Paris-Roubaix 2023, one day monument, April 9 (men's)

[Brullnux]

Would they work together or with WVA on his wheel would MVP let Philipsen join again?

It would've been a 30 second gap to Philipsen with 10km to go, van aert did the vast majority of the pushing to get it to 22 momentarily. Even if VDP did barely any work they would have likely stayed ahead as Ganna and Kung were cooked, and Pedersen was moving slower than the front two

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Van Aert would possibly have lost the sprint anyway, but it's a shame we'll never know. Van der Poel was obviously still a/the deserving winner

It'll be interesting to see if Philipsen will be able to challenge Van Aert for the green jersey in the Tour.

@tobydawq, did you win a fortune on Küng finishing in the top 6?

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Just looking at the replay, Wout did NOTHING wrong when Philipsen and MVDP took out Degenkolb. Neither of them went down nor were they significantly delayed. Stupid take to say he did something wrong by attacking.

 

[Red Rick]

Yeah, they made amazing moves like Laporte puncturing in Arenberg and Van Aert puncturing in Carrefour de l‘Arbre when he was in front on his own because Van der Poel and Philipsen did a bike handling and coordination master class crashing another guy out of contention.

Alpecin was also incredible that Ganna brought everyone back after the Trouee d'Arenberg

 

[Valv.Piti]

Well there have been other 7 top 10s in the meantimne, so it's not entirely a wasteland , but it's certainly not a race with big national palmares

I was being sarcastic, but I fail to realize why you deny that you're broccolidwarf, the guy that proclaimed Fuglsang would win Tour de France 3 years in a row.

 

[meat puppet]

Carrefour dL was a shitshow today, unfortunately. Otherwise good race, but we got robbed for a real duel.

While I would have obviously preferred that the crash debacle does not happen, the point is that randomness has a say in great many things.

 

[fbjim]

looked like two riders just trying to occupy the same bit of pave on a stretch where controlling your bike is difficult at the best of times

feel for degenkolb but no way is that a DQ

 

[Izzyeviel]

Ah yes, I love me some Roubaix.

This is exactly the frickin reason why Tour of Flanders is a bette race. Its honest, this is not.

I agree. Boring race tactically. The peloton rode very passively and made no attempt to bring back the race winning breakaway.

 

[HelloDolly]

Only if he wants to look like an idiot

Of course he is not going to do it
No body would but it doesnt mean one doesnt feel like it
1st and 2nd between them took him out of the race ...its human

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Gotta love how you can now cause crashes to your own benefit in the final of a monument.

Jumbo at Vuelta a Burgos securing their own 1-2-3, and SD Worx at Ronde with Kopecky and Wiebes dismounting and then laying the bikes out blocking as much of the road as they can, were both worse examples of that than this was.

 

[Brullnux]

I agree. Boring race tactically. The peloton rode very passively and made no attempt to bring back the race winning breakaway.

They had absolutely no chance of bringing them back!

 

[Valv.Piti]

While I would have obviously preferred that the crash debacle does not happen, the point is that randomness has a say in great many things.

Obviously. Yes, and Flanders is the perfect mix of chaos, athletic supermen performances and much less randomness hence why its the better race. I don't like watching a race end like this no matter who I support!

 

[fbjim]

pro tip you're probably not bringing back a group if two race favorites, along with Ganna, Pedersen and Kung are doing work in it

 

[topcat]

Obviously we will never know but I think Van Aert would've won without that puncture, which hopefully ends the Van-Aert-is-cycling's-Dortmund hysteria

It doesn’t because without the puncture, Wout might have still been dropped or lost the sprint and we’d have similar info to today. MVDP looked the strongest today and was always going to drop the big hammer. I would have been mildly surprised if Wout stayed with him and won the sprint.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Guys, Mathieu might as well have crashed himself. Come on.

The crash is one thing, this stupid puncture is another. Race was over the instant that happened.

 

[Boehmand]

I was being sarcastic, but I fail to realize why you deny that you're broccolidwarf, the guy that proclaimed Fuglsang would win Tour de France 3 years in a row.

Your obsession with and perpetuation of your odd conspiracy theory is getting old really fast, so welcome to my ignore list.

 

[Red Rick]

Jumbo at Vuelta a Burgos securing their own 1-2-3, and SD Worx at Ronde with Kopecky and Wiebes dismounting and then laying the bikes out blocking as much of the road as they can, were both worse examples of that than this was.

And I support neither.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Wout looks p!ssed off!

 

[Izzyeviel]

Gotta love how you can now cause crashes to your own benefit in the final of a monument.

We're very lucky he didn't take out MvDP as well.. in fact we're incredibly lucky MvDP didn't take out MvDP. They really do need proper barriers for that section of cobbles. Those yellow & black things are a menace (the bollards not Jumbo)

 

[Peyroteo94]

Obviously. Yes, and Flanders is the perfect mix of chaos, athletic supermen performances and much less randomness hence why its the better race. I don't like watching a race end like this no matter who I support!

When Gilbert won Flanders, I got the impression the group of Sagan and GVA would have caught him if they didn't crash

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

It doesn’t because without the puncture, Wout might have still been dropped or lost the sprint and we’d have similar info to today. MVDP looked the strongest today and was always going to drop the big hammer. I would have been mildly surprised if Wout stayed with him and won the sprint.

Then you clearly didn't watch the race.

 

[Brullnux]

It doesn’t because without the puncture, Wout might have still been dropped or lost the sprint and we’d have similar info to today. MVDP looked the strongest today and was always going to drop the big hammer. I would have been mildly surprised if Wout stayed with him and won the sprint.

Not sure tbh, Van Aert never lost the wheel until the puncture and I'd back him to beat VdP in a sprint. There wasn't much road left to put the hammer down, Carrefour de l'arbre was over at that point too. I really don't think VdP would have dropped Van Aert, though the sprint is much harder to say

 

[mr. tibbs]

Lmao at this goofy podium

 

[proffate]

Philipsen suckwheeling full time and still barely closing Van Aert

Go watch a time trial

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Wout looks p!ssed off!

He looks like he'd rather be somewhere else