Taylor Phinney Cracks Top 50 in Paris-Roubaix Race

The one-day, 160-mile, Paris-Roubaix took place on Sunday featuring its remarkable 32.8 miles of cobblestone roads. Three Americans were in the field but two of them Tyler Farrar and Phillip Gaimon were among the 124 riders who did not finish the race. Taylor Phinney on the other hand was able to finish the race in 49th, 14:23 behind the winner Matthew Hamon of Australia. There was quite the finish in the velodrome where the race ends as the top four all finished with the same time and fifth place was just three seconds back.

The next race on the UCI Men’s World Tour is the 248.7km Amstel Gold Race in the Netherlands on Sunday, April 17th.

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