6th Paris-Roubaix Femmes, April 12th, 2026

[Sciatic]

Koch really strong. I wasn't aware how good she was until her performance in SB this spring.

 

[Didinho]

Koch really strong. I wasn't aware how good she was until her performance in SB this spring.

Was just watching her results from last year. I didn’t knew her that well until Strade. She’s deciding every race this year.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Vas must've sat up, reverse gear now

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Wait is this going to be the same winner as 25 TdF?

Well, she is the defending champion already.

She gets a performance buff whenever a race is in France. She has said today is about Marianne, though.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Add SD Worx to the clown car

What do you mean "add"? It's rare that the SD Worx DSes leave the clown car.

 

[Didinho]

Marianne is not losing this.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

@Red Rick becoming a Franzi Koch mark as we speak, riding on the drops throughout.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Cmon, KOCH die beiden, Koch!

 

[Sciatic]

I think Koch would have to drop them on C. d'Arbre, otherwise the Visma's will alternate attacks on the run in to Roubaix

 

[Libertine Seguros]

PFP doing her best João Almeida impression, being at her strongest when distanced by exactly thirteen metres.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Koch looks the strongest in the race, drilling the cobbled sections then on the defence when she comes off

 

[awavey]

its a Visma Koch sandwich

 

[awavey]

oof Brand down

 

[noob]

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Oh Lucy!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Bavarianrider will probably call them Koch suckers if Visma wins.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Koch looks the strongest in the race, drilling the cobbled sections then on the defence when she comes off

Koch is the strongest, but she's giving up about 20 years of experience in road racing alone to these two, let alone the other formats. Marianne attacked but as soon as Franzi met her she stopped and let Pauline back, Franzi's had Pauline on the ropes a number of times but she keeps coming back. They're likely going to do the 1-2 punch on the run-in.

There are a lot of tactics in women's cycling that leave the audience scratching its head, but Marianne Vos is usually responsible for none of it.

 

[Sciatic]

that looked like Armstrong getting taken down by the plastic bag. Hard to stay upright when a hood gets hooked like that.

 

[JR1012]

Koch really strong. I wasn't aware how good she was until her performance in SB this spring.

Koch was never this strong. And all of the sudden she is one of the best riders. Interesting.

 

[awavey]

I dont really understand the comm duo obsessing about Brands bike handling skills there, you just aint staying upright with that kind of contact

 

[Didinho]

There not gonna Powless this, aren’t they?

 

[Sciatic]

At least there is some semblance of a chase from Kopecky and an unfamiliar American, but not enough to come close to the leaders

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Koch was never this strong. And all of the sudden she is one of the best riders. Interesting.

As opposed to one of the women in the group with her who has never ever had any sudden jumps in form.

 

[Sciatic]

I dont really understand the comm duo obsessing about Brands bike handling skills there, you just aint staying upright with that kind of contact

Yeah, it's just physics . . . it doesn't take much pressure on one end of a lever (the bars) to turn the wheel.

 

[Sciatic]

I don't know about Koch's sprint chances, but if nothing else she has a great name if you're a female German sprinter!