Listen to Arrivée | Paris-Roubaix double bill
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Who was crowned king and queen of the cobbles?
If you haven’t listened already, start your week with our Arrivée episodes reviewing a couple of great races at Paris-Roubaix.
Our all-action figures Rose Manley and Denny Gray were there to witness the fifth edition of Paris-Roubaix Femmes, where Lotte Kopecky was aiming to become the first woman to complete the Flanders-Roubaix double in the same season.
Then, on Sunday, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe analysed a gripping men’s race, which was billed as a final showdown between three riders who have lit up the cobbled Classics campaign this spring. Mathieu van der Poel was aiming for a third consecutive victory in the Hell of the North, Tadej Pogačar was making his debut on the pavé at the Queen of the Classics, and Mads Pedersen hoped to follow up his victory at Gent-Wevelgem.
The Cycling Podcast will return in the middle of the week to tie up the loose ends from Paris-Roubaix and assess the form at Itzulia in the Basque Country as the stage racers continued their build up to the grand tours, before turning our attention to the Amstel Gold Race and Ardennes Classics, which are just around the corner.
• And if you’re missing the Flandrian Classics already, listen to our Friends of the Podcast special Coorevits Corner. Lionel met up with veteran Belgian reporter Hugo Coorevits for a guided tour of the Koers cycling museum in Roeselare. Sign up as a Friend of the Podcast, and support our coverage in the process, here.
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