
Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) has soared to his third straight victory in Paris-Roubaix after a crash and high-tension pursuit by Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) ended with a solo triumph for the Dutchman.
Pogačar and Van der Poel were leading the race with some 40 kilometres to go when the Slovenian fell hard on a right hand bend on sector 9, suffering injuries in his left wrist and being delayed when he needed a replacement bike, with a subsequent front wheel puncture then compounding his woes.