Van Avermaet found an ally of circumstance in puncture victim Alexander Kristoff Katusha-Alpecin on the other side of the forest and they eventually bridged back up. Ahead of sector 18, Sylvain Chavanel Direct Energie attacked and enjoyed a brief rally off the front, but the first significant move came after sector 17 at Hornaing. With 75 kilometres remaining, Sagan ripped off the front with his teammate Maciej Bodnar, as well as Oss and Stuyven, opening up a gap of 30 seconds over the bunch.
It was an ambitious attack from Sagan, but a puncture forced him and Bodnar out of the move, leaving Stuyven and Oss out in front. With 60 kilometres to go, Oss and Stuyven had 30 seconds in hand on a man group that included Boonen, Sagan and just about every real contender bar puncture victim Oliver Naesan.
On sector 9, Van Avermaet's teammate Oss went up the road once again, and the Italian would prove a most useful foil in the finale. The flurry of attacks approaching Templeuve, triggered by Langeveld and Roelandts, helped to give shape to the winning move, as Van Avermaet, Stybar, Moscon and Stuyven came across.
Sagan looked to follow, but suffered a most inopportune rear wheel puncture, and his challenge faded. Boonen, for his part, was caught on the wrong side of the split, and his dream of a valedictory win disappeared up the road, even if he raged against the dying of the light all the way to the gates of famous old velodrome.
It was instead left to Stybar to carry Quick-Step Floors' hopes, but despite his persistence in using Boonen as a pretext not to work, the day — and the spring — belonged to Van Avermaet.
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Group 3 Created with Sketch. Cyclingnews The World Centre of Cycling. Sign in. The Planning Hub offers in-depth guides to planning permission in England, brought to you by Cyclingnews's planning experts. Image 1 of Image 2 of Image 3 of Image 4 of Image 5 of Image 6 of Image 7 of Image 8 of Image 9 of With teams packed full of strength, we have started to see riders attacking from a long way out. Some teams have been slow to adjust their own tactics. QuickStep took this tactic to a new level in Flanders, with Gilbert attacking with an enormous amount of the race left.
The Belgian team again have multiple options in the race, they will again try to go long. It will be up to the other teams to decide how they counter this move.
The race promises to be a fascinating tactical battle. All three were involved in the big crash in Flanders and we have some sore bodies. Naesen has a swollen knee, but he tells me that there is no pain on the bike. It will be a very pleasant day, but that will mean a lot of dust on the cobbles.
Tactics wise, his team supported him well in Flanders, it was the crash that stopped him winning. He arrives with a strong team for this race, a lot will be expected of Bodnar and Burghardt. He was 3rd here back in and although not fancied as much as some, he will have lots of confidence as we approach this race. No rider in the world has better form than him in BMC have a very strong squad to support his ambitions, they look better than most.
As we have seen this season, he is not afraid to go long. Oli Naesen — the only rider that seems capable of following the moves of Sagan and Van Avermaet. Page 6 of 7 Paris-Roubaix 1. Paris-Roubaix Route, start list and all you need to know 2. The history of Paris-Roubaix 3. Famous editions of Paris-Roubaix 4. Paris-Roubaix Challenge sportive 5. Paris-Roubaix 6. Paris-Roubaix 7. Paris-Roubaix Race report. Paris-Roubaix route The Paris-Roubaix route has been confirmed and this year will contain 29 cobbled sectors totalling 55km, over a total race distance of km.
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