World champion Sagan won Sunday’s event, Paris-Roubaix, over 257km. Peter Sagan, 28, was able to outsprint Swiss champ Silvan Diller at the end of a demanding one-day race, aka the “Hell of the North” due to its extreme cobbled roads.
Apparently, the challenges of this classic event, which is considered to be one of the most difficult ones in the world, were a bit too much for Michael Goolaerts who lost his life minutes after a horrifying crash due to a cardiac arrest.
Setting records
1981 Paris-Roubaix ?
?Bernard Hinault ??
◀️ 37 years ▶️
2018 Paris-Roubaix ?
?@petosagan ?? #ParisRoubaix #UCIWT pic.twitter.com/Q6TIa8UqoJ— UCI (@UCI_cycling) April 8, 2018
With the yesterday’s victory, Sagan was able to become the first world champion to win this classic cycling event since Bernard Hinault 37 years ago.
“I feel amazing, I’m so tired, but I was involved in no crashes, had no flat tires and I just kept going,” Sagan said.
Brief Results
Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe, 5:54:06
Silvan Dillier (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors, 0:00:57
Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team, 0:01:34
Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin, 0:02:31
Taylor Phinney (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors
Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal
Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb
Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
Wout Van Aert (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal, 0:02:37
Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors, 0:03:07
Amund Grøndahl Jansen (Nor) LottoNL-Jumbo
John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Sky
Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida
? @petosagan ?#ParisRoubaix pic.twitter.com/NJmdhO7zIX
— Paris-Roubaix (@Paris_Roubaix) April 8, 2018
