Roubaix Race Report: The second women’s Paris-Roubaix was won by Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo). The Italian champion finished solo on the Vlodrome Andr Ptrieux in Roubaix, after attacking more than thirty kilometres from the line. Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) won the sprint for second place, just ahead of Lucinda Brand (Trek-Segafredo).Solo Roubaix win for Elisa Longo BorghiniThe second edition of Paris-Roubaix for women, the first held in the spring, started without Marianne Vos. The runner-up in last year’s edition had to miss this year’s race due to a positive covid test. Elizabeth Deignan, the winner in October 2021, was also not there, because she is expecting her second child. With Lotte Kopecky, Ellen van Dijk and Chantal van den Broek-Blaak, there were still plenty of favourites.It wasn’t to be the World champs dayThe Route:Just under 125 kilometres, with 29.2km of cobbles, spread over seventeen sectors. Compared to last year, the race is 8 kilometres longer. Like last year, the women’s race will start in Denain, best known for the Grand Prix of Denain. The race starts with four circuits of 8.3 kilometres in and around Denain. The peloton passes through Haveluy, but unlike the men’s race, there are no cobbled sections, that starts between Hornaing and Wandignies-Hamage, after about 42 kilometres. Deignan put in her attack on this section last year with 80 kilometres to go.The next 80 kilometres are over the famous cobblestones and asphalt, cobblestones before the legendary concrete of the Vlodrome Andr Ptrieux in Roubaix. The most…
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