114th Paris-Roubaix - UCI World Tour (10/4-2016)

[benzwire]

Deserving winner. I'm super happy Boonen made it to 2nd, would have been great to have a 5th victory, but that's racing. I hope he returns next year, but I have a feeling that's the last Roubaix we'll see for Tom.

 

[StephenC2020]

I need Hayman's wtf face for my avatar

 

[pink_jersey]

WTF!!!!!!

This was racing of old. Action from km 0. Everyone did his best. All the front deserved the victory. Even Boasson Hagen.
Boonen is a hero. Best cobbled rider ever. Such a beast today.
Hayman!!! Matthew Hayman! Incredible ride. When was the last time where a rider won Paris - Roubaix from the early breakaway?
Erviti is a boss. Sieberg and Saramontins as well. Is really nice to see such reliables gregario doing such races.

Best Paris - Roubaix I've ever seen.

Now to the boring Ardennes...

 

[Laplaz]

OMG thank you for this fantastic race!!!

 

[goggalor]

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Unreal race. I cannot process it. Easily the best Roubaix I ever watched. That counter attack by Hayman was insane

The pure glee in the Sporza commentators voices when Boonen closed that gap and latched on lol. Then 2 minutes later...

 

[DFA123]

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well, last year's was pretty good, this one might have topped it because JD was always going to win that 2015 sprint

What?! Last year was rubbish - headwind stifled all the action.

This was one of the greatest editions there has ever been.

 

[42x16ss]

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Boonen is the moral winner.

How? Hayman was in the break for around 200kms and even attacked with 80kms to go to thin out the break. 2nd or 3rd strongest at worst. Just chasing back on over the Carrefour de l'Abre was huge.

"I made the breakway, but I only went once, so I saved my legs all day” -Hayman

I don't subscribe to the 'moral winner' crap, Hayman is the only winner. But there's no doubt he had the far easier ride

Saving legs =/= wheelsucking all day. Hayman only did the work he thought he had to.

He's also only had about 5 or 6 race days this year after his accident.

 

[TMP402]

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well, last year's was pretty good, this one might have topped it because JD was always going to win that 2015 sprint

"Might"?!?! You're out of it. "Might"!

I almost have the feeling that Stannard should have waited for the sprint rather than try those two attacks. He was really strong after the last cobbled section.

+1

 

[LaFlorecita]

Amazing!! Chapeau Mathew!!!!

 

[jaylew]

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Boonen is the moral winner.

How? Hayman was in the break for around 200kms and even attacked with 80kms to go to thin out the break. 2nd or 3rd strongest at worst. Just chasing back on over the Carrefour de l'Abre was huge.

"I made the breakway, but I only went once, so I saved my legs all day” -Hayman

I don't subscribe to the 'moral winner' crap, Hayman is the only winner. But there's no doubt he had the far easier ride

Oh, c'mon. You watched the race. Hayman was in the front a bunch. He was also dropped a few times and worked his a$$ off to get back. I've never given him a 2nd thought, but that guy fully deserved the win. Total props to him

 

[GuyIncognito]

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I need Hayman's wtf face for my avatar

 

[johnymax]

I just checked Hayman had one pro win prior to this. What the hell!? Incredible.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

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I just checked Hayman had one pro win prior to this. What the hell!? Incredible.

Well, he was a highly rated Classics domestique before this at least.

And that's more wins pre-monument victory than Oliver Zaugg

 

[rick james]

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maybe sky is kicking themself. Their ex member win the monument. What a ride by hayman.

Maybe, just maybe he didn't want to be with sky and wanted to go to a aussie team..Sky might not have had a say in him staying

 

[GuyIncognito]

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I just checked Hayman had one pro win prior to this. What the hell!? Incredible.

Also the only rider left in the race from the 2000 edition (technically last century)

 

[BigMac]

Sep deserved much better. Ride of the day for me. Gutsy, gutsy. Great day of racing and congratulations to MH!

 

[markene2]

Lol, Hayman is still looking confused

 

[jaylew]

It was telling that every single rider from that group tried to get away solo before the velodrome. None of them felt confident in the sprint as they were all cooked. They also knew that everyone else was cooked so were just hoping that their attack would be the one where the group hesitated just a bit too long.

 

[mr. tibbs]

So Vanmarcke is pretty much a slightly more talented version of Leif Hoste. (I was going to add Pozzato to this list, but then I remembered that he actually won a monument.)

 

[Eyeballs Out]

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Matty white is saying haymen has two days of racing last six weeks after broken arm. Holy crap

Forget the traditional MSR, Harelbeke Ronde prep - the way to win Paris-Roubaix is not to ride in Feb or March and then take in a couple of spanish 1 day races

 

[TMP402]

I don't blame Stannard for looking pretty down. If he'd saved his two attacks for 2-3km to go, I say he'd have had enough to stay away. If he'd not attacked at all and saved it for the sprint, I further assert he could have won the sprint. He'd still have been third at the very least.

 

[VanBsr]

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Matty white is saying haymen has two days of racing last six weeks after broken arm. Holy crap

Forget the traditional MSR, Harelbeke Ronde prep - the way to win Paris-Roubaix is not to ride in Feb or March and then take in a couple of spanish 1 day races

This are his last results

10.04 1 Paris - Roubaix (1.UWT)257.5 more
03.04 103 Vuelta Ciclista a La Rioja (1.1)157.4 more
02.04 76 Gran Premio Miguel Indurain (1.1)192 more
27.02 DNF Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Elite (1.HC)200.8 more
31.01 28 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race (1.HC)174 5 more

 

[42x16ss]

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I just checked Hayman had one pro win prior to this. What the hell!? Incredible.

Well, he was a highly rated Classics domestique before this at least.

And that's more wins pre-monument victory than Oliver Zaugg

Hayman had 2-3 top 10s riding for Flecha at Rabo and Sky and has been a great domestique for years. He has huge respect in the peloton.

 

[cineteq]

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Boonen is the moral winner.

Boonen lost the race when he had to chase back Hayman's only attack. Boonen was the best sprinter remaining, but he had no gas left in the tank. Hayman is moral winner.

 

[briztoon]

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So... What were the odds of Hayman winning?

800 to 1.