Paris - Roubaix 2024, one day monument, April 7

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Vermeersch should be handed a Grand Prix de Combativitée when he enters the velodrome.

 

[Netserk]

So this is going to be the fastest edition ever, and the winner rode 20% of the time on his own.

Fastest ever.
Longest solo in 30 years.
Biggest winning margin in 22 years.

 

[Tim Cahill]

 

[iBanesto]

I hope he does a Bjørn Dæhlie and rides backwards across the line (easier done on skis, of course).

Old school reference.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Nah it just shows how much it helps if you draft all Roubaix long and all the rest has to do work in the finale.

There's a reason Philipsen doesn't even start in De Ronde

Don't remember him drafting all Roubaix long last year...

 

[fbjim]

Any chance van der poel takes a wrong turn and takes 3 minutes to realize??

It's very possible that both of his wheels suddenly fly off his bike and he is left pedaling while not moving like a wacky races bit or something.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Any chance van der poel takes a wrong turn and takes 3 minutes to realize??

He could only ride one lap and think he's won and fail to realise for like 2 minutes. And then he'd still win.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Entire Canyon executive team just got mahogany when MvdP tapped his Aeroad.

 

[Tim Cahill]

If van der poel rides the first lap backwards by accident does he have to do an extra one like on Micro Machines for the MegaDrive

 

[Ricco']

Can he get DSQ for violating the velodrome's track limits?

 

[iBanesto]

When people are talking about a hat, you know it’s been an uneventful race.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

So this is going to be the fastest edition ever, and the winner rode 20% of the time on his own.

They never knew how to eat before.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Old school reference.

Now I just feel old, and that's despite the fact I only started watching winter sports after he had already retired.

 

[JosefK]

Golf clap from stadium crowd.

 

[Unchained]

Settle down, nobody's forcing you to like anything. Women's cycling is fantastic, if you don't like it though, that's your prerogative.

All these dudes are so well hung until they are climbing or sprinting against a Lotte Kopeky and then they shrivel like they are swimming in a freezing river. Is the level of talent as deep in the women's field? No..but Saturday's replay is available and the woman that wins gets tools from the team car and repairs her own bike while riding @25miles per hour of bumpy road and then from being boxed in jumps for 100 meters to win sprint.. Nothing close in today's mens race

 

[Andy262]

Chapeau Mathieu, different gravy. Superb win.

But not the spectacle we want…

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Roubaix 2024, the hell for the viewers. For the too-manyth time this spring, I'm glad it's over.

 

[Netserk]

47.8 km/h.

Last year's record was at 46.8 km/h.

 

[Didinho]

Politt will win the sprint, right?

 

[DNP-Old]

Roubaix 2024, the hell for the viewers. For the too-manyth time this spring, I'm glad it's over.

We're just getting started. Liege and Giro will be just as unwatchable.

 

[Sciatic]

Adding insult to injury: damn Yankees cap!

 

[Tim Cahill]

Get off the front Pollit you fool

 

[Sciatic]

Politt will win the sprint, right?

 

[Elos Anjos]

Chapeau Mathieu, different gravy. Superb win.

But not the spectacle we want…

I'm afraid that is not allowed anymore around here.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

We're just getting started. Liege and Giro will be just as unwatchable.

And Amstel. It's destined to be the worst season in modern history. Off the back of an already-bad 2023 to boot.