André Leducq, the two-time Tour de France winner (1930 and 1932) claimed his first great triumph at Paris-Roubaix in 1928.
The race took place on the 8th April 1928.
89 riders departed in Le Vésinet but only 52 riders completed the 260 km long route.
The defining moment of the race happened in Arras, where defending champion Georges Ronsse rode away from the rest of the peloton. Charles Pélissier and Charles Meunier followed him. André Leducq and Gaston Rebry (the later three-time Paris-Roubaix winner from 1931, 1934 and 1935) joined later.
Then, Rebry and Pélissier dropped, and only three riders arrived at the avenue des Villas in Roubaix.
Meunier was a kind of an outsider (although he won the race next year), a dark horse, and Ronsse knowing nothing about his capabilities rather started a long sprint. Leducq followed and outsprinted him at 50m and won the race.
Paris-Roubaix is one of the most iconic and most popular road cycling races of the international professional cycling calendar. Started in 1896, one of the longest lasting big success in the history of road cycling races.
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