A tough day in the Hell of the North.

A tough day in the Hell of the North.

From the moment the flag dropped, the intensity was brutal. The peloton raced into the first cobbles at full speed, and chaos quickly followed. For us, things took a difficult turn early when Ilse Pluimers had to make a bike just after the second sector. In a race where positioning is everything, that timing was cruel. Despite the strong support of her teammates, the race had already exploded.

As if the day wasn’t hard enough, Gladys Verhulst-Wild became sick on the bike during the race and had to abandon the race.

It’s never easy to admit it just wasn’t our day. But Paris-Roubaix doesn’t forgive, and it doesn’t wait. Our riders showed heart, teamwork, and grit. That’s The Wolfpack spirit.