Colbrelli succeeds at trench warfare

It seems easy, too easy, to suggest that the front of a bike race is the best place to be. Quite often, it is not. Breaks are typically reeled in during stage races; energy is saved by being in the peloton; the winner emerges at the last minute, or at least in the final phase of the race. Yet at a race like Paris-Roubaix, all of this logic is removed.

This was the first time the race had been held since April 2019,