Greig Leach

A big part of being successful in Paris Roubaix, is having good luck. That was certainly true of Mathieu Van Der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck). But he was going to rely on luck. As the leading group was just getting going on Pave Sector 13, he but in a massive attack. Just like that he was away, in seemingly a second he had a five second lead on the others. He has almost sixty kilometers to go, but he has become the king of the long solo effort. That is the reason he is the current World Champion since he went on a long solo effort in Glasgow last fall. Can the men’s world champion follow suit with the women’ champion and claim victory in the Rainbow Jersey?