100th Paris-Roubaix - CDM
France, April 14, 2002
Photography
Paris-Roubaix 2001 images Champions in Hell - Paris-Roubaix winners 1896 - 1950
Race day - Museeuw's roar
Photography by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Teams assemble at the start line.
- The competition begins.
- The riders begin the road to Roubaix.
- The Peloton ride on narrow paths.
- Here comes the mud! - riders endure the sinking conditions.
- Enrico Cassani (Domo) and Tom Boonen (USPS) suffer on the pavè.
- George Hincapie (USPS) rides the pavè.
- Johan Museeuw (Domo) shows who boss with a three minute gap and a 41km solo effort.
- Steffen Wesemann (Telekom) tries to chase Museeuw down.
- Tom Boonen (USPS) fights the grime to chase a podium finish.
- Johan Museeuw (Domo) on the break that lasted all the way to the line.
- Johan Museeuw (Domo) crosses the line with a gesture to indicate his 10th career World Cup win.
- Domo team management guide a completely shagged Johan Museeuw (Domo) to somewhere with less cobbles.
- 2001 winner Servais Knaven (Domo) finishes with a respectable 13th place.
- Johan Museeuw (Domo) salutes the crowd with his Paris-Roubaix trophy.
- Steffen Wesemann Johan Museeuw and Tom Boonen salute the crowd.
- Steffen Wesemann Johan Museeuw and Tom Boonen (l-r) look a little happier after losing the day's mud coating.
Photo's by Jeff Jones
- Peter Van Petegem (Lotto) - at the start
- US Postal's Johan Bruyneel - at the start in Compiegne, with former winner Dirk Demol looking on.
- Floyd Landis (USPS) - looking upbeat at the start
- The wheels - of the US Postie's bikes, about to cop a hammering
- Lotto's Litespeeds - ready for action
- Close up - of Peter Van Petegem's crankset. No need for a 39 tooth chainring today.
- Saulius Ruskys' (Gerolsteiner) - Klein machine at the start
- The Ag2r Decathlon bikes - looking shiny in the morning sun
- Emmanuel Magnien's (Bonjour) - Time bike.
- The depart - in Compiegne was in bright sunshine.
- André Korff (Team Coast) - at the feed zone
- Laszlo Bodrogi (Mapei) - takes his musette at the first feed station
- Photographers - get ready for the Arenberg onslaught
- Enrico Cassani (Domo) - leads Hans de Clercq, Rafael Schweda and Tom Boonen out of the Arenberg Forest
- Tristan Hoffman (CSC) and Max Van Heeswijk (Domo) - exit the Arenberg Forest
- Steffen Wesemann (Telekom) - leads Hincapie, Museeuw and Michaelsen out of the Arenberg Forest
- Go Nico! - Plenty of support along the way for Mattan
- You can pick 'em a mile off - Belgian fans at Orchies.
- Anticipation - at Orchies
- Max Sciandri (Lampre) - leads the chasers at Orchies
- The final, fairly smooth pave' section - into the Roubaix velodrome
- The "Mattan Ultra's" - in Roubaix.
- A young fan - brandishes his Flemish flags in the Roubaix velodrome
- A Domo rider - badly in need of a shower
- Marc Wauters (Rabobank) - heads for the showers
AFP photographers slipped and slid their way across the pavé with the peloton
- Johan Museeuw - in full attack mode
- The early Domo attack - led by Enrico Cassani in the Forest of Arenberg
- Johan Museeuw - in his element, with Lars Michaelsen also having a superb ride
- Wesemann and Hincapie - lead the main group through the Forest
- Tom Boonen and Enrico Cassani - carefully negotiate their way around a slippery corner
- Museeuw, Hincapie, Wesemann, and Michaelsen - forge a decisive lead coming out of the Forest of Wallers-Arenberg, with the remnants of the bunch trailing in their wake
- George Hincapie - exhibited a stony-faced expression throughout the whole race
- George Hincapie and Johan Museeuw - open up the throttle on the pave, and ride away from their group with apparent ease
- Aart Vierhouten - attempts to forge a lead in the breakaway with Nico Mattan, wary of the numbers game that Domo-Farm Frites will start to play
- The lion roaring - and making amends for the previous Sunday
- Steffen Wesemann - can't believe his feat after a superb late charge to catch Hincapie and Boonen
- Tom Boonen - manages a modest wave to the fans at the Roubaix velodrome after more than 220km in the front group
- Needing a hand - to walk from his bike after solo attack
- More pavé! - for the mantlepiece
Riders take to the cobbles
AFP snapped these riders practising on the Paris-Roubaix parcours
- Johan Museeuw and Fred Rodriguez (Domo) - train on the cobbles near Orchies
- The Domo team - led by Johan Museeuw and Fred Rodriguez train
- Frédéric Guesdon - leads the Française des Jeux team training on the parcours
- Frédéric Guesdon - and the Française des Jeux boys, enjoying the sunshine
- Bonjour riders practise their cornering on the cobbles
- Credit Agricole riders tackle the cobbles in unseasonal sunshine
- Team Coast practises riding past Rabobank riders while they fix a puncture
- Rabobank gets in some pavé practice.
