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Phinney wins Paris-Roubaix for second time

By:
Daniel Benson
Published:
May 30, 2010, 16:09,
Updated:
May 31, 2010, 16:27

Under 23 riders race the cobbles

Taylor Phinney celebrates on the podium after taking a second Paris-Roubaix espoirs.

Taylor Phinney celebrates on the podium after taking a second Paris-Roubaix espoirs.

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Taylor Phinney (Trek-Livestrong) won his second successive Under 23 Paris Roubaix title ahead of Jens Debusschere (PWS-Eijssen Cycling Team) and Fabien Taillefer (Team Véranda Rideau Sarthe) on Sunday.

The American came into the race as a clear favourite having won the event last year and claiming four stages and the overall at the Olympia’s Tour earlier in the month.

“I was going into the race as a pretty big favourite,” Phinney told Cyclingnews. “But I was confident in my own abilities and in my team’s abilities.”

Those abilities were put to the test early on with a dangerous break forming that included Taillefer. Trek-Livestrong countered by placing Benjamin King in the move and with around 50 kilometres to go and the gap beginning to come down from under three minutes Phinney decided to act.

“It was a crosswind on one of the sections and I just decided to make it harder for everyone and split the group up. There were still around 100 guys left,” he said.

“I ended up bridging across to the breakaway with Debusschere and it ended up being Fabien, Jens, Ben King and me.”

With a teammate in the break Phinney asked for King to work on the front, keeping the pace high enough to ward off attacks, while also making sure that the peloton didn’t come back.

“Ben King slaved on the front for me and did an incredible ride to keep the speed but. He was on the front 90 per cent of the time until we got to the big sections of cobbles. I told him that if he got me there I’d win the race for him. The peloton never came back.”

With 15 kilometres to go and King dropped, the trio had a gap of around a minute. They began to attack each other, knowing that Phinney had a strong sprint. However they remained together and despite forcing the American track specialist to lead out, Phinney was strong enough to seal the win.

“I just kept it under control and lead it out. I new that if it came down to a sprint I could win. I had to put pain aside and just win.”

