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Paris-Roubaix Femmes 2023 LIVE - Lotte Kopecky seeks to dethrone Elisa Longo Borghini on the cobbles

Paris - Roubaix Women
Women | 08.04.2023
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Imogen Ainsworth

Updated 08/04/2023 at 17:08 GMT


NEXT UP - PARIS-ROUBAIX MEN
Thank you for joining our coverage of Paris-Roubaix Femmes today, what an incredible ride from Alison Jackson! And if you enjoyed that one, there's another day of Paris-Roubaix action tomorrow as the men take on the Hell of the North!
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16:31
RAGUSA AND TRUYEN SECOND AND THIRD
Katia Ragusa and Marthe Truyen look to have taken second and third. Duval and Borras fourth and fifth with Lach taking sixth. Kopecky comes in seventh, Georgi eighth, Consonni ninth, and Vos manages to take 10th.
Some race from Vos managing to finish in the top 10, especially given her early struggles.
16:28
ALISON JACKSON WINS!!
The Canadian wins the Queen of the Classics and conquers the Hell of the North in a sprint with the final group - wow! What a ride from Jackson and the breakaway group, they held off the chasers all the way to the end.
It's the first win for EF Education-TIBCO-SVB in a one day race in 332 days.
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16:27
LACH LEADS OUT AT THE BELL - MARKUS CRASHES
16:27
INTO THE VELODROME
No solo lap today!
16:26
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1KM TO GO
Lach accelerates at the front! 10 second gap
16:24
3KM TO GO - GAP BACK TO 14 SECONDS
The gap has closed to 14 seconds, same group at the front. Can they hold off the chasers?!
16:21
5KM TO GO - ONE SECTOR BEFORE THE VELODROME
The front group have a 17 second lead, they're not giving up without a fight. Longo Borghini, Brand, Kopecky, Chabbey,Vos, Georgi, Bastianelli, Consonni, Tomasi, and Kasper all part of a determined chasing group.
16:13
10KM TO GO - 11 SECOND GAP
Front group are 11 seconds ahead, are there some potential winners in this group who can hold on to the velodrome, or will the chasers catch them up?! Lach continues to bring the power at the front of the race while Georgi does the same for the chasers.
Front group currently made up of Lach, Jackson, Ragusa, Markus, Eugénie Duval (FDJ-SUEZ), Marion Borras (St Michel - Mavic - Auber93 WE), and Marthe Truyen (Fenix-Deceuninck)
16:08
14KM TO GO - POWER FROM LACH
Marta Lach (CERATIZIT-WNT Pro Cycling) brings some much needed power at the front of the race. Kopecky leads the second group, 44 seconds behind.
16:04
16KM TO GO - CARREFOUR DE L'ARBE
We're now on the five star sector of Carrefour de l'Arbre which is 2.1km. Chasing group 54 seconds behind the leaders.
16:00
18KM TO GO - PELOTON EDGE CLOSER
The small group of peloton riders continue to close the gap on group two. One minute 20 between the peloton and the leading group.
15:56
20KM TO GO - JACKSON ATTACKS
Alison Jackson (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB) attempts to split this front group up again. The second group are 1:19 behind.
15:54
WATCH - LONGO BORGHINI CHASING GROUP CRASH
Here's the crash from earlier which caused some of the chaos!
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'Massive crash' as Longo Borghini wipes out rivals on muddy cobbles

15:46
27KM TO GO - ATTACK AT THE HEAD OF THE RACE
Katia Ragusa (Liv Racing TeqFind) comes from the middle of the group to attack leading up to sector seven in an effort to reduce the numbers at the front but she's pulled back in by the leading group. Peloton are 2:30 behind.
15:43
28KM TO GO - KASPER CAUGHT
The front group of riders are over three minutes ahead of the peloton and Kasper has been caught by those chasing her. There are groups of riders all over the place, Kopecky is on her own as Balsamo has changed her bike.
15:31
37KM TO GO - CHASING GROUP CRASH
Logno Borghini slips on the mud and takes down many of the riders in the group causing chaos. Romy Kasper (AG Insurance-Soudal-Quick-Step) manages to escape the riders on the floor and goes ahead. Sanne Cant (Team Fenix–Deceuninck) is down injured among others. Kopecky and Balsamo are in pursuit of Kasper.
15:28
WATCH: KOPECKY ATTACK
Here's the moment Kopecky decided it was time to push forward as the peloton crumble behind her.
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Kopecky puts hammer down with 51km to go as riders tumble behind

15:24
40KM TO GO - HENGEVELD CAUGHT
The 20-year-old solo rider has been caught by a group of chasers who are around three minutes ahead of the second group containing Kopecky.
The head of the race includes British road race champion Alice Towers (Canyon-SRAM).
15:09
48KM TO GO - KOPECKY ATTACKS
Kopecky attacks and goes ahead of the bunch and the group crash behind her. Trek are hot on her heels trying to catch up but she looks comfortable slightly ahead of them as they approach the first five star sector (11). And talking of five stars, the five riders who have caught up with Kopecky are Longo Borghini, Chabbey, Georgi, Brand, and Floortje Mackaij (Movistar). Vos has managed to make it to the back of the bunch.