Philippe Gilbert wins Paris-Roubaix 2019 (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
Paris-Roubaix 2019 was an exhilarating spectacle, with Philippe Gilbert (Deceuninck – Quick-Step) beating Nils Politt (Katusha-Alpecin) in a sprint finish inside the Roubaix velodrome.
That makes it four different Monument wins for Gilbert, who won the Tour of Flanders in 2017, Liège-Bastogne-Liège in 2011, and Il Lombardia in 2009 and 2010.
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