{"id":237912,"date":"2026-04-11T08:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T08:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/11\/it-started-with-an-omelette-the-story-of-chez-francoise-the-humble-cafe-that-has-become-part-of-the-legend-of-paris-roubaix\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T08:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T08:01:00","slug":"it-started-with-an-omelette-the-story-of-chez-francoise-the-humble-cafe-that-has-become-part-of-the-legend-of-paris-roubaix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/11\/it-started-with-an-omelette-the-story-of-chez-francoise-the-humble-cafe-that-has-become-part-of-the-legend-of-paris-roubaix\/","title":{"rendered":"It started with an omelette \u2013 The story of Chez Fran\u00e7oise, the humble caf\u00e9 that has become ‘part of the legend of Paris-Roubaix’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Fran\u00e7oise, you are part of the legend of Paris-Roubaix\u201d. So reads one of the messages on the wall of Chez Fran\u00e7oise, a humble caf\u00e9 in Troisvilles that sits at the gateway to the Hell of the North, just around the corner from the opening cobbled sector of this storied Classic.<\/p>\n

It was written by \u2018Les Flecheurs du Tour de France\u2019 – the \u2018arrowmen\u2019, who go around fixing the directional signs all along the course for both Paris-Roubaix <\/a>and the Tour. They\u2019re always sure to pop in for a coffee, a beer, or even something stronger as they go about their work in the build-up to Roubaix. In fact, the rest of the sign reads: \u201cThe flecheur who does not stop to say hello to Fran\u00e7oise ahead of Paris-Roubaix is not a true flecheur\u2019.<\/p>\n

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