Alexander Kristoff training for the 2015 Paris-Roubaix
Riders for this Sunday's Paris-Roubaix have been assembling all week along the route of the tough 'Queen of the Classics' to practice riding on the cobbles and get a feel of the 253.5-kilometre race in northern France.
Currently, ground conditions are pretty decent after a spell of dry and unseasonably warm weather - with only a little rain forecast on Saturday morning before Sunday's main event, it should be another fast edition of the race.
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From broken back to Paris-Roubaix podium: Bob Donaldson is making a statementSecond at Paris-Roubaix Espoirs, just a year after his career was almost cut short, the young Brit is ready to turn pro
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Elia Viviani says helmet 'saved his life' in Paris-Roubaix crashThe Italian abandoned the race after 40km on Sunday, but left without any fractures
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Opinion: Mathieu van der Poel firmly grasps legend status with second Paris-Roubaix victoryReigning world champion deserves his place alongside Roger de Vlaeminck and Eddy Merckx as one of cycling’s greatest-ever one-day racers
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'I just wanted to make it a hard final' - Mathieu van der Poel on 'unplanned' Paris-Roubaix winning attackThe world champion launched his race winning move on the Orchie cobbled sector, almost 60 kilometres from the Roubaix velodrome
