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

[palmerq]

Good on Cancellara. Hushovd can't **** around too long either.

Would be funny if Greipel wins it.

I think greipel has been dropped from the front group, although I might be wrong as usual..

what a strange race, I understand all 3s point of view here :S

 

[Ferminal]

JV: "Thor don't get on the front, sprint for 18th, I repeat, save your legs for the sprint for 18th"

 

[thrawn]

Flecha group is back, will any of them help Cancellara??

Van Marcke goes straight to the front to work. I'm confused now.

 

[Anonymous]

I think we need a cycling tactics 101 class here.

If you have riders in the front group because your team is strong enough to have riders in the front group, and the team of the favorite doesn't have any riders in the front group because the rest of them are already riding in a car, you don''t pull. Canc has turned off the gas because his team isn't strong enough to help him win.

Canc throwing a fit. What a baby. Well, he isn't going to win because he didn't have a strong enough team to win, and he doesn't have a motor in his seat tube this year. Sucks for him

 

[Jamsque]

And Flecha pulled the rest back in to the race!

 

[spalco]

Cancellara is trying to be smart, but he knows the tactics. It's not Garmin and BMC's fault he doesn't have teammates.

You don't really think Hushovd and Ballan give a **** about their teammates, do you? They want to win themselves.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

They are not riding in front and they are not riding in the back

The Paris Roubaix of not riding

 

[The Hitch]

Damn Eurosport feed freezing big time.

 

[El Pistolero]

I'm betting Cancellara's wishing Boonen was still here.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

These three big swinging XXXXXXX's are saying bye-bye to their PR chances!! Are they really ready to give this to their teammates?

Holy Carp!

There's 30Km to go.

Fabian can close the gap in 7 to 8 Km on his own when he wants - but why drag Thor to his teammates in the process?

 

[Anonymous]

Fabian really is turning into a whiney old woman

 

[Publicus]

I think we need a cycling tactics 101 class here.

If you have riders in the front group because your team is strong enough to have riders in the front group, and the team of the favorite doesn't have any riders in the front group because the rest of them are already riding in a car, you don''t pull. Canc has turned off the gas because his team isn't strong enough to help him win.

Canc throwing a fit. What a baby. Well, he isn't going to win because he didn't have a strong enough team to win, and he doesn't have a motor in his seat tube this year. Sucks for him

This. A thousand times over.

 

[Benotti69]

I think we need a cycling tactics 101 class here.

If you have riders in the front group because your team is strong enough to have riders in the front group, and the team of the favorite doesn't have any riders in the front group because the rest of them are already riding in a car, you don''t pull. Canc has turned off the gas because his team isn't strong enough to help him win.

Canc throwing a fit. What a baby. Well, he isn't going to win because he didn't have a strong enough team to win, and he doesn't have a motor in his seat tube this year. Sucks for him

+1 i agree.

 

[Jamsque]

Cycling is a TEAM SPORT, some people seem to forget that.

 

[jaylew]

I feel a bit bad for Canc but team strength for the classics should have been something he looked at before picking a squad.

 

[Francois the Postman]

Another classic moment in another classic race. Canc telling them "I won't". Ace.

 

[Publicus]

I just hope someone unexpected takes advantage of this chaos.

 

[Teddler]

Now Rast is working, Cervelo's tactics go to **** again

 

[Christian]

Oh man if Garmin doesn't win this JV will be slaughtered

 

[Jamsque]

Sep Vanmarke gets the Geraint Thomas award for best domestique.

 

[thrawn]

Even the front group is going slow as now. This is a bizarre race...

 

[zapata]

I think we need a cycling tactics 101 class here.

If you have riders in the front group because your team is strong enough to have riders in the front group, and the team of the favorite doesn't have any riders in the front group because the rest of them are already riding in a car, you don''t pull. Canc has turned off the gas because his team isn't strong enough to help him win.

Canc throwing a fit. What a baby. Well, he isn't going to win because he didn't have a strong enough team to win, and he doesn't have a motor in his seat tube this year. Sucks for him

well said. although I understand his frustration, that's just the way it is.

 

[mulletCobra]

Thor thought he was going to repeat his wheel sucking feat of last year. Fabian says No. I like this.

 

[El Pistolero]

If I was Cancellara I'd tell this to Hushovd:

Well, Vansummeren will have to win then, but it surely won't be your sorry world champion ***.

 

[cineteq]

Vaughters is a genius...NOT!!!!