`When Philippe Gilbert extended his contract with us for two more years, he negotiated a bonus for Paris-Roubaix and Milan-San Remo - the two Monuments that were missing from his palmarès,` Deceuninck-QuickStep team manager Patrick Lefevere told the press after Gilbert won at Roubaix on Sunday. `That gives you an indication of the type of person he is,` the Belgian continued. `He`s very stubborn, and had this on his mind. `We were briefly worried last week when he got sick,` Lefevere admitted. `But, at the age of 36, he knew exactly what he had to do. He saved all his energy for this week.`ADVERTISEMENT Gilbert`s victory meant that the Belgian has now won four of cycling`s five Monuments. Only Milan-San Remo has continued to elude him, with wins at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the Tour of Flanders, Il Lombardia and now Paris-Roubaix in the bag. `He`s a really special guy,` Lefevere added of Gilbert. `If you´ve won everything in your career, including the road race world championships and four out of the five Monument, and you see that even Philippe`s crying, it`s difficult not to as well, even for me...` Holding back the tears, Lefevere was full of praise for the winner and the rest of his Deceuninck-QuickStep Roubaix squad.
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