Josef Fischer (cyclist)

Josef Fischer (20 January 1865 – 3 March 1953) was a German road bicycle racer. He is best known for winning the first edition of Paris–Roubaix in 1896 and Bordeaux–Paris in 1900.

Major results

1893: 1st, Vienna–Berlin
1896: 1st, Paris–Roubaix
1899: 2nd, Bordeaux–Paris
1900: 1st, Bordeaux–Paris; 2nd, Paris–Roubaix
1903: 15th, Tour de France

Paris–Roubaix winners

1880–1899
1896: Josef Fischer (GER) 1897: Maurice Garin (ITA) 1898: Maurice Garin (ITA) 1899: Albert Champion (FRA)

1900–1919

1900: Émile Bouhours (FRA)
1901: Lucien Lesna (FRA)
1902: Lucien Lesna (FRA)
1903: Hippolyte Aucouturier (FRA)
1904: Hippolyte Aucouturier (FRA)
1905: Louis Trousselier (FRA)
1906: Henri Cornet (FRA)
1907: Georges Passerieu (FRA)
1908: Cyrille Van Hauwaert (BEL)
1909: Octave Lapize (FRA)
1910: Octave Lapize (FRA)
1911: Octave Lapize (FRA)
1912: Charles Crupelandt (FRA)
1913: François Faber (LUX)
1914: Charles Crupelandt (FRA)
1915: not held due to World War I
1916: not held due to World War I
1917: not held due to World War I
1918: not held due to World War I
1919: Henri Pélissier (FRA)

1920–1939

1940–1959

1940: not held due to World War II
1941: not held due to World War II
1942: not held due to World War II
1943: Marcel Kint (BEL)
1944: Maurice Desimpelaere (BEL)
1945: Paul Maye (FRA)
1946: Georges Claes (BEL)
1947: Georges Claes (BEL)
1948: Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)
1949: André Mahé (FRA) & Serse Coppi (ITA)
1950: Fausto Coppi (ITA)
1951: Antonio Bevilacqua (ITA)
1952: Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)
1953: Germain Derycke (BEL)
1954: Raymond Impanis (BEL)
1955: Jean Forestier (FRA)
1956: Louison Bobet (FRA)
1957: Fred De Bruyne (BEL)
1958: Leon Vandaele (BEL)
1959: Noël Foré (BEL)

1960–1979

1980–1999

2000–2019

2020–2025
2020: cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021: Sonny Colbrelli (ITA) 2022: Dylan van Baarle (NED) 2023: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2024: Mathieu van der Poel (NED) 2025: Mathieu van der Poel (NED)