monitor to go, however Tchmil had over a minute on Fabio Baldato and Franco Ballerini
Tchmil received the UCI Street World Cup in 1999 together with Milan–San Remo, 1994 Paris–Roubaix, 1997 Paris–Excursions, 1998 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne and the Tour of Flanders in 2000. If it was a tough day Tchmil can be on the entrance
A moist and completely happy Andrei Tchmil
Brian Holm completed twenty fifth, however had been working onerous for his Telekom group chief Olaf Ludwig
One other completely happy however moist finisher – Johan Capiot in sixth place
A upset Johan Museeuw within the well-known Roubaix showers
Paris-Roubaix 1994:
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Paris-Roubaix 1994 End result:
1. Andrei Tchmil (Mol) Lotto in 7:28:02
2. Fabio Baldato (Ita) GB-MG at 1:13
3. Franco Ballerini (Ita) Mapei
4. Olaf Ludwig (Ger) Telekom at 1:26
5. Sean Yates (GB) Motorola
6. Johan Capiot (Bel) TVM
7. Gilbert Duclos-Lasalle (Fra) GAN
8. Ludwig Willems (Bel) GB-MG at 1:31
9. Frankie Andreu (USA) Motorola at 4:14
10. Nico Verhoeven (Ned) Novemail
11. Mario Scirea (Ita) Polti
12. Dario Bottaro (Ita) Gewiss-Ballan at 4:22
13. Johan Museeuw (Bel) GB-MG at 4:24
14. Mario De Clercq (Bel) Lotto at 6:45
15. Charly Mottet (Fra) Novemail at 7:08
16. Adri Van der Poel (Ned) Collstrop at 9:06
17. Giovanni Fidanza (Ita) Polti at 9:36
18. Frank Corvers (Bel) Collstrop
19. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Lotto
20. Frédéric Moncassin (Fra) Wordperfect at 9:46
21. Rob Harmeling (Ned) TVM
22. Uwe Raab (Ger) Telekom at 11:24
23. Thierry Marie (Fra) Castorama
24. Hendrik Redant (Bel) ZG-Selle Italia
25. Brian Holm (Den) Telekom.
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