Paris-Roubaix 2010

Team Radioshack will ride in Paris-Roubaix (Fra), 11/04/2010

The Team Radioshack line-up:

Riders: Fumiyuki Beppu, Sam Bewley, Markel Irizar, Geoffroy Lequatre, Yaroslav Popovych, Gregory Rast, Sébastien Rosseler & Tomas Vaitkus
Director: Dirk Demol & Johan Bruyneel

Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France near the Belgian frontier. Since its beginning in 1896 until 1967 it started in Paris  and ended in Roubaix (hence the name); since 1968 the start city is Compiègne (about 60 kilometres (37 mi) north-east from Paris center), whilst the finish is still in Roubaix. Famous for rough terrain and cobblestones (setts), it is one of the ‘Monuments’ or Classics of the European calendar, and contributes points towards the UCI World Ranking. It has been called the The Hell of the North, A Sunday in Hell, (which is also the title of a film about the 1976 edition of the race) Queen of the Classics or La Pascale: the Easter race. The race is organised by the media group Amaury Sport Organisation annually in mid-April.

Top Ten Results
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank   6:35:10
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team    0:02:00
3 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Professional Cycling Team
4 Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervelo Test Team           0:03:14
5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step
6 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team       0:03:20
7 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha          0:03:46
8 Leif Hoste (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto    0:05:16
9 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale             0:06:27
10 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Team HTC – Columbia      0:06:59

Team RadioShack Results
11 Gregory Rast Team Radioshack – 7:00
30 Yaroslav Popovych Team Radioshack – 07:05
48 Tomas Vaitkus Team Radioshack – 12:47
51 Markel Irizar Team Radioshack – 12:47
DNF  Sebastien Rosseler
DNF Bjorn Selander