Paris - Roubaix 2021 (03.10)

[gregrowlerson]

If aliens arrived here right now looking for intelligent life, they'd move onto the next planet.

 

[Salvarani]

Almost three minutes...

MVDP in trouble!

 

[RedheadDane]

I totally dont know who is where at this point.

It's turning into a huge game of "Who's who?"

 

[Devil's Elbow]

The peloton really can't afford to slow down between the cobbled sectors each time...

 

[noob]

How the *** can Van Der Poel eat with all that mud on his face?! :O

 

[titan31]

At the rate the peloton are going, the gap to to the front 4 is going to be quite big by Arenberg. Not sure they'll catch them tbh

 

[limak_]

Looks like Mathieu really struggled to swallow that energy bar.

 

[RedheadDane]

How the *** can Van Der Poel eat with all that mud on his face?! :O

Accepted his fate that he will ingest some dirt?

 

[Mayomaniac]

Poor Haller. Damn neutral service.

Yeah, you'd expected someone with an ice hockey background like him to do well on really slipperly cobbles...

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Okay, peloton needs to do some work here. The conditions are way too horrible for them to let this get too much further out.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

How the *** can Van Der Poel eat with all that mud on his face?! :O

That's the effect Dutch cuisine has on you

 

[Volderke]

How the *** can Van Der Poel eat with all that mud on his face?! :O

It is well known that many animals in the tropics have to eat some mud in order to digest e.g. hard seeds, or just if they have to few sources of minerals.
Examples are parrots at clay licks.

 

[BlueRoads]

How the *** can Van Der Poel eat with all that mud on his face?! :O

Some extra proteins with the worms.

 

[Breezy1985]

Questions for the CN experts:
Where is WvA ?
What's the estimated time to hit the Arenberg ?

 

[noob]

Accepted his fate that he will ingest some dirt?

Yup probably used to it, tbh cyclocross amazes me as well

 

[Salvarani]

Deignan yesterday... Rowe today?

 

[Volderke]

Questions for the CN experts:
Where is WvA ?
What's the estimated time to hit the Arenberg ?

in the peloton.
in an hour (and 10 minutes).

 

[SafeBet]

I wonder if DQS is happy with this situation. No numerical advantage even if the rest of the break catches the front 4.

 

[titan31]

Wonder where DeClercq is? Was dropped earlier and have seen Haller and Oss come back to the peloton so wonder is he still hanging in between. DQS should probably put him to work when he does come back imo.

 

[Salvarani]

I wonder if DQS is happy with this situation. No numerical advantage even if the rest of the break catches the front 4.

They will probably just have to roll with the cobbles today

 

[Devil's Elbow]

So far the asphalt is more dangerous than the cobbles.

 

[bigcog]

Sagan down

 

[Salvarani]

Sagan...

 

[RedheadDane]

Sagan crashed!

 

[gregrowlerson]

Looks like Mathieu really struggled to swallow that energy bar.

Forget Batman. Forget Spiderman. It's the superhero we didn't realise we needed: Mudman.