Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel gained from Tadej Pogačar’s late crash to win the Paris-Roubaix race for the third straight year.

Mathieu van der Poel becomes the third rider to win three consecutive Paris-Roubaix titles after beating rival Tadej Pogacar.

Mathieu van der Poel won cycling's Paris-Roubaix for a third straight time on Sunday, edging Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar in the race nick-named 'The Hell of the North'. Van der Poel became the first rider since Italy's Francesco Moser in 1980 to win three consecutive editions of Paris-Roubaix.