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I'd give riders a Teddy Atlas speech on the radio:
Someone just saw Nibali checking in to the same hotel and Trek DS running around with start list papers looking for the ASO folks.
Never mind Nibali. We need Boonen to come out of retirement and show these young guys how to ride a wet Paris-Roubaix.Someone just saw Nibali checking in to the same hotel and Trek DS running around with start list papers looking for the ASO folks.
Very little chance it'll be better than 2016 but that race was amazingI really don't get why everyone is so desperate for rain. I'm afraid it won't live up to the expectations.
I'd be surprised if this edition is going to be better than 2016.
Same here, closer to Roubaix (in Flanders). Rain all night, gusts of wind, coming from south / south west. Not super cold but just very wet.It's been raining all night here in Paris. Before that we had gusts of wind that blew our volets closed. Going to be epic conditions even if the sun comes out.
Please watch the whole shebang!Yes, the forecasts proved correct and it's still raining over norhtern France (it should stop during the race). Oh man, I feel it will be epic. Watching at least the last 100 km (before Arenberg starts) is a must.
I'm glad Richie Porte and Geraint Thomas aren't racing this.
Like Volderke, I think the race will be on from km 0. Everyone will want to be near the front, all big teams will want to have riders in the break, and the tailwind will make it super-fast and nervous. I expect crashes will split the peloton early.
That's spectacular and all, but it also makes it more of a lottery.
I'm glad Richie Porte and Geraint Thomas aren't racing this.
Part of me thinks Nibali refuses to learn English because this forum insists he loves nothing more than cobbles, mud, rain, hail and treacherySomeone just saw Nibali checking in to the same hotel and Trek DS running around with start list papers looking for the ASO folks.
Part of me thinks Nibali refuses to learn English because this forum insists he loves nothing more than cobbles, mud, rain, hail and treachery