Good morning and welcome to live coverage of the Queen of the Classics, the Hell of the North, the long, grim, dusty cobblestone one - call it what you want: it's Paris-Roubaix, the third of cycling's five monuments and the last of the cobbled classics.

Here's the provisional top 10 although we're not sure if Vanmarcke is in the right place after that mix up with his bike.

Sep Vanmarcke (EF Education First) and Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) completed the top five before Frenchman Florian Senechal (Deceuninck-QuckStep) led home a chasing pack featuring the likes of 2017 winner Greg Van Avermaet (CCC Team) and Zdenek Stybar (Deceunicnk-QuickStep).

What a ride from the young German Nils Politt, though. He was very much cast in the Silvan Dillier role there - Gilbert's win was never really in doubt, as per Sagan last year - but he rode extremely well to star in both the break and the finale.

That's Philippe Gilbert's fifth victory in Monuments after Il Lombardia (2009, 2010), Liege-Bastogne-Liege (2011) and the Ronde van Vlaanderen (2017). He just needs Milano-Sanremo to go before he nets a full house...

The Belgian used all his experience and superior kick to come past Nils Politt (Katusha-Alpecin) on the inside of the final corner to take his first every victory in Paris-Roubaix. Deceuninck-QuickStep team-mate and fellow Belgian Yves Lampaert celebrates behind for crossing the line for third place.

VICTORY FOR PHILIPPE GILBERT!

They're high up on the banking and Gilbert has Politt ahead of him as they pass the ringing bell. Gilbert has him where he wants him, but who knows...

Politt lead Gilbert them under the flamme rouge as they approach the velodrome.

On to the final stretch of cobbles, Sector 1: Roubaix (km 256 - 0.3 km) *.

Lampaert is still riding hard in pursuit. He's 28 seconds down and will finish on the podium - but you never know what may happen ahead, so why not?

Sagan has blown up completely... he has nothing left in the tank and looks to be pedalling squares. A top ten finish today looks unlikely at this rate because he'll be caught and passed by the others.

Sagan has been dropped so it looks like QuickStep - and Belgium - will have two riders on the podium today. Vanmarcke, with his bike problems, has also faded back.

Just seven clicks to go now and they're now through all the tough stuff. Gilbert and Politt have 40 seconds. Van Aert has been passed by the main pack of chasers.

Meanwhile, Wout Van Aert is about to be caught by the pack. Our two leaders have entered the penultimate stretch of cobbles, Sector 2: Willems to Hem (km 251 - 1.4 km) ***, with 35 seconds.

Vanmarcke is holding onto the Mavic neutral car discussing his options. With the gap growing, he has to decide if he undergoes a mechanical change or just settles for fifth place on a shanked bike.

Just two more cobbled sections to go - but the last one is just a routine stretch outside the velodrome. Politt and Gilbert are combining well. They have 25 seconds now.

Gilbert will be very happy about this: entering the final 10km of Paris-Roubaix in the lead alongside a strong rider in Politt, but one whom he should really beat in a final sprint. But it's not over: Sagan looked popped, but he's 20 seconds back with Vanmarcke and Lampaert.

Vanmarcke wants a new bike - and it's no surprise because he's still riding Sebastian Langeveld's bike following a swap before. It's a back wheel change that he needs. Or is it a gearing issue? He's not happy and is sandbagging this chasing trio as the gap stretches to 15 seconds.