1973 Paris–Roubaix
{{Infobox cycling race report
| name = 1973 Paris–Roubaix
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| date = 15 April 1973
| stages = 1
| unit = km
| time = 7h 28' 43"
| first = Eddy Merckx
| first_nat = BEL
| first_team = {{UCI team code|Molteni|1973}}
| second = Walter Godefroot
| second_nat = BEL
| second_team = {{UCI team code|Flandria|1973}}
| third = Roger Rosiers
| third_nat = BEL
| third_team = {{UCI team code|Bic|1973}}
| previous = 1972
| next = 1974
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The 1973 Paris–Roubaix was the 71st edition of the Paris–Roubaix cycle race and was held on 15 April 1973.{{cite web|url=http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/paris-roubaix/pr1973.html|title=1973 Paris - Roubaix |work=BikeRaceInfo|accessdate=29 December 2017}} The race started in Compiègne and finished in Roubaix.{{cite web|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/cla_paris_roubaix/roubaix1973.php|title=71ème Paris-Roubaix 1973|work=Memoire du cyclisme|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051110143450/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/cla_paris_roubaix/roubaix1973.php|archivedate=10 November 2005}} The race was won by Eddy Merckx of the Molteni team.
General classification
| Final general classification{{cite web|url=http://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=8&y=1973|title=1973 Paris - Roubaix|work=First Cycling|accessdate=29 December 2017}}
{| class="wikitable" |
| scope="col" | Rank
! scope="col" | Rider ! scope="col" | Team ! scope="col" | Time |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| {{flagathlete|Eddy Merckx|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|Molteni|1973}} | style="text-align:right;" | {{nowrap|7h 28' 43"}} |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| {{flagathlete|Walter Godefroot|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|Flandria|1973}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 2' 20" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
| {{flagathlete|Roger Rosiers|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|Bic|1973}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 2' 20" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| {{flagathlete|Walter Planckaert|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|Maes Pils|1973}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 7' 18" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| {{flagathlete|Freddy Maertens|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|Flandria|1973}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 7' 18" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| {{flagathlete|Frans Verbeeck|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|Maes Pils|1973}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 7' 46" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
| {{flagathlete|Roger De Vlaeminck|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|Brooklyn|1973}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 7' 46" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 8
| {{flagathlete|Herman Van Springel|BEL}} | {{UCI team code|Rokado|1973}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 7' 46" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| {{flagathlete|Régis Delépine|FRA}} | {{UCI team code|Mercier|1973}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 11' 53" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
| {{flagathlete|Raymond Poulidor|FRA}} | {{UCI team code|Mercier|1973}} | style="text-align:right;" | + 11' 53" |
|}
References
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{{1973 Super Prestige Pernod}}
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