Paris - Roubaix 2021 (03.10)

[gregrowlerson]

VDP: Covered in mud, with shiny white shoes!

It's like when Andy prepares for his escape in The Shawshank Redemption!

 

[Stringer Bell]

I bet MVDP is jealous of WVA’s tour of Britain win

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

I know he has very little chance against two established top riders who are both excellent sprinters, but a Vermeersch win would be absolutely beautiful

 

[jaylew]

Everyone eating

 

[Izzyeviel]

That railway crossing they just went past was the same where three riders got DQed in 2006?

no, that was much earlier round the 60-80k mark

 

[Rollthedice]

No, mate. Liverpool of course. My father too.

YNWA

 

[Stringer Bell]

Magnus predicting sonny in a track sprint - MVDP is surely faster, especially at the end of a long hard race?

 

[Escarabajo]

Finally a gel for everyone!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I wonder will VdP still think Alpicin "works for me" after trying to wash off all this mud from his hair

He should take a page out of Koblet's playbook and use Perrier instead.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I know he has very little chance against two established top riders who are both excellent sprinters, but a Vermeersch win would be absolutely beautiful

Vermeersch is decently fast himself, he has at least a chance in a sprint especially after a day like this

 

[Poursuivant]

Who’s gonna win?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

If you're in the front trio right now you and you win, you deserve to win. Sure, Colbrelli is the "boring" option, but he deserves the chance to sprint for the win if the others can't drop him because he's already had to respond to several attacks to be here and earn that right to use his sprint if it comes down to it. Vermeersch is the romantic choice, as the underdog and the new face overperforming from the break and the 'a star is born' moment potential, and van der Poel is the man who's been the strongest and forced the selections and broken everybody despite that everybody knew it would be him and would have been keeping their eyes on him throughout. All three would be a deserving winner for the same, and nevertheless different, reasons.

 

[jaylew]

It's amazing you're able to type while simultaneously riding your bike and coming 4th in the race.

He won't finish 4th. Maybe out of top 10

 

[WheelofGear]

You're defending a racist, so loud and aggressive. Look in the mirror.

No I'm not defending you.

 

[Escarabajo]

If I am MVdP I stop working now!

 

[Volderke]

Mathieu really deserve this tbh.

Vermeersch deserves this more though.

 

[happytramp]

He won't finish 4th. Maybe out of top 10

Especially if he continues to post on here instead of focusing on the race.

 

[jaylew]

Magnus predicting sonny in a track sprint - MVDP is surely faster, especially at the end of a long hard race?

He's done more work though. Could go either way

 

[Red Rick]

If you're in the front trio right now you and you win, you deserve to win. Sure, Colbrelli is the "boring" option, but he deserves the chance to sprint for the win if the others can't drop him because he's already had to respond to several attacks to be here and earn that right to use his sprint if it comes down to it. Vermeersch is the romantic choice, as the underdog and the new face overperforming from the break and the 'a star is born' moment potential, and van der Poel is the man who's been the strongest and forced the selections and broken everybody despite that everybody knew it would be him and would have been keeping their eyes on him throughout. All three would be a deserving winner for the same, and nevertheless different, reasons.

I agree Van der Poel deserves to win the race.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Colbrelli was the first one to attack from the main bunch, you can't say that he wouldn't deserve to win this one. Still a super imoressive Roubaix debut.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

VDP the favourite in a sprint after this kind of mayhem, Colbrelli a decent chance as probably the best sprinter under normal conditions, Vermeersch the sympathetic underdog…

 

[Red Rick]

Somehow I feel really tall dudes sprint better after a hard race like this.

 

[topcat]

I'm back just in time for the sprint. I'm glad I didn't miss much.

 

[BlueRoads]

No I'm not defending you.

Lol, "you're speaking out so clearly against racism you must be a racist yourself". Serious psychoanalytical stuff.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Colbrelli to Asgreen MvdP with his long sprint.