Full Results
1 Taylor Phinney (USA) Trek-Livestrong 4:31:07  
2 Jens Debusschere (Bel) PWS-Eijssen Cycling Team    
3 Fabien Taillefer (Fra) Team Veranda Rideau 72    
4 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Netherlands National Team 0:00:40  
5 Alponse Vermote (Bel) Beveren 2000    
6 Benjamin King (Aus) Trek-Livestrong 0:00:44  
7 Tim Declercq (Bel) WC Soenens-Jartazi-Construct Glas 0:01:07  
8 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) V.C. La Pomme-Marseille    
9 Loic Desriac (Fra) C.C. Etupes    
10 Raymond Kreder (Ned) Holowesko Partners-Felt-Garmin 0:01:14  
11 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Great Britain National Team 0:01:16  
12 Omar Bertazzo (Ita) Trevigiani-Dynamon-Bottoli    
13 Jesse Sergent (NZl) Trek-Livestrong    
14 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team    
15 Thomas Chamon (Bel) Dunkerque Littoral Cyclisme    
16 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) C.C. Etupes    
17 Jochen Vankerckhoven (Bel) PWS-Eijssen Cycling Team    
18 David Boutville (Fra) Comite de Normandie    
19 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team    
20 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team    
21 Harm Van Der Sanden (Ned) Netherlands National Team    
22 Sven Nooytens (Bel) Beveren 2000    
23 Sean De Bie (Bel) PWS-Eijssen Cycling Team    
24 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Beveren 2000    
25 Massimo Graziato (Ita) Trevigiani-Dynamon-Bottoli 0:01:20  
26 Jarl Salomein (Bel) Beveren 2000 0:01:32  
27 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team    
28 Mathieu Bernaudeau (Fra) Vendee U    
29 Kjell Van Driessche (Bel) New Heebra-Lombarden    
30 Jimmy Turgis (Fra) C.C. Nogent-Sur-Oise    
31 Andrei Krasilnikau (Blr) Holowesko Partners-Felt-Garmin    
32 Michael Baer (Swi) Team Atlas Personal 0:01:38  
33 Romain Delalot (Fra) C.C. Nogent-Sur-Oise    
34 Cole House (USA) US National Team 0:01:48  
35 Jeroen Lepla (Bel) WC Soenens-Jartazi-Construct Glas 0:01:55  
36 Jean Simon Carre (Fra) Comite de Normandie 0:03:08  
37 Sam Bennett (Irl) V.C. La Pomme-Marseille 0:04:00  
38 Jean Lou Paiani (Fra) Sojasun Espoir A.C. 0:04:07  
39 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Beveren 2000 0:04:29  
40 Remco Te Brake (Ned) Netherlands National Team 0:05:13  
41 David Rosch (GBr) Team Atlas Personal 0:05:14  
42 Bas Krauwel (Ned) Netherlands National Team    
43 Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Trevigiani-Dynamon-Bottoli    
44 Yves Lampaert (Bel) WC Soenens-Jartazi-Construct Glas 0:06:59  
45 Corentin Mauge (Fra) Vendee U    
46 Vinnie Braet (Bel) Sunweb-Revor    
47 Patrick Ruckert (Ned) Netherlands National Team    
48 Adrien Petit (Fra) C.C. Nogent-Sur-Oise 0:07:01  
49 Loic Aubert (Swi) Switzerland National Team    
50 Luke Rowe (GBr) Great Britain National Team    
51 Quentin Santy (Fra) C.C. Nogent-Sur-Oise    
52 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) Team Atlas Personal    
53 Daniel Summerhill (USA) Holowesko Partners-Felt-Garmin 0:07:04  
54 Gediminas Kaupas (Ltu) WC Soenens-Jartazi-Construct Glas    
55 Samuel Horstmann (Swi) Switzerland National Team 0:07:53  
56 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Team Veranda Rideau 72 0:07:55  
57 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Trevigiani-Dynamon-Bottoli 0:08:57  
58 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team    
59 Peter Jan Polling (Ned) Netherlands National Team    
60 Timothy Stevens (Bel) PWS-Eijssen Cycling Team    
61 Tijmen Eising (Ned) Sunweb-Revor    
62 Andrew Griffiths (GBr) New Heebra-Lombarden    
63 Geoffrey Rouat (Fra) C.C. Villeneuve Saint-Germain-Soissons    
64 Jeroen Hoorne (Bel) WC Soenens-Jartazi-Construct Glas 0:09:00  
65 Niels Godderis (Bel) New Heebra-Lombarden 0:10:51  
66 Simon Pierre De Groote (Fra) Eseg Douai 0:10:53  
67 Ryohei Komori (Jpn) Vendee U    
68 Lukas Rohner (Swi) Team Atlas Personal    
