'Second doesn't exist' - When Backstedt denied Museeuw in his final Paris-Roubaix

Re-Cycle: The cycling history podcast by Eurosport

Apr 8, 202150:40Sports & Recreation

Swedish powerhouse Magnus Backstedt felt so strong going toe-to-toe with Johan Museeuw in 2004’s Hell of the North, he even questioned whether there was a chain on his bike. Felix Lowe recalls the Lion of Flanders’ last...

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