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1923 Paris–Roubaix

cycling race

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 15, 2025
Entity authorityQ938725 ↗
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The 1923 Paris–Roubaix was the 24th edition of the Paris–Roubaix, a classic one-day cycle race in France. The single day event was held on 1 April 1923 and stretched 270 km (168 mi) from Paris to its end in a velodrome in Roubaix. The winner was Heiri Suter from Switzerland.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1923—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Paris, Roubaix and cycling can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “1923 Paris–Roubaix” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.