Better than perfection: 🇧🇪 Van Aert's head and heart deny 🇸🇮 Pogacar at 🇫🇷 Paris-Roubaix

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🇧🇪 Van Aert beats 🇸🇮 Pogacar in dramatic Paris-Roubaix sprint

🗣️ "I've ridden that sprint so many times in my dreams, I knew exactly what to do."

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I think it's totally different when it's the Tour de France vs. a cobble/gravel classic. No one wants the Tour to be about that, but Paris-Roubaix is explicitly about that.

my brother in Christ it's Paris-Roubaix

48.91 km/h: 🇫🇷 Paris-Roubaix smashes speed record over 54.8km of cobbles

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Cyclist Jasper Stuyven toasts with a glass of champagne after his 3rd place at the 2026 Paris Roubaix

Happy Wout Hangover Day to all to celebrate!

Though in all the chaos, I have to give Jasper Stuyven a big HELL YEAH for scrapping his way to third! Holding off that group and just freaking surviving had to feel awesome!

So congrats to my second-favorite Jasper in the peloton! 👏👏

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So, in all of the #ParisRoubaix excitement yesterday, I was off on my own little adventure for most of it, as in my 1st ever bike race.

A huge thank you to allll of you peeps who offered encouragement and advice. I went into this not knowing what to expect and you all came through. It means a lot.

The tides of Wout Paris-Roubaix does not reward the best rider. It rewards the one the road breaks least.

Paris-Roubaix does not reward the best rider. It rewards the one the road breaks least.

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🇳🇱 Van der Poel's bid for fourth straight 🇫🇷 Paris-Roubaix undone by Arenberg disaster

🗣️ "It's actually a bit unbelievable I still managed to be in the sprint for the podium."

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This year’s Paris-Roubaix will live long in the memory. Photographer James Startt spent his day rattling over northern France’s infernal cobbles to capture all the action and emotion of the Queen of the Classics
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I know I should work but the voices in my head go…

Eurosport Italia commentator goes wild when Wout van Aert wins Paris-Roubaix. From www.instagram.com/reel/DXCaPPx... via @ceuliris.bsky.social #procycling #ParisRoubaix #W00T

Eurosport Italia commentator goes wild when Wout van Aert wins Paris-Roubaix. From www.instagram.com/reel/DXCaPPx... via @ceuliris.bsky.social #procycling #ParisRoubaix #W00T

a man and a woman are sitting on a couch with the words people love it behind them . ALT: a man and a woman are sitting on a couch with the words people love it behind them .

I think what I have come to realise today is that “when Wout wins everybody wins” 🥰 I’m on cloud 9 today.

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🇸🇮 Pogacar confirms Paris-Roubaix return but hints at calendar shake-up

🗣️ "Maybe not next year. I hope I've got a few years left in me, so I'll try my luck again. I can't wait."

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Tears of a champion: How Wout van Aert finally conquered Paris-Roubaix (Gift Article) Why the Belgian's hard-fought victory in one of cycling's hardest and most prestigious races is a hugely popular moment

A piece I always wanted to write, but never knew if I would.

Wout Van Aert wins Paris-Roubaix, finally, thanks to absent friends, the scars that came before, and a nation that never stopped believing.

Free to read:

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Good morning everyone. Just stopping by to say, we now exist in the timeline where Wout van Aert won Paris-Roubaix.

That was all. Have a lovely day everyone 😊

Congratulations to Wout van Aert, the 2026 Paris-Roubaix champion! An outstanding victory for a deserving and dedicated professional. 👏

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Why we shouldn’t have been surprised by Franzi Koch’s Roubaix masterclass From the season's most impressive super-domestique to Paris-Roubaix champion.

She was the underdog coming into the Paris-Roubaix sprint, but Franzi Koch's win certainly wasn't a shock escapecollective.com/why-we-shoul...

I have to admit that seeing Jasper catch blame for MVDP’s loss is harshing my happy post #ParisRoubaix buzz.

He’s been sick, he’s been exhausted, & he reacted on instinct to help his captain. The 2nd Monument this year that he’s given up his race like that.

How about we give him some grace? #JPDF

All that being said, I had a great time watching the #ParisRoubaix replay (from 125km to go, as suggested!) with a friend on a video call.

I would have been 😳😱 if I had been watching that live, LOL!

I finished my race, but more on that later. It wasn’t nearly as exciting. 😂

And ❤️❤️❤️ Wout! Ahem.

Of course I am a bit 💔 for Pogi, he worked and trained so hard for this race, slashed his spring calendar for it. But he will hopefully have other chances and his day.

There was no one, and I mean NO ONE on that course who deserved this more than Wout. And he EARNED IT. I am ❤️❤️❤️.

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🇩🇪 Franziska Koch and 🇧🇪 Wout van Aert are reigning on #ParisRoubaix 🙌

🇩🇪 Franziska Koch et 🇧🇪 Wout van Aert règnent sur #ParisRoubaix 🙌

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