Paris - Roubaix (Pro Tour)
Sunday, April 9, 2006

259 km. 27 sections of pavé totalling 52.7 km. The first section comes at kilometer 98.

Results:

George Hincapie suffered a mechanical, possibly a broken steering tube, on a bad section of pavé and was forced to abandon.

1. Fabian Cancellara (CSC) 6hr 7min 54sec. 42.239 km.hr

2. Tom Boonen (Quick Step) @ 1min 49sec

3. Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) s.t.

4. Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) s.t.

5. Bernhard Eisel (FDJ) @ 3min 25sec

6. Stefen Wesemann (T-Mobile) 5min 35sec

7. Frederic Guesdon (FDJ) 6min 31sec

8. Bert Roesems (Davitamon-Lotto) 6min 44sec

9. Christophe Mengin (FDJ) s.t.

10. Staf Schierlinckx (Cofidis) 6min 45sec

11. Pedro Horillo (Rabobank) @ 6min 49sec

12. Erik Zabel (Milram) s.t.

13. Steven De Jongh (Quick Step) s.t.

14. Leon Van Bon (Davitamon-Lotto) s.t.

15. Filippo Pozzato (Quick Step) s.t.

16. Aart Vierhouten (Skil-Shimano) s.t.

17. Baden Cooke (Unibet) s.t.

18. Martin Elmiger (Phonak) s.t.

19. Lars Michaelsen (CSC) s.t.

20. Marco Serpellini (Unibet) s.t.

Disqualified for going through a closed level train crossing, in the order and time they finished the race:

2. Leif Hoste (Discovery) @ 1min 19sec

3. Peter Van Petegem (Davitamon-Lotto) s.t.

4. Vladimir Gusev (Discovery) @ 1min 21sec





			Top: Cancellara is alone on the Roubaix track. Center: He's flown the coop: Bottom: The final selection before it all came apart. Boonen (in Rainbows) didn't have the legs. Sirotti photos.

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