A day after the first-ever Paris-Roubaix Femmes, the men took their turn to tackle the cobbles and faced even more treacherous conditions after a full day of rain.
The cyclocrosser’s favorite road race certainly put the mud skills to the test, and to nobody’s surprise, pre-race favorites Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin Fenix) and Wout van Aert (Jumbo Visma) used their cyclocross skills to remain in contention.
Van der Poel factored late, leading a three-man chase of Paris-Roubaix first-timers including European Champ Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious) and Florian Vermeersch (Lotto Soudal) to catch and then drop early leader Gianni Moscon (Ineos Grenadiers). Moscon flatted and then later crashed, effectively ending his day at the front.
That's the beauty and brutality of #ParisRoubaix.
Gianni Moscon rode an amazing race on the way to fourth place. Chapeau 🎩 pic.twitter.com/HoMbxhBV2U
— INEOS Grenadiers (@INEOSGrenadiers) October 3, 2021
Just over 40 km to go. Come on, @mathieuvdpoel! pic.twitter.com/4lZQPWOlC9
— Alpecin-Fenix Cycling Team (@AlpecinFenix) October 3, 2021
The three first-timers would enter the velodrome in Roubaix together. Van der Poel led the first lap of the velodrome, but Colbrelli, a renowned sprinter, took the victory ahead of the 22-year-old Vermeersch and the cyclocross superstar.
🥇@sonnycolbrelli wins 118th @Paris_Roubaix ! He's the strongest debutant.#RideAsOne #ParisRoubaix
📸 @bettiniphoto pic.twitter.com/jQvjmds1VD
— Team Bahrain Victorious (@BHRVictorious) October 3, 2021
Full results below.
If you haven’t watched them yet, catch three sets of video highlights from the 2021 Paris-Roubaix Femmes here. The men’s 2021 Paris-Roubaix video highlights are here.
2021 Paris Roubaix Men's Results
| Pl | Bib | Rider | Team | Time/Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 71 | Sonny Colbrelli | BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | 06h 01' 57" |
| 2 | 2 | Florian Vermeersch | LOTTO SOUDAL | + 00' 00" |
| 3 | 51 | Mathieu Van Der Poel | ALPECIN - FENIX | + 00' 00" |
| 4 | 136 | Gianni Moscon | INEOS GRENADIERS | + 00' 44" |
| 5 | 21 | Yves Lampaert | DECEUNINCK - QUICK - STEP | + 01' 16" |
| 6 | 111 | Christophe Laporte | COFIDIS | + 01' 16" |
| 7 | 31 | Wout Van Aert | JUMBO - VISMA | + 01' 16" |
| 8 | 47 | Tom Van Asbroeck | ISRAEL START-UP NATION | + 01' 16" |
| 9 | 44 | Guillaume Boivin | ISRAEL START-UP NATION | + 01' 16" |
| 10 | 73 | Heinrich Haussler | BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | + 01' 16" |
| 11 | 105 | Jonas Rutsch | EF EDUCATION - NIPPO | + 01' 16" |
| 12 | 197 | Maximilian Richard Walscheid | TEAM QHUBEKA NEXTHASH | + 03' 17" |
| 13 | 141 | Anthony Turgis | TOTALENERGIES | + 03' 17" |
| 14 | 121 | Alexander Kristoff | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | + 04' 40" |
| 16 | 104 | Sebastian Langeveld | EF EDUCATION - NIPPO | + 04' 45" |
| 17 | 72 | Marco Haller | BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | + 06' 21" |
| 18 | 212 | Amaury Capiot | TEAM ARKEA - SAMSIC | + 06' 21" |
| 19 | 185 | Baptiste Planckaert | INTERMARCHE - WANTY - GOBERT MATERIAUX | + 06' 21" |
| 20 | 236 | Luca Mozzato | B&B HOTELS P/B KTM | + 06' 21" |
| 21 | 241 | Laurenz Rex | BINGOAL PAUWELS SAUCES WB | + 06' 21" |
| 22 | 37 | Nathan Van Hooydonck | JUMBO - VISMA | + 06' 21" |
| 23 | 41 | Sep Vanmarcke | ISRAEL START-UP NATION | + 06' 21" |
| 24 | 171 | Søren Kragh Andersen | TEAM DSM | + 06' 26" |
| 25 | 61 | Jasper Stuyven | TREK - SEGAFREDO | + 06' 26" |
| 26 | 26 | Zdeněk Štybar | DECEUNINCK - QUICK - STEP | + 06' 26" |
| 27 | 201 | Ivan Garcia Cortina | MOVISTAR TEAM | + 07' 14" |
| 28 | 211 | Connor Swift | TEAM ARKEA - SAMSIC | + 07' 22" |
| 29 | 1 | Philippe Gilbert | LOTTO SOUDAL | + 07' 26" |
