Greig Leach

Had it not been for an ill-timed flat tire, Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) may well have been sprinting for the win with Tadej Pogacar and Mathieu van der Poel. Instead, he led out the sprint (and took it) in the Roubaix velodrome for third place. Try as he might, Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike), couldn't get around the Dane. Claiming fifth was Pogacar's teammate Florian Vermeersch (UAE Team Emirates). Both van Aert and Vermeersch had crashes over the 259 kilometers of the Hell of the North. So, all of the top six finishers had either crashes, mechanicals, or both, proving again that it takes both luck and strength to win this iconic Spring Classic.