{"id":6962,"date":"2019-04-15T18:48:12","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T14:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/gilbert-rewrites-history-paris-roubaix\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T16:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T12:28:16","slug":"gilbert-rewrites-history-paris-roubaix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/en\/gilbert-rewrites-history-paris-roubaix\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilbert Rewrites History"},"content":{"rendered":"

In history, only three riders have won all five Monuments: Rik Van Looy, Eddy Merckx and Roger De Vlaeminck. Apart from them, until now four riders had won four: Louison Bobet, Fred De Bruyne, Hennie Kuiper and Sean Kelly.<\/p>\n

Today history was rewritten \u2014 the legendary Belgian Philippe Gilbert (PhilGil) became the fifth rider with victories in four of the five Monuments in his collection!<\/p>\n

It was PhilGil’s 54th start in a Monument, and until now he had three titles to his name:<\/p>\n

Il Lombardia: 2009, 2010;<\/p>\n

Li\u00e8ge\u2013Bastogne\u2013Li\u00e8ge: 2011;<\/p>\n

Tour of Flanders: 2017;<\/p>\n

And today he celebrated victory at the Paris\u2013Roubaix Monument!<\/p>\n

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14 April 2018
117th Paris – Roubaix
1st : GILBERT Philippe (BEL) Deceuninck – Quickstep
Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA<\/p><\/div>\n

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The legendary cobbled Classic known as the Hell of the North has been held since 1896, and today we saw its 117th edition.<\/p>\n

Dry weather helped the race unfold at a relatively calm rhythm. However, there were also riders in the peloton who suffered more than once. The decisive events began at the twelfth pav\u00e9 sector, when last year’s champion Peter Sagan attacked. This happened about 55 kilometers from the finish, and soon a fairly strong breakaway group had gathered around Peter.<\/p>\n

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14 April 2018
117th Paris – Roubaix
GILBERT Philippe (BEL) Deceuninck – Quickstep
POLITT Nils (GER) Katusha – Alpecin
Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA<\/p><\/div>\n

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In this group, the Wolfpack had numerical superiority \u2014 they were represented by two riders, which in the end proved decisive.<\/p>\n

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14 April 2018
117th Paris – Roubaix
1st : GILBERT Philippe (BEL) Deceuninck – Quickstep
2nd : POLITT Nils (GER) Katusha – Alpecin
Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA<\/p><\/div>\n

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Philippe Gilbert and Yves Lampaert used team tactics to wear out the group’s main favorite, Peter Sagan, who could no longer respond to PhilGil’s next attack and lost contact with the head of the race. Only the young German Nils Politt answered Phil’s attack. It was they who contested the sprint on the oval of Roubaix’s legendary velodrome, in which Gilbert was the clear favorite. Phil crossed the finish line with an obvious advantage.<\/p>\n

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14 April 2018
117th Paris – Roubaix
1st : GILBERT Philippe (BEL) Deceuninck – Quickstep
2nd : POLITT Nils (GER) Katusha – Alpecin
Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA<\/p><\/div>\n

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Yves didn’t let his chance slip either, launching an early attack on an unmotivated and exhausted Peter. True, Sep Vanmarcke chased him, but Sep was clearly having problems, and Yves Lampaert deservedly took the third step of the podium.<\/p>\n

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14 April 2018
117th Paris – Roubaix
1st : GILBERT Philippe (BEL) Deceuninck – Quickstep
2nd : POLITT Nils (GER) Katusha – Alpecin
3rd : LAMPAERT Yves (BEL) Deceuninck – Quickstep
Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA<\/p><\/div>\n

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Featured image: Yuzuru SUNADA<\/em>\/www.yuzurusunada.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Inside post thumbnail image:\u00a0Yuzuru SUNADA<\/em>\/www.yuzurusunada.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Special thanks to the Japanese photographer Yuzuru SUNADA<\/a> for permission to use his watermarked works in our publications.<\/p>\n

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Translated from Georgian with the assistance of Claude (Anthropic), reviewed by the Velorbola editors.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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