Paris - Roubaix 2024, one day monument, April 7

[jono]

He's not going solo for 60k, but he knows he can drop everyone else again on whichever sector he wants.

 

[KOM]

Pedersen surely happy he spent all that energy pulling groups earlier

Pedersen appears to have main character syndrome lol

 

[Lequack]

Now it's really over.

 

[Volderke]

There's 10k of flat, they need to get it together quick and they can catch him

There are 6-7K of hard cobbles coming.

 

[Andy262]

I dunno, seeing Mathieu suffer in Lombardia will be fun.

 

[Didinho]

Vermeersch needs his own team.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Back to sleep...60km TT's are freaking boring. 2024, the year watching interesting races, died.

 

[Poursuivant]

That’s finished then. See you all in the Ardennes.

 

[Volderke]

The only thing they can try is organize (it is still 50+ K and even mvdp will find this hard alone) and keep mvdp within half a minute. Will never happen but what pedersen / politt does is stupid.

 

[Peyroteo94]

He's not going solo for 60k, but he knows he can drop everyone else again on whichever sector he wants.

He is. Already lack of cooperation in group 2.

 

[Squire]

Not much you can do when Alpecing have two more beasts anchoring the chase.

 

[ppanther92]

Why is only Pedersen trying to catch him tough? I think over 10km without cobbles, they could catch him. So I don't think this was even optimally timed. But well, if the group doesn't cooperate...

 

[Tim Cahill]

Come on lads at least make it look like you aren't riding for a podium already for a few kms

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Honestly don't even think Van der Poel expected this to be the winning move, but when everyone else capitulates instantly...

 

[dazaau]

I really can't believe he is gone solo for 60k. But if there isn't 3-4 riders able to go off the front of that group and chase back on then I guess they are all stuffed...

 

[postmanhat]

Wow, what a great idea it was to pull for him all that time instead of trying to call his bluff

He just would have ridden away at some point and caught the group. Same result.

 

[Filippo_3467]

This is the worst year of cycling since I'm watching. Atm you really can't enjoy it.

 

[Andy262]

Pollit, Kung and anyone else with legs have to work together.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

He's not going solo for 60k, but he knows he can drop everyone else again on whichever sector he wants.

Sure looks like he's going solo.

 

[rghysens]

Was that even earlier than Tchmil?

Don´t think so.

 

[DNP-Old]

Pollit, Kung and anyone else with legs have to work together.

Which would be to drag Philipsen to the line.

Cycling is cooked.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Freak show

 

[KOM]

To any cope enjoyer: MvdP has the tendency to crack when going on long solos... (no i dont believe its not over, but maybe you will)

 

[fbjim]

Clearly everyone is trying to call Alpecin's bluff and hope Jasper Philipsen chases VDP.

 

[red_flanders]

This sport has jumped the shark again.