Van Der Poel Puts Third Cobblestone in His Path to Legend
Roubaix, Sunday 13th April 2025 – Three out of three for Mathieu van der Poel, who in this 2025 Paris-Roubaix became the third rider in history to win three consecutive editions of this race after Octave Lapize (1909, 1910, 1911) and Francesco Moser (1978, 1979, 1980). The Alpecin-Deceuninck rider went toe-to-toe in Mons-en-Pévèle with current Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar, who impressed on his debut in the Hell of the North by playing for victory until being forced to settle with second place by a crash inside the final 40 kilometres. With this result, Van der Poel and Pogacar are now tied at 8 Monuments each, 6th and 7th in the legendary ranking of Classic winners at age 30 and 26. They were joined in the podium at the Vélodrome André Pétrieux by Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), who finished 3rd as he already did last year.
- Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) 5h31’27”
- Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates XRG) 5h32’45”
- Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) 5h33’38”
