John Degenkolb wins the 2015 Paris-Roubaix (Getty)
John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin) has won the 113th edition of Paris-Roubaix, crossing the line in a time of 5h 49m 51s at an average speed of 43.5km. The 26-year-old entered the Velodrome in Roubaix with a group of six other riders including Zdenk Stybar, Lars Boom and Greg van Avaermart, and adds The Hell of the North to his victory in Milan-San Remo earlier this year.
Degenkolb becomes the first German to win the race since the very first edition back in 1896.
The race was ultimately one of disappointment for Bradley Wiggins, who failed to make the final selection in his last race for Team Sky. Wiggins tried a solo break with 20 kilometres to go but was quickly reeled in by the peleton and failed to animate the race thereafter, rolling into the veledrome in 18th place. He will now turn his attention to the track, preparing for an Hour Record attempt and the 2016 Olympics. Wiggins’ Team Sky teammate Luke Row finished in 8th.
Results
John Degenkolb on the podium, alongside Zdenek Stybar and Greg van Avermaet (Getty)
1. John Degenkolb – 5h 49m 51s
2. Zdenek Stybar – ST
3. Greg van Avermaet – ST
4. Lars Boom – ST
5. Martin Elmiger – ST
6. Jens Keukeleire – ST
7. Yves Lampaert – 7s
8. Luke Rowe – 28s
9. Jens Debusschere – 29s
10. Alexander Kristoff – 31s
11. Sep Vanmarcke – 31s
12. Bert de Backer – 31s
13. Aleksejs Saramotins – 31s
14. Borut Bozic – 31s
15. Niki Terpstra – 31s
16. Andreas Schillinger – 31s
17. Florian Senechal – 31s
18. Bradley Wiggins – 31s
19. Bjorn Leukemans – 31s
20. Gregory Rast – 31s
A full list of finishers can be found here.
Pre-Race Betting
2014 winner Niki Terpstra stands atop the podium (Getty)
Fresh from winning the Tour of Flanders, Norway’s Alexander Kristoff leads the betting for Paris-Roubaix, with 2012 Tour de France champion and reigning Individual Time Trial World Champion Bradley Wiggins second favorite. Odds are courtesy of Paddy Power.
Alexander Kristoff (5/1)
Bradley Wiggins (7/1)
Zdenek Stybar (8/1)
John Degenkolb (8/1)
Sep Vanmarcke (8/1)
Niki Terpstra (8/1)
Geraint Thomas (11/1)
Peter Sagan (14/1)
Greg Van Avermaet (14/1)
Lars Boom (16/1)
Arnaud Demare (25/1)
Jurgen Roelandts(25/1)
Ian Stannard (33/1)
Daniel Oss (40/1)
Stijn Vandenbergh (40/1)
Andre Greipel (50/1)
Filippo Pozzato (50/1)
Tiesj Benoot (66/1)
Stijn Devolder (66/1)
Luca Paolini (80/1)
100/1 Bar
Start List
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25 teams with eight riders apiece will take to the starting line in Compiègne; how many finish will depend on legs, luck and the weather. Here’s a full run-down of starters for the 113th edition of Paris-Roubaix.
