Canada’s Alison Jackson had an amazing victory in the third edition of the women’s Paris-Roubaix race. Defending champion Elisa Longo Borghini, and race favorite Lotte Kopecky both fell off their bikes with 39km to go in the 145.5km sprint. But Jackson was determined and fought hard against Katia Rasgusa and Marthe Truyen at the finish line, and won!
The group that crashed had their hopes dashed when they encountered a slippery road with lots of bumps. But, Borghini and Kopecky could still finish the race by getting to 7th and 20th place. Georgi Pfeiffer which is part of Team DSM, was the first British athlete to finish at 8th place. Jackson’s reaction? “It’s amazing! I can’t believe it! It’s like a dream come true.”
I wanted to do well in this race, so that I would be at the front. You need to stay away from any bad luck when you are competing, as it was not worth all the effort if I got unlucky after leading for so long.
Vingegaard Wins in Epic Solo Effort at Tour of the Basque Country!
Jonas Vingegaard, the champion of Tour de France, won the Tour of the Basque Country. Riding for Jumbo-Visma, he completed a 30km solo effort and finished first in the final stage, one minute and twelve seconds ahead of Mikel Landa who came second overall. Ion Izagirre from Spain was third overall and Britain’s James Knox came in second place but only 47 seconds behind Vingegaard.
Knox finished in 8th place, with fellow Briton Simon Yates following shortly in 9th. Vingegaard said after the race what a great day it had been for the team. He thanked his teammates for doing such an awesome job and especially for having two of them in the breakaway.
