{"id":146911,"date":"2017-02-23T14:22:26","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T14:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=146911"},"modified":"2017-02-27T10:02:09","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T10:02:09","slug":"hell-north-10-spectacular-vintage-photos-paris-roubaix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/02\/23\/hell-north-10-spectacular-vintage-photos-paris-roubaix\/","title":{"rendered":"Hell of the North: 10 Spectacular Vintage Photos of the Paris-Roubaix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Paris-Roubaix is a horrible race to ride but the most beautiful one to win,&#8221; Sean Kelly said of the Sunday in Hell and we\u2019re not going to argue with him. Who has never been grateful for watching this classic on TV instead of riding out there in the mud and rain? The race has such a unique mix of breath-taking action and unpredictability that it feels like it belongs to an entirely different era of cycling. And with its long heritage going as far back as 1896, it may very well be true. That is the thing that makes it so interesting though and the photos below prove it.<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146922\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146922\" style=\"width: 564px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/Bernard-Hinault-crashing-1981.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-146922\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/Bernard-Hinault-crashing-1981.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" height=\"433\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146922\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Paris\u2013Roubaix is bullshit,&#8221; said Bernard Hinault after the 1981 edition. The photo shows him after one of the seven crashes that day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146921\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146921\" style=\"width: 979px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/Jacques-Anquetil-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-146921\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/Jacques-Anquetil-.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"979\" height=\"709\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146921\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jacques Anquetil (1953)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146920\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146920\" style=\"width: 976px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/seankelly.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-146920\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/seankelly.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"976\" height=\"746\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146920\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sean Kelly &#8211; &#8220;Paris\u2013Roubaix without rain is not a true Paris\u2013Roubaix. Throw in a little snow as well, it&#8217;s not serious.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146919\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146919\" style=\"width: 564px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/Serse-and-Fausto-Coppi-after-the-1949-Paris-Roubaix.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-146919\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/Serse-and-Fausto-Coppi-after-the-1949-Paris-Roubaix.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" height=\"376\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Serse and Fausto Coppi (1949)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146916\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146916\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/1985.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-146916\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/1985.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146916\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old-school racing (1985)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146915\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146915\" style=\"width: 564px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/1987Paris.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-146915\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/1987Paris.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" height=\"510\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146915\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In 1987, only 47 out of the 192 starters would make it to the finish, with a 25-year-old Eric Vanderaerden crossing the finish line first.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146914\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146914\" style=\"width: 564px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/Parigi-Roubaix-1978.-16-04-1978.-Francesco-Moser-1951.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-146914\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/Parigi-Roubaix-1978.-16-04-1978.-Francesco-Moser-1951.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" height=\"1242\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146914\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Francesco Moser in 1978<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146913\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146913\" style=\"width: 569px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/1960.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-146913\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/1960.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"569\" height=\"594\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">For the love of mud (1960)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-146911 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/GregLeMond1985.webp'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"484\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/GregLeMond1985.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-146917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/GregLeMond1985.webp 484w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/02\/GregLeMond1985-194x300.webp 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-146917'>\n\t\t\t\tGreg LeMond and two snaps of him showing the toll Paris-Roubaix takes on its 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