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Outsider Alison Jackson wins Paris-Roubaix
Team EF Education-Tibco-SVB’s Alison Jackson of Canada celebrates her victory. photo
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Outsider Alison Jackson has won the third edition of Paris-Roubaix Femmes. The Canadian won on Saturday after 145 kilometers from Denain to the Roubaix velodrome ahead of Italy’s Katia Ragusa and Marthe Truyen from Belgium.
Outsider Alison Jackson has won the third edition of Paris-Roubaix Femmes. The Canadian won on Saturday after 145 kilometers from Denain to the Roubaix velodrome ahead of Italy’s Katia Ragusa and Marthe Truyen from Belgium.
The big favorite Lotte Kopecky took seventh place after driving over 17 sectors with 29.2 kilometers of cobblestones. Best German was Romy Kasper in 17th place.
A leading group of almost 20 riders, including Germany’s Lisa Klein, had a maximum lead of almost six minutes. Behind them, a group of favorites with Elisa Longo Borghini, Kopecky and Lorena Wiebes started to pursue them. Longo Borghini triggered a crash in sector nine with about 38 kilometers to go, in which almost the entire group fell. This benefited the outsiders at the front, who ultimately made it to the finish with a few seconds advantage.