2013, Paris - Roubaix: 254Km

[Miburo]

Stop talking **** that Cancellara can't sprint. Here is proof.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJNLMYpr2TM

As for the race, I really enjoyed it. Chapeau to Vanmarcke.

That's not a sprint, you should show E3 '07, he almost outsprinted Boonen who was then considered as a top 3 sprinter in the world.

 

[Netserk]

Stop talking **** that Cancellara can't sprint. Here is proof.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJNLMYpr2TM

As for the race, I really enjoyed it. Chapeau to Vanmarcke.

That's not a sprint win from Canc though.

 

[GPdesAmeriques]

Can anyone tell me why Cancellara is so amazing?

I hope Sagan watched the race taking notes on his high school notepad.

He's too busy practising victory wheelies on the Cauberg.

 

[the asian]

He's not a proper carrot though.

Imported Carrot. Doesn't matter though. He's a Carrot now.

 

[Afrank]

Overslept and missed all but the last 20k. And of course it turns out to be a great edition.

I'm sad for Stybar but happy to see Terpstra on the podium. I see Van Avermaet raced after all. We shouldn't have taken him out of the poll.

I see the top 16 results. Can someone quickly tell me about the following, crash/mech or dropped:

Roelandts
Pozzato
Phinney
Hushovd
Chavanel
Sky

Chavanel had a flat at a decisive moment and lost his place in one of the front groups.
Pozzato was just...Pozzato, just not good enough.
Hushovd just not strong enough I think, plus he had to chase back on 3 times due to flats.
No idea about Phinney, disappointed in his ride, I expected more. Hopefully it was due to some kind of problem, but may be just a case of not being strong enough.

 

[jens_attacks]

i think this was the most brutal race i've ever witnessed....44 km/h average...full gas from the beginning

first of all, chapeau to spartacus,in my opinion, the strongest man for classics in cycling history.
the level of vanmarcke was fascinating though i wish he could take the win. what a ride by him

sad about what happened to omega on carrefour de l'arbre. in my opinion,styby could have beaten maybe fabian. he looked so strong

and of course , GAUDIIIIINNNN _O_ !!!!!
too bad that he spent so much energy in useless attacks but in the next years, he will win roubaix i think. turgot was unlucky too with that puncture.

absolutely crazy race,loved it.

 

[spalco]

I see the top 16 results. Can someone quickly tell me about the following, crash/mech or dropped:

Roelandts

No idea.

Pozzato

Crashed.

Phinney
Hushovd
Chavanel

All simply dropped at some point I think.

Sky

Thomas crashed a couple times, Stannard and Hayman produced some action earlier in the race and then disappeared, Eisel took 12th place.

 

[Gloin22]

Cance can sprint when he's on his best...

Tour de France, Stage 21 : Créteil - Paris (95 km)

1. CAVENDISH Mark THR 2h27'02" 80
2. BOASSON HAGEN Edvald SKY 50
3. GREIPEL André OLO 35
4. FARRAR Tyler GRM 25
5. CANCELLARA Fabian LEO 15
6. OSS Daniel LIQ 10
7. BOZIC Borut VCD 5
8. VAITKUS Tomas AST 3
9. CIOLEK Gerald QST 2
10. ENGOULVENT Jimmy SAU

 

[roundabout]

50 people within 3 and a half minutes.

 

[the asian]

Pozzato dropped. As expected.

Didn't finish the race?

 

[Tigerion]

Roelandts
Didn't see him all race

Pozzato
Got caught behind a crash early. Think he rejoined at the back but didn't see him again

Phinney
Seemed to bury himself for the team. Set a cracking pace through arenberg and made the first selection of the day.

Hushovd
See previous PR editions

Chavanel
Missed the definitive move. Had two guys off the front so couldn't do much. Ended up driving the group 1 min off the pace

Sky
Stannard and EBH tried to go in a couple of moves. That was pretty much all they did

 

[movingtarget]

Chavanel had a flat at a decisive moment and lost his place in one of the front groups.
Pozzato was just...Pozzato, just not good enough.
Hushovd just not strong enough I think, plus he had to chase back on 3 times due to flats.
No idea about Phinney, disappointed in his ride, I expected more. Hopefully it was due to some kind of problem, but may be just a case of not being strong enough.

