Paris - Roubaix 2024, one day monument, April 7

[QueenStagiaire]

you could say that. But I don't remember people crashing because of it or getting hurt that weekend.

Well, we do not yet know if people will crash because of the new chicane…

 

[velaso montador]

Tarling's engine is made for Roubaix, I think he is going to do really well if he can stay away from the trouble. Far fewer turns, far less stop-and-go. I remember him doing really well as a first year junior in that soaked edition a few years back.

Indeed logical it seems that way tho hes not ridden Robauix yet so for both its way to early to tell anything certain ofc tho but I think the same could be said about Morgado already he seems made/equiped for hard classics.

He might be better for stop and go and flandern vs robauix for all i know yet still but its gonne be fun to see. Both incredible promising at a very very young age for the classics already all i know. Good times.

 

[Nick2413]

anyone else getting Barcelona '94 chicane vibes this weekend? (for those who dont know, Barcelona was the first race track they raced on following the deaths of Senna & Ratzenberger at Imola. To slow the cars down, they put in this godawful tyre chicane which ended up causing problems & nor did it prevent serious injuries from happening that weekend)

The difference is there’s not really any major event that happened prior (Wout’s DDV crash was not relevant), this just came out of nowhere 4 days before the race. I mean sure there’s been mutterings for a long time but it’s been a known and accepted hazard.

Hansen probably feels like a god with the timing of what happened 2 days ago though.

 

[Axel Hangleck]

anyone else getting Barcelona '94 chicane vibes this weekend? (for those who dont know, Barcelona was the first race track they raced on following the deaths of Senna & Ratzenberger at Imola. To slow the cars down, they put in this godawful tyre chicane which ended up causing problems & nor did it prevent serious injuries from happening that weekend)

Monaco was the race after - and that had accidents (Wendlinger was in a coma for a while).
Andrea Montermini crashed in Barcelona elsewhere that weekend. So from then on any 'iffy' corners were changed, or had chicanes added; Abbey at Silverstone after Lamy launched his Lotus in testing.....and Estoril in the twisty section at the end of the lap.
I think Montreal added an artificial one on the back straight in 1995.

 

[Danskebjerge]

Mainly tailwind, dry, sunny. Could be a fast edition.

 

[Boehmand]

According to feltet.dk, the wind is going to be a strong breeze (21-27 kph), which will be mainly a tail wind until pavee 24, but from there (around 160K to go) give us a lot of sections with strong cross winds (others again with tail wind).

We could see teams try to steal the march quite early tomorrow - and I for one hope Soudal use their old cross wind expertise to do something early

 

[Ricco']

Of course the current weather forecast is for rain for today's night (1 a.m. to 4.m.) and for tomorrow after the race (from 4 p.m.).

Won't be as much heat as I was expecting, maximum temperatures of 17ºC.

 

[pastronef]

women Roubaix: sectors 17-16-15 less wet than predicted. the dirt roadsides are sometimes even rideable, let's the the others, and if the showers predicted this evening will happen

 

[jmdirt]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzjzgnjJUB8

 

[jmdirt]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5t-D7tZJDo&t=1s

 

[jmdirt]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2gvLXfkyBU

 

[jmdirt]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl4uthqMs5U

 

[RedheadDane]

(I'm posting this here, even though it was while watching the women's race I had the thought. However, it's kinda "relevant" - in a thought-experience kind of way - for both races.)

What would happen if a group starts their final lap, and just as they're passing the entrance to the velodrome, another group is about to enter?
Chaos?
The second group being asked to wait?

 

[Volderke]

(I'm posting this here, even though it was while watching the women's race I had the thought. However, it's kinda "relevant" - in a thought-experience kind of way - for both races.)

What would happen if a group starts their final lap, and just as they're passing the entrance to the velodrome, another group is about to enter?
Chaos?
The second group being asked to wait?

This has happened before and AFAIK group 2 will always go slow / low down while group 1 ramps up for the sprint.

It surprised me a bit (but then again not, with the strong Scirocco / Ghibli / Khamsin / whatever winds of today) that everything was very much dried out.

I think rain tonight won't change this much as the wind keeps blowing. The North of France is always a bit more windy and because of the secteurs being mostly in between fields with hardly any trees, the combination of some sun and wind dries the cobbles much faster than e.g. on a sunken road surrounded by trees.

