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It was a wet Paris Roubaix and probably the best bike race i've ever seen. I'd heard the stories of the drama but this is the first wet Roubaix i've ever seen and it did not disappoint. Drama at every turn producing a race for the ages.
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“I got Sony Cup Rally at 40 to 1, happy to provide the screenshot, 40 to 1. I bet on Yennick's Deebar I also had Mads Pedersen.”
“I'm now a fan of Florian Vermursh. Now, I don't know him very well, but he's shown himself to the entire world. The cool which he approached to find out blew my socks off. I think it's fantastic that he isn't happy with second. You could tell from his face on the podium that he didn't like, that's the right attitude. The most important thing is the attitude, and you don't change that. Here I've seen a born winner.”
“I tried to attack from fire out and gave everything. I just had a little bad look with the puncture and then I was on my limit. When you're on the limit you make mistakes. I crashed but I didn't lose too much time but then they came back from behind and it didn't have the legs to follow.”
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