1984 Paris–Roubaix

1984 Paris–Roubaix

Race details
Date		April 8
Distance		265.5 km (165.0 mi)
Winning time		7h 31' 35" (36.074 km/h or 22.415 mph)
Palmares
	Winner	Sean Kelly (IRL)	(Skil-Sem)
	Second	Rudy Rogiers (BEL)	(Splendor)
	Third	Alain Bondue (FRA)	(La Redoute)

The 1984 Paris–Roubaix was undertaken in extremely muddy conditions, reducing the speed of the riders and making the race even harder than usual.

The race was characterised by a great deal of action early on, but the deciding move came with 45 kilometres to go. At this point Sean Kelly went after two La Redoute riders who were out in front, Gregor Braun and Alain Bondue. Rudy Rogiers came up to Kelly and they chased and caught the La Redoute pair. Braun was soon dropped and Bondue then crashed, and despite chasing hard, could not regain contact with the front two. At the finish on the Roubaix velodrome, Rogiers had no chance against the dominant Kelly who easily won the sprint for his first Paris–Roubaix win.

This win came in the middle of an amazing stretch of results for Kelly who later described this period in the first half of 1984 as the best of his career.^[1]

Below, the results for the 1984 edition of the Paris–Roubaix cycling classic.

Results

1984: Paris–Roubaix, 265 km.

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Sean Kelly (IRE)	Skil	7h 31'35"
2	Rudy Rogiers (BEL)	Splendor	s.t.
3	Alain Bondue (FRA)	La Redoute	at 0'36
4	Johan van der Velde (NED)	Metauro Mobili	at 4'33
5	Gregor Braun (GER)	La Redoute	at 4'33
6	Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (BEL)	La Redoute	at 6'16
7	Jacques Hanegraaf (NED)	Kwantum	at 6'16
8	Patrick Versluys (BEL)		at 6'16
9	Hennie Kuiper (NED)	Kwantum	at 6'16
10	Rudy Matthijs (BEL)		at 8'28

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