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Josh Croxton

Did Shimano's new pedals cost Mathieu van der Poel victory at Paris-Roubaix?

Alpecin-Premier Tech's Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel (C) exchange his bike with Alpecin-Premier Tech's Belgian rider Jasper Philipsen (R).

Mathieu van der Poel's double puncture in the Forest of Arenberg will be the mechanical catastrophe he remembers for the rest of his life.

It should have been a straightforward swap to his teammate Jasper Philipsen's bike and a return to the front group, where he could fight for a record fourth consecutive Paris-Roubaix title.

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