1984 Paris–Roubaix

1984 Paris–Roubaix April 8, 1984 265.5 1 km 7h 31' 35" Sean Kelly IRL Skil-Sem Rudy Rogiers BEL Splendor Alain Bondue FRA La Redoute 1983 1985 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. The best of my career www.velonews.com 31 October 2005 http://www.velonews.com/article/9113 2008-08-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20081013095916/http://www.velonews.com/article/9113 13 October 2008 dead Below, the results for the 1984 edition of the Paris–Roubaix cycling classic. Results 1984: Paris–Roubaix, 265 km. CyclistTeamTime1Sean Kelly IRESkil7h 31'35"2Rudy Rogiers BELSplendors.t.3Alain Bondue FRALa Redouteat 0'364Johan van der Velde NEDMetauro Mobili at 4'335Gregor Braun GERLa Redouteat 4'336Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke BELLa Redouteat 6'167Jacques Hanegraaf NEDKwantumat 6'168Patrick Versluys BEL at 6'169Hennie Kuiper NED Kwantumat 6'1610Rudy Matthijs BEL at 8'28 References Category:Paris–Roubaix Paris-Roubaix Paris-Roubaix Category:1984 Super Prestige Pernod