Hard Paris-Roubaix finale…

It was a very tough Paris-Roubaix, with the headwind making it even more challenging. The BORA-hansgrohe team did once again a great job, we had some crashes but they all put in a tremendous effort. We followed all the moves until the Carrefour de l’Arbre but in the last 15km I didn’t have the legs to respond to the attacks and try to take a podium spot.

Boli to veľmi tvrdé preteky Paríž-Roubaix a silný protivietor ich robil ešte náročnejším. Tím opäť urobil skvelú prácu. Mali sme síce nejaké pády, ale všetci so seba vydali obrovské úsilie. Sledovali sme všetky útoky až do Carrefour de l’Arbre, ale na posledných 15 km som už nemal nohy, aby som reagoval na útoky a pokúsil sa zabojovať o miesto na pódiu.

(Photos Luca Bettini / Dario Belingheri)

Paris Roubaix 2019 – 117th Edition – Compiegne – Roubaix 257 km – 14/04/2019 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Luca Bettini/BettiniPhoto©2019
Paris Roubaix 2019 – 117th Edition – Compiegne – Roubaix 257 km – 14/04/2019 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Luca Bettini/BettiniPhoto©2019
Paris Roubaix 2019 – 117th Edition – Compiegne – Roubaix 257 km – 14/04/2019 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Roberto Bettini/BettiniPhoto©2019
Parigi Roubaix 2019 – 117th Edition – Compiegne – Roubaix 257 km – 14/04/2019 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Ilario Biondi/BettiniPhoto©2018
Paris Roubaix 2019 – 117th Edition – Compiegne – Roubaix 257 km – 14/04/2019 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – Philippe Gilbert (BEL – Deceuninck – Quick Step) – photo POOL Stephane Mantey/BettiniPhoto©2019
Paris Roubaix 2019 – 117th Edition – Compiegne – Roubaix 257 km – 14/04/2019 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – Wout Van Aert (BEL – Team Jumbo – Visma) – photo Luca Bettini/BettiniPhoto©2019
Paris Roubaix 2019 – 117th Edition – Compiegne – Roubaix 257 km – 14/04/2019 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Luca Bettini/BettiniPhoto©2019
Paris Roubaix 2019 – 117th Edition – Compiegne – Roubaix 257 km – 14/04/2019 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – Philippe Gilbert (BEL – Deceuninck – Quick Step) – photo Roberto Bettini/BettiniPhoto©2019
Paris Roubaix 2019 – 117th Edition – Compiegne – Roubaix 257 km – 14/04/2019 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Dario Belingheri/BettiniPhoto©2019
Paris Roubaix 2019 – 117th Edition – Compiegne – Roubaix 257 km – 14/04/2019 – Peter Sagan (SVK – Bora – Hansgrohe) – photo Dario Belingheri/BettiniPhoto©2019