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Official Results
1 Thirsty Fusion in 8 hours, 33 minutes
2 Studio Velo 8:50
3 DFL 8:52 (winner of all the champagne)
4 OneSeven 8:55
5 Upper Echelon 8:57
6 Red Racing 8:58
7 Kitorder.com 9:23
8 Ritte Women's Race Team 9:39
9 Strava 9:48
10 Early Bird 10:44
11 SF2G 10:45
12 Bike Effect 10:59
photo: Rhys Howells
Last week we featured Tao Geoghegan Hart's piece on crashing out of contention at Junior Roubaix 2012 and his ambitions for this year's edition. On Sunday he made it to the velodrome on time and finished on the 3rd step of the podium. We caught a few minutes with him in between sessions at Newport Velodrome with the GB team.
All photos Jonathan Hines
The fourth edition of Rapha's homage to Paris-Roubaix, the UK's very own Hell of the North, yet again proved a gloriously bumpy, muddy and leg shattering day out. This year's parcours included two never-before-seen sectors of dirt and gravé and a new finishing venue where a lot of very tired but satisfied riders enjoyed beer, chips and the sight of Fabulous Cancellara stealing victory at L'Enfer du Nord for a third time. Below are a few comments from some happy roulers:
Words: Tao Geoghegan Hart | Images: © matschneider.de
Seventeen year-old Tao Geoghegan Hart was born and raised in east London. Part of the British Cycling Olympic Development Programme, the precociously talented teenager was a competitor at last year’s Junior Paris-Roubaix. With 20km to go, and with thoughts of the Roubaix velodrome looming, Tao was riding well and feeling strong. But they call it the Hell of North for a reason…
On June 17th, Michael Tabtabai and Andrew Hudon will head out from Seaside, Oregon, pointed towards the eastern seaboard of the United States. Their 24-day trip will take them along some of the best country roads the Unites States has to offer and land them in Plymouth, Massachusetts. An undertaking, sure, but this is not the first time that they have covered these expansive stretches. In 2010 this team of two rode from Boulder, Colorado along a similar route.
Words by Julie Krasniak | Photos by J. Dunn
Julie Krasniak, from the French city of Metz, began riding at 12 years old and by the age of 14 was racing mountain bikes. Between her brother, father, grandfather and great grandfather, the Krasniaks have won over a thousand races. Julie currently resides stateside in Portland OR where she races for Rapha-FOCUS. Here she offers some professional advice for the Women's 100.
by Tim Dawson vintagebicycle.wordpress.com
Bordeaux-Paris is one of cycling’s lost classics. Once regarded as the toughest one-day race in France, the ‘Derby of the Road’ saw the peloton roll out during the night, making the tough, near-600km parcours more gruelling still. Last staged in 1988, the sight of the world’s finest riders heading into the darkness in the early hours was once a highlight of the racing calendar. Among my collection of original cycling photographs is this beautiful image of George Pilkington Mills, winner, in 1891, of the first edition of the race.
