Rome, 6 April 2024 – Before the men’s race, scheduled Sunday 7 Aprilthere is the female one: the Paris-Roubaix 2024 in the prize squad Lotte Kopeckywho beats in the sprint of the velodrome Elisa Balsamo And Marianne Vos.
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The world champion, the first to succeed in this feat in the 4 editions in the feminineHell of the Norththus taking her sporting revenge on the Italian, who had beaten her at the beginning of the season at Alfredo Binda Trophy 2024: for the tears of the Piedmontese herself and her regrets for a sprint that perhaps began too early and was in fact pulled like the Belgian, which in the roll of honor succeeds the surprise Alison Jacksonwho in turn had preceded, complete with an iconic ballet after the arrival, an Italian (Katia Ragusa, out of action almost immediately today). In short, once again he fails to encore the success of 2022 Of Elisa Longo Borghiniabsent today to focus on Ardennes: that year she had placed second Kopeckywho today tried to run a hard race trying to accelerate in the key sections of the 148.5kmwith 17 pavé sectors to go through. If theItaly it chews bitterly, it gets even worseHollandoff the podium with all its spearheads: nothing to be done for either Yours, which once again sees one of the great objectives (and regrets) of a career in which so far many laurels have come slipping away. The first turning point of the day comes at sector number 12when really Kopecky And Yours they accelerate, calling Lidl-Trek to respond en masse for their captain. In reality, no one makes a break until 30 km to the finish line, when mechanical problems also begin to appear: he also knows something about it Balm, which barely manages to remain among the best. The blue girl also finds help in Pfeiffer Georgiwho will then close the podium with a certain satisfaction: his teams will find themselves shoulder to shoulder in the sprint, with Kopecky which emerges from the rear with a power that no one can contain.
Bettiol yes: Pidcock surprise
Meanwhile, warm up the engines too Paris-Roubaix male and does so with important news on the startlist front. The first concerns theItalywho can try to lull dreams of glory with Alberto Bettiol, who announces his presence after the doubts of recent days due to stomach problems which had greatly complicated the approach to the race despite the partial finishing carried out on Thursday morning. If this is the main course presented byEF Education-EasyPostthe Ineos Grenadiers responds by deploying a surprise Tom Pidcockwhich had fallen in Monday Tour of the Basque Country 2024, which will go down in history as the cursed race that knocked out several cycling big names. Not the British, who will be at the start of theHell of the North: in what conditions it is not known, just as it is unknown whether the choice was made by the cyclocross rider or by the team, as is rumored with a hint of malice.
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