Hushovd had to chase too much. Punctures killed whatever chance he had.

 

[roundabout]

Didn't finish the race?

22nd. First after the Chavanel group

Edit: although I am almost certain that he was with them at some point

 

[ChewbaccaD]

i think this was the most brutal race i've ever witnessed....44 km/h average...full gas from the beginning

first of all, chapeau to spartacus,in my opinion, the strongest man for classics in cycling history.
the level of vanmarcke was fascinating though i wish he could take the win. what a ride by him

sad about what happened to omega on carrefour de l'arbre. in my opinion,styby could have beaten maybe fabian. he looked so strong

and of course , GAUDIIIIINNNN _O_ !!!!!
too bad that he spent so much energy in useless attacks but in the next years, he will win roubaix i think. turgot was unlucky too with that puncture.

absolutely crazy race,loved it.

That makes one of you.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Cancellara made the podium in the Worlds' bunch sprint

 

[Zam_Olyas]

http://biciciclismo.com/cas/site/noticias-ficha.asp?id=60875

1 21 Fabian CANCELLARA RADIOSHACK LEOPARD 05:45:33
2 56 Sep VANMARCKE BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:00:00
3 6 Niki TERPSTRA OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 00:00:31
4 37 Greg VAN AVERMAET BMC RACING TEAM 00:00:31
5 14 Damien GAUDIN TEAM EUROPCAR 00:00:31
6 5 Zdenek STYBAR OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 00:00:39
7 117 Sebastian LANGEVELD ORICA GREENEDGE 00:00:39
8 121 Juan Antonio FLECHA VACANSOLEIL-DCM 00:00:39
9 61 Alexander KRISTOFF KATUSHA TEAM 00:00:50
10 11 Sébastien TURGOT TEAM EUROPCAR 00:00:50
11 151 Heinrich HAUSSLER IAM CYCLING 00:00:50
12 42 Bernhard EISEL SKY PROCYCLING 00:00:50
13 58 Maarten WYNANTS BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:00:50
14 51 Lars BOOM BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:00:50
15 142 Matti BRESCHEL TEAM SAXO-TINKOFF 00:00:50
16 124 Bjorn LEUKEMANS VACANSOLEIL-DCM 00:00:50
17 171 Steve CHAINEL AG2R LA MONDIALE 00:00:50
18 54 Maarten TJALLINGII BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:00:50
19 1 Sylvain CHAVANEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 00:00:50
20 8 Stijn VANDENBERGH OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 00:00:50
21 66 Luca PAOLINI KATUSHA TEAM 00:01:00
22 131 Filippo POZZATO LAMPRE - MERIDA 00:02:52
23 34 Taylor PHINNEY BMC RACING TEAM 00:03:13
24 98 Marcel SIEBERG LOTTO-BELISOL 00:03:13
25 166 Ramon SINKELDAM TEAM ARGOS-SHIMANO 00:03:13
26 87 Johan LE BON FDJ 00:03:17
27 178 Lloyd MONDORY AG2R LA MONDIALE 00:03:17
28 161 John DEGENKOLB TEAM ARGOS-SHIMANO 00:03:29
29 201 Adrien PETIT COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 00:03:29
30 57 Robert WAGNER BLANCO PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:03:29
31 103 Jacopo GUARNIERI ASTANA PRO TEAM 00:03:29
32 198 Fabio SABATINI CANNONDALE 00:03:29
33 211 Roger KLUGE TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA 00:03:29
34 36 Michael SCHÄR BMC RACING TEAM 00:03:29
35 31 Thor HUSHOVD BMC RACING TEAM 00:03:29
36 168 Tom VEELERS TEAM ARGOS-SHIMANO 00:03:29
37 227 Francisco VENTOSO MOVISTAR TEAM 00:03:29
38 2 Iljo KEISSE OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 00:03:29
39 152 Marco BANDIERA IAM CYCLING 00:03:29
40 236 Gaël MALACARNE BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT 00:03:29
41 153 Martin ELMIGER IAM CYCLING 00:03:29
42 155 Sébastien HINAULT IAM CYCLING 00:03:29
43 91 Jurgen ROELANDTS LOTTO-BELISOL 00:03:29
44 164 Bert DE BACKER TEAM ARGOS-SHIMANO 00:03:29
45 177 Sébastien MINARD AG2R LA MONDIALE 00:03:29
46 116 Jens KEUKELEIRE ORICA GREENEDGE 00:03:29
47 41 Edvald BOASSON HAGEN SKY PROCYCLING 00:03:29
48 17 Bjorn THURAU TEAM EUROPCAR 00:03:29
49 62 Vladimir GUSEV KATUSHA TEAM 00:03:32
50 71 Johan VAN SUMMEREN GARMIN - SHARP 00:03:32

