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00:00 Not good news.
00:08 Wout van Aert has a rear wheel puncture.
00:12 Welcome to the 120th edition of the Hell of the North.
00:18 175 riders are taking part in Paris-Roubaix 2023,
00:23 looking to follow in the footsteps of last year's winner Dylan van Paal.
00:27 The Dutchman has traded the INEOS Grenadiers for Jumbo Visma,
00:30 who boast a very strong line-up indeed.
00:32 Wout van Aert is one of the big favourites,
00:34 while Christophe Laporte is on top form
00:36 after winning Gent-Wevelchem and Douars d'Or-Flandrens.
00:39 We never know what can happen on Paris-Roubaix,
00:45 so it's good to have a few riders to play with.
00:46 Our goal is to have a race of movement, as usual,
00:50 so we're going to try to have a good race.
00:53 How is Wout?
00:54 I thought he fell off a week ago.
00:56 He said he still had some problems,
01:00 so we'll see today, but I think it will be fine.
01:05 Second at the Tour of Flanders,
01:07 Mathieu van der Poel is looking to go one better
01:09 in what's been a brilliant campaign.
01:11 I feel still good.
01:13 After Saint-Remo, the season was already a big success for me, of course.
01:18 I ended up second in the entry, second in the Ronde,
01:21 so I think I've had a really good season so far,
01:24 and I tried to go for the second monument this year.
01:29 Hate and love are close to each other,
01:31 especially with a race like this,
01:32 but for sure it's one of the toughest races out there,
01:36 and it's nice when you do a good result.
01:41 Other contenders include Philippo Garner and Stéphane Koeng,
01:45 while Mads Pedersen is one to watch
01:47 after his podium finish in Flanders.
01:49 I think Roubaix suits me better
01:51 than the Coppola Classics in Flanders,
01:54 so yes, it's a big goal,
01:57 so hopefully I can win Roubaix before my career is over.
02:01 Almost 257 kilometres from Compiègne to Roubaix,
02:05 with 54.5km of cobbled sectors, counting down from 29 to 1.
02:10 The weather conditions are dry and sunny,
02:12 but some of the cobbles will be slippery after rainfall earlier this week.
02:15 Either way, this is Paris-Roubaix, so it's going to be fast and furious.
02:23 The attacks began to fly as soon as the flag dropped,
02:25 and there were plenty of teams looking interested,
02:28 including Israel Premier Tech, Movistar, Astana Kazakhstan and AG2R Citroën.
02:33 But it took a long time for anything to stick,
02:35 with the average speed well over 50km/h.
02:37 Sylvain Dillier, who was second at this race in 2018,
02:41 did get a small gap with Dorian Dermach de Vingoelle,
02:44 but he was unable to keep pace with the Swiss ruler.
02:47 Dillier was then joined by Ryan Mullen of Bora-Hansgrohe,
02:50 but they never had more than about 10 seconds on the rest of the peloton
02:53 and were caught around 40km from the first cobbled sector.
02:57 The attacks continuing to come thick and fast.
03:00 2017 winner Greg van Avermaet had a dig at one point,
03:03 and so too did Elfal Boas and Hagen, but they were both reeled back in as well.
03:08 The peloton all stretched out as they began to think about positioning for the cobbles.
03:13 As things briefly settled, four men shot off the front.
03:17 Jonas Koch from Bora-Hansgrohe, Derek Gee from Israel Premier Tech,
03:21 Sjoerd Bakx from UAE and Juri Holman from Movistar.
03:24 Niels Ekhoff chasing, but in vain.
03:27 And the four leaders had a minute and a half heading on to that first cobbled sector.
03:31 The stress was palpable in the peloton,
03:34 and after Josh Tarling went to ground for Ineos,
03:36 Jumbo Visma hit the front, leading the way onto sector 27.
03:40 The four leaders still with over a minute in hand.
03:44 Bad news for Soudal Quick-Step, though, with Kasper Asgreen and Florian Seneschal
03:48 both suffering mechanicals.
03:50 Their misery continuing.
03:52 Defending champion Van Baar was also held up after a crash on sector 26,
03:57 as Van der Poel's Alpecin Elegante team, their name for today's race, came to the fore.
04:02 The leaders increasing their advantage to almost two minutes
04:05 as they approached the first five-star sector, the gateway to hell,
04:09 the fearsome Trué d'Alembert.
04:11 Van Aert had to change bikes before then, but no major panic for the Belgian start.
04:15 Koch, Gee, Bax and Holman still leading,
04:18 followed by a chase group now of Scotsman, Ter Gies,
04:21 Reinders, Michels and birthday boy Derbridge.
