They're stories that crop up at Paris-Roubaix every year – the last men into the velodrome, battling to reach the finish despite being minutes outside the time cut at the end of the most brutal cobbled Classic of the spring.
Of course, the 2023 race was no different. 135 classified finishers, 37 DNFs, and then three in between, crossing the finish line of the Roubaix velodrome but 'hors délai' –out of time.
