Cycling-Canada's Jackson surprise winner of Paris Roubaix Femmes

Canada's Alison Jackson was a surprise winner of the Paris Roubaix Femmes as she edged a thrilling sprint finish after many of the race favourites had been caught up in crashes. Jackson produced a powerful finish around the Roubaix velodrome to clinch victory at the end of a brutal 145.5km trek across some fearsome cobbled sections. Italy's Katia Ragusa was second with Marthe Truyen of Belgium in third place.

Canada's Alison Jackson was a surprise winner of the Paris Roubaix Femmes as she edged a thrilling sprint finish after many of the race favourites had been caught up in crashes. Jackson produced a powerful finish around the Roubaix velodrome to clinch victory at the end of a brutal 145.5km trek across some fearsome cobbled sections.

Italy's Katia Ragusa was second with Marthe Truyen of Belgium in third place. Last year's winner Elisa Longo Borghini was part of a big crash with around 45km to go which took down many of the fancied riders and allowed a breakaway group to stay ahead.

Belgium's Lotte Kopecky had looked like the favourite but she could only manage seventh place while Dutch great Marianne Vos never recovered from a mechanical problem and was 10th.

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