Paris - Roubaix 2021 (03.10)

[DenisMenchov]

When did it start?

If it's PR, it has to be 2016

 

[BlueRoads]

I got nothing against Ballerini, but I would have loved it if DQS had done everything for a Declercq win today.

Seriously, they will probably catch the guys up front because the teams want other riders to win, but the amount of watts in that group is crazy.

 

[RedheadDane]

I got nothing against Ballerini, but I would have loved it if DQS had done everything for a Declercq win today.

Declercq winning would be Vansummeren-levels awesome!

And there are barriers in Arenberg.

 

[Netserk]

I hope Haller will be able to stay with the break, he should be one of the best there.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

For what's supposed to be an epic edition, this is a very un-epic edition. Where's the action? Where's the wind? Where's the mud? Hell, even the cobbles are non-muddy! I want epicness!

 

[Poursuivant]

For what's supposed to be an epic edition, this is a very un-epic edition. Where's the action? Where's the wind? Where's the mud? Hell, even the cobbles are non-muddy! I want epicness!

They haven’t reached the cobbles yet

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Groupama are not having a good day...

 

[Netserk]

Only few riders down in the wet corner there.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

There were two individual crashes in that corner and the car was responsible for at least one of them.

 

[RedheadDane]

Groupama are not having a good day...

They even have support from Italy!

 

[Hugo Koblet]

They haven’t reached the cobbles yet

I know, but I saw some pictures of some of the cobbled sections, and they looked fairly decent. Hopefully that'll change.

 

[titan31]

That car was horrifically parked too. What idiot parks on a corner.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

It even sounds like the start of a CX race with the mass wet braking.

 

[RedheadDane]

I know, but I saw some pictures of some of the cobbled sections, and they looked fairly decent. Hopefully that'll change.

There has been plenty of images with muddy cobbles.

 

[Volderke]

For what's supposed to be an epic edition, this is a very un-epic edition. Where's the action? Where's the wind? Where's the mud? Hell, even the cobbles are non-muddy! I want epicness!

slowly building up. Action will start as soon as they hit the first cobbles.

 

[Samamba]

A sprint in the leading group to start the sector first

 

[ice&fire]

That car was horrifically parked too. What idiot parks on a corner.

I guess your house isn't in a corner

 

[Netserk]

I know, but I saw some pictures of some of the cobbled sections, and they looked fairly decent. Hopefully that'll change.

Sector 15:

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

I thought that a team was only allowed to wear a special jersey once a year (be that for a one-day, and single stage or the duration of a stage race). How come Jumbo, having changed their jersey for the Tour de France, have a different jersey today?

 

[Volderke]

I predict a crash in the peloton on the first cobbles, maybe already in the first curve.

 

[Salvarani]

I know, but I saw some pictures of some of the cobbled sections, and they looked fairly decent. Hopefully that'll change.

Nah, you just not paying attention.

 

[Netserk]

Sagan leaving a gap in the peloton?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Water in the gutters, so no avoiding the cobbles by riding on the edges of the road...

 

[RedheadDane]

Sector 15:

Maybe that's where @topcat will be fishing from?

 

[titan31]

I guess your house isn't in a corner

It's not but even outside of a race travelling by it, I'd park it in a safer location and walk to the house. I'd definitely have moved it for today as the chances of someone smashing into it increased.