{"id":117821,"date":"2026-04-12T16:28:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T16:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/franziska-koch-outsprints-legend-marianne-vos-to-win-paris-roubaix\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T16:28:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T16:28:29","slug":"franziska-koch-outsprints-legend-marianne-vos-to-win-paris-roubaix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/franziska-koch-outsprints-legend-marianne-vos-to-win-paris-roubaix\/","title":{"rendered":"Franziska Koch outsprints legend Marianne Vos to win Paris-Roubaix"},"content":{"rendered":"

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German champion Franzi Koch outwitted a Visma-Lease a Bike pair to win Sunday\u2019s Paris-Roubaix<\/a> Femmes, the Hell of the North. Koch beat Marianne Vos in a two-up sprint after last year\u2019s victor Pauline Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot led them into the famous Roubaix Velodrome.<\/p>\n

Preliminaries<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winning the 2025 Paris-Roubaix was Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot\u2019s first big result in a remarkable comeback season.<\/p>\n

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The French rider would later win the Tour de France.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 2023 champ, Alison Jackson, fifth last year, headed up the Canadian contingent<\/strong>. Maggie Coles-Lyster was back, along with EF Education-Oatly\u2019s Alex Volstad and Jenaya Francis racing her first Hell of the North.<\/p>\n

The Course<\/strong><\/p>\n

The women\u2019s race included 20 sectors of pav\u00e9 in 142.9 km, the first arriving at the 29.3-km mark. Although the five-star Trou\u00e9e d\u2019Arenberg wasn\u2019t included, two other five-stars, 3-km Mons-en-P\u00e9v\u00e8le (kilometre 94.5) and 2.1-km Carrefour de l\u2019Arbre (kilometre 126), would challenge the field. The race would reach its climax in the famous Roubaix Velodrome.<\/p>\n

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The women\u2019s route. Image by La FlammeRouge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the earlier stages, there was a lone breakaway rider soloing over the first sectors. However, by Sector 12, **** Auchy-lez-Orchies \u00e0 Bers\u00e9e<\/strong>, she was caught and the peloton was reduced to 50 riders, Elisa Balasmo not included.<\/p>\n

***** Mons-en-P\u00e9v\u00e8le<\/strong><\/p>\n

There was no attacks on the first five-star sector, but there was a further streamlining of the bunch.<\/p>\n

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Jumbo leads on five-star Mons-en-P\u00e9v\u00e8le.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

However, Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot attacked on the pavement, teammate Vos, Kata Blanka Vas and Koch coming along. Lucinda Brand tried to sew up the tear but the quartet\u2019s gap increased over the next four sectors. On *** Bourghelles \u00e0 Wannehain<\/strong> Koch accelerated and took Vos with her. Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot bridged over while Vas sat up and waited for the nearest chase.<\/p>\n

Koch\u2019s surges on **** Camphin-en-P\u00e9v\u00e8le<\/strong> and ***** Carrefour de l\u2019Arbre<\/strong> put Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot in difficulty.<\/p>\n

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A Dutch woman, a German and a French woman ride into a velodrome\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Koch was outnumbered, but was she outgunned? With 4 km to go the German dropped the French rider, but Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot made it back with 1.8 km remaining and then led into the velodrome. Koch went high. Vos and Koch sprinted shoulder to shoulder, with the German on the inside holding off the legend.

Paris-Roubaix Femmes<\/strong>
1) Franziska Koch (Germany\/FDJ United-Suez) 3:30:16
2) Marianne Vos (The Nethelands\/Visma-Lease a Bike) s.t.
3) Pauline Ferrand-Pr\u00e9vot (France\/Visma-Lease a Bike) +0:06<\/p>\n

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