04:23 They had about 30 seconds on the peloton.
04:25 But Jumbo Visma made a big move on sector 20 before Aranberg.
04:30 Van Aert putting the hammer down and going clear with Laporte, Van der Poel
04:34 and the 2015 winner John Degenkolb.
04:36 The leaders only had 20 seconds on the Van Aert group
04:40 as they made their way onto arguably the toughest sector.
04:42 But four would soon become three as the unfortunate Gee saw his front tyre explode.
04:48 There was then a big crash in the peloton.
04:53 It took down Asgreen and the defending champion Van Baal.
04:56 Just after the Aranberg Forest, the Van Aert group caught the breakaway.
05:01 Pedersen managed to bridge across solo, followed by a group that contained
05:05 Ganna and two of Van der Poel's teammates, Philipsen and Gianni Vermeersch.
05:10 Laporte, however, was held up by a puncture
05:12 and he was caught by what remained of the peloton.
05:15 The 13 leaders now with what looked like a winning margin of a minute and 30 seconds.
05:20 Alpecin using their numbers at the front on behalf of Van der Poel,
05:24 although he was doing a fair amount of turns himself.
05:26 Jumbo Visma trying desperately to give Van Aert a bit of extra support at the front
05:31 with Van Hoidonk and Laporte chasing hard.
05:33 But even with the help of Florian Vermeersch, the 2021 runner up,
05:38 they were unable to close the gap and the winner would come from that front group.
05:42 On sector 12, Van der Poel decided to shake things up
05:53 with Degenkolb immediately onto his wheel, Van Aert coming across as well.
05:57 The others managed to get back before Mont Saint-Pével,
06:00 where Van der Poel and Van Aert attacked again.
06:03 And that would be game over for several riders in the leading group.
06:07 Soon, only seven men remained.
06:09 Van der Poel, Van Aert, Philipsen, Ganner, Kung, Pedersen and Degenkolb.
06:13 And they more or less kept their powder dry until the final five star sector,
06:19 the Carrefour de l'Arbre, where it all went wrong for Degenkolb.
06:22 The former winner going to ground after a tangle with Philipsen and Van der Poel,
06:30 and that ended his hopes of a second cobblestone trophy.
06:33 Van Aert making the most of that incident to put in a stinging attack
06:37 but the Belgian then punctured at the worst possible time.
06:40 And he had to watch as his eternal rival Van der Poel sailed past him.
06:44 Nobody would catch the Dutchman.
06:47 The rest would battle it out for a place on the podium.
06:50 You can see just how fast that the riders are able to take this sector, Anthony.
06:57 How did he miss that turn?
07:02 Here we go now.
07:10 Mathieu van der Poel sits up, renaming Monument Mathieu,
07:14 because now he wins two monuments in a season.
07:18 Philipsen celebrates behind.
07:20 Winner, 120th Paris-Roubaix, Mathieu van der Poel.
07:29 Mathieu van der Poel wins Paris-Roubaix at the third time of asking,
07:33 adding another prestigious line to his remarkable CV.
07:36 The 28-year-old has now triumphed at three of the five monuments,
07:39 including two editions of the Tour of Flanders.
07:41 He also won Milan-San Remo earlier this year,
07:44 as well as the World Cyclocross Championship.
07:46 Van der Poel has eight podiums in his 14 monuments to date
07:50 and just one finish outside the top 10.
07:53 Incredible how we rode as a team today
07:58 and Jasper finishing second.
08:00 Yeah, it's not possible to do better than this.
08:03 Like I said before, you need a bit of luck and good legs and I had both today.
08:08 It's hard to describe, but I think I do my best classic season ever.
08:13 And this was my last race.
08:15 And to finish it off like this, it's a dream.
08:19 Alpecin elegant, claiming the first one, too, at Paris-Roubaix since 2001
08:24 as Philipsen out-sprinted Van Aert to come second.
08:26 You have to feel for the Jumbo-Visma leader after that late puncture.
08:30 Pedersen, Edin Koong and Ganner, with poor old Degenkolb crossing the line
08:34 in tears over two and a half minutes down,
08:36 while shied Rex Adlerpoort rounding out the top 10.
08:39 So MVDP makes it a second straight win for the Netherlands.
08:47 He will now try to become the first rider to defend his Paris-Roubaix title
08:50 since Tom Boonen back in 2009.
08:53 Join us again next year to see how he gets on.
08:55 And thanks very much for watching.
08:58 You got me, you got you.
08:59 You got me, you got you.
09:01 You got me, you got you.
09:02 (dramatic music)
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