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[5] [6] In 1981, the company introduced its first two bikes: the Sequoia, a sport-touring design, and the Allez, a road bike. [7] Specialized also introduced the first major production mountain bike in the world, the Stumpjumper, in 1981. Like the Sequoia and Allez, the Stumpjumper was designed by Tim Neenan and based on an early Tom Ritchey ...
A 2008 Specialized Stumpjumper with full suspension. The Specialized Stumpjumper is a mountain bike produced by Specialized Bicycle Components. When it was first produced in 1981, the Stumpjumper was the first mass-production mountain bike. The Stumpjumper is still in production, although its design has changed significantly since it was first ...
The 2024 Paris–Roubaix was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 7 April in France. It was the 121st edition of Paris–Roubaix and the 16th event of the 2024 UCI World Tour . The race was won by Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel of Alpecin–Deceuninck for the second year in succession, after a solo attack over 60 kilometres. [ 1 ]
Paris–Roubaix is famous for rough terrain and cobblestones, or pavé , [n 1] being, with the Tour of Flanders, E3 Harelbeke and Gent–Wevelgem, one of the cobbled classics. It has been called the Hell of the North , a Sunday in Hell (also the title of a film about the 1976 race), the Queen of the Classics or la Pascale : the Easter race . [ 1 ]
Van Rysel–Roubaix is a French UCI Continental cycling team founded in 2007. For the 2019 season, the team secured additional sponsorship from Natura4Ever, [ 1 ] which was later rebranded as Xelliss in 2021.
These include Peter Van Petegem, Eddy Merckx, Peter Sagan, Roger De Vlaeminck, [4] Rik Van Looy and Fausto Coppi. [5] The velodrome is located in the Parc des Sports, on the eastern outskirts of Roubaix, less than two kilometres from the Belgian border. The grass field on the inside of the track is used as a venue for Roubaix' rugby team.
Paris–Roubaix Espoirs is a one-day road cycling race held annually in France.In 2005 the race was integrated into the UCI Europe Tour as a category 1.2U race. [1]Held since 1967, it is the under-23 version of the Monument classic Paris–Roubaix and finishes at the Roubaix Velodrome.
The 2015 Paris–Roubaix was the 113th edition of the Paris–Roubaix one-day race. It took place on 12 April and was the tenth race of the 2015 UCI World Tour . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was won by John Degenkolb in a sprint ahead of Zdeněk Štybar and Greg Van Avermaet .