Mathieu van der Poel battled through attacks from Tadej Pogačar, a bidon flung by a spectator at the roadside, and several instances of bad luck of his own to prevail and emerge victorious at the 2025 edition of Paris-Roubaix, eventually lifting the famous cobblestone trophy above his head for a third year in a row.
Following solos of 15km and 60km in the past two years, the Dutchman added a 39km ride into the Vélodrome André-Pétrieux to his palmarès, leaving behind a stricken Pogačar after the World Champion crashed on the Pont-Thibault à Ennevelin sector of cobblestones.
