Unclipped with Grace Brown - 14.04.2025 - Velodrome victories and what might have been

As Van der Poel storms to a third straight Roubaix win and Ferrand-Prévot rises in a race she wasn’t meant to win, Grace reflects on what went right, what went sideways, and what might’ve been if the script hadn’t flipped.

Van der Poel took a solo victory at Paris-Roubaix after Pogacar crashed out, leaving fans wondering what could’ve unfolded in the final kilometres. In the women’s race, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot seized an unexpected win, stepping up when team plans fell apart and proving that sometimes, chaos breeds brilliance.

With egos checked and strategies flipped, this year’s Hell of the North reminded us that cycling’s most magical moments are often the least scripted.

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