Paris - Roubaix 2021 (03.10)

[Tobi]

Is there a way to get a better view on whos In which group?

 

[Scarponi]

Moto down !

 

[Salvarani]

Now this is what I wanted from an epic Paris-Roubaix!

Yes... as it always was gonna be.

 

[Tigerion]

So I have it
2 rides out front,
20-ish riders under a min behind
then around 35 riders another couple of minutes back

 

[gregrowlerson]

van Asbroek fixing his bike with an umbraco while riding on the cobles. MacGyver can't do that.

Speaking of MacGyver, even he'd look pretty unattractive in these conditions.

 

[titan31]

I think favourites teams need to drop back their doms from the 2nd group on the road to work in the flat before we get to Arenberg.

Likes of Affini, Roosen, DeClerq at least anyway as PCS still has them there. Could add likes of Wright, Skujins too

 

[Red Rick]

I think favourites teams need to drop back their doms from the 2nd group on the road to work in the flat before we get to Arenberg.

Likes of Affini, Roosen, DeClerq at least anyway as PCS still has them there.

Domestiques are gonna be dead already.

 

[Amazinmets87]

So, with no peloton some random is likely to win, correct?

 

[Volderke]

No line in the peloton. Time to either set the pace or go full.

 

[Tobi]

Great to see Mads P back after that horrible world championships with his unlucky crashes

 

[gregrowlerson]

With not many dom's left, it's handy for all concerned to have Simon Clarke up there.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

The peloton really isn't showing signs of getting back in the race.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

Yes... as it always was gonna be.

Yes, of course, but I was hoping for more craziness in the beginning of the race - some echelons never hurt, right?

 

[hrotha]

It's a spectacle, but not really a bike race anymore.

Are they secretly on horseback

 

[Finn84]

About 25 km to Arenberg, right?

 

[titan31]

Domestiques are gonna be dead already.

True, but they've been at least up the road and not riding. They're going to be needed on the road before Arenberg I think to bring this back.

 

[Scarponi]

Are the wet Flanders this scary or rare? My brain can’t remember

 

[Salvarani]

Yes, of course, but I was hoping for more craziness in the beginning of the race - some echelons never hurt, right?

I guess the glass is always half-empty.

 

[Volderke]

Slo-mo showed a minor bump in Eekhoff's rear tubular. Not how you want your tubulars to be glued.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Still a long way to go...they can still be caught.

 

[Salvarani]

That pool of water before that section!

 

[gregrowlerson]

About 25 km to Arenberg, right?

Like the women's race, we don't actually need the Arenberg.

 

[noob]

The splashing is my favorites though! And they won't hurt as much if falling in them either

 

[Swiss Tony]

What happened to Luke Rowe?

 

[Samamba]

Eekhoff a bit of a wheelsucker

EDIT: just when i say this...

 

[Salvarani]

What happened to Luke Rowe?

We didnt get to see... but perhaps a puncture or mechanical.