Paris - Roubaix 2021 (03.10)

[Salvarani]

He did the only important awesome thing though, which is winning.
He worked like the rest, well deserved winner.

Definitely!

And he was on the move early in the race from the peloton. One of the guys making the race.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

he didn't work like the rest. Common. He was glued to MvdP's wheel once MvdP catched on, until they catched Moscon. The only serious effort he did was chasing MvdP who was tired that Colbrelli was wheelsucking.
I called that smart here on this forum during the race, so I acknowledge that he did the right thing. But it wasn't beautiful to watch.

It's racing. You can't complain. Each rider does his calculations and decides how to work, when to attack etc

We are talking 260km of hard racing over brutal wet cobbles where handling is critical. Anyone who wins is worthy.

 

[gregrowlerson]

Sonny & Sure (said sarcastically).

 

[titan31]

I do feel for Boivin though. He was looking really strong and he would have had a fair shot of winning imo without that crash. Not sure where it came from, but he rode out of his skin today.

 

[movingtarget]

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Colbrelli > Moscon: Picked up his bike and didn't hit anyone with it.

The fact that he could pick up his bike was impressive..............

 

[HelloDolly]

Ya, tbf, when you add in some of his teammates performances then too, it gets more odd.

Caruso in Italy
Padun at Dauphine

amasing performances

 

[Izzyeviel]

more riders have finished this paris-roubaix than the 2016 worlds...we cyclists just love the mud and rain

 

[Anderis]

1. Van der Poel
2. Colbrelli
3. Valgren
4. Simmons
5. Stewart
6. Campenaerts
7. Kwiatkowski
8. G. Vermeersch
9. Van Gestel
10. Rutsch

I've made a semi- realistic top10 out of debutants only.

This turned out to be more accurate than I intended to. If I only exchanged Valgren for F. Vermeersch. I did consider putting him there but somewhere in the lower top10, not in top3.

 

[movingtarget]

Caruso in Italy
Padun at Dauphine

amasing performances

Padun would have done an extra lap of the velodrome..............

 

[Pantani_lives]

Colla is Italian for glue. He should change his name to Colla-brelli. He's won two major races now by staying glued to the rear wheel of the strongest for dozens of kilometers. It's the most painful thing in cycling, when the wheelsucker wins.

 

[Volderke]

It's racing. You can't complain. Each rider does his calculations and decides how to work, when to attack etc

We are talking 260km of hard racing over brutal wet cobbles where handling is critical. Anyone who wins is worthy.

I’m not complaining. I’m giving my opinion. I think MvdP and Vermeersch did a more awesome ride. That’s about it.

 

[jaylew]

It's racing. You can't complain. Each rider does his calculations and decides how to work, when to attack etc

We are talking 260km of hard racing over brutal wet cobbles where handling is critical. Anyone who wins is worthy.

True. And it's not like VDP did much to force him to help. He just rode on the front for km after km. When a strong guy is willing to sit on the front like that, you're always happy to let him do it.

 

[movingtarget]

Colla is Italian for glue. He should change his name to Colla-brelli. He's won two major races now by staying glued to the rear wheel of the strongest. It's the most painful thing in cycling, when the wheelsucker wins.

Hinault used to call Jan Raas "the leach"............

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Sprint of 3 dead people. Colbrelli had the most left I guess.
VDP as always did too much, but also Vermeersch did a lot of work and was the longest in the lead groups...

Also I don't feel sorry for Moscon. Karma.

 

[movingtarget]

True. And it's not like VDP did much to force him to help. He just rode on the front for km after km. When a strong guy is willing to sit on the front like that, you're always happy to let him do it.

I thought it was a fine win. No one was holding a gun to VDP's head but he was obviously worried about WVA's whereabouts............when he should have been worried about a few more riders..........

 

[Libertine Seguros]

There were a lot of moves that had to be made, and followed, in order to result in a group of only 3 at the end there, and picking the right moves, having the strength to follow them and make them, and so on, is a major skill. Lots of elite classics specialists and rouleurs were long since dropped. When you get to a group that is no longer at risk of being caught and you trust your sprint, you can argue that the onus is on the others to drop you and by making and answering moves to get to that stage you've done enough to deserve the chance to use your sprint. At its most basic, Sonny made and followed moves until he was in a group which wouldn't be caught and in which he trusted his sprint, and the other two couldn't drop Sonny, so Sonny won.

 

[Cagalitroso]

What on earth Corbrelli did wrong (now or ever before) in the eyes of some people to call him a disappointing winner?

Being a southern-European, that's all there is to it, despite the barely dressed "explanations"

 

[Ripper]

Colbrelli is far from a stranger in the peloton, he's very talented and has always proven to be quite a complete rider (fast, powerful, can climb short climbs, can sprint very well in small/medium groups).

Clinical territory

 

[jaylew]

Being a southern-European, that's all there is to it, despite the barely dressed "explanations"

Is that actually a thing? (says the non-European)

 

[Izzyeviel]

94 classified finishers, 11 OTL including Dylan Van Baarle (what happened to him?) & former winner Terpstra

 

[Volderke]

Being a southern-European, that's all there is to it, despite the barely dressed "explanations"

Full Calimero mode.
Colbrelli did, imho, the 4th most impressive race of them all. I feel Moscon (you know, a south european rider), Vermeersch and MvdP did a more entertaining race. If that’s a problem to say this, it’s your problem.

 

[Extinction]

Yes the bike change came at exactly the wrong time. But he had a few near misses as well sliding around as many of them did I'm sure. He seemed to be bouncing around more than some of the others. Maybe tire pressure ?

He went in with extremely low tire pressure, 3.2 atmospheres, but he had ridden masterfully until his crash. But if you look at the incident, his rear wheel just slipped-out. Not sure he could have done anything about it.

 

[Ripper]

There were a lot of moves that had to be made, and followed, in order to result in a group of only 3 at the end there, and picking the right moves, having the strength to follow them and make them, and so on, is a major skill. Lots of elite classics specialists and rouleurs were long since dropped. When you get to a group that is no longer at risk of being caught and you trust your sprint, you can argue that the onus is on the others to drop you and by making and answering moves to get to that stage you've done enough to deserve the chance to use your sprint. At its most basic, Sonny made and followed moves until he was in a group which wouldn't be caught and in which he trusted his sprint, and the other two couldn't drop Sonny, so Sonny won.

He also still pulled back an attack by Vermeersch

 

[memyselfandI]

Super year for SC but he is not coming out of nowhere. He's done solid results almost throughout the years after 2014, except last year (covid) and lotsa racing k's racing days.

Pity for Moscon that flat..and obvious too high tyre pressure on a spare bike. I guess he was just getting blackout before that tyre got empty but man what a grit he had to keep that 4th!

 

[Danskebjerge]

Overall the race was very interesting to watch, way less falls than what we could have expected.

I think there were plenty of crashes. We just don't see it or hear about it when it happens in the third or fourth group. Quickstep were destroyed by crashes and mechanicals.