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Sunday, April 14, 2002: Paris - Roubaix, World Cup Round 3. 261 kilometers. 26 sections of pave totaling 49.1 km (listed at the bottom of this page). Live updates and route map below results Results (41 riders finished):
Weather: Upon entering the first pave sections, rain and headwind/crosswind. 10 k to go. Wesemann appears to have dropped Hincappie and has Boonen in his sights. Museeuw is 2 1/2 minutes down the road. Pave section 3: Hincappie has crashed into a drainage ditch! Boonen continues. Museeuw at 2min over Boonen. Wesemann bridges up to Hincappie, they are at 2min 15sec. Pave section 5: Museeuw has extended his lead to 50 seconds. 30 km to go: Posties Boonen and Hincapie have pulled away from the chase group and are working together to bring back Museeuw, who is 24 seconds down the road. The rest of the break is 40 seconds behind. Pave sector 8: Bam! Museeuw put the hammer down. Hard! Out the the saddle, huge effort. Big gap! Hincappie and Michaelson try to get things organized. 44 Km to go. The Museeuw-Hincappie group has cought the leaders. In the process, they spit out Domo riders Rodriguez and Knaven. It's now 12 riders off the front. I'm sure the real fireworks work start as the strong men try to reduce the size of the group. After sector 11: In the lead:Cassani, Van Heeswijk, Bodrogi, De Clercq, Mattan, Schweda, Eriksen, Hofman and Boonen. Chasing at under 50 seconds: a group with Knaven, Museeuw, US Champion Rodriguez & Hincapie. Domo has 5 riders off the front. 65 km to go: Boonen, De Clerq, Mattan in lead group of 7. Knaven has bridged up to Museeuw-Hincappie chase group which has cut the gap to 55sec. 80 km to go: Museeuw-Hincappie break is now within 2 min 15 seconds of the lead group. Out of the Arenberg: a small group with Hincappie, Museeuw and Wesemann have detached themselves from the peloton. They have closed to within 3 minutes of the break. 100 km to go. About to enter the Arenberg. Cobbles are very, very slippery. 14 riders left in break, only 1 Mapei (Bodrogi) left. Posties working hard in the peloton. Gap is down to 3min 51sec. 2:05 local time, about 120 km to go. 16 riders have 1 4 1/2 minute lead on the pack. This is real, with Hunter, De Clercq, Mattan, Hondo, Klier, Cassani, Van Heeswijk and Bodrogi in the break. With 4 pave sections completed, a break of about 12 riders with Domo and Mapei well represented are away by 4 1/2 minutes. Postal's only rider in the break is Boonen.
Pave sections: #26, Km 99.8: TROISVILLES, 2200 meters |
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