Cancellara cruises to Roubaix triumph Competitor Magazine
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Tour of Flanders champion Fabian Cancellara added the 108th edition of Paris-Roubaix to his palmares on Sunday. The Swiss strongman caught Tom Boonen napping with about 50km to go and shot away from the Quick Step captain and a short list of elite favorites to solo in for a well-deserved victory, his second on the Roubaix velodrome.
Cancellara’s triumph made him just the 10th rider in history to win the Flanders-Roubaix double, and he was delighted to take his place in the record books.
“Cycling has a long, long history. To be No. 10, and the way I won it, I am really proud,” he said.
“I knew that with my form and the way the last weeks have been going, the way that I went, that I had these 10 meters. I knew that when I had those 10 meters, they are going to be scared. Who wants to close this gap? They knew it straight away, they were racing for second place.”
