The C40 was extremely successful, winning nearly 1000 professional races in 10 years. Paris Roubaix is well known to be the toughest race on both equipment and rider with it’s many rough cobbled sectors which are essentially back roads used by farm vehicles throughout the year. Here’s an interesting story regarding the C40 prior to it’s first race in Paris Roubaix.

The C40 was ridden to victory 5 times in Paris Roubaix; Franco Ballerini (1995 and 1998), Johan Museeuw (1996 and 2000) and Andrea Tafi (1999).

It was also ridden to victory in 3 World Championships (Johan Museeuw 1996, Oscar Camenzind 1998, Oscar Freire 2001) and the Giro d’Italia (Pavel Tonkov 1996).

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