
A punishing day out on the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix concluded what has undeniably been a disappointing spring campaign for Soudal-QuickStep, a team with a long and distinguished history in this terrain.
Five-and-a-half hours of racing produced team-best 23rd and 24th placings for Tim Merlier and Yves Lampaert in the Roubaix velodrome on a day which saw the typical Hell of the North bad luck strike co-leaders Kasper Asgreen and Florian Sénéchal in the form of punctures and crashes.