Paris Roubaix: Fighting Back

Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) wasn't having the best luck on the way to Roubaix.  He had a problem on the cobbles in the Forest of Ardenne where he took a teammates bike to chase back to the peloton.  After getting his back up bike from the team car after catching the peloton, he crashed on a corner.  He had to chase back again, but succeed in the effort.  Shockingly, he was able to be a factor in the final kilometers in the race until the multiple chases finally sapped his strength.  Heinrich Haussler (Bahrain-Merida) was twice able to use the motivated Van Aert to draft his way back into the peloton. 

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Tour Down Under Final Stage: A Final Salute

On the penultimate lap of the final stage of the Tour Down Under a rather large pile up took out a number of members of the peloton, many others were so slowed down that they were never going to see the front end of the race again.  One of those caught out was the celebrated sprinter, Marcel Kittel (Giant-Alpecin).  But not to discredit the powerful fast men that made it to the line, it was Wooter Wippert (Drapac) the lone Dane riding for an Australian team, who threw his arms up in victory on the streets of Adelaide.  Daryl Impey's 5th place finish secured his Points Jersey, and with Rohan Dennis and Cadel Evans (BMC) both managing to be ahead of the crash, Dennis won the 2015 Tour Down Under and Cadel Evans claimed a podium position in his last ProTour race.  Jack Bobridge proved that his efforts on the first ascent of Willunga Hill was enough to win the King of the Mountains Jersey.

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