109th Paris-Roubaix. The Hell of the North.

[Christian]

Hopefully some of these break guys have legs to make it more interesting.

One of the Omega Pharma guys maybe, I don't know which one of them hasn't been working

 

[Jamsque]

Canc-Thor-Ballan have 30 seconds over the Flecha group. Unless more people catch from behind and start chasing that gap will only get bigger.

 

[Bala Verde]

looking better and better for Hushovd.

 

[Cobblestones]

poor old cancellara everyone really does just follow him :S

He's motorpacing them.

 

[Moviefan1203]

If Thor wins this by sitting on Fabian's wheel it will be a crying shame. At this point, he does not deserve to win at all.

 

[For The World]

Thor moved out from behind Cancellaras wheel. He's not going to suck wheels ALL the way

 

[Cobblestoned]

poor old cancellara everyone really does just follow him :S

Yes, but he has to catch the front group to win.
And Thor and Ballan have teammates up there.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Bit worried about Ballan though - he looks pretty comfortable

I think Ballan once they arrive at the front - will go on the attack pretty soon and take Canc with him. ...

 

[ingsve]

Considering how Cancellara can ride I would expect any rider to just try and follow him at this stage of the race. They need to get him tired so that he doesn't just drop them on Carrefour de l'Arbre.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Cancellara stops working

 

[Christian]

That's what Canc gets for moving to a weak classics team.

Well if you look at the names it's not that weak and they did well at MSR but in E3, Ghent, RDV and P-R they sucked .... if Canc was still with Riis, he'd have a team mate in front

 

[Publicus]

Why should Thor work at this point? It's not his fault Laypard Trek had a weaker team. Plus he's got 2 guys in the break.

 

[Granville57]

Canc never seemed like he was even looking for help!

 

[thrawn]

Cancellara trying to get Thor & Ballan to work.

 

[oldschoolnik]

Says back up 35 seconds - Spart is using quite a bit of energy - Perfect for Smash seriously. The longer it takes Spart to catch... the better Thor's chances get

 

[Cobblestoned]

If Thor wins this by sitting on Fabian's wheel it will be a crying shame. At this point, he does not deserve to win at all.

dude, Thor has 2 teammates up there, should Thor help Cancellara to bring him back ?

 

[insideout leadout]

Hushovd is so close to his dream....so he should work!

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Roelandts is going to win this way

 

[El Pistolero]

Good job Cancellara. Finally showing some brains.

 

[Bala Verde]

ah... canc says, it's up to you guys!

 

[Ferminal]

Haha, what a farce.

Come on the break!

 

[Francois the Postman]

That is kinda the downside if you humiliate the bunch from 40k out. That from about 40k out they will wheelsuck, and quite rightly.

Cancellara playing chicken now

 

[ferryman]

Fab playing a bit of poker here..

 

[zapata]

what's going on?

 

[For The World]

As soon as Cancellara finished his turn... the gap opened up.

Oh no... Cancellara having words with Hushovd and Ballan. I don't think he's happy.

Wow. He's actually having a whine about this.