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Team Sky pre-race selfie. Their last race with Bradley Wiggins as a 'mate. | 
Bernard Hinault and Christian Prudhomme at the start in Compiegne | 
Waiting for the race at the first cobble sector, Troisvilles a Inchy |
Tim De Clercq (Topsport Vlaanderen) leads the break through Quievy a Saint - Python | 
Alexis Gougeard (Ag2r La Mondiale) in the break | 
Mavic passing through a tight corner at Quievy a Saint - Python |
Heinrich Haussler at Quievy a Saint - Python | 
Bert De Backer and his fellow Giant - Alpecin teammates did a great job protecting their leader, John Degenkolb | 
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Aleksejs Saramotins (IAM) is the first rider to enter the Arenberg Forest | 
Followed by Tim Declercq (Topsport Vlaanderen) and the rest of the break | 
Puncture for break rider Sean de Bie (Lotto Soudal) Arenberg |
95 km to go and the peloton arrives five minutes down at the Arenberg | 
Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto Soudal) at the front of the chasing peloton at Arenberg | 
BMC's Greg Van Avermaet, Daniel Oss and John Degenkolb (Giant - Alpecin) near the front |
Andre Greipel | 
Bradley Wiggins let a gap open up | 
Training crossing gate drops in the middle of the peloton at Pont Gibus |
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The back of the peloton was held up | 
The TGV train coming through |
Catching back on to the waiting peloton | 
The peloton at Warlaing a Brillon | 
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Orchies | 
Bradley Wiggins at Auchy lez Orchies a Bersee | 
27 km to go: Frederik Backaert (Wanty - Groupe Gobert) leads the break through Cysoing a Bourghelles |
The peloton is only 30s back now. No room for error for Andre Greipel (Lotto Soudal) at Cysoing a Bourghelles | 
At the action at Bourghelles a Wannehain | 
17 km to go, The final difficult cobble section. Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto Soudal) leads the race through Carrefour de l'Arbre |
Jurgen Roelandts Carrefour de l'Arbre | 
Followed by Borut Bozic (Astana) Carrefour de l'Arbre | 
Luke Rowe was Sky's top rider today finishing 8th + 28s |
John Degenkolb (Giant - Alpecin) Carrefour de l'Arbre | 
Last year's winner, Niki Terpstra (Etixx - Quick Step) was 15th + 31s today | 
Greg Van Avermaet (Bmc) Carrefour de l'Arbre on his way to 3rd |
Bad luck today kept Sep Vanmarcke (Lotto NL - Jumbo) out of contention 11th + 31s | 
Bradley Wiggins (Sky) was 18th + 31s in his final road race with Team Sky | 
Zdenek Stybar (Etixx - Quick Step) was 2nd today |
Peter Sagan (Tinkoff - Saxo) finished 23rd + 31s | 
Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) finished 10th + 31s | 
Martin Elmiger (IAM) posted an impressive 5th place finish today |
Tim De Troyer (Wanty - Groupe Gobert) passing through Carrefour de l'Arbre | 
Seven riders entered the velodrome together; Yves LAMPAERT (ETIXX - QUICK STEP) at the front | 
John Degenkolb easily came the long way around to take the win |
John Degenkolb (Giant - Alpecin) wins a small bunch sprint in the Roubaix velodrome | 
Zdenek Stybar (Etixx - Quick Step) 2nd watches the victory salute | 
First German to win Paris-Roubaix in a very, very long time... 1896, the very first edition |
Despite appearances, Bradley Wiggins had a clean ride (no crashes or punctures) in his final race with Team Sky. Video: Wiggins ends Sky career; Wiggins, Brailsford Interviews | 
3rd Greg Van Avermaet (Bmc) | 
Zdenek Stybar (Etixx - Quick Step), teeth intact, was 2nd |
Impressive clean and jerk of the winner's stone by John Degenkolb (Giant - Alpecin) | 
John Degenkolb (Giant - Alpecin) is the first rider to win Milan-San Remo and Paris-Roubaix in the same year since Sean Kelly did it in 1986 | 
Your 2015 Paris-Roubaix podium, 2nd Zdenek Stybar (Etixx - Quick Step), 1st John Degenkolb (Bmc), 3rd Greg Van Avermaet (Bmc) |
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Lets not forget that this is a team sport | 
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'stache 'n stone |
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