article_snippet.sent: John Degenkolb, winner of the race famed for its 26 sections of bone-jarring cobbled roads, was among a group of ridersits .
article_snippet.sent: German John Degenkolb won the Paris-Roubaix race and was one of the riders who went through the closed barrier .
article_snippet.sent: German John Degenkolb celebrates German John Degenkolb win alongside Zdenek Stybar (left) and Greg van Avermaet (right)
article_snippet.sent: The three - Leif Hoste and Peter van Petegem of Belgium and Russian Vladimir Guseve - were less than 10 kilometers (six miles) from the finish and had been disputing top places.
highlights_snippet.sent: John Degenkolb, the race winner, crossed the barrier as the barrier closed .