COMPIEGNE (AP) – After his impressive victory last week in the Tour of Flanders Alexander Kristoff now bombarded to favorite for Paris-Roubaix. The Noor of Katyusha is in the form of his life and reached an all time ninth finish at the velodrome in Roubaix. Niki Terpstra, the man with whom Kristoff in Flanders rode to the finish line, you know since last year what it is to win the boulders classic. The North Hollander Etixx-QuickStep shares with his team, in the absence of Tom Boonen, the leader shelf with the Czech Zdenek Stybar.
Other contenders are the Bradley Wiggins, the Brit who Sunday his career on the road terminates, and Lars Boom, the Dutchman Astana last year in the Tour de France won kasseienrit to Arenberg. LottoNL Jumbo be aiming at specific qualities of Sep Vanmarcke. The Belgian had last week at the Tour of Flanders a bad day but it was the last two editions of Paris-Roubaix second and fourth.
This year Paris-Roubaix has 253 kilometers, of which more than 52 kilometers overfeed cobblestones . That’s a mile more than last year. The start in Compiegne is twenty past eleven, the finish is expected around quarter to five.
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