Race favourite Tom Boonen has won his fourth Paris Roubaix after winning today’s edition of the race. Tom Boonen made an early move in the race that stretches 257.5km and it proved a winning one after holding off the peloton by one minute and thirty nine seconds on the line.
Tom Boonen crossed the line in a time of 5:55.19.
Ballan/Turgot finished the race in unison but a closer look shows there was a small margin in favour of Turgot they crossed the line at 1:39 behind Boonen.
The top twenty in the 2012 Paris-Roubaix:
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 5:55:22
2 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar 0:01:39
3 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team
4 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling
5 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
6 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:43
7 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo Bank 0:03:31
8 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling
9 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Garmin – Barracuda
10 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team
11 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team
12 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
13 Grégory Rast (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 0:04:23
14 Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team
15 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:04:37
16 Steve Chainel (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
17 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
18 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
19 Jimmy Casper (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
20 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team