Here's a few videos on ‘The Hell of the North’ Paris-Roubaix that just might tickle your fancy

Icon: It was scenes like these that made Sean Kelly a global cycling icon; his two wins in Paris Roubaix among the videos we have lined up for you below as the scene is set for tomorrow's 2014 edition (Photo: Sirotti)

 

 

As Ireland's Sam Bennett (23) gets ready to ride his first ever Paris-Roubaix for his NetApp Endura team, here's a collection of short clips from what is perhaps the sport's most iconic one-day race.

Sean Kelly, who like Bennett is a Carrick-on-Suir man, won the race twice; in 1984 and 1986.

We've included the finishing kilometres of both races in the clips below but there are other really interesting pieces in here too so be sure to check those out.

Kelly was aged 28 years when he won the race first, having already won some major events in the period leading up to the cobbled classics that season including Paris-Nice, the Tour of the Basque Country and the Volta a Catalunya.

 

 

 

 

 Riders, some former winners, on what the race means to them

 

 

 Jorgen Leth’s, maker of 1976 'Sunday In Hell' documentary...

 

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... 10 minutes from that documentary in 1976

 

 

Mavic neutral service's 2011 day at Paris-Roubaix

 

 

 Something a bit arty from the Dutch

 

 

The first of Sean Kelly's two wins; 1984

 

 

Sean Kelly's second win, in 1986