2008 Paris-Roubaix

106th Paris-Roubaix - 1.HC
France, April 13, 2008

Huge(!!!) cheers and congratulations to Maaskant today! I was up and signed in early today to watch the race and once again was far from disappointed. What a great race. I was sad to hear Maggy had mechanical issues and I'm looking forward to (hoping) for entries from Will and Mike on their experiences in days to come. I have to say even Boonen gets a congratulations from me as he rode a great race. To see Tony in 2nd and Stuey right up there made for great watching.

Julie always writes the best recaps of the races so I'm directing you to her for a great write up! Coverage was focused mostly on the front two groups but we did get a small Will sighting but I haven't found any pics. Most others are filled in below.

Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30
241 Magnus Backstedt (Swe)
242 Julian Dean (NZl)
243 Tyler Farrar (USA)
244 Michael Friedman (USA)
245 William Frischkorn (USA)
246 Christophe Laurent (Fra)
247 Martijn Maaskant (Ned)
248 Christopher Sutton (Aus)

Results
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 5.58.42 (43.407 km/h)
2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 0.01
3 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre
4 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle P/B H30 3.39
5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 3.57
9 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 5.12
57 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle P/B H30 16.48
67 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle P/B H30
112 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream Chipotle P/B H30 19.21
DNF Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream
DNF Julian Dean (NZI) Slipstream
DNF Mike Friedman (USA) Slipstream
DNF Will Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream

Slipstream: Martijn Masskant Finishes 4th!

VN: Slipstream's Maaskant 4th into Roubaix
PEZ: Roubaix '08: Here Comes The Quickstepper
VN: Boonen wins Paris-Roubaix

Graham Watson: Paris-Roubaix Photos