- Workers from Denain prepare a banner welcoming the riders
Images from Paris-Roubaix 2001
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The following photos are courtesy of Fotoreporter Sirotti:
- George Hincapie, Johan Museeuw and Servais Knaven - look like creatures from another planet
- Servais Knaven (Domo) - rides in the muck.
- Ludo Dierckxsens, Romans Vainsteins and Nico Mattan -churn away
- Johan Museeuw (Domo) - grits his teeth as he chases back on
- Wilfried Peeters (Domo) - during his impressive solo break
- Dario Pieri (Saeco) - struggled, but finished well
- Max Sciandri (Lampre) - leading Dario Pieri on a dry section
- Servais Knaven (Domo) - crosses the finish line in the Roubaix velodrome
- Servais Knaven (Domo) - raises the cobblestone trophy
- The podium - Johan Musueew, Servais Knaven and Romans Vainsteins
- Franco Ballerini (Mapei) - leads Jans Koerts (Mercury) in the mud bath.
- "Merci Roubaix" - Franco Ballerini finishes his career
- Franco Ballerini - Mud spattered but proud
More Paris-Roubaix 2001 photos
Champions in Hell - Paris-Roubaix winners 1896 - 1950
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An archive of the faces that made the Paris-Roubaix tradition. With the 100th edition of Paris-Roubaix, now is a good chance to look back at the original champions of The Hell of the North.
Thanks to Roger Thomas for supplying these photos.
- Josef Fischer (Ger) - 1st place, 1896
- Maurice Garin (Fra) - 1st place, 1897
- Maurice Garin (Fra) - 1st place, 1898
- Albert Champion (Fra) - 1st place, 1899
- Emile Bouhours (Fra) - 1st place, 1900
- Luc Lesna (Fra) - 1st place, 1901
- Luc Lesna (Fra) - 1st place, 1902
- Hippolyte Aucouturier (Fra) - 1st place, 1903
- Hippolyte Aucouturier (Fra) - 1st place, 1904
- Louis Trousselier (Fra) - 1st place, 1905
- Henri Cornet (Fra) - 1st place, 1906
- Georges Passerieu (Fra) - 1st place, 1907
- Cyrille Van Hauwaert (Bel) - 1st place, 1908
- Octave Lapize (Fra) - 1st place, 1909
- Octave Lapize (Fra) - 1st place, 1910
- Octave Lapize (Fra) - 1st place, 1911
- Charles Crupelandt (Fra) - 1st place, 1912
- François Faber (Lux) - 1st place, 1913
- Charles Crupelandt (Fra) - 1st place, 1914
- Henri Pelissier (Fra) - 1st place, 1919
- Paul Deman (Bel) - 1st place, 1920
- Henri Pelissier (Fra) - 1st place, 1921
- Albert Dejonghe (Bel) - 1st place, 1922
- Henri Suter (Swi) - 1st place, 1923
- Jules Van Hevel (Bel) - 1st place, 1924
- Félix Sellier (Bel) - 1st place, 1925
- Julien Delbecque (Bel) - 1st place, 1926
- Georges Ronsse (Bel) - 1st place, 1927
- Andre Leducq (Fra) - 1st place, 1928
- Charles Meunier (Bel) - 1st place, 1929
- Julien Vervaecke (Bel) - 1st place, 1930
- Gaston Rebry (Bel) - 1st place, 1931
- Romain Gyssels (Bel) - 1st place, 1932
- Sylvere Maes (Bel) - 1st place, 1933
- Gaston Rebry (Bel) - 1st place, 1934
- Gaston Rebry (Bel) - 1st place, 1935
- Speicher (Fra) - 1st place, 1936
- Jules Rossi (Ita) - 1st place, 1937
- Lucien Storme (Bel) - 1st place, 1938
- Emile Masson Jnr (Bel) - 1st place, 1939
- Marcel Kint (Bel) - 1st place, 1943
- Maurice Desimpelaere (Bel) - 1st place, 1944
- Paul Maye (Fra) - 1st place, 1945
- Georges Claes (Bel) - 1st place, 1946
- Georges Claes (Bel) - 1st place, 1947
- Rick van Steenbergen (Bel) - 1st place, 1948
- André Mahe (Fra) - equal 1st place, 1949
- Fausto Coppi (Ita) - equal 1st place, 1949
- Fausto Coppi (Ita) - 1st place, 1950
