1984 Paris Roubaix Finish - Sean Kelly

[Konquistadoren]

Kelly won again in 1986. In an incredible career he also won Paris-Nice seven years in a row (the record) and the Tour de France green jersey four times. Allez !

[BPMSmith]

Sean Kelly, what a warrior he was on the bike.LOL at Lemond waiting for a headsup sprint vs Kelly, one of the great sprinters of his day.

[ukbikeshoponline]

It's really brilliant to look at all the outstanding cycling ahead. Right here in the United Kingdom the sunshine is with us, Spring appears to be definitely not far away...okay August at least, and the Paris - Roubaix is now. Keep up the great efforts on the video bits and pieces...some of us may just get one or two wet days when we simply cannot escape, and might yearn some cycling to watch.

[yngwieisking]

Commentary is definitely Flemish, not Dutch.

[DHTCF]

@tchaobelo Dutch is Nederlands in English

[tchaobelo]

@DHTCF Thank you for your correction!! I'm a french-speaker from Belgium ;-)

[DHTCF]

@tchaobelo De rien. J'ai etudie en Belgique, mais ca fait beacoup, a Mons.

[sionascaig1]

Sean at his suprime best. Stuff, indeed, of legends.

[zapspace]

Rudy Rogiers, 2nd, now working as a bricklayer in Belgium ... Great effort.

[odinata]

@zapspace

I hope he has that bike. I hope a beautiful woman chose him. I hope that Rudy is happy.

Bike racing is hard.

[phillyvinilli]

@zapspace I would be happy with a 2nd place in Paris Roubaix to Sean Kelly and then to be a brick layer.

Very happy

[kinered]

STRANGE the cadence or frecuency of pedaling, excesive slow, ¿or the street is'nt flat

[talkto20john]

@kinered bigger gears help roll over cobbles smoother

[kinered]

@talkto20john thanks, I learned something new.

[arklat]

Golly Batman, er, Bruce. Sorry, SK was NOT the greatest classics racer ever. That lofty pedestal belongs to the real greatest ever, Eddy Merckx! He has the best win list in the classics, ever. If you include Grand Tours, he is alone as the best. Include a World Championship in road race, time trialand an Olympic gold, PLUS the Hour Record, and you can see, he is the best. No disrespect to Sean kelly, but Merckx is really the best. Could he have won the TDF when the stages were 300+ miles. Yes!

[spudmourph73]

happy days, thanks sean kelly for the great memories.

[DEXTER941]

Sean always had a love for this classic, won it twice as far as I remember, he was always unlucky in the Tour of Flanders, that race broke his heart many times, as far as I know it was probably the only classic he didn't win, I'm sure he still has nightmares about that race.

[rasbirr]

Sean Kelly, natural talent, groomed in Ireland under a relaxed regime in the 1970s

[dirkenderest]

Rogiers no dope!!!

[fietsvriend]

He was sooooo steady,my all time favorite,I am also a farmer's one,i imitated him when he said that sleeping in woollen underwear would better recover tired muscles i did it for years and it works!

[fignon]

Look at sean changing gear before sprint, in days before ERGO/STI leves

[brucewayne909]

I remember this race quite well . I believe this was the one where the chasing group got caught at a railway crossing for a passenger train. Sean Kelley was the greatest racer ever in the one day classics!

[zoltar56]

Many thanks for uploading this vid. The greatest race I've ever seen. Most the afternoon Kelly fought against Bondue and Braun (two former pursuit world champions) working together. Kelly did the pursuit almost alone (the other guy didn't really help). Bondue (who was from Roubaix) desperately wanted that race and fought to the end but was quite unlucky... Kelly at his best was certainly one of the best rider ever along with Merck or Hinault.

[classicscyclist]

Third guy actually finished 36seconds back , Alain Bondue then forth was four and a half minutes back.

[gasgaszz]

unreal sitting in work with tears in my eyes

i remember the great days of irish cycling the blarney 3 day when kelly way down where did we go wrong celtic tiger me arse

[FTMJarra]

Sean was my first and greatest cycling hero......hard as nails!!!

[xorba2b]

What a legend. We are still so proud of what he achieved.

[brigader4heart]

it is great to catch up on these classics through fans like socalrider909 posting them on here!,thanks guys!.

[psiturbo]

The 3rd guy is way back; Lead was at 7:24 (red marker banner)of video and the 3rd guy passed it at 8:05, that is a BIG gap in cycling.

[pstjernkvist]

Sure is, but back in 1970 Merckx won Paris-Roubaix by 5 minutes and 21 seconds.

[edmondsm82]

How far back was that 3rd place guy?

[bellyflopie]

1984 I remember it well the glory days of Irish cycling. I look forward to their return.

[monkeywrench890]

Ahh man your great thanks for uploading this vid.

Anything to do with sean kelly is always great!

[EilertPilarmDM]

if there's such a thing as 'youTube Uploader of the Year' then socalrider909 gets my vote.

[cliffswift]

Fabulous

thanks for taking us back

when life on a bike

was a wee bit less complicated

[sjl62]

Great race -- Kelly splits the field with his first attack, catches the lead duo of Bondue and Braun, tows Rudy Rogiers to the finish and then outsprints him for the win. As they say, "Any questions?"

[qwerty7788]

and not one ounce of

carbon fiber!

Sean was the MAN!

[LivinOnAnIsland]

Makes the hair stand on my arms.

[markrskinner]

Kelly : the hardest of the hard.

[lesmcluffalot]

Kewlios

[Chett73]

Great video, love to finally see some the races I have only been able to read about.

[msives]

fantasic...video.

I remember reading about this in cycling with those grainy black and white photos.

[brizogg]

I started competitive cycling a year after this, to be warned, only hard men race (if it was easy, everyone would be doing it). I didn't understand this statement for a while, Kelly was, by far, the hardest man in the sport. I remember reading he burnt rubber on a hill in the Helk V. A man of the classics, and, I agree, cycling builds character NO other sport can. Great video, and tribute to a great pioneer, and he stuck to his values. Pity he couldn't challenge and shame the dopers of today.

[jakecolt]

one of the sports hard men thanks for this clip

[flappingdinglehatch]

^^^^this video = why this is my favorite 1 day race

[sydney76]

First Paris Roubaix for the great Sean Kelly, I was so happy for him and the late Jean de Gribaldy, french directeur sportif, who has discovered Sean in 1976.

[sydney76]

First Paris Roubaix for the great Sean Kelly, I was so happy for him and the late Jean de Gribaldy, french directeur sportif, who has discovered Sean in 1976.

[thormanby7]

wow, great upload.

[misspollyanna]

Thank you so much for posting this video!

[sjl62]

O for the old days of (mostly) black shorts.