Kopecky sprints to sensational Paris-Roubaix Femmes triumph

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Lotte Kopecky sprinted to a sensational victory at Paris-Roubaix Femmes, as she overpowered rivals Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) on the line in the famous Roubaix Velodrome.

Kopecky had mounted a number of attacks during the at times brutal 148.5km route from Denain to Roubaix, none of which stuck, even if they likely helped take some of the energy from the legs of her competitors who were trying to rein her in.

Vos looked in supreme shape too though, and as the final 10km approached, the leading group comprised the Dutch legend together with Kopecky, Balsamo, Amber Kraak (FDJ-Suez), Britain’s Pfeiffer Georgi (dsm-firmenich) and Ellen van Dijk (Lidl-Trek).

But it was Kopecky who proved the strongest to take her first Paris-Roubaix Femmes crown.

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