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

[Peyroteo94]

I know your emotions are high right now, I think with time you'll see he got smoked.

I'm not emotional, I really think he wasn't destroyed but agree to disagree.

 

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Gap is coming down to the guys behind and Bissegger is waiting

I guess he would have been dropped sooner or later anyway, but as I just saw an interview with him: Bissegger had a mechanical as well at that point. He had to take a wheel from neutral service, and therefor lost too much time to get back on with Philipsen.

 

[scribers]

UAE guy: Quck Pog, get on this bike
Visma hat guy: No, get on this bike instead

Accidental renaissance paintings

 

[Filippo_3467]

Not a bad race but like always in this era there's a lot of excitement missing when the outsiders have no chance of winning and the best riders are pulling 80ks beforen the finsih line. Unfortuneately that's the time we're in. This won't change in the next years. Great that rutsch and Hoelgaard got a top 10.

Lazkano completely exploded after pulling that hard in the break.

 

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The race communique is available on Tissot:

https://prod.server.tissottiming.com/file/0003180203010101FFFFFFFFFFFFFF00

No penalty was handed out to UAE, so I guess the team car was allowed to go to the front when it did. Van der Poel got a 1000 CHF fine instead for late feeding.

 

[proffate]

No he can't. There are at least 10 riders better than him

Did you happen to catch last year's edition?

 

[Red Rick]

I agree, although today's example was a bit different, since VDP didn't get that advantage by attacking as the strongest (see Koppenberg 2024 or Glasgow 2023) but rather a crash. To that point, I didn't think Pogacar