Van der Poel achieves glory in Paris-Roubaix
Euskaraz irakurri: Van der Poel, garaile Paris-Roubaixen
the dutch Mathieu van der Poel as Alpecin Deceuninck has been proclaimed solo winner of the 120th edition of Paris-Roubaixdisputed this Sunday between Compiègne and Roubaix with a route of 256.6 kilometers.
Van der Poel attacked in the legendary Carrefour de L’arbre sector, 17 km from the finish line, he took advantage of a puncture from his greatest rival, the Belgian Wout van Aert and rode solo to the Roubaix velodrome, where he raised his arms with a time of 5h.28.42.
The second place it was for the belgian Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin Dedeuninck) and the third for Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma)both 45 seconds behind the winner.
The race had its key moment with 100km to go when the Jumbo attacked to break the pack, catch the breakaway ahead and form a definitive front group with Van Aert, Küng, Van der Poel and Philipsen, Ganna and Degenkolb.
Van der Poel, with a teammate on the run, tried on several occasions to take down Van Aert, but the Belgian knew how to respond to all the attacks. It was at the Carrefour de L’Arbre where the race was resolved.
first left German Degenkolb eliminated by a fallthe two favourites, Van der Poel and Van Aert, left ahead, and the misfortune of the puncture eliminated the Belgian.
Besides, Peter Sagan suffered a fall in the first kilometers, specifically, in the second cobbled section, and has had to retire. Shortly after, some Ineos Grenadiers cyclists also crashed.
CLASSIFICATION:
1 – VAN DER POEL Mathieu (Alpecin) 5:28:41
2 – PHILIPSEN Jasper (Alpecin) +0:46
3 – VAN AERT Wout (Jumbo) mt
4 – PEDERSEN Mads (Trek) +0:50
5 – KÜNG Stefan (Groupama) mt
6 – GANNA Filippo (INEOS) mt
7 – DEGENKOLB John (DSM) +2:35
8 – WALSCHEID Max (Cofidis) +3:31
9 – REX Laurenz (Intermarché) +3:35
10 – LAPORTE Christophe (Jumbo) +4:11
Source: Eitb
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