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

[Moviefan1203]

Great result by Phinney in his first attempt. The young American has a very bright future ahead of him.

Boonen was a beast and a half. Absolute dominance, very impressive ride.

 

[will10]

NO !!!!!!

Roger will get his record back in a few weeks.

Or well. Maybe.

Clear off to the clinic.

 

[Panda Claws]

Total Tomination

 

[Frosty]

Boasson Hagen interview

http://www.tv2.no/sport/sykkel/boas...er-i-dag-var-jeg-under-kjelleren-3750600.html

(Google Chrome will offer a translated version.)

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Just read that EBH had a puncture?

That can't be true. He must have failed because he is simply too bad for cobbled classics and should never ever try again as it is obvious that riders cannot develope in his age any more.
Bettini for example had a stem-cell cure before he got good, so in reality he was 21 when he started winning.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

That can't be true. He must have failed because he is simply too bad for cobbled classics and should never ever try again as it is obvious that riders cannot develope in his age any more.
Bettini for example had a stem-cell cure before he got good, so in reality he was 21 when he started winning.

by all means continue rating the guy as a classics rider. I made another healthy sum of money laying him for todays podium

 

[Wallace]

A small annoyance: during the last few kilometers and in the velodrome victory the commentators on Cycling TV kept talking about what a party Boonen was going to have to celebrate this season, and how "Boonen knows how to party." Yep--and it's not like all that partying didn't do him a ton of damage. Because exactly what Boonen should do to celebrate his double is go out to some clubs and start drinking and do up a few lines. One of the reasons Boonen is doing so well now is because he doesn't party like that anymore. Idiots.

 

[Bavarianrider]

A small annoyance: during the last few kilometers and in the velodrome victory the commentators on Cycling TV kept talking about what a party Boonen was going to have to celebrate this season, and how "Boonen knows how to party." Yep--and it's not like all that partying didn't do him a ton of damage. Because exactly what Boonen should do to celebrate his double is go out to some clubs and start drinking and do up a few lines. One of the reasons Boonen is doing so well now is because he doesn't party like that anymore. Idiots.

Well you can party without taking a line, can't you?
And one party won't effect you. Especially if it is after the events.
You don't have to live like a tibetian monk 365 days a year to be an elite cyclist

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

ullrich understood the power of xtc, that is partly what made him so great. he was human. only he didn;t lie about it, unlike boonen

 

[FignonLeGrand]

how does that put people into place? he wheelsucked last weke and todya he didn;t wheelsuck and rode great. end of story

WHEELSUCKED? Do you have any comprehension of professional cycling

EDIT: just read post above, says it all

 

[thehog]

vanmarcke was sick. haussler sucks ever since he left cervelo and van summerne is having a bad year as well although rode quite well today. sky on the other hand had a great flecha, hayman and stannard and the man they pulled for failed miserably... again... sky had 4 guys in the final and theu finished 4th

!!!!!!!!

Haussler left Cervelo? What grade of crack are you smoking?

Cervelo became Garmin-Cervelo! He didn't leave to go go anywhere. The teams merged!

 

[TomasC]

No, it was definitely confusion or miscommunication or something. It wasn't even really an attack, although I'm sure Boonen and Terpstra were going pretty fast. But no way riders like Ballan and Pozzato should leave a gap on a flat, tarmaced non-technical road section like that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGiDP9qhDos

At 0:11 Boonen: "Pussies! Let's go, Niki!"
And he's right.

 

[Pippo_San]

Fastest average speeds ever:

1 Peter Post 1964 (45.129kmh) [old course, less cobbled]
2 Rik Van Steenbergen 1948 (43.612 km/h) [old course, less cobbled and shorter race]
3 Pino Cerami 1960 (43.532km/h) [old course]
4 Germain Derycke 1953 (43.528km/h) [old course]
5 Tom Boonen 2012 (43.480km/h) [new course, headwind most of the time and 60km alone]
6 Tom Boonen 2008 (43.407km/h) [new course]
7 Johan Museeuw 1996 (43.310km/h) [new course, Mapei sweep, "weird era"]
8 Francesco Moser 1980 (43.106km/h) [new course]

Tommeke for the Hour Record?

 

[Bavarianrider]

Tommeke for the Hour Record?

I've no doubt he would smash it if he went for it.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

!!!!!!!!

Haussler left Cervelo? What grade of crack are you smoking?

Cervelo became Garmin-Cervelo! He didn't leave to go go anywhere. The teams merged!

obviously he left the team then the entire team changed. only the bikesponsor went with them with a few riders. no van poppel etc

 

[Mellow Velo]

I've no doubt he would smash it if he went for it.

You must have thought it a wonderful race, today. A 60km ITT and TTT combined.

 

[9000ft]

It's amusing how many talk about this or that team FAIL yadda yadda. You're talking about one of the toughest races on the planet with the best riders in the specialty competing. You're talking about something that's incredibly hard and all kinds of s**t happens. Bad days, mechanicals, crashes on and on. Only one person wins and Boonen is at the top of the heap right now but I wouldn't call anyone else in this group a failure.

Armchair fans indeed.

 

[Der Effe]

obviously he left the team then the entire team changed. only the bikesponsor went with them with a few riders. no van poppel etc

You're talking out of your **** again. It's still the same team, he didn't leave a thing.

 

[Bavarianrider]

You must have thought it a wonderful race, today. A 60km ITT and TTT combined.

Indeed, however watching Sky was horrible. What a poor job they did.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Indeed, however watching Sky was horrible. What a poor job they did.

Didn't they just.

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Surprised Tony didn't ride.

He could have had so much fun taking notes on the dangerous bits the organisers shouldn't have included.

 

[Bavarianrider]

Surprised Tony didn't ride.

He could have had so much fun taking notes on the dangerous bits the organisers shouldn't have included.

Hehe that would be epic, Tony compklaining about the cobbles

 

[King Of The Wolds]

i don't agree with the uk postal fail thing
they were very strong but even when they were chasing full-gas,3 or 4 of them,tommeke was still keeping the time gap.he was too strong.keep in mind that if sky wouldn't have chased,tom could won with 4 minutes gap i think
at least they tried,that's it.the strongest won today and it was something for the history,epic stuff happened today,be happy we could witness something like this

Agreed. Sky were the only ones who had the strength to chase. The others just didn't have it in them to take any turn at all. In hindsight, Tom was so strong that they should have used their resources to target 2nd, not chase the win. That was their big mistake, but you can hardly blame them for having a go.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Bounce back Boonen

Last year's delay in the Arenberg forest - now forgotten:

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

Agreed. Sky were the only ones who had the strength to chase. The others just didn't have it in them to take any turn at all. In hindsight, Tom was so strong that they should have used their resources to target 2nd, not chase the win. That was their big mistake, but you can hardly blame them for having a go.

Nah, you can.

You can also call anyone who doesn't ride for the win all the time a coward.

Often about the same people, on the same day.