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Hello and welcome to live coverage of the 116th edition of Paris-Roubaix - a brutal 257km slog over the cobblestones of northern France. They don't call it the Hell of the North for nothing...

Paris - Roubaix Men
Men | 08.04.2018
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Updated 08/04/2018 at 15:37 GMT


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Confirmation of today's top ten.
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And this was a nice touch after Sagan's victory with Dillier joining the celebrations. A superb ride from the Swiss champion.
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And the moment Peter secured a cobblestone trophy...
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Taylor Phinney, Zdenek Stybar and Jens Debusschere completing the top ten, incidentally.
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The moment Peter Sagan won Paris-Roubaix.
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Greg Van Avermaet beats Jasper Stuyven for fourth place, with Sep Vanmarcke finishing sixth. A further 2:33 back, Nils Politt sprints for what is probably seventh place in the main pack.
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Niki Terpstra enters the velodrome alone moments after Sagan wins and he will take third place, 57 seconds down. The Dutchman waves at the crowd and takes in the atmosphere - another podium after his victory in Flanders last Sunday.
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Victory for Peter Sagan! He comes from behind to zip past Dillier on the final bend and take his first victory in Paris-Roubaix.
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Sagan has him where he wants him...
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Stefan Dillier leads Peter Sagan onto the velodrome... and the bell rings...
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Entering the last kilometre and it's time for the final sprint...
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Sagan leads the duo onto the final section of cobbles...
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Sagan empties his bidon, which he will soon discard ahead of the final sprint. Just one small cobble section to go before the two riders will enter the velodrome and open up their final sprint.
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The gap is up to one minute - and it looks increasingly like Sagan is going to win this after launching a winning move 53km from the finish.
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Just 5km to go until the finish - and the last world champion to win Paris-Roubaix was Bernard Hinault in 1981. Can Sagan do it? Or will Dillier surprise us all?
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Still Dillier is taking his turns - bravo to him. He may well be leading out the world champion, but he still has a chance at glory himself. They have 55 seconds and so it should be contested between them in the velodrome - but you never know...
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This is a real bone-jangling sector - with loads of potholes tarmac sections as well. Both Sagan and Dillier are really wrestling their bikes - knowing that if they pick up a puncture now, it's game over.
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We're onto the penultimate cobbles section of Willems to Hem - just 1.4km and only a three star rating. The gap is back up to 50 seconds.
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Terpstra leads the chase ahead of Stuyven, GVA and Vanmarcke - but they're all taking turns with decent pulls. Terpstra won Flanders last weekend and is the in-form rider, while GVA and Stuyven are probably the fastest if it came to a sprint (Sagan aside). Vanmarcke looks like he'll have another high finish with very little returns.