Dutchman Mathieu Van der Poel (Alpecin Deceuninck) has been declared the sole winner of the 120th Paris-Roubaix, held this Sunday with a 256.6-kilometer route between Compiègne and Roubaix.
Van der Poel (Kapellen, 28 years old) The legendary Carrefour de L’arbre was hacked in his sector, at the age of 17 from the finish line, taking advantage of the tire puncture of his biggest rival, the Belgian. no van aert needed and Roubaix rode alone to the velodrome where he raised his arms with a time of 5h.28.42 at an average speed of 46.8km/h.
Second place went to the Belgian Jasper Phillipsen (Alpecin Dedeuninck) and the third Van Aertboth are 45 seconds behind the winner.
‘Inferno of the North’ had a key moment when Jumbo attacked to break the peloton, 100 kilometers from the finish line.reach the advancing escape point and form a definitive front group with them Van Aert (Colossal), kung (Groupama), Van der Poel and philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Ghana (Ineos Grenadiers), Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) and degenkolb (DSM).
Van der Poel, with a runaway friend, tried to get Van Aert several times, his main enemy, but the Belgian knew how to respond to all attacks. The place where the race was settled was Carrefour de L’Arbre.
Germany’s Degenkolb was knocked out first, two favorites Van der Poel and Van Aert took the lead, and the unfortunate outburst eliminated the Belgian.
Van der Poel replaced his compatriot Dylan van Baarle in historywinner in 2022.