French cyclist Pauline Ferrand-Prevot of the Visma team won the women's Paris-Roubaix cobbled classic on Saturday.
The 33-year-old Olympic mountain bike champion broke clear with around 15km remaining.
This was a Paris-Roubaix debut for the cross-discipline rider who rejoined the road circuit in 2025 after a decade's absence.
She was cheered as she entered the Roubaix velodrome alone around a minute ahead of a chasing clutch of pretenders and raised her arms with a smile almost as wide as she crossed the line.
😈🏁 🇫🇷 @FERRANDPREVOT arriving solo in the Roubaix velodrome 😍🏆
— Paris-Roubaix Femmes avec Zwift (@RoubaixFemmes) April 12, 2025
⏪ Relive the last kilometre of #ParisRoubaixFemmes 2025
😈🏁 🇫🇷@FERRANDPREVOT en solitaire sur le vélodrome de Roubaix 😍🏆
⏪ Revivez le dernier kilomètre de #ParisRoubaixFemmes avec @GoZwift#WatchTheFemmes pic.twitter.com/l7Ksx2nkrf
She then sat down exhausted on the floor and wept.
PAULINEEEE 🇫🇷🥲#ParisRoubaixFemmes | @GoZwift pic.twitter.com/AojjpkzwxR
— Paris-Roubaix Femmes avec Zwift (@RoubaixFemmes) April 12, 2025
Her boyfriend Dylan van Baarle, also of Visma, won the men's Paris-Roubaix three years ago