So much happened in the 2025 edition of Paris-Roubaix, but the biggest one was undoubtedly Tadej Pogačar's mistake and crash. Without it, I think he could have won because Mathieu van der Poel's mechanical proved that anything could still happen.
Of course, it was always going to be hard for Pogačar to beat Van der Poel in that one-on-one situation because he would have had to have shaken him off before the sprint in the velodrome. Still, if Pogačar had been there when Van der Poel had his mechanical, he would have won the race. The world champion would have dug deep and got into time trial mode, and when you're out front in Roubaix, even if you're dying, you can still pull something out.
