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  "description": "A new pedal from Shimano on the perfectly wrong teammate's bike might have contributed to the three-time winner's failure to add a fourth-straight victory.",
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  "textContent": "Alex Hunt, Cor Vos\n\nEven with dry weather, this year’s edition of Paris-Roubaix was crammed full of mechanicals, with almost all of the big favourites suffering an incident at one time or another and having to chase back. However, for the three-time defending champion Mathieu van der Poel, a puncture midway through the Arenberg Forest saw him distanced by the lead group, never to regain contact.\n\nThis shouldn’t have been the case, though.\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "Did these pedals cost Mathieu van der Poel his shot at victory in Paris-Roubaix?",
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