 

[maltiv]

i think this was the most brutal race i've ever witnessed....44 km/h average...full gas from the beginning

first of all, chapeau to spartacus,in my opinion, the strongest man for classics in cycling history.
the level of vanmarcke was fascinating though i wish he could take the win. what a ride by him

sad about what happened to omega on carrefour de l'arbre. in my opinion,styby could have beaten maybe fabian. he looked so strong

and of course , GAUDIIIIINNNN _O_ !!!!!
too bad that he spent so much energy in useless attacks but in the next years, he will win roubaix i think. turgot was unlucky too with that puncture.

absolutely crazy race,loved it.

Congrats on being right about Gaudin's greatness, well done

I also started believing in him, after I saw him flying on the cobbles in De Panne. What an absolute monster he is.

 

[Netserk]

Cancellara made the podium in the Worlds' bunch sprint

No he didn't

Close though.

 

[movingtarget]

Be nice to see Thomas finish a race without crashing. His luck is definitely out at the moment.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Roelandts -> flatted 2 times at horrible moments according to Lotto DS
Pozzato -> caught behind a fall but never looked good. He did return in the group Chavanel and Boom (also flat/mechanicals) but there he simply got dropped...
Hushovd -> not good enough (did have 1 mechanical early on though)
Chavanel -> like i said, mechanical (flat i believe)
Sky -> thomas fell, stannard fail, EBH fail.

 

[bollazzo]

Cance can sprint when he's on his best...

Tour de France, Stage 21 : Créteil - Paris (95 km)

1. CAVENDISH Mark THR 2h27'02" 80
2. BOASSON HAGEN Edvald SKY 50
3. GREIPEL André OLO 35
4. FARRAR Tyler GRM 25
5. CANCELLARA Fabian LEO 15
6. OSS Daniel LIQ 10
7. BOZIC Borut VCD 5
8. VAITKUS Tomas AST 3
9. CIOLEK Gerald QST 2
10. ENGOULVENT Jimmy SAU

If u wanna prove that Canceìs sprint isn't totally bad, i think the best example is 2011 WC

 

[spalco]

If u wanna prove that Canceìs sprint isn't totally bad, i think the best example is 2011 WC

There's a big difference though between having a good sprint and a sprint that's good enough to actually win. JJ Rojas has a good sprint, but a nearly empty palmares.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

No he didn't

Close though.

My bad

Still a good example that he can beat most "specialist" sprinters at the end of a long race

 

[Netserk]

My bad

Still a good example that he can beat most "specialist" sprinters at the end of a long race

Don't get me wrong. He has a very powerful sprint. But he doesn't (normally) win with it.

 

[Highlander]

Be nice to see Thomas finish a race without crashing. His luck is definitely out at the moment.

To be honest, I wonder how much of this was because of Sky's lead up to the classics season. Rather than getting miles in the peloton during the traditional lead up races, they just went off for training.

I know that the cobble races are a crapshoot and its hard to predict what will happen. However, I always have a good bit of trouble getting used to riding with others after doing nothing but solo rides. And I only ride with a few people, not a giant peloton.