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The women’s race: the summary
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(France TV)
The world champion adds Paris-Roubaix to her already well-stocked list of achievements, including two Tours of Flanders, thanks to her victory on Saturday.
She made it the main objective of her season, and achieved it. World champion Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime), who had eluded victory at Paris-Roubaix over the last two years, won on Saturday April 6 at Enfer du Nord. The Belgian livened up the race with her multiple attacks, but did not manage to get rid of her competitors, whom she finally beat in a sprint on the Roubaix velodrome.
In spring conditions, with a strong wind which dried the mud on the shoulders, the Belgian set a very high pace at the head of the peloton from the first cobbled sectors. The other favorites, including Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a bike) and Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek), managed to follow her to Roubaix, but Lotte Kopecky used her experience as a track rider to win for the first time. times on this race.
