
Mathieu van der Poel took a jubilant solo victory in the 2023 men’s edition of Paris-Roubaix, but had it not been for a puncture on the Carrefour de l'Arbre he may have had to battle Wout van Aert for the final sprint.
Van Aert punctured in the final kilometre of the infamous Carrefour de l'Arbre, just as he was making what he hoped could be a race-winning attack.