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

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Who will win?

  • Van der Poel

    Votes: 50 28.9%
  • Pogacar

    Votes: 34 19.7%
  • Van Aert

    Votes: 30 17.3%
  • Pedersen

    Votes: 31 17.9%
  • Ganna

    Votes: 10 5.8%
  • Philipsen

    Votes: 8 4.6%
  • Kung

    Votes: 1 0.6%
  • Stuyven

    Votes: 1 0.6%
  • Other/Vino

    Votes: 8 4.6%

  • Total voters
    173
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You should listen to Patrick Broe talking about Van der Poel and how he rides the cobbles. Broe is sometimes a clown, but it’s not random that VdP “never” punctures.
That is just oEdersen’s riding style on the cobbles . . . He rides “heavy.” I was responding to whomever saying he was dropped because he lacked smarts. That may be true but that’s not why he lost contact with MVDP in this case.
 
Dominance is not entertaining and I shall not be gaslit into thinking it is.
Gaslighting you? Gaslighting...someone I've never met. What an odd response.

We have legend-level riders attacking one another in the best races. I'm a guy who vastly prefers that over defensive and controlled racing. I don't like dominance either, but the last two races have been absolutely great, attacking battles.

And I love the attitude of these guys. Race all year, attack all the time. It's such a refreshing change from the previous eras.

To me, watching a race like that then landing on "dire" as the future of cycling...well like I said. Speechless.
 
He doesn’t have to be better than them to win Liege, he just has to survive with them to the top of Roche-aux-Faucons. Kelly won LBL and GdL 5 times between them.
Courses were way easier then.
GdL finished in Milan, 40-50 km after the last serious climb, and later in Monza, which is still 25km or so after the last climb. LBL had no Rche-aux-Faucons or Côte Saint-Nicolas.
But it works both ways: Pog wouldn't be as dominant on the courses of the Kelly era, let alone those from a generation (or two) earlier.
 
Gaslighting you? Gaslighting...someone I've never met. What an odd response.

We have legend-level riders attacking one another in the best races. I'm a guy who vastly prefers that over defensive and controlled racing. I don't like dominance either, but the last two races have been absolutely great, attacking battles.

And I love the attitude of these guys. Race all year, attack all the time. It's such a refreshing change from the previous eras.

To me, watching a race like that then landing on "dire" as the future of cycling...well like I said. Speechless.
Before the current style of fast, full gas racing of the favourites with long finales (and solos) and no surprises, racing was better. The 2021 and 2022 classics were better than what we got afterwards.
 
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I think Wout being this bad is hurting the entertainment in classics.
I think races never having a lull moment is hurting them. Either the strong teams are on the front and keeping the pace high, or the favourites are gone and everyone is pulling. No cagey racing whatsoever.

Alpecin never even used their numerical superiority today. Just pulling, pulling, attacking.