Paris - Roubaix 2024, one day monument, April 7

[rallybanana]

Phil commentated Adri's races, so that's understandable.

Did Phil ever commentate on Poulidor's races?

 

[fbjim]

SOOOO....that chicane hysteria was a tempest in a teapot, huh? Had absolutely 0 factor in how this has played out.

I ran simulations and found that if the chicane was not there, Stefan Kung would currently be soloing to an astonishing victory by ten minutes.

 

[topcat]

All the teams calculate intake now and use the sky method to distribute it, there's no randomness in calories anymore

Sky is about as relevant as Kim Kardashian

 

[Didinho]

Fastest Roubaix still on the cards.

 

[Ricco']

BREAKING!

Mathieu will ride 3 and a half laps around the velodrome, so he can personally wave to every spectator there.

 

[samhocking]

The rider still needs to think of eating it though, however well calculated or distributed. Siebergs point was, that VdP apparently has a history of forgetting to do so. But tbf, I think he was grasping for straws.

In the worlds maybe without comms, but MVDP is on remote control with team car telling him when to eat and they also bring the food to him now as he's' > time gap to move up to him.

 

[Salvarani]

Mihkels is back!!

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

So, first they let the gap get to 2+ minutes, and then they start riding together. Genius.

 

[Rackham]

SOOOO....that chicane hysteria was a tempest in a teapot, huh? Had absolutely 0 factor in how this has played out.

Reduced bunch made it safer as well. But all the chicane really did was make Arenberg less exciting.

 

[Didinho]

The chicane saved the race for another 30km.

 

[Salvarani]

MVDP not going full gas anymore. He is just cruising now. Not actually, but maintaining.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

I ran simulations and found that if the chicane was not there, Stefan Kung would currently be soloing to an astonishing victory by ten minutes.

...dammit...somewhere in an alternate universe...and we aren't there...

 

[samhocking]

Sky is about as relevant as Kim Kardashian

Not really, the entire peloton use their method now for nutrition stategy.

 

[Didinho]

Give that spectator a massive fine.

 

[Ripper]

Dude could completely crack and lose 5 seconds a kilometer, and still win easily.

 

[Didinho]

Gianni solo! He smells the podium!

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Gianni goes!!!!

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Reduced bunch made it safer as well. But all the chicane really did was make Arenberg less exciting.

The only thing I see that didn't happen, is that we didn't see a 60kmh crash, where someone broke their face...I'm okay with that...but I'm "politically correct" like that.

 

[Ricco']

Taking into account information displayed on PCS, if he goes all the way to finish, MVP spent around 313 km out of 991.2 km of the spring classics he did on the attack. (31,5%)

 

[dazaau]

Vermeesh, if alpacin were riding for him in think he could win. What a ride.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Give that spectator a massive fine.

No. This is not like throwing beer. This is worse and needs to go to court.

 

[postmanhat]

In a desperate search for positives, this will be Politt's most succesful cobbles season*

*If he gets a top 5

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

No. This is not like throwing beer. This is worse and needs to go to court.

What happened?

 

[Rackham]

The only thing I see that didn't happen, is that we didn't see a 60kmh crash, where someone broke their face...I'm okay with that...but I'm politically correct like that.

I'm left wondering whether people were watching prior editions thinking "oh, if only there was a chicane right before the trench, it would be so much better!".

Or were they simply enjoying the spectacle?

It's a valid question.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

No. This is not like throwing beer. This is worse and needs to go to court.

I must have missed it, what happened?