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Stephen Farrand

'I felt good after Arenberg but the lights just went out' - Josh Tarling hit by eating problem at Paris-Roubaix

ROUBAIX FRANCE APRIL 13 LR Joshua Tarling of Great Britain and Team INEOS Grenadiers and Mathieu Van Der Poel of Netherlands and Team Alpecin Deceuninck compete passing through the Pont Gibus cobblestones sector during the 122nd Paris Roubaix 2025 a 2592km one day race from Compiegne to Roubaix UCIWT on April 13 2025 in Roubaix France Photo by Dario BelingheriGetty Images.

When Filippo Ganna's Paris-Roubaix chances were derailed on the very first sector of cobbles, Josh Tarling stepped up to lead Ineos Grenadiers but he was soon in trouble after going deep to try to stay in the chase group behind the aggressive attacks from Tadej Pogačar, Mathieu van der Poel and Mads Pedersen.

Ganna and Ineos Grenadiers hit the Troisvilles a Inchy sector on the front with 163km to race, but then the Italian was seen slipping back the long line of riders, trying to keep his bike upwards and searching for his team car.    

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