It is an issue for every cyclist. What is the best way to escape from a group without them immediately responding to you? Niki Terpstra gives De Telegraaf the answer. According to the winner of the latest edition of Paris-Roubaix, it is important to sit in the "blind spot" of your competitors.

"I might now betray the secret of the trade," he says. "Robert Slippens taught me it on the track that it is less noticeable by opponents when you speed up short by the group. You will come from a kind of blind spot. You often see riders on the side of the road attacking but then everyone is alerted. If someone responds immediately, no, you get the room then make two hard accelerations. That is the difference between success and failure.”

The 30-year-old Terpstra won this year's Paris-Roubaix with a late attack from the lead group in the final.