As the races do year after year, Paris-Roubaix and Paris-Roubaix Femmes drew the cobbled Classics season to a close in spectacular fashion at the weekend. The pair of races, run over the cruel ...
The French Classic was started in 1896 by Theo Vienne and Maurice Perez, two textile manufacturers from Roubaix. Vienne and Perez saw the success of Bordeaux-Paris and wanted to organise something ...