Bringing Wout Back PR26-1
It is said of Paris Roubaix, "it isn't a question of if you will have bad luck, it is only a question of when." Wout Van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) had an early mechanical and was paced back to the peloton by his teammate Christophe Laporte with another 147 kilometers to race. Clearly, he has plenty of time to get back on, but it is never good to have to use energy chasing that you are going to need at the end of the day. Alexis Renard (Cofidis) was thrilled to have a strong duo to pull him back to the peloton over one of the early cobbled sectors.