Cycling: untouchable, Mathieu van der Poel wins his second Paris-Roubaix
Mathieu van der Poel flies over the scrum. After winning the Tour of Flanders, the Dutch rider won the Paris-Roubaix this Sunday, April 7. Thanks to a daring attack 60 kilometers from the finish, he tamed the Hell of the North for the second time in his career.
Mathieu van der Poel on the Paris-Roubaix, April 7, 2024. AFP - ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT
By: RFI with AFP
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Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin) won his second Paris-Roubaix solo on Sunday after a 60 km raid to achieve the double on the cobbled Monuments, a week after his victory at the Tour of Flanders.
Imperial on the cobbles of the Hell of the North in his rainbow world champion jersey, the Dutchman becomes the eleventh rider in history, the first since Fabian Cancellara in 2013, to accomplish this feat. He is now the only active runner to have six Monuments to his name, one more than Tadej Pogacar.
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