From: brad@cup.portal.com (Paul B Anders)
Newsgroups: rec.bicycles
Subject: Race results : Paris-Roubaix
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 92 09:27:17 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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This account of Paris-Roubaix is from a friend of DEC. Please see the
trailer at the end.

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		Paris - Roubaix 12th April 1992
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	After Kelly "le Vieux" in Milan - San Remo, it's Duclos "le Doyenne" 
in the Clasic of Classics.  In this context it means that Duclos-Lassalle of 
the Z team is one of the older (if not the oldest) and most respected in the 
peloton today.  After 14 participations in the same number of years as a 
professional GDL attacked with more than 40 km to go and arrived at the 
Roubaix velodrome before a euphoric French public chanting "Du-clos, 
Du-clos..."
	It must be said that Lemond finally repaid some of his Z teams 
efforts, particularly when he ran them ragged in last year's TdF, by making 
great efforts to control the race behind his route captain.  Nearly everyone 
who tried found Lemond on their wheel and he frequently laed into tight 
corners and braked to upset the rythm of the chasers.
	I must admit that with 20km to go and 2' advance, I thought it would
be tight, normally one can reckon that a bunch in full cry can easily pull back
1' per 10km.  However Paris - Roubaix is no ordinary race and Duclos rode onto
the velodraome nearly a lap and well over a minute clear of Olaf Ludwig who
had made great efforts in the closing stages getting to under 30" at one time.

90th Paris-Roubaix
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151 riders at the start, notable absentee Moreno Argentin, victim of a crah in 
the Tour of Flanders.  Grey and misty weather, medium wind from SW.

At the drop of the flag, 3 Ariostea's escaped Lietti, Jaermann and Joho, 
accompanied by Pagnin(Lotus).  With the favourable wind, they covered 45,7km 
in the first hour and 48,2 in the second despite Pagnin doing nothing to help. 
 At km 85, they had 5' on the bunch and 4'20" over a counter-attack of 
Seigneur, Wegmuller, Krieger, Tafi and Schur.

At Troisvilles, 100km and at the start of the 2nd section of pavi, this 5 were 
at 3'50" and the bunch at 4'30".  Kelly was amongst a group of those dropped 
but regained without any problem.  Apart from punctures to Capiot and 
Vanderaerden, little happened until Valenciennes, 148km.  On the pavi at 
Quiivy, Lietti cracked, followed by Joho on the next section at Querenaing.

Before the section through the forest of Arenberg, the situation clarified 
- Jaermann and Pagnin still in the lead, chased by 6 riders at 1'10" - Tafi, 
Seigneur, Joho, Wegmuller, Schur and Willems.  The main bunch was at 2'25" 
having recaught Krieger.  During this section (156km), Duclos broke away from 
the main bunch accompanied by Van Poppel.

At Helesmes, 167km, Van Slyke joined with Duclos and Van Poppel just as they 
caught the 6 chasers and Jaermann who had regrouped, losing Pagnin with 2 
punctures.  On the pavis at Wandignies, Duclos, Van Poppel, Van Slyke, 
Wegmuller and Jaermann escaped, leaving the rest to be slowly picked up by the 
chasing bunch.  Jaermann was the next to succomb, momentarily picked up by 
Tafi and Willems who were still suviving between the 2 groups.

At 183km, on the exit from Sars-et-Rosihres, Casado fell for the second time 
and Durand was dropped for the first time, and after the section at Orchies 
where the difference was still 2'10", the Bucklers took a hand, leading with 
Nijdan and Van Hooydonck in person.  This last continued to work hard over the 
cobbles at Bersie, 207km, while the rest of the favourites sat on his wheel.

After this section, Wegmuller was forced to drop from the 5 leaders with a 
puncture and the bunch which had lost Vanderaerden and Durand was at only 
1'20" and being driven by Kelly, Lemond, Musseeuw, Ballerini and Van Hooydonck.
 
 When the wind turned favourable again at Seclin, the Panasonics organised 
their pursuit, but in front Duclos attacked at 222km, gaining 30" over Van 
Poppel and Van Slyke by Ennevelin at 228km.

46km from the finish and Duclos found himself alone in the lead, and at 
Cysoing, 29 to go, he still had 1'40" which was on the point of absorbing Van 
Poppel and Van Slyke.  Verhoeven, Rezze and Van Hooydonck tried to escape but 
were controlled by the Z team in the persons of Lemond, Colotti and Capelle.  
With 19km to go, Duclos still retained 1'07" and Musseeuw was again thwarted by
 
Lemond.

Olaf Ludwig, better known for his sprinting abilities, succeeded just before 
the Carrefour de l'Arbre, 17km to go, and settled to a steady pursuit pushing 
a mighty gear.  In contrast to Duclos, who rode steadily on the crown of the 
cobbled sections, Ludwig spent a lot of time looking for smooth patches, but 
4km from the velodrome the gap was down to 18".  At this point, Duclos who was 
receiving steady time-checks from his team car containing Rogers Legeay and 
Zannier, realised it was in the bag and stepped up the tempo while Ludwig and 
the bunch realised they were beaten.  Capiot took the sprint for 3rd place 
despite a pile-up at the bell where Moncassin and Capelle crashed.

Duclos' record in Paris-Roubaix
1978 -28th	1979 -25th	1980 -2nd	1981 -22nd	1982 -20th
1983 -2nd	1984 -DNS	1985 -DNF	1986 -34th	1987 -17th
1988 -DNF	1989 -4th	1990 -6th	1991 -12th	1992 -1st

1. Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle(Fra/Z)	267,5km in 6.26.56(41,48kph)
2. Olaf Ludwig(All/Pan)				   @  1.22
3. Johan Capiot(Bel/TVM)			   @  ??
4. Peter Pieters(Bel/Tulip)			   @tmt
5. J-C Colotti(Fra/Z)
6. Etienne de Wilde(Bel/Tele)
9. G Lemond(EU/Z)
13. S Yates(GB/Mot)
29. S Kelly(Ire/Lotus)
39. L Fignon(Fra/Gat)				   @  2.22
54. Abdoujaparov(CEI/Carr)			   @  7.28
84. (and last) Jeker(Sui/Hel)			   @ 33.40

This text is brought to you by an enthusiast at DIGITAL EQUIPMENT, 
Sophia-Antipolis, France, and is an amalgam of information from L'Equipe,
France-Info, Nice-Matin and the French National TV companies.