Paris - Roubaix 2021 (03.10)

[movingtarget]

Fine rides by the first four riders.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Laporte 6th despite having no brakes and doing an epic faceplant

Thus proving he's still the greatest. Looks like JV has a new classics leader/green jersey contender for next year

Chapeau to Boivin and Van Asbroeck as well.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

A win that gives Colbrelli a place in history. Well deserved after attacking early, driving an attack, riding sensibly after being caught by one of the cross freaks, then taking the sprint. You can’t win a drenched Roubaix from a three man selection and not deserve it.

Vermeersch the story of the day. A star is born.

Moscon, dreadful, disappointing defeat from a winning position couldn’t happen to a nicer guy

 

[BlueRoads]

Some people try to blame Roglic' inability to stay upright in the Tour on Colbrelli.

That's not really my reason, though.

 

[Scarponi]

Emm happy for him but that 'crying' was a bit unreal

True emotion is not that shouty ...guess he watched a few cycling wins where riders were 'loved' for their emotions

Also what a year for Bahrain ......still looking for their special training

Completely disagree but anyway

 

[TourOfSardinia]

First climber to win P-R for many years

First Italian to win P-R for many years

 

[Red Rick]

Must say I did not at all expect Moscon to survive for 4th there

 

[Volderke]

Laporte 6th despite having no brakes and doing an epic faceplant

That was Carvalho with the faceplant.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Kristoff won the sprint for 14th.

 

[jaylew]

Must say I did not at all expect Moscon to survive for 4th there

Me either

 

[Inquitus]

Bad luck aside Moscon may ave won.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Must say I did not at all expect Moscon to survive for 4th there

Yeah, I’m disappointed in Wout for not taking that from him

 

[Climbing]

Must say I did not at all expect Moscon to survive for 4th there

I totally expected him to win, without the problems.

 

[gregrowlerson]

The Italian Sonny guy won!

So Moscon was Carlo then?

 

[MartinGT]

_Collbrelli must be getting a call from Speilberg after that Oscar crying performance at the end.

Epic race, well done Sonny.

 

[Rackham]

Laporte 6th despite having no brakes and doing an epic faceplant

Thanks for the info, i.e. I still didn't know who that unfortunate face planted Cofidis rider was who went into the ditch head first. Funny fact: he'll be riding with Wout van Aert on the same team next year.

Some people try to blame Roglic' inability to stay upright in the Tour on Colbrelli.

Roglic haunts the minds of Colbrelli fans, i.e. they're not just content with wins (& monuments!), no, they must prove he's a saintly super nice person as well.

 

[Andy262]

Very gracious interview from Moscon. Sad for him.

 

[movingtarget]

I totally expected him to win, without the problems.

In this race its more of a case of minimizing the problems. Often even the winner has some.

 

[Extinction]

Moscon probably had it before the flat and the crash, but I I did not expect Colbrelli to beat MVdP in a three-up sprint. Italy is ecstatic.

 

[Rackham]

Wasn't the faceplant someone else?

I heard he could have been a Portuguese rider. The commentary by & large was terrible on Eurosport (too much chatter about stuff which wasn't happening on the road).

 

[gunara]

Who would have thought that in this era of new super talents the older stock that would keep on giving them hardest time in many races would be this one Sonny guy.

 

[Krokro]

I gotta say I'm not a fan of riders who suddenly peak at the age of 31 but hats off to him. Smart and strong ride.

Colbrelli is far from a stranger in the peloton, he's very talented and has always proven to be quite a complete rider (fast, powerful, can climb short climbs, can sprint very well in small/medium groups).

 

[T-Nielsen]

Reading comprehension problem?

No.

He didn't suck too much wheel.

He won.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Pos.	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	6:01:57
2	Florian Vermeersch (Bel) Lotto Soudal
3	Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix
4	Gianni Moscon (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers	0:00:44
5	Yves Lampaert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep	0:01:16
6	Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis
7	Wout Van Aert (Bel) Jumbo-Visma
8	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Israel Start-up Nation
9	Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Start-up Nation
10	Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain Victorious
11	Jonas Rutsch (Ger) EF Education-Nippo

 

[Lequack]

Van der Poel needs to Sagan up and stop working, but also risk not winning of course.