Van der Poel produces dominant performance to win Paris-Roubaix for 2nd straight year

Netherland’s Mathieu van der Poel celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the men’s Paris Roubaix, a 260 kilometer one-day-race, at the velodrome in Roubaix, northern France, Sunday, April. 7, 2024. Netherland’s Mathieu van der Poel kisses his girlfriend Roxanne Bertels after he crosses the finish line to win the men’s Paris Roubaix, a 260 kilometer one-day-race, at the velodrome in Roubaix, northern France, Sunday, April. 7, 2024.

Entering the Velodrome at Roubaix, the world road race champion was around three minutes clear and could milk the applause from the crowd. He eased back on his bike and raised his arms slowly in the air as he crossed the line in 5 hours, 25 minutes, 58 seconds. Paris-Roubaix is one of the five “monuments” in one-day cycling with the Tour of Flanders, Liège–Bastogne–Liège, the Tour of Lombardy and Milan-San Remo. The 29-year-old Van der Poel has now won a total of six monuments overall but has yet to win Liège and Lombardy.

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