Paris-Roubaix 2025, one day monument, April 13 (men)

[pihi42]

We have to be extremely happy that we have MVDP (and Vingegaard). Those two are just making Pogačar the best Pogi he can be.

 

[Netserk]

Today just goes to show that Pogi should have started here earlier. Good race program this year, I hope it will be the same next year.

 

[Red Rick]

MSR and Flanders were great, this one ... mwah, almost as boring as last years big races.
To many crashes for my taste and the flat tire of Pedersen destroyed the chance for a trilling final.

Today's scenario is just the common recipe in Roubaix though. Early finale and then a very boring late finale with the race decided or riders just taking their pulls at 80% often waiting for Carrefour.

It's not a race where the chase groups ever come back so an early opening tends to lead to very static finales.

 

[RedheadDane]

Another weekly podium meeting.

 

[Froome]

I thought Pogi doesn't have full time to fully focus on one-day races because he's too busy fighting Vingo on high French cols! Too bad MVP doesn't try it.

Of course he has time for that. There will be 2 months and half before the Tour, when he raced few days.

Secondable, he had to face a broken Vingo. It was a more easy job.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

It’s hard to make sense of Wout’s ride. Was it the crash and he recovered or did he just do a better job of riding within himself, believing / knowing the win was out of reach?

Again, I will go back to make sure, but from the overhead in the Arenberg, he went with Pog, and then twice freewheeled, and slid back. He didn't get dropped, he decided to drop. I have no idea why he did that, as when they made the left after, it was already too late. Stupid mistake or fear? I have no idea, I just know it wasn't like he ws dying there, he stopped pedaling twice, in a sector that you just don't do that.

 

[BubbaChuck]

pogacar needs to get phisically stronger for this race.not more weight,but ton of fitness work.i was shocked,when he said last year,he does that only in offseason.stupid.muscular systzem is just as important as cardio-vascular.but hell learn and after 28 tgis race will look like picnic.

 

[pastronef]

I hated Pogi at the 2024 Gro. it was boring. I'm liking since Zurich. I so wanted him to beat Alpecin today

 

[titan31]

Shame for Fedorov. He was looking really good before the mechanical. Finished pretty much nowhere in the end so must have had another issue

 

[Jungle Cycle]

that photo finish is quite unique..

 

[BubbaChuck]

specailsts have till pog reaches 28 to beat him,after its over.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Of course he has time for that. There will be 2 months and half before the Tour, when he raced few days.

Secondable, he had to face a broken Vingo. It was a more easy job.

MVP is fully focused on MSR, Flandres and PR. It's his absolute season goal, no doubts. He has tons of time to prepare for MTB. Liege? He has no chance to follow Pogacar or Evenepoel on climbs (in fact many others are better than him here). A large weight loss must considered but then it would've been some hypothetical, different rider, not as powerful on the cobbles for example. And we haven't started talking about Lombardy yet. Pogacar is the most complete classics rider by far, his top places in all the biggest classics speak for themselves.

 

[Unchained]

congrats to vdp.no excuses for pog,hell come back stronger.

If you watch the post race interview, person asking questions lobs a cheap shot softball to MVP ,something dumb about revenge, instead MVP says that minus the Pogacar mistake they likely would have settled it on the velodrome.
Winner was deliberate to give Pogacar credit and compliments, Mathieu is a careful and considerate sportsman, win or lose. Impressive off and on the bike. I route for him as much for his personal conduct as his on bike amazing talent..

 

[Extinction]

Tadej f-ed up, but then again he would have been f-ed in a sprint with Mathieu. Against this VdP, without mishaps, he can't win on this course.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Chapeau to Mathieu. While I wanted anyone but him to win, he was clearly the strongest, and barring a serious mechanical or crash, nobody was beating him today.

 

[Netserk]

Philipsen: "I had a bit of back pain because of the crash."

 

[scribers]

How about that bike change by mvp? Looking at the digital gap it looked like pogi must have taken a change at the same time too

 

[Netserk]

Küng and Brennan finished 8 minutes down

Brennan 2 places worse than Turgis in 2018.

 

[BubbaChuck]

uae once again disapointment,taht bike change was horrible.thye took ages,lmao.pog only real weakness is,he is too soft as aperson.i trully wish he had an ounce of lance in himself and start palying dicator in that team.its laughable really.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Strong performance by Hoole as 17th considering he was mostly there to work for Pedersen

 

[Red Rick]

How about that bike change by mvp? Looking at the digital gap it looked like pogi must have taken a change at the same time too

Think there's just a lag in the GPS timings, so Van der Poel was taking time on the Carrefour until he switched so he lost around 5s net.

I must say it was a fairly pathetic effort from the guy pushing Van der Poel.

 

[Netserk]

Pogi: "In the end I was empty. I suffered a lot in the last 20 km."

"It's a shame I didn't have a computer in the last 35 km, because I think the file would be amazing. The power was one of the highest I saw in my life."

 

[Red Rick]

Pogi: "In the end I was empty. I suffered a lot in the last 20 km."

Pedersen and Van Aert coulda come back but Pedersen doesn't pull unless it's against his own interests.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Think there's just a lag in the GPS timings, so Van der Poel was taking time on the Carrefour until he switched so he lost around 5s net.

I must say it was a fairly pathetic effort from the guy pushing Van der Poel.

The GPS time could only go down when Pogačar passed the point where Van der Poel switched bikes so nothing surprising there

 

[Extinction]

But, then again, Mathieu didn't outright drop Pogacar, but went away on a crash naturally. I'd rather have liked this MvDP to just ride him off his wheel on a hard section of pavé. Alas, it was not meant to be, and I doubt it would have been, honestly. But, then, Mathieu wins the sprint.