Over the Stones: Paris-Roubaix Round-Up, Full Results

Today marked the 114th edition of the Queen of the Classics, Paris-Roubaix. The finale of the Northern Classics before the Ardennes Classics starting in a week’s time, Paris-Roubaix is perhaps the best known of the spring races and draws the most attention, including from cyclocross racers and fans.

Historically, cyclocross racers have done well at Paris-Roubaix. Modern riders Lars Boom (Astana) and Zdenek Stybar (Etixx-QuickStep) have been notable starters and protagonists in recent years. And this year saw Lars van der Haar (Giant Alpecin) start his first Hell of the North today.

But past cyclocross stars featured in Paris-Roubaix too. Cyclocross racers such as Mr. Paris-Roubaix himself, Roger De Vlaminck, who won the race four times, was the amateur Cyclocross World Champion in 1968, the same year his brother Erik took the professional title, and Roger later earned the professional title in 1975, having also been a multi-time Belgian Cyclocross National Champion. Others too like Greg LeMond who raced primarily on the road, also credit cyclocross at least in part for their skills on the bike.

Technological advances in bikes and gear that have been fairly quickly adopted in cyclocross or gravel riding have also played a role in Paris-Roubaix over the years.

Take for example the Roxshox Paris-Roubaix SL fork and then look towards bikes like the Cannondale Slate. Or simply consider the adoption and proliferation of disc brakes. Or even just the use of cyclocross bikes in Paris-Roubaix, even for dry editions of the race. The crossover in technology between cyclocross and road racing, and Paris-Roubaix in particular, is notable.

No, cyclocross and Paris-Roubaix don’t quite go hand-in-hand. But riders from our favorite discipline have shown a panache for the event and brought changes to the gear riders everywhere use.

For this year’s race, our sport’s stars didn’t fare all too well. Stybar played near the race’s front for some time before finishing in a large group 18:30 down and in 110th position. And Boom and van der Haar were both DNFs, their roles not necessarily to be in the mix for the finale. But the race itself was still quite exciting with a surprise winner.

The nerves have kicked in for ParisRoubaix. Luckily my roll is clear, help the team in every way possible. Happy with that roll! #team 😀

— Lars van der Haar (@larsvanderhaar) April 10, 2016

Orica-Green Edge’s Mathew Hayman of Australia took a sprint finish from multi-time Paris-Roubaix winner Belgian Tom Boonen (Etixx-QuickStep). And British rider Ian Stannard (Sky) and Belgium’s Sep Vanmarcke (LottoNL-Jumbo) were there for the sprint too, but could only manage 3rd and 4th, respectively.

Your new #ParisRoubaix champion! The unfinished business is finally finished for Mat Hayman, so incredible. #OGErocks A photo posted by ORICA-GreenEDGE (@orica_greenedge) on Apr 10, 2016 at 8:30am PDT

With respect to van der Haar’s first appearance, few expected him to taste success on a first attempt. Cyclocross racer Bernard Hinault didn’t win his first, but did his second in 1981, declaring the race “b@llsh*t” after the fact. But still, the racers come. Today’s winner Hayman had lined up for Paris-Roubaix 15 times before today.

Just participating in Paris-Roubaix is an achievement in itself for many riders. That fact was underlined by van der Haar after today’s race.

I was behind 3 crashes from sector 20 till 18. Then it was over for me. Stopped at second feeding! What an experience!! So cool! #thanks! — Lars van der Haar (@larsvanderhaar) April 10, 2016

We fully expect that we’ll continue to see ‘cross racers line up for this historic monument in the future, animating the event and finding success along the way.

See full results from today’s race below.

2016 Paris Roubaix Full Results

Place	Name	Nationality	Age	Result
1	Mathew HAYMAN	AUS	38	5:51:53
2	Tom BOONEN	BEL	36	+0
3	Ian STANNARD	GBR	29	+0
4	Sep VANMARCKE	BEL	28	+0
5	Edvald BOASSON HAGEN	NOR	29	+3
6	Heinrich HAUSSLER	AUS	32	+1:00
7	Marcel SIEBERG	GER	34	+1:00
8	Aleksejs SARAMOTINS	LAT	34	+1:00
9	Imanol ERVITI	ESP	33	+1:07
10	Adrien PETIT	FRA	26	+2:20
11	Peter SAGAN	SVK	26	+2:20
12	Maarten WYNANTS	BEL	34	+2:20
13	Oliver NAESEN	BEL	26	+2:20
14	Luke ROWE	GBR	26	+2:20
15	Ramon SINKELDAM	NED	27	+2:20
16	Dylan VAN BAARLE	NED	24	+2:20
17	Bert DE BACKER	BEL	32	+2:20
18	Luke DURBRIDGE	AUS	25	+4:40
19	Marcus BURGHARDT	GER	33	+5:48
20	Christophe LAPORTE	FRA	24	+6:18
21	Gijs VAN HOECKE	BEL	25	+6:18
22	Frederik BACKAERT	BEL	26	+6:18
23	Koen DE KORT	NED	34	+6:18
24	Zakkari DEMPSTER	AUS	29	+6:18
25	Tom VAN ASBROECK	BEL	26	+6:18
26	Florian SENECHAL	FRA	23	+6:18
27	Maarten TJALLINGII	NED	39	+6:28
28	Maxime DANIEL	FRA	25	+7:12
29	Nikias ARNDT	GER	25	+7:12
30	Mark CAVENDISH	GBR	31	+7:12
31	Preben VAN HECKE	BEL	34	+7:12
32	Marco MARCATO	ITA	32	+7:12
33	Salvatore PUCCIO	ITA	27	+7:12
34	Damien GAUDIN	FRA	30	+7:12
35	André GREIPEL	GER	34	+7:24
36	Matteo TRENTIN	ITA	27	+7:24
37	Borut BOZIC	SLO	36	+7:24
38	Gianni MOSCON	ITA	22	+7:26
39	Jasper STUYVEN	BEL	24	+7:35
40	Fabian CANCELLARA	SUI	35	+7:35
41	Stefan KUENG	SUI	23	+11:14
42	Bert VAN LERBERGHE	BEL	24	+11:14
43	Magnus Cort NIELSEN	DEN	23	+11:14
44	Bernhard EISEL	AUT	35	+11:14
45	Mike TEUNISSEN	NED	24	+11:14
46	Timo ROOSEN	NED	23	+12:55
47	Bjorn THURAU	GER	28	+14:22
48	Alexander KRISTOFF	NOR	29	+14:23
49	Taylor PHINNEY	USA	26	+14:23
50	Michael MORKOV	DEN	31	+14:23
51	Juraj SAGAN	SVK	28	+14:23
52	Robert WAGNER	GER	33	+14:23
53	Jesse SERGENT	NZL	28	+14:23
54	Andreas SCHILLINGER	GER	33	+14:23
55	Scott THWAITES	GBR	26	+14:23
56	Reto HOLLENSTEIN	SUI	31	+14:23
57	Kenny DE HAES	BEL	32	+14:23
58	Antoine DUCHESNE	CAN	25	+14:23
59	Vicente REYNES MIMO	ESP	35	+14:23
60	Jonas VANGENECHTEN	BEL	30	+14:23
61	Danny VAN POPPEL	NED	23	+14:23
62	Alan MARANGONI	ITA	32	+14:23
63	Laurens DE VREESE	BEL	28	+14:23
64	Benoit JARRIER	FRA	27	+14:23
65	Lars Ytting BAK	DEN	36	+14:23
66	Sébastien MINARD	FRA	34	+14:23
67	Viacheslav KUZNETSOV	RUS	27	+14:23
68	Guillaume VAN KEIRSBULCK	BEL	25	+14:23
69	Jean-Pierre DRUCKER	LUX	30	+14:23
70	Jack BAUER	NZL	31	+14:23
71	Roy CURVERS	NED	37	+14:23
72	Reinardt JANSE VAN RENSBURG	RSA	27	+14:23
73	Nikolay TRUSOV	RUS	31	+14:23
74	Pavel BRUTT	RUS	34	+14:23
75	Francis MOUREY	FRA	36	+14:23
76	Tony MARTIN	GER	31	+14:23
77	Jens KEUKELEIRE	BEL	28	+14:48
78	Jurgen ROELANDTS	BEL	31	+14:48
79	Dimitri CLAEYS	BEL	29	+14:48
80	Evaldas SISKEVICIUS	LTU	28	+16:52
81	Christophe LABORIE	FRA	30	+16:52
82	Shane ARCHBOLD	NZL	27	+16:52
83	Johan LE BON	FRA	26	+16:52
84	Sebastian LANGEVELD	NED	31	+16:52
85	Marko KUMP	SLO	28	+16:57
86	Yaroslav POPOVYCH	UKR	36	+16:57
87	Wouter WIPPERT	NED	26	+18:30
88	Jan BARTA	CZE	32	+18:30
89	Rick ZABEL	GER	23	+18:30
90	Roy JANS	BEL	26	+18:30
91	Robin STENUIT	BEL	26	+18:30
92	Gediminas BAGDONAS	LTU	31	+18:30
93	Rudiger SELIG	GER	27	+18:30
94	Frederik FRISON	BEL	24	+18:30
95	Steven TRONET	FRA	30	+18:30
96	Floris GERFS	NED	24	+18:30
97	Maxime FARAZIJN	BEL	22	+18:30
98	Markel IRIZAR ARANBURU	ESP	36	+18:30
99	Vegard BREEN	NOR	26	+18:30
100	Tom STAMSNIJDER	NED	31	+18:30
101	Marco HALLER	AUT	25	+18:30
102	Grégory RAST	SUI	36	+18:30
103	Ryan MULLEN	IRL	22	+18:30
104	Sander HELVEN	BEL	26	+18:30
105	Matt BRAMMEIER	IRL	31	+18:30
106	Luka PIBERNIK	SLO	23	+18:30
107	Yohann GENE	FRA	35	+18:30
108	Kristijan KOREN	SLO	30	+18:30
109	Cyril LEMOINE	FRA	33	+18:30
110	Zdenek STYBAR	CZE	31	+18:30
111	Hugo HOULE	CAN	26	+18:30
112	Marc SARREAU	FRA	23	+18:30
113	Lieuwe WESTRA	NED	34	+18:30
114	Tiesj BENOOT	BEL	22	+18:30
115	Iljo KEISSE	BEL	34	+18:30
116	Hugo Hofstetter	FRA	22	+18:42
117	Jay Robert THOMSON	RSA	30	+24:45
118	Twan CASTELIJNS	NED	27	+24:45
119	Luka MEZGEC	SLO	28	+24:45
DNQ	Matthias BRANDLE	AUT	27	+30:15
DNQ	Marco COLEDAN	ITA	28	+39:16
DNQ	Ryan ANDERSON	CAN	29	+40:58
DNQ	Sam BENNETT	IRL	26	+40:58