Paris - Roubaix 2024, one day monument, April 7

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Fedorov is the biggest surprise to me today. Vino must have sent out some letters, I guess.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

So Mathieu got time for a mechanical.

Just like the gap he gets in CX

 

[fbjim]

They have taken 6 seconds from MvdP.

We are so back.

 

[Ripper]

He definitely has time to back it off and pretend he's suffering, lose a bit of time, and still win by a large margin.

 

[Leinster]

Phil Liggett has called vdP Adri multiple times so far. He’s corrected himself most times, tbf.

 

[ppanther92]

He definitely has time to back it off and pretend he's suffering, lose a bit of time, and still win by a large margin.

Pretend he is bonking, get caught, drop them again

 

[Faserr]

I would like to see the racing at the back.

 

[Bolder]

It certainly hasn’t helped with all the early drama decimating the race before we barely hit the cobbles. Nor has the loss of Wout, Stuyven in previous weeks. But even so, this is ridiculously dominant.

The perfect weather conditions have removed a key variable. Barely even a puff of dust.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Phil Liggett has called vdP Adri multiple times so far. He’s corrected himself most times, tbf.

Phil commentated Adri's races, so that's understandable.

 

[fbjim]

VDP riding off the road, showing signs of mental breakdown due to how close he is to being bonked. Race is over, for VDP.

 

[Ripper]

It must be so, so demoralizing for a pro to race in situations like this. One rider just torching everyone, and his team so apparently strong they can smother everything with ease.

I remember in the 90s being in race situations that were somewhat similar. Where somebody would just take off and even though we would try as hard as we could, in team pursuit manner, we were getting dropped hard. Eventually, we just gave up.

 

[Salvarani]

Phil commentated Adri's races, so that's understandable.

I feel like when someone does that, they just want to show-off.

 

[Didinho]

Pithie crash. Damn.

 

[fbjim]

It must be so, so demoralizing for a pro to race in situations like this. One rider just torching everyone, and his team so apparently strong they can smother everything with ease.

I remember in the 90s being in race situations that were somewhat similar. Where somebody would just take off and even though we would try as hard as we could, in team pursuit manner, we were getting dropped hard. Eventually, we just gave up.

isn't this just how P-R worked in the Mapei era

 

[samhocking]

Sieberg on German ES says he hasn't seen VdP eat for a while, and speculates he might forget to eat Could make it interesting if true, but probably he'll just win by 3-4 minutes.

All the teams calculate intake now and use the sky method to distribute it, there's no randomness in calories anymore

 

[Salvarani]

That was a bad mistake

 

[Bolder]

Ouch!

 

[Ricco']

At this moment, MVP is just building the hard miles for Liège.

Rosier solo incoming.

 

[iBanesto]

Pithie down.

 

[Ripper]

Oh that hurt

 

[fbjim]

All the teams calculate intake now and use the sky method to distribute it, there's no randomness in calories anymore

They should use the Sky Method of catching up to a group after being dropped.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Pithie is finding every way in the book to avoid top-10s this spring...

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Nooo Pithie!

 

[Sciatic]

So much for FDG trying to rally a chase.

 

[Didinho]

He can take a shower and see Philipsen become 2nd.