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“It’s a dream come true” for Alison Jackson. The Canadian from the EF Education team created a surprise by winning the third edition of the Paris-Roubaix women on Saturday.
The Canadian Alison Jackson created the surprise by winning the third edition of the Paris-Roubaix women on Saturday April 8 by sprinting a group of six riders on the Roubaix velodrome.
The 34-year-old Canadian from the EF Education team came from the morning break who managed to resist the return of the group of favorites, delayed by the falls.
This is by far the best victory of Alison Jackson’s career, very active in the breakaway. “It’s unreal, I have no words. It’s a dream come true,” she said, overwhelmed with emotion.
“I wanted to weigh in on this race, to be at the front. In this kind of race, you have to avoid bad luck, it would have been a shame to lose after such a long breakaway,” she added. .
Big fall 36 kilometers from the finish
Alison Jackson won ahead of Italian Katia Ragusa (Liv Racing Teqfind) and Belgian Marthe Truyen (Fenix-Deceuninck).
The two French Eugénie Duval (FDJ-Suez) and Marion Borras (St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93) finished fourth and fifth.
The favourites, including the Belgian Lotte Kopecky (7e), cut the finish twelve seconds behind the winner.
Lotte Kopecky, who had just won the Tour of Flanders, was involved in a big crash 36 kilometers from the finish as she tried to come back to the morning break with a group of pursuers.
The Fleming then tried to come back, approaching with her group less than ten seconds into the final, but without managing to completely close the hole.
“The race was very tough, I had a tough time today,” she said.
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With AFP