| 31 | 147 | Dries Van Gestel | TOTALENERGIES | + 08' 37" |
| 32 | 81 | Greg Van Avermaet | AG2R CITROEN TEAM | + 09' 23" |
| 33 | 161 | Evaldas Siskevicius | DELKO | + 09' 23" |
| 34 | 91 | Arnaud Demare | GROUPAMA - FDJ | + 09' 23" |
| 35 | 92 | Clément Davy | GROUPAMA - FDJ | + 09' 23" |
| 36 | 246 | Ludovic Robeet | BINGOAL PAUWELS SAUCES WB | + 09' 23" |
| 37 | 6 | Tosh Van Der Sande | LOTTO SOUDAL | + 09' 26" |
| 38 | 231 | Bert De Backer | B&B HOTELS P/B KTM | + 09' 29" |
| 39 | 5 | Harrison Sweeny | LOTTO SOUDAL | + 10' 03" |
| 41 | 217 | Bram Welten | TEAM ARKEA - SAMSIC | + 10' 52" |
| 42 | 66 | Toms Skujins | TREK - SEGAFREDO | + 11' 06" |
| 43 | 56 | Jonas Rickaert | ALPECIN - FENIX | + 11' 11" |
| 44 | 174 | Nils Eekhoff | TEAM DSM | + 12' 24" |
| 45 | 43 | Jenthe Biermans | ISRAEL START-UP NATION | + 12' 24" |
| 46 | 54 | Tim Merlier | ALPECIN - FENIX | + 12' 24" |
| 47 | 52 | Silvan Dillier | ALPECIN - FENIX | + 12' 24" |
| 48 | 173 | Cees Bol | TEAM DSM | + 12' 24" |
| 49 | 77 | Fred Wright | BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | + 12' 24" |
| 50 | 85 | Oliver Naesen | AG2R CITROEN TEAM | + 12' 24" |
| 51 | 7 | John Degenkolb | LOTTO SOUDAL | + 12' 24" |
| 52 | 151 | Luke Durbridge | TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE | + 12' 24" |
| 53 | 193 | Simon Clarke | TEAM QHUBEKA NEXTHASH | + 12' 24" |
| 54 | 27 | Bert Van Lerberghe | DECEUNINCK - QUICK - STEP | + 12' 24" |
| 55 | 11 | Peter Sagan | BORA - HANSGROHE | + 12' 24" |
| 57 | 235 | Cyril Lemoine | B&B HOTELS P/B KTM | + 12' 28" |
| 59 | 107 | Julius Van Den Berg | EF EDUCATION - NIPPO | + 12' 37" |
| 60 | 102 | Stefan Bissegger | EF EDUCATION - NIPPO | + 12' 37" |
| 61 | 35 | Timo Roosen | JUMBO - VISMA | + 13' 19" |
| 62 | 244 | Arjen Livyns | BINGOAL PAUWELS SAUCES WB | + 16' 21" |
| 63 | 206 | Matteo Jorgenson | MOVISTAR TEAM | + 16' 25" |
| 64 | 152 | Jack Bauer | TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE | + 17' 59" |
| 65 | 137 | Luke Rowe | INEOS GRENADIERS | + 20' 28" |
| 66 | 22 | Kasper Asgreen | DECEUNINCK - QUICK - STEP | + 20' 28" |
| 67 | 24 | Tim Declercq | DECEUNINCK - QUICK - STEP | + 20' 28" |
| 68 | 135 | Michal Kwiatkowski | INEOS GRENADIERS | + 20' 28" |
| 69 | 25 | Florian Senechal | DECEUNINCK - QUICK - STEP | + 20' 28" |
| 70 | 113 | Tom Bohli | COFIDIS | + 20' 28" |
| 71 | 216 | Clément Russo | TEAM ARKEA - SAMSIC | + 20' 28" |
| 73 | 83 | Lawrence Naesen | AG2R CITROEN TEAM | + 20' 28" |
| 75 | 17 | Maximilian Schachmann | BORA - HANSGROHE | + 20' 28" |
| 76 | 122 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | + 20' 28" |
| 77 | 184 | Wesley Kreder | INTERMARCHE - WANTY - GOBERT MATERIAUX | + 20' 28" |
| 78 | 106 | Tom Scully | EF EDUCATION - NIPPO | + 20' 28" |
| 79 | 34 | Dylan Groenewegen | JUMBO - VISMA | + 20' 28" |
| 80 | 32 | Edoardo Affini | JUMBO - VISMA | + 22' 50" |
| 81 | 156 | Robert Stannard | TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE | + 22' 53" |
| 82 | 117 | Szymon Sajnok | COFIDIS | + 23' 04" |
| 83 | 36 | Mike Teunissen | JUMBO - VISMA | + 24' 33" |
| 84 | 205 | Mathias Jørgensen | MOVISTAR TEAM | + 26' 09" |
| 85 | 112 | Piet Allegaert | COFIDIS | + 26' 14" |
| 86 | 195 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg | TEAM QHUBEKA NEXTHASH | + 26' 18" |
| 87 | 14 | Jordi Meeus | BORA - HANSGROHE | + 27' 22" |
| 88 | 42 | Rudy Barbier | ISRAEL START-UP NATION | + 28' 36" |
| 89 | 215 | Christophe Noppe | TEAM ARKEA - SAMSIC | + 28' 36" |
| 90 | 243 | Timothy Dupont | BINGOAL PAUWELS SAUCES WB | + 28' 36" |
| 91 | 115 | Eddy Fine | COFIDIS | + 28' 36" |
| 92 | 3 | Frederik Frison | LOTTO SOUDAL | + 28' 36" |
| 93 | 207 | Luis Guillermo Mas | MOVISTAR TEAM | + 28' 36" |
| 94 | 63 | Emils Liepins | TREK - SEGAFREDO | + 28' 46" |
