Paris-Roubaix Femmes 2024 LIVE – Lotte Kopecky looks to bounce back from Flanders blip, Alison Jackson defends title

Wiel leaves sector seven with a lead of around 20 seconds now.

The solo leader is now onto Cysoing à Bourghelles (***) and the gap to Wiel is now up to around 30 seconds. FDJ-SUEZ still doing well to control the group behind.

She's got a ten-second gap now, Kopecky drops to the back of the chase group to go back to the car. FDJ-SUEZ doing a good job of not letting the chasers make up too much time.

Lidl-Trek leading the chase, Wiel ahead by about nine seconds.FDJ-SUEZ controlling the chase behind for their rider up the road.

Former French champion Jade Wiel (FDJ - SUEZ) goes clear after Moulin-de-Vertin.

Onto sector eight, Templeuve - L'Epinette.

She does it again! She doesn't go clear but another attack ups the pace again.

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Letizia Borghesi (EF Education-Cannondale) attacks to take the lead, swiftly closed down by Wiebes.

The Dutch rider ups the pace, she's been looking like she's been planning that one for a few minutes.

Franziska Koch (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) leads the front group out of sector nine.

Front group of around 40 now into Pont-Thibault à Ennevelin, Romy Kasper (Human Powered Health) crashes into a ditch but looks to get back up. Chaos is really ramping up now,

A few names in the front group: Z Backstedt, Chabbey, Vos, Kopecky, Georgi, Wiebes, Von Berswordt, von Berswordt, Verhulst-Wild, Brand, Balsamo, Van Dijk, Paternoster.

Von Berswordt still leading as they exit sector 10, Van Dijk moving her way back up the group after dropping to the back of it on sector 10.

The group is back together after Kopecky's attack as they go into Mérignies à Avelin (**). Von Berswordt now at the front of the race despite an earlier acceleration from Marta Lach (CERATIZIT-WNT Pro Cycling Team).

A big attack from Kopecky after sector 11, splitting the group up again.

A really strong ride from Van Dijk to lead the group out of sector 11, leading for most of the five-star sector. Georgi just behind her still, Balsamo dropping back from third to around seventh.

Van Dijk takes over at the front of the race after leading the chase - really powerful riding from the Dutch rider to catch the front four. Georgi on her wheel.

The front four make it onto Mons-en-Pévèle (*****), the first of two five-star sectors. It's a stacked front group of current and former national and world champions, who went clear after an attack from Kopecky on sector 12. The gap has dropped slightly to eight seconds, chasing group lead by Van Dijk and Lidl-Trek.

The front group leave sector 12, Schweinberger takes over at the front. Still around 10 seconds to the chasing group.

It's a ten-second gap for the front group!