Paris - Roubaix 2021 (03.10)

[BlueRoads]

Vermeersch's and van der Poel's facial expressions are absolutely priceless. Someone embrace them.

 

[Volderke]

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).

I already said 2 times in this topic it was Carvalho. But people keep guessing it was Laporte.

 

[jaylew]

I would give it 4/5 stars and just below 2016 in the editions of the last 10 years.

Yep, those two have clearly been the best of the last 20 years imo.

 

[frisenfruitig]

He's having a great year but nothing surprising that a rider reaches his peak at this age tbf.

He had several top(or nearly)10 in classics/semi-classics if you check since 2017: MSR, Ronde, Brabantse, Omloop, KBK etc..

Riders don't usually peak at the age of 31. It's quite remarkable

 

[Izzyeviel]

Why have they cleaned the riders before they got on the podium? You want to emphasis how tough they are for overcoming the conditions, instead they look like they're in a skincare commercial.

 

[titan31]

Would have preferred VDP or Vermeersch winning but Colbrelli is a better option than Moscon at least

 

[movingtarget]

He was 1:17 up when he punctured, lost about 30 seconds and then crashed and lost 30 more. Give him a minute back and unwavered concentration and I'm not so sure they would have caught him.

Yes the bike change came at exactly the wrong time. But he had a few near misses as well sliding around as many of them did I'm sure. He seemed to be bouncing around more than some of the others. Maybe tire pressure ?

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Roubaix finally has its very own Simon Gerrans

Did degenkolb not count?

Bit harsh on colbrelli. Gerrans would not have made 100kms today

 

[Riek s]

He was 1:17 up when he punctured, lost about 30 seconds and then crashed and lost 30 more. Give him a minute back and unwavered concentration and I'm not so sure they would have caught him.

I agree, heck i doubt they would have seen him again.
He rode very long on that flat tire waiting for the change. This takes a lot of energy.
+ he would have been out of sight and they wouldn't be able to bridge the gap on one section.

 

[Krokro]

Riders don't usually peak at the age of 31. It's quite remarkable

I have Froome as an example but it might not be the best example in this part of the forum haha.

I don't have sufficient knowledge to counter argument this point with evidences, but I've always had the feeling that being that old and having results in cycling is pretty common. Might be wrong after all!

 

[Red Rick]

Did degenkolb not count?

Bit harsh on colbrelli. Gerrans would not have made 100kms today

I'm mostly joking. Great race. I'm a little salty about the outcome, but they all did a great race.

 

[titan31]

Be interesting to know what happened to Senechal. I know he had a mechanical but he never got back up the groups like Asgreen or Lampaert did. Seems to have come in in 64th but even someone like Sagan finished ahead of him and Sagan had a big crash.

 

[noob]

Vermeersch's and van der Poel's facial expressions are absolutely priceless. Someone embrace them.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Colbrelli > Moscon: Picked up his bike and didn't hit anyone with it.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Riders don't usually peak at the age of 31. It's quite remarkable

Quite a lot of riders peak in their 30s?

 

[Orbit501]

Vermeersch man of the match. Look at the number of hits today on pcs.

Statistics overview for Florian Vermeersch

How many profile views had Florian Vermeersch? Profile photos per season and number of wins and points per season.

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His interview afterwards was something special too. Such amazing self belief for someone so young!

Brilliant brilliant ride today! Hopefully he has a very bright future ahead of him.

 

[frisenfruitig]

Quite a lot of riders peak in their 30s?

Lol, no they don't

 

[Mayomaniac]

A special shoutout to Jonas Rutsch. 11th in his first Roubaix, at the age of 23.
Also Mozzato, 19th in his first Roubaix at the age of 23. It's a good thing that he turned pro with a French PCT team that allows him to race the cobbled classics, if he just rode for an Italian PCT team he would have very few chances to ride on the cobbles (see Colbrelli before 2017).

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Career best ride for Boivin, btw. Who knew he had that in him?

 

[Sciatic]

He's having a great year but nothing surprising that a rider reaches his peak at this age tbf.

He had several top(or nearly)10 in classics/semi-classics if you check since 2017: MSR, Ronde, Brabantse, Omloop, KBK etc..

It still seems a bit outlandish that he is staying on Alaphilippe’s wheel during one of Ala’s monster uphill attacks one weekend and staying with (and beating) Van der Poel on the Roubaix cobbles the next!

 

[Baldinger]

Can't get over the crash in Arenberg where Mads P went down on the wheel of MvdP. He was also knocked out by other riders in Leuven.

 

[Red Rick]

Wait, did I read correctly that Vermeersch' dad is a mechanic for Alpecin-Fenix in CX?

 

[Volderke]

He did the only important awesome thing though, which is winning.
He worked like the rest, well deserved winner.

he didn't work like the rest. Common. He was glued to MvdP's wheel once MvdP catched on, until they catched Moscon. The only serious effort he did was chasing MvdP who was tired that Colbrelli was wheelsucking.
I called that smart here on this forum during the race, so I acknowledge that he did the right thing. But it wasn't beautiful to watch.

 

[Bonimenier]

Wait, did I read correctly that Vermeersch' dad is a mechanic for Alpecin-Fenix in CX?

Yes, that's right.

 

[titan31]

It still seems a bit outlandish that he is staying on Alaphilippe’s wheel during one of Ala’s monster uphill attacks one weekend and staying with (and beating) Van der Poel on the Roubaix cobbles the next!

Ya, tbf, when you add in some of his teammates performances then too, it gets more odd.