Etixx-QuickStep
TERPSTRA Niki (Ned)
KEISSE Iljo (Bel)
LAMPAERT Yves (Bel)
MAES Nikolas (Bel)
STYBAR Zdenek (Cze)
TRENTIN Matteo (Ita)
VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume (Bel)
VANDENBERGH Stijn (Bel)
Giant-Alpecin
DEGENKOLB John (Ger)
ARNDT Nikias (Ger)
CURVERS Roy (Ned)
DE BACKER Bert (Bel)
DE KORT Koen (Ned)
SINKELDAM Ramon (Ned)
STAMSNIJDER Tom (Ned)
TIMMER Albert (Ned)
Katusha
KRISTOFF Alexander (Nor)
GUARNIERI Jacopo (Ita)
HALLER Marco (Aut)
KUZNETSOV Viacheslav (Rus)
PAOLINI Luca (Ita)
PORSEV Alexander (Rus)
SELIG Rüdiger (Ger)
SMUKULIS Gatis (Lat)
Tinkoff-Saxo
SAGAN Peter (Svk)
BODNAR Maciej (Pol)
BRESCHEL Matti (Den)
BRUTT Pavel (Rus)
JUUL-JENSEN Christopher (Den)
MORKOV Michael (Den)
TOSATTO Matteo (Ita)
TRUSOV Nikolay (Rus)
LottoNL-Jumbo
VANMARCKE Sep (Bel)
FLENS Rick (Ned)
LEEZER Thomas (Ned)
TANKINK Bram (Ned)
TJALLINGII Maarten (Ned)
VAN ASBROECK Tom (Bel)
WAGNER Robert (Ger)
WYNANTS Maarten (Bel)
Team Sky
WIGGINS Bradley (GBr)
EISEL Bernhard (Aut)
FENN Andrew (GBr)
KNEES Christian (Ger)
PUCCIO Salvatore (Ita)
ROWE Luke (GBr)
STANNARD Ian (GBr)
THOMAS Geraint (GBr)
BMC Racing
VAN AVERMAET Greg (Bel)
BURGHARDT Marcus (Ger)
DRUCKER Jean-Pierre (Lux)
KUNG Stefan (Swi)
OSS Daniel (Ita)
QUINZIATO Manuel (Ita)
SCHÄR Michael (Swi)
ZABEL Rick (Ger)
FDJ
DEMARE Arnaud (Fra)
BONNET William (Fra)
BOUCHER David (Bel)
DELAGE Mickaël (Fra)
FISCHER Murilo Antonio (Bra)
LADAGNOUS Matthieu (Fra)
OFFREDO Yoann (Fra)
SARREAU Marc (Fra)
Astana
BOOM Lars (Ned)
AYAZBAYEV Maxat (Kaz)
BOZIC Borut (Slo)
DE VREESE Laurens (Bel)
FOMINYKH Daniil (Kaz)
GRUZDEV Dmitriy (Kaz)
TLEUBAYEV Ruslan (Kaz)
WESTRA Lieuwe (Ned)
Trek Factory Racing
DEVOLDER Stijn (Bel)
IRIZAR ARRANBURU Markel (Spa)
POPOVYCH Yaroslav (Ukr)
RAST Gregory (Swi)
ROULSTON Hayden (NZl)
STEEGMANS Gert (Bel)
STUYVEN Jasper (Bel)
Orica-GreenEdge
HAYMAN Mathew (Aus)
BEWLEY Sam (NZl)
BLYTHE Adam (GBr)
DOCKER Mitchell (Aus)
DURBRIDGE Luke (Aus)
KEUKELEIRE Jens (Bel)
MOURIS Jens (Ned)
NIELSEN Magnus Cort (Den)
Ag2r
VAN SUMMEREN Johan (Bel)
BAGDONAS Gediminas (Ltu)
DANIEL MAXIME (Fra)
GAUDIN Damien (Fra)
GOUGEARD Alexis (Fra)
HOULE Hugo (Can)
MINARD Sébastien (Fra)
TURGOT Sébastien (Fra)
Lotto-Soudal
GREIPEL André (Ger)
BAK Lars (Den)
BENOOT Tiesj (Bel)
BROECKX Stig (Bel)
DE BIE Sean (Bel)
DEBUSSCHERE Jens (Bel)
ROELANDTS Jurgen (Bel)
SIEBERG Marcel (Ger)
Lampre-Merida
POZZATO Filippo (Ita)
BONIFAZIO Niccolo (Ita)
CIMOLAI Davide (Ita)
FENG Chun Kai (Twn)
MORI Manuele (Ita)
OLIVEIRA Nelson (Por)
PIBERNIK Luka (Slo)
RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano (Bra)
IAM Cycling
CHAVANEL Sylvain (Fra)
BRÄNDLE Matthias (Aut)
ELMIGER Martin (Swi)
HAUSSLER Heinrich (Aus)
KLUGE Roger (Ger)
PINEAU Jérôme (Fra)
SARAMOTINS Aleksejs (Lat)
VAN GENECHTEN Jonas (Bel)
