1997 Paris Roubaix

The chase group catches Andrei Tchmil and Frédéric Moncasssin just as they are about to turn on to the finish in the Roubaix velodrome. Frederic Guesdon is sitting on the back of this group until the final hundred meters and then sprints for the win.

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[thawkins2005]

simply awesome

[sjl62]

What a delightfully odd career Guesdon has had -- a dedicated and unselfish domestique who just happens to have Paris-Roubaix and Paris-Tours bookending his palmares!

[Mazzafrombola]

Grande Guesdon, ma mi chiedo ancora oggi come mai i tre della Lotto non abbiano provato a vincere quella Roubaix...

[chickasmith]

GWEEZDON!!!

[whitehouse75]

mettete il video della vittoria di Tchmil alla milano sanremo 1999!!!

il più grande numero in bici degli ultimi 40 anni

[sprintbass]

Andrei Tchmil was one of my faves..i miss him.

[timdevries1]

nice victorie..

he was good in 2009 version, i was surprised that he could follow so long

[lofi73]

Yeah i remember his sprint from the back...Very surprising winner.He was present at the end of this years race too for a short moment.Certainly not a rider you hear about everyday.

[Ecoq34]

Impressionnant de facilité !

[babgp]

Le contraire de Jan Ullrich lol!

Alors là je suis parfaitement d'accord,

on prône Jalabert ou Virenque mais Guesdon demeure le dernier français à avoir remporté cette classique! C'était surement l'un des plus faible et il a dupé tout le monde!!

Ullrich Forever.

[tchao belo]

magnifique!! Oure le fait que Guesdon avait les jambes de feu, il a aussi utilisé une belle astuce: celle de prendre de la vitesse dans la ligne droite opposée et monter au virage pour en redescendre avec plus de vitesse encore... Au nez et à la barbe des plus grands... Pour moi Guesdon était un des coureurs les plus intelligents du peloton. Lors de sa victoire à Paris-Tour, il balade aussi son adversaire dans le sprint et brouille les tactiques établies...