 

[tobydawq]

(I'm posting this here, even though it was while watching the women's race I had the thought. However, it's kinda "relevant" - in a thought-experience kind of way - for both races.)

What would happen if a group starts their final lap, and just as they're passing the entrance to the velodrome, another group is about to enter?
Chaos?
The second group being asked to wait?

What do you think?

 

[Lequack]

Bad meme

 

[Valv.Piti]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzjzgnjJUB8

Nice interview, thanks. If Mathieu says he did it in recon and still don't like it, I'll do a 180 and say its a bad idea. Loved that he specified that he liked them searching for safer options to approach the Arenberg though. Very balanced interview, no nonsense, no Benji Naesen-statements, just his personal thoughts on the matter..

 

[RedheadDane]

What do you think?

The first would be more fun... but yeah, probably just gonna slow the second group down.

Bad meme

I feel like this is referring to a situation I should know about.

 

[jmdirt]

Nice interview, thanks. If Mathieu says he did it in recon and still don't like it, I'll do a 180 and say its a bad idea. Loved that he specified that he liked them searching for safer options to approach the Arenberg though. Very balanced interview, no nonsense, no Benji Naesen-statements, just his personal thoughts on the matter..

I probably posted too many videos, but those of us in the USA still don't get as much insider info as we'd like. There are several other good interviews from Cycling Pro Net on YouTube as well.

EDIT: Maybe I should just speak for myself: I don't get as much insider information as I'd like.

 

[jmdirt]

(I'm posting this here, even though it was while watching the women's race I had the thought. However, it's kinda "relevant" - in a thought-experience kind of way - for both races.)

What would happen if a group starts their final lap, and just as they're passing the entrance to the velodrome, another group is about to enter?
Chaos?
The second group being asked to wait?

I've seen this a few times, and its not been an issue. It seems like one time they just stayed low, and out of the way, and another, they actually stalled a little before entering. As I'm typing this, I can't remember the years, nor the racers though.

 

[search]

I guess we also need Luca Mozzato speaking French. He looks excited about it

View: https://youtu.be/-fp2rSDttdk?t=17

 

[DNP-Old]

* * * * * Albert Withen Philipsen
* * * * Felix Orn-Kristoff, Cedric Keppens
* * * Jasper Schoofs, Erazem Valjavec, Theodor Clemmensen
* * Ashlin Barry, Paul Fietzke, Senna Remijn, Aubin Sparfel
* Hector Alvarez, Hugo Boucher, Krystof Kral, Kasper Borremans, Jakob Omrzel

This is my very accurate prediction for tomorrows junior race. All I can say is life ain't fair. I still somehow want to get Anton Louw Larsen, Marius Innhaug Dahl, Seth Dunwoody, Joeri Schaper, Elliot Boulet, Hakon Eiksund Oksnes, Ian Kings, Matijs Van Strijthem, Sebastian Grindley, Finlay Tarling, Baptiste Gregoire, Axel Van Den Broek, Noah Moller, Thibaut Van Damme, Ron Rooni, Linus Larsson, Zeno Winter and Nejc Peterlin in there.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

* * * * * Albert Withen Philipsen
* * * * Felix Orn-Kristoff, Cedric Keppens
* * * Jasper Schoofs, Erazem Valjavec, Theodor Clemmensen
* * Ashlin Barry, Paul Fietzke, Senna Remijn, Aubin Sparfel
* Hector Alvarez, Hugo Boucher, Krystof Kral, Kasper Borremans, Jakob Omrzel

This is my very accurate prediction for tomorrows junior race. All I can say is life ain't fair. I still somehow want to get Anton Louw Larsen, Marius Innhaug Dahl, Seth Dunwoody, Joeri Schaper, Elliot Boulet, Hakon Eiksund Oksnes, Ian Kings, Matijs Van Strijthem, Sebastian Grindley, Finlay Tarling, Baptiste Gregoire, Axel Van Den Broek, Noah Moller, Thibaut Van Damme, Ron Rooni, Linus Larsson, Zeno Winter and Nejc Peterlin in there.

You can always apply for a job at Feltet.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I feel like this is referring to a situation I should know about.

I assume it's a reference to Capiot breaking his collarbone and less than 2 weeks later, having to ride DDV.

 

[ppanther92]

How is Degenkolb doing after the recon crash? I am (or was) pretty certain that some German is going to top5 tomorrow - now it seems to be Politt has to do it.