Paris-Roubaix 2012 - The Queen of the Classics (257.5km)

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Boonen reaches halfway point.

 

[c&cfan]

is just me or for the past 20k boonen has been keeping his gap on the tarmac and extending it on the cobbles?

totally! he is murdering them!

 

[SantiBotero]

This is quite a fail for Sky

 

[goggalor]

At least Sky is trying... The strongest riders in that group need to go on the next cobble section.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Tom struggle to make the 1min gap - Pave'!

 

[Pippo_San]

At least Sky is trying... The strongest riders in that group need to go on the next cobble section.

the only real chance is Carrefour de l'Arbre...let's see

 

[DominicDecoco]

Please don't underestimate the excellent job Niki Terpstra is doing in support of his leader here.

This.


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[Highlander]

Boonen definitely has a second gear when he hits the cobbles. He looked like he was slowing up a bit before he just exploded on this stretch.

 

[Marcus135]

The magical minute finally pops up then. I dont think he will be caught...

 

[Libertine Seguros]

This is quite a fail for Sky

Boonen's only just made it to the halfway point of his epic solo.

 

[Museeuw]

Boonen will not win this, unfortunately.

Lars Boom will.

 

[cineteq]

This is quite a fail for Sky

Include Rabo too

 

[DirtyWorks]

Come on rabo help out.

What can two riders do tha Sky isn't? The entire group isn't working. It's not just Rabbo. I'm surprised the calculations seem to come down to cobbled sectors.

 

[FignonLeGrand]

Rabo has 2 riders in this group. I'm surprised that they haven't done anything to help the Sky pursuit just yet

Most of them can do nothing. Why does everyone think they can just organize a chase and pull him back? This is the race of the least fkd and Boonen is strongest by far. None of the cobble sections give any advantage to the 'group'

 

[maltiv]

Sky is the only team that has done relays for the last 30 km.

 

[Azabael]

Sky fans, try to master your pathetic emotions.

 

[Trofinios]

What is this ****? Time to work together now.

 

[gerundium]

In Boonen's body language you can see some serious suffering. I have a feeling he is going to crack before the end, this is going to be very very very tense.

 

[The Sheep]

who cares who rides after boonen, they're not going to catch him

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Boonen will not win this, unfortunately.

Lars Boom will.

stop panicking. This is easy for Boonen

 

[Marcus135]

Here we go, the response.

 

[goggalor]

There's the move

 

[insideout leadout]

In Boonen's body language you can see some serious suffering. I have a feeling he is going to crack before the end, this is going to be very very very tense.

It's hard to judge with Boonen, he's always like that.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

spot of rain on the lens?

 

[gerundium]

Boom, ballan, flecha, van summeren out of the chase group on the attack.