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Peter Cossins

Freelance Journalist and Writer at Freelance

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  • The stats behind Mathieu van der Poel’s record-breaking Roubaix success

    1 week ago | cyclingweekly.com | Peter Cossins

    3 – The Dutchman became the third rider in history to win three consecutive editions of ‘the Hell of the North’ after Octave Lapize (1909-1911) and Francesco Moser (1978-1980) 2 – Following his third victory, there are now just two riders ahead of him in the all-time winner’s list, Belgians Roger De Vlaeminck and Tom Boonen, who each won Roubaix on four occasions 46.921km/h – His average speed was the second-fastest of all-time after his 2024 success at 47.802km/h Van der Poel and Tadej...

  • Mathieu van der Poel secures Paris-Roubaix hat-trick after epic duel with Tadej Pogačar

    1 week ago | cyclingweekly.com | Peter Cossins

    Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) became only the third rider in history after Octave Lapize and Francesco Moser to take three consecutive wins in Paris-Roubaix when he finished 1:18 ahead of world champion Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), with Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) taking third ahead of Wout van Aert (Visma | Lease as Bike) and Florian Vermeersch (UAE Team Emirates-XRG). The Dutchman’s success was anything but the cakewalk that those margins might suggest.

  • ‘It’s the biggest win of my career’ says João Almeida after crushing Itzulia Basque Country success

    1 week ago | cyclingweekly.com | Peter Cossins

    João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) wrapped up what he described as ‘the biggest win of my career’ when he clinched the final stage of the Itzulia Basque Country to complete a comprehensive overall victory, already the 27th for his team in 2025.

  • Pauline Ferrand-Prévot: ‘It wasn’t the plan to ride Roubaix but I felt good so I said why not?’

    1 week ago | cyclingweekly.com | Peter Cossins

    Just a few months short of a decade on from her last road victory at the 2015 Giro d’Italia, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot clinched one of the most prestigious successes of her career by winning Paris-Roubaix, just a week after finishing runner-up to Lotte Kopecky at the Tour of Flanders.

  • Pauline Ferrand-Prevot takes a sensational home victory in Paris-Roubaix

    1 week ago | cyclingweekly.com | Peter Cossins

    Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Visma-Lease a Bike) took a sensational solo victory at Paris-Roubaix, finishing 58 seconds clear of Letizia Borghesi (EF Education-Oatly) in the famous velodrome after attacking 25km from home, while Lorena Wiebes outsprinted Ferrand-Prevot’s teammate Marianne Vos for third place.

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