The one rider that everyone could recognize was Demare, the French NC at the time, so nothing happened...
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The one rider that everyone could recognize was Demare, the French NC at the time, so nothing happened...
This message is approved by Wout van Aert.Unless sectors are under water, there's no reason to cancel them. With equipment nowadays, muddy sectors shouldn't be too much of a problem. Stick on suitable tyres....It'd be pretty poor to pull sectors because they're muddy.
Remco is riding for Almeida in Emilia.
Who was the Russian/Kazakh/something else I can’t remember rider a couple years ago who got to Roubaix to find the velodrome had actually been closed, and had to find someone to unlock it so he could go around.If he's not badly injured, surely the last rider would want to finish. They won't close the doors to the velodrome, before someone has actually crossed the line, right?
That would be Delko's Evaldas Siskevicius, from Lithuania.Who was the Russian/Kazakh/something else I can’t remember rider a couple years ago who got to Roubaix to find the velodrome had actually been closed, and had to find someone to unlock it so he could go around.
He finished top 10 the following year.
I keep having to remind myself that Philippe Gilbert is the reigning Roubaix champion. It feels like forever ago.That would be Delko's Evaldas Siskevicius, from Lithuania.
His top-10 was actually in the most recent edition!
I keep having to remind myself that Philippe Gilbert is the reigning Roubaix champion. It feels like forever ago.
My guess is that Fumiyuki Beppu would get back on his bike, reach the finish on Monday morning and become the first Japanese winner of Paris-Roubaix.What if nobody makes it to the finish? Will the winner then be the last rider to climb off? A Last Man Standing situation?
And I know, not gonna happen.
Who are the debutants?Had no idea that Imanol Erviti has ridden every edition since 2005. This year will be his 16th Paris-Roubaix. 2 DNFs.
On the startlist are also Haussler and Sieberg, they have raced it 13 times, Lemoine and Langeveld 12 and Terpstra 11.
Raymond Impanis, Servais Knaven and Matthew Hayman hold the record. They did the race 16 times and completed all of them. According to Wikipedia at least.
When, this year? Too many to list. There's Gleb Brussenskiy. There's Laurenz Rex. Tim Merlier even.Who are the debutants?
Who are the debutants?
Kwiatkowski, Colbrelli, Valgren... would never assume.Debutants Paris-Roubaix 2021 (procyclingstats.com)
Interesting that both the youngest, and the oldest, debutant is a rider from the US, riding on Trek-Segafredo.
2 1/2 years is forever!I keep having to remind myself that Philippe Gilbert is the reigning Roubaix champion. It feels like forever ago.
If you watched the series on Belgian television about Yves Lampaert (Lampi), called "the road to Roubaix", you cannot do anything else than hope he wins this.
Yeah that would be emotional but Stybar is 35 and running our of chances so this year Stybar and next year Lampaert
Only 4 riders have had longer reigns as Roubaix champion; Octave Lapize and Moser both won 3 in a row, and Charles Crupelandt and Emile Masson, who won before the 2 World Wars.2 1/2 years is forever!
Duclos was 37 when he won THE FIRST TIME.Hayman was 37 when he won, so Stybar has a few more years.
Kristoff somehow never makes the first two groups though.Honestly Kristoff could be underrated. Rides well in bad weather and keeps his sprint after a long day.