Elisa Balsamo slumped to the floor and was in tears in the Roubaix velodrome after finishing second to Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) in the six-rider sprint that decided this year's Paris-Roubaix Femmes.
The Lidl-Trek rider was perhaps the fastest finisher of the sextet and used her track skills to ensure she was up front and not boxed-in.
But Kopecky came from behind to surge past her and Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) as the line approached.
