Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) has said “there is no other Classic like Paris-Roubaix” as she prepares to tackle Hell of the North for a second time on Saturday.
Vos finished runner-up behind Lizzie Deignan (Trek-Segafredo) in the inaugural women’s edition in 2021 before missing last year’s race with Covid.
Ad She heads to France after an injury-interrupted start to the season, with the 35-year-old yet to taste victory in 2023 and off the pace at the Tour of Flanders last week.
Paris — Roubaix‘I am 100% ready for Paris-Roubaix’ — Van der PoelA DAY AGO Speaking to Eurosport France, Vos revealed her excitement to race on the unpredictable cobbles again as she targets a title missing from her vast collection. “It’s of course a race that stands out in the calendar,” she said. “It’s the kind of race for which you sit down in front of the television and you follow the whole broadcast. “It was really nice when I did my first recon, because I recognised a lot of sectors, it felt like I was in the race because I know all these images from television. “The first edition was a rainy, slippery one.