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

[Dekker_Tifosi]

1. Johan Vansummeren
2. Fabian Cancellara
3. Maarten Tjallingii
4. Gregory Rast
5. Lars Bak
6. Alessandro Ballan
7. Bernhard Eisel
8. Thor Hushovd

 

[AussieGoddess]

Cance 2nd

well done to both Van Summeran and Cancellara

 

[Ferminal]

Do NOT LOOK BACK

Yeh, didn't want to celebrate until 10m to go. Can't blame him though.

 

[For The World]

Wow. He looks absolutely ******ed. Good ride.

 

[woodie]

Well done to JVS and Garmin, they rode a perfect race.

Canc has earned more of my respect after that and flanders too

 

[thrawn]

See what happens when you don't have your riders ride for a sprint JV???

3 monuments, 3 podiums but no wins for Cancellara. Great ride by Van Summeren.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Tjallingii 3rd. Yeaaah

 

[Spare Tyre]

Very happy for JvS, although not quite as excited as our friends at Sporza.

ETA: It looks like his partner was pushing him away, "Kiss me after your shower. "

 

[luckyboy]

Yeay Ballan 6th

 

[jaylew]

Nah, if he hadn't been stupid when he was off the front with Hushovd and Ballan he might have won today.

I don't think he was stupid at all. Him sitting up was absolutely the right move.

Wow, he still gets 2nd. Incredible.

 

[hfer07]

I can't wait for all the Cancellara's trash bashing on Garmin

 

[zapata]

beautiful win for vansummeren. well deserved

 

[palmerq]

Amazing work from cancellara, he might moan alot but he is amazing to watch in these races, hats off to him...

Very good from Van Summeren too

 

[Moviefan1203]

Very honorable ride by Cancellara. What happened to Thor in the final few KMS?

 

[Benotti69]

well for Garmin Cervelo that's is a successful season in the bag, to win a monument.

 

[Granville57]

Sideburns and ascots for everyone!!!!!

argyle ascots!

 

[Bala Verde]

Tjalingi was on the front from km55?

 

[boomcie]

Awesome! He deserves this. He has often been one of the better riders in Roubaix and is one of the best domestiques on the flat. I'm really happy.

 

[Chef_Vodnik]

Him sitting up was absolutely the right move.

Yep. Why do all the work yet again - it's not his to win, he's already won it. If Thor wants the win badly, he should work for it himself. Which he didn't.

 

[screaming fist]

Well derserved by Van Summeren, but not by his team.

Diva or not, hats off to Cancellara.

 

[Moondance]

Garmin redeem their season

 

[Granville57]

Cancellara proves two things again:
He's a machine.
His team can't do jack to support his ambitions.

 

[Ferminal]

Vansummeren looking better today.

To all you backquoters, I hope I have performed better this week.

 

[luckyboy]

hats off to Cancellara.

yeah .........

 

[zapata]

Yep. Why do all the work yet again - it's not his to win, he's already won it. If Thor wants the win badly, he should work for it himself. Which he didn't.

again, hushovd had a teammate up front, who happened to win the race. why would he work to catch him?