115th Paris-Roubaix 2017 - April 9, 257k

[RedheadDane]

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Well, that was fun!

Why were they in such a hurry?

Well played, sir.

Sir?

Well played? Okay, sure. The sir part is also factually incorrect, and not just because I'm not a knight.

I missed Cancellara there today. Very boring edition. Stybar failed very bad after all how things was set up.

What race were you watching?

 

[Billie]

"Degenkolb rode the most pathetic race of his life"

 

[Netserk]

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"Degenkolb rode the most pathetic race of his life"

According to whom? (not that I disagree, his passivity is why I just can't warm up to him)

 

[Dan2016]

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Well, that was fun!

Why were they in such a hurry?

 

[Billie]

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"Degenkolb rode the most pathetic race of his life"

According to whom? (not that I disagree, his passivity is why I just can't warm up to him)

Boonen

 

[DFA123]

Wow, what a bitter soundbyte to retire on. Thought he had a bit more class than tht.

 

[Dan2016]

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I mean - did GvA contributed when Oss was in front? (with all the respect for his own effort to get back before) As far as I remember he did only when he faced attacks from other leaders. Yet that was the part, when Styby was for the long kms the only one to left for his own leader. And he worked hard.

Indeed he countered attacks while he didn't have to. Quick Step gave Styby weird team orders. Styby had as many chance to outsprint Greg than Boonen to outsprint Degenkolb if not more. Fortuantely, everything ended the way it should.

Yep.
GVA deserved it. And Quick Step need a good kick up the beejesus for the negative tactics they've been employing. Boonen was out of it, Stybar had no good reason not to tap through.

 

[Red Rick]

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"Degenkolb rode the most pathetic race of his life"

"Ik voelde me de hele dag niet super. Ik werd heel hard geschaduwd door Degenkolb, die de lafste koers uit zijn leven reed."

"I didn't feel great all day. I got shadowd badly by Degenkolb, who was riding the most pathetic race of his life"

~Tom Boonen, Man, Myth, Legend.

 

[deValtos]

The race was mostly good but I think it was missing that one killer acceleration on a cobbled section that we've seen from the likes of Cancellara in the past. I thought Sagan was going to produce that moment for us this time but for whatever reason we never got it.

 

[Red Rick]

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Wow, what a bitter soundbyte to retire on. Thought he had a bit more class than tht.

Class is overated anyway.

 

[Billie]

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The race was mostly good but I think it was missing that one killer acceleration on a cobbled section that we've seen from the likes of Cancellara in the past. I thought Sagan was going to produce that moment for us this time but for whatever reason we never got it.

Boonen said there was headwind on the main cobbled sectors so it was very hard to ride away on them.

 

[Irondan]

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"Degenkolb rode the most pathetic race of his life"

"Ik voelde me de hele dag niet super. Ik werd heel hard geschaduwd door Degenkolb, die de lafste koers uit zijn leven reed."

"I didn't feel great all day. I got shadowd badly by Degenkolb, who was riding the most pathetic race of his life"

~Tom Boonen, Man, Myth, Legend.

That was a sour thing to say...

 

[Netserk]

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"Degenkolb rode the most pathetic race of his life"

"Ik voelde me de hele dag niet super. Ik werd heel hard geschaduwd door Degenkolb, die de lafste koers uit zijn leven reed."

"I didn't feel great all day. I got shadowd badly by Degenkolb, who was riding the most pathetic race of his life"

~Tom Boonen, Man, Myth, Legend.

He does have a point. Racing is no beauty contest, but Degenkolb's negativity did himself no favors. Seemed a bit gutless.

 

[jaylew]

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"Degenkolb rode the most pathetic race of his life"

"Ik voelde me de hele dag niet super. Ik werd heel hard geschaduwd door Degenkolb, die de lafste koers uit zijn leven reed."

"I didn't feel great all day. I got shadowd badly by Degenkolb, who was riding the most pathetic race of his life"

~Tom Boonen, Man, Myth, Legend.

That was a sour thing to say...

Yeah, but from what I saw not completely without basis.

 

[Ikbengodniet]

Degenkolb had Stuyven in the front.

 

[deValtos]

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The race was mostly good but I think it was missing that one killer acceleration on a cobbled section that we've seen from the likes of Cancellara in the past. I thought Sagan was going to produce that moment for us this time but for whatever reason we never got it.

Boonen said there was headwind on the main cobbled sectors so it was very hard to ride away on them.

Shame cause that's always my favourite bit of the race where someone motors off the front while the commentators get hyped. This time it was more down to attrition as the pace was kept high (but not super high) and riders slowly dropped of the back.

 

[trucido]

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The race was mostly good but I think it was missing that one killer acceleration on a cobbled section that we've seen from the likes of Cancellara in the past. I thought Sagan was going to produce that moment for us this time but for whatever reason we never got it.

Boonen said there was headwind on the main cobbled sectors so it was very hard to ride away on them.

Shame cause that's always my favourite bit of the race where someone motors off the front while the commentators get hyped. This time it was more down to attrition as the pace was kept high (but not super high) and riders slowly dropped of the back.

We miss Cancellara.

 

[deValtos]

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Degenkolb had Stuyven in the front.

Which is often how Quickstep have raced in the past. They put someone up front who is good but probably won't win and then shadow anyone in the 2nd group.

Not that they always do that, obviously flanders was super stuff but I've seen them use that tactic before.

 

[jaylew]

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Degenkolb had Stuyven in the front.

True. But only for a period of time.

 

[Ikbengodniet]

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Degenkolb had Stuyven in the front.

Which is often how Quickstep have raced in the past. They put someone up front who is good but probably won't win and then shadow anyone in the 2nd group.

Not that they always do that, obviously flanders was super stuff but I've seen them use that tactic before.

Yeah so I don't know what Boonen is crying about. Sounds like some sour grapes.

 

[Netserk]

Seems like some people can't handle even smaller truth bombs.

 

[Billie]

Degenkolb called what he was supposedly doing today a total disgrace at the worlds last year lol

cannot take the guy serious anyway

 

[DFA123]

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Wow, what a bitter soundbyte to retire on. Thought he had a bit more class than tht.

Class is overated anyway.

That's true. Maybe he's started his brand ambassador role for Specialized immediately. Getting in an early dig at Trek.

 

[El Pistolero]

Boonen said Degenkolb rode the most cowardly race of his entire life.

Indeed he did, what an obnoxious rider he is. Glad he didn't win.

 

[DFA123]

To be fair, if Boonen didn't want to be shadowed the whole race, perhaps he shouldn't have made such a song and a dance about the fact that he was retiring immediately afterwards and would be building his entire training for the season around winning the race. Sure, he got lots of attention for it, and loads of eulogies - but it probably didn't optimize his chances of going under the radar a bit and winning. It also meant that Stybar's attack took not pressure off him, because everyone knew he was the outright leader. Ultimately, he ended up being even more heavily marked than Sagan.