- British rider solos to spectacular victory over cobbles
- Treacherous conditions result in spate of crashes
Lizzie Deignan proved to be the class of the field in the first Paris-Roubaix Femmes as she held off Marianne Vos to take victory at the Vélodrome André-Pétrieux after a gruelling 116km of racing across the famous cobbles.
Elite female riders have had to wait a long time for a crack at the pavé and faced a unique challenge as the devil had left the tap on in a delayed “Hell of the North”.