Cannondale-Garmin
LANGEVELD Sebastian (Ned)
BAUER Jack (NZl)
HANSEN Lasse Norman (Den)
KOREN Kristijan (Slo)
MARANGONI Alan (Ita)
SKJERPING Kristoffer (Nor)
VAN BAARLE Dylan (Ned)
ZEPUNTKE Ruben (Ger)
Cofidis
SENECHAL Florian (Fra)
AHLSTRAND Jonas (Swe)
JOEAAR Gert (Est)
LEMOINE Cyril (Fra)
PETIT Adrien (Fra)
VANBILSEN Kenneth (Bel)
VAN STAEYEN Michael (Bel)
VENTURINI Clément (Fra)
MTN-Qhubeka
FARRAR Tyler (USA)
BOS Théo (Ned)
BRAMMEIER Matt (Irl)
CIOLEK Gerald (Ger)
GOSS Matthew Harley (Aus)
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt (RSA)
STAUFF Andreas (Ger)
THOMSON Jay Robert (RSA)
Bretagne-Seche Environnement
HUTAROVICH Yauheni (Blr)
BOULO Matthieu (Fra)
BRUN Fréderic (Fra)
JARRIER Benoit (Fra)
LABORIE Christophe (Fra)
LEDANOIS Kevin (Fra)
MCLAY Daniel (GBr)
PERICHON Pierre-Luc (Fra)
Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
WALLAYS Jelle (Bel)
DECLERCQ Tim (Bel)
NAESEN Oliver (Bel)
SALOMEIN Jarl (Bel)
STEELS Stijn (Bel)
THEUNS Edward (Bel)
VAN HOECKE Gijs (Bel)
VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter (Bel)
Europcar
ENGOULVENT Jimmy (Fra)
BERNAUDEAU Giovanni (Fra)
DUCHESNE Antoine (Can)
GENE Yohann (Fra)
JEROME Vincent (Fra)
LAMOISSON Morgan (Fra)
MARTINEZ Yannick (Fra)
MORICE Julien (Fra)
Wanty-Groupe Gobert
LEUKEMANS Bjorn (Bel)
ANTONINI Simone (Ita)
BACKAERT Frederik (Bel)
DE TROYER Tim (Bel)
DEVRIENDT Tom (Bel)
MARCATO Marco (Ita)
VAN MELSEN Kevin (Bel)
VANLANDSCHOOT James (Bel)
Movistar
ERVITI OLLO Imanol (Spa)
GADRET John (Fra)
HERRADA LOPEZ Jesus (Spa)
MALORI Adriano (Ita)
ROJAS GIL José Joaquin (Spa)
SANZ UNZUE Enrique (Spa)
SÜTTERLIN Jasha (Ger)
VENTOSO Francisco (Spa)
Bora-Argon 18
ARCHBOLD Shane (NZl)
DEMPSTER Zakkari (Aus)
MATZKA Ralf (Ger)
PFINGSTEN Christoph (Ger)
SCHILLINGER Andreas (Ger)
SCHWARZMANN Michael (Ger)
THURAU Bjorn (Ger)
THWAITES Scott (GBr)
UnitedHealthcare
BAZZANA Alessandro (Ita)
FÖRSTER Robert (Ger)
FRATTINI Davide (Ita)
JONES Christopher (USA)
MURPHY John (USA)
PUTT Tanner (USA)
SUMMERHILL Daniel (USA)
ZURLO Frederico (Ita)
Preview
This Sunday, 200 riders will tackle the 113th edition of Paris-Roubaix: The Hell of the North. 162 miles stand between those starting in Paris and the finish line within the Roubaix velodrome, including 27 sectors of harsh, jagged cobbles that will batter and bruise riders deep to their core. The weather is set to be fair, with just a 30% chance of rain forecast, likely resulting in a repeat of last year’s high average speeds and low attrition rate.
The race marks the last with Team Sky for Sir Bradley Wiggins, who’s looking to become the first Tour de France winner to conquer Paris-Roubaix in 35 years. Sky have enjoyed a strong “cobbled classics” campaign to date, with victories at E3 Harelbeke and Omloop het Nieuwsblad.
