Marianne Vos puts Paris-Roubaix disappointment down to bad luck: "It was a lot of suffering"

On what was a chaotic day at Paris-Roubaix Femmes, Marianne Vos was forced to settle for a finish of 10th place. In her opinion, the disappointment of the result can be put down to bad luck.

"I didn't really see the front today," the Jumbo-Visma leader tells her team's official website. “I was just before the first lane in a crash and then I had a puncture. Then I had to go from group to group and I was picked up by teammates every time."

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With the early breakaway surviving to the end of the race and Alison Jackson taking victory, the group of pre-race favourites, who all came down in a crash at one point, were forced to battle it out for the lowly positions. All in all, a tough day for Vos. "There was nothing else to do but keep riding. I had a lot of help at the end," she says.

“I never thought we would get so close. It was a lot of suffering, but it turns out that never giving up pays off," the 35-year-old continues. "I think the spectators saw a great race.”

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