Mathieu van der Poel towered above his rivals to retain the "Hell of the North" Paris-Roubaix bike race title, a week after burnishing his reputation with his third victory at the revered Tour of Flanders.
The Paris-Roubaix is considered to be the hardest one-day cycling race. That's largely because of the unforgiving, bone-jarring cobbled sections. This year's 260 km race route featured 55 km of cobbled sections.
