Loading... Please wait...No-one expected his triumph. Not even the winner. Paris-Roubaix, the Queen of the Classics, lived through an authentic people's revolution in 2011 as giant sized team worker Johan Van Summeren left the favourites behind in a cloud of dust and the race's fearsome cobbles.
Where exactly were the opposition, like Belgian champion Tom Boonen? Crashed, punctured - and crashed again. Double Roubaix winner Fabian Cancellara? Outwitted. World Champion Thor Hushovd? Like the rest of the field, out powered, and outclassed. By a total outsider.
All this, on a day when the odds of success could never have slimmer for the victor. On a day when low cunning and high gambles conspired successfully in the most arduous, life-and-limb threatening event on the calendar. On a day when one of the most fascinating Classics of the season gave fans worldwide a race - and race result - to talk about for a decade. Then when Johan Van Summeren raised his cobblestone trophy high in Roubaix velodrome, it was a victory for cycling's working class dreamers everywhere.
Commentary by Phil Liggett & Paul Sherwen.
Approx. 240 min
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