1968 Paris–Roubaix
{{Infobox cycling race report
| name = 1968 Paris–Roubaix
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| date = 7 April 1968
| stages = 1
| distance = 264{{cite magazine |last=Wadley |first=J. B.|authorlink=Jock Wadley |title=Jean Stablinski shows the way from Paris to Roubaix |magazine=International Cycle Sport |date=June 1968 |issue=2 |page=4 |url=http://www.internationalcyclesport.com/html/ics_1968-06_p04.html |access-date=7 April 2020 |publisher=Kennedy Brothers Publishing |location=Silsden, UK |issn=0020-6504 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407173746/http://www.internationalcyclesport.com/html/ics_1968-06_p04.html |archive-date=7 April 2020}}
| unit = km
| time = 7h 09' 26"
| first = Eddy Merckx
| first_nat = BEL
| first_team = {{UCI team code|Faemino|1968}}
| second = Herman Van Springel
| second_nat = BEL
| second_team = {{UCI team code|Mann|1968}}
| third = Walter Godefroot
| third_nat = BEL
| third_team = {{UCI team code|Flandria|1968}}
| previous = 1967
| next = 1969
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The 1968 Paris–Roubaix was the 66th edition of the Paris–Roubaix cycle race and was held on 7 April 1968.{{cite web|url=http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/paris-roubaix/pr1968.html|title=1968 Paris - Roubaix |work=BikeRaceInfo|accessdate=28 December 2017}} The race started in Compiègne and finished in Roubaix.{{cite web|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/cla_paris_roubaix/roubaix1968.php|title=66ème Paris-Roubaix 1968|trans-title=66th Paris-Roubaix 1968|language=French|work=Mémoire du cyclisme|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051107080745/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/cla_paris_roubaix/roubaix1968.php|archivedate=7 November 2005}} The race was won by Eddy Merckx of the Faema team. The {{Convert|264|km|mi}} course included {{Convert|56.5|km|mi}} of cobbles, with the Trouée d'Arenberg featuring for the first time.{{Cite web |title=Paris-Roubaix: Moments that have defined cycling's most-loved Monument |url=https://www.globalcyclingnetwork.com/racing/features/paris-roubaix-moments-that-have-defined-cyclings-most-loved-monument |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=Global Cycling Network |language=en |quote=Goddet was persuaded to include the Trouée d’Arenberg in the 1968 edition of Paris-Roubaix.}}
Result
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|+Result (1–10){{cite web|url=http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/paris-roubaix/paris-roubaix-index.html|title=Paris-Roubaix (World Tour)|work=BikeRaceInfo|accessdate=28 December 2017}} |
| scope="col" | Rank
! scope="col" | Rider ! scope="col" | Team ! scope="col" | Time |
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| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 1
| {{flagathlete|Eddy Merckx|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|Faemino|1968}} | style="text-align:right;" | {{nowrap|7h 09' 26"}} |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 2
| {{flagathlete|Herman Van Springel|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|Mann|1968}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 0" |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 3
| {{flagathlete|Walter Godefroot|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|Flandria|1968}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 1' 37" |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 4
| {{flagathlete|Edward Sels|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|Bic|1968}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 3' 11" |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 5
| {{flagathlete|Victor Van Schil|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|Faemino|1968}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 3' 11" |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 6
| {{flagathlete|Raymond Poulidor|FRA}} | {{UCI team code|Mercier|1968}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 5' 05" |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 7
| {{flagathlete|Henk Nijdam|NED}} | {{UCI team code|Peugeot|1968}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 7' 46" |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 8
| {{flagathlete|Jan Janssen|NED}} | {{UCI team code|Pelforth|1968}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 8' 03" |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 9
| {{flagathlete|Guido Reybrouck|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|Faemino|1968}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 8' 03" |
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | 10
| {{flagathlete|Frans Melckenbeeck|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|Groene Leeuw|1968}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 8' 03" |
References
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