69 Christopher Whorrall (GBr) Great Britain National Team    
70 Nicolas Vereecken (Bel) PWS-Eijssen Cycling Team 0:12:19  
71 Tim Vanspeybrock (Bel) PWS-Eijssen Cycling Team    
72 Massimo Coledan (Ita) Trevigiani-Dynamon-Bottoli 0:12:34  
73 Connor O'Leary (USA) US National Team 0:12:37  
74 Adrien Vandermeersch (Fra) Dunkerque Littoral Cyclisme    
75 Nino Oeschger (Swi) Switzerland National Team 0:13:06  
76 Peter Erdin (Swi) Team Atlas Personal    
HD Victor Fobert (Fra) EC Raismes-Petite Forêt-Portes du Hainaut    
HD Romain Pillon (Fra) Eseg Douai    
HD Tony Barrais (Fra) Team Veranda Rideau 72    
HD Sven Beelen (Bel) Sunweb-Revor    
HD Wilfred Daumont (Fra) Eseg Douai    
HD Fabrice Seigneur (Fra) Sojasun Espoir A.C.    
HD Thibault Huche (Fra) Comite de Normandie    
HD Maxime Daniel (Fra) Sojasun Espoir A.C.    
HD Evan Ferrand Prevot (Fra) C.C. Etupes    
HD Camille Thominet (Fra) C.C. Villeneuve Saint-Germain-Soissons    
HD Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental Team    
HD Silvan Dillier (Swi) Switzerland National Team    
HD Maxime Chombart (Fra) Dunkerque Littoral Cyclisme    
HD Julien Morice (Fra) Vendee U    
HD Ruben De Marez (Bel) WC Soenens-Jartazi-Construct Glas    
HD Nickolas Walker (Aus) Holowesko Partners-Felt-Garmin    
HD Lukas Jaun (Swi) Switzerland National Team    
HD Mark Christian (GBr) Great Britain National Team    
HD Anthony Avril (Fra) Team Veranda Rideau 72    
HD Walker Savidge (USA) Holowesko Partners-Felt-Garmin    
HD Jens Vandenbussche (Bel) New Heebra-Lombarden    
HD Erwann Corbel (Fra) Sojasun Espoir A.C.    
HD Sander Verhaeghe (Bel) New Heebra-Lombarden    
HD Stef Boden (Bel) Sunweb-Revor    
DNF Louis Verhelst (Bel) Beveren 2000    
DNF Anthony Buhler (Fra) C.C. Etupes    
DNF Boris Zimine (Fra) C.C. Etupes    
DNF Alexis Bodiot (Fra) C.C. Nogent-Sur-Oise    
DNF Flavien Dassonville (Fra) C.C. Nogent-Sur-Oise    
DNF Fabien Lebeau (Fra) C.C. Villeneuve Saint-Germain-Soissons    
DNF Antoine Fouldrin (Fra) C.C. Villeneuve Saint-Germain-Soissons    
DNF Nicolas Garbet (Fra) C.C. Villeneuve Saint-Germain-Soissons    
DNF Pierre Garson (Fra) C.C. Villeneuve Saint-Germain-Soissons    
DNF Julien Duval (Fra) Comite de Normandie    
DNF Christopher De Souza (Fra) Comite de Normandie    
DNF Florent Gougeard (Fra) Comite de Normandie    
DNF Steeve Touboul (Fra) Dunkerque Littoral Cyclisme    
DNF Thomas Vanhaecke (Bel) Dunkerque Littoral Cyclisme    
DNF Kevin Clemme (Bel) Dunkerque Littoral Cyclisme    
DNF Anthony Louis (Fra) EC Raismes-Petite Forêt-Portes du Hainaut    
DNF Tanguy Lefebvre (Fra) EC Raismes-Petite Forêt-Portes du Hainaut    
DNF Fabien Fournier (Fra) EC Raismes-Petite Forêt-Portes du Hainaut    
DNF Vincent Monvoisin (Fra) EC Raismes-Petite Forêt-Portes du Hainaut    
DNF Mathieu Selwa (Fra) EC Raismes-Petite Forêt-Portes du Hainaut    
DNF Fabian Behague (Fra) Eseg Douai    
DNF Laurent Carton (Bel) Eseg Douai    
DNF Cyril Crepel (Fra) Eseg Douai    
DNF George Atkins (GBr) Great Britain National Team    
DNF Alexander King (GBr) Great Britain National Team    
DNF Alex Howes (USA) Holowesko Partners-Felt-Garmin    
DNF Mathias Vanmarcke (Bel) New Heebra-Lombarden    
DNF Baptiste Pecheul (Fra) Sojasun Espoir A.C.    
DNF Korantin Peron (Fra) Sojasun Espoir A.C.    
DNF Angelo De Clercq (Bel) Sunweb-Revor    
DNF Anthony Penloup (Fra) Team Veranda Rideau 72    
DNF Johann Rigoulay (Fra) Team Veranda Rideau 72    
DNF Cody Campbell (Can) Trek-Livestrong    
DNF Timothy Roe (Aus) Trek-Livestrong    
DNF Nathan Brown (USA) Trek-Livestrong    
DNF Filippo Fortin (Ita) Trevigiani-Dynamon-Bottoli    
DNF Jacob Rathe (USA) US National Team    
DNF Travis Burant (USA) US National Team    
DNF Christian Parrett (USA) US National Team    
DNF Lawrence Warbasse (USA) US National Team    
DNF Evaldas Sikevicius (Ltu) V.C. La Pomme-Marseille    
DNF Thomas Vaubourzeix (Fra) V.C. La Pomme-Marseille    
DNF Jérome Cousin (Fra) Vendee U    
DNF Etienne Pieret (Fra) Vendee U