Monday, April 10, 2023 at 8:25 am
Stephane Kung finished first in Paris-Roubaix, just like last year: then he was third, now fifth. However, the Swiss said afterwards, Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert in particular did not lose anything. ProNet cycling. “It’s nice to sit with that, but I hope I can be as strong as his day.”
It was Van der Poel who won, but Kang also impressed Van Aert, who would finish third after a puncture at Carrefour de l’Arber. “If you see how Wout comes back after his flat tyre, it’s just a level higher. And if Matthew is good, he just keeps coming and going. It was what we expected, but you have to have two legs to follow. I didn’t have it in the end. In the end, The strongest won.
Kong talked about a tough match. “From Bos van Wallers, it was a full throttle track, a hundred kilometers long. It was very heavy. I saw it at the end, it destroyed everyone. I couldn’t do anything anymore, so a prelude to the winner.”
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Filippo Ganna also crossed the finish line tired. He was driving into Roubaix with Küng and together they also caught Mads Pedersen in the final kilometres. The latter, however, won the sprint for fourth place, ahead of Küng. So Jannah finished sixth.
“The last kilometers were endless,” said the Italian. opinion. “The last thirty kilometers, especially from Carrefour de l’Arbre, were difficult. In the final I didn’t have much in my legs. But it’s a bit of a shame, at least on the podium. It’s not nice to meet colleagues who say they have cramps and therefore don’t cooperate, but Then they ran quickly.”
Ganna was more positive towards his INEOS Grenadiers teammates. “The team did a great job. I have to thank them, even though we quickly lost two riders. Luke Rowe and Joshua Tarling crashed after the cobbled second section. The rest did great after that, getting me to Bos van Wallers in excellent position.”
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