Paris Roubaix - A Journey Through Hell

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Paris-Roubaix, a one-day bicycle race in northeastern France, is known as “ The Hell of the North” for good reason. Although the course is somewhat flatter than the other spring classics, it

Includes:: interminable stretches of muddy farm roads paved with rough-hewn cobblestones. The cobbles alone are enough to shake bikes & bones to bits; throw in the notoriously fickle weather, which often

Includes:: rain, snow, & driving wind, & the course becomes downright treacherous. Held the third Sunday in April since 1896, Paris-Roubaix is a race of great tradition. The race follows a 270-kilometer course between the suburbs of the French capital & the northern industrial city of Roubaix, & its long history, coupled with its proximity to the cycling-mad triangle of northern France, Belgium, & Holl&, means that it has served over the years to confirm the fame of cycling’s greatest champions. All of the history & excitement of the world’s most famous one-day bicycle race is captured & comprehensively illustrated with hundreds of spectacular color & black-&-white photographs in this lavish, oversized format. With authoritative text from France’s top sportswriters, ” Paris-Roubaix: A Journey Through Hell” presents the inside story of the race, its great riders, its traditions, & its secrets.