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Alison Jackson wins 2023 Paris-Roubaix Femmes

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Alison Jackson of the EF Education TIBCO SVB Team won the third running of the Paris-Roubaix Femmes on Saturday after joining the early breakaway and pushing it away from the chase group. When it seemed as if the break would be caught, Jackson rode. She took pull after pull, dragging the break on as the favorites chased feverishly behind.

By the time she made the right turn into the velodrome, the Canadian racer was positioned perfectly, on second wheel. She remained composed on the velodrome in what is the most pivotal moment of her career, after she uncorked a long sprint on the historic cement of the Roubaix Velodrome she became the queen of Paris-Roubaix.

Alison Jackson

“It’s a dream come true…. I dream of winning,” said Jackson. “A lot of times all those dreams have stayed dreams. It’s unreal to make it happen in real life. I have few words.

“I saw it coming. I had clear space, “Jackson said of coming into the final bend “It’s a dream come true…. I dream of winning. A lot of times all those dreams have stayed dreams. It’s unreal to make it happen in real life. I have few words.”

“Either you don’t ride and you lose the race or you ride hard and you have a chance. I trusted myself and my passion and heart and it turned out with a win,” she added. “I wanted to be part of the action; I wanted to be ahead of the race. Our team has been waiting and it hasn’t been working. Because we had rain it was going to be slick out there. In a race like this you need to avoid back luck. When the move went, I was waiting and available and wanted to ride it.”

Alison Jackson

She lifted the giant cobblestone, given to the winner of the sport’s most storied one-day race, high. And on the podium, she danced.

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