the summary of the consecration of the Canadian Alison Jackson

After having battled 130 km at the front, in the mud and on the cobblestones, it was finally on the parquet floor of the Roubaix velodrome that the victory of this third edition of the Paris-Roubaix women was played, Saturday April 8. In the sprint, the Canadian Alison Jackson (EF Education-Tibco-SVB), got the better of the group of seven riders who made up the final break. The 34-year-old cyclist offers a first title in Canada on this classic, men and women combined.

The French Eugénie Duval (FDJ Suez) and Marion Borras (St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93) were also in this final group. Lacking the freshness to challenge for victory, they finished fourth and fifth respectively in the classic – establishing in passing the best result for a French woman in the women’s race.

Black day on the other hand for the favorites, slowed down by several falls on the northern paths. The Belgian Lotte Kopecky, insatiable this year, fails in seventh place.