‘As a kid, I’d pick rocks by hand. Lo and behold, I’m picking another rock’ - Alison Jackson triumphs at Paris-Roubaix

Canadian Alison Jackson celebrates her Paris-Roubaix Femmes win

When Alison Jackson and her breakaway companions turned into the Roubaix velodrome, they were met with a wall of noise. 

It was a roar of encouragement, but also surprise. For the best part of three hours, the breakaway had been engaged in a suspenseful will they, won’t they at Paris-Roubaix, growing a six-minute gap, before seeing it reduced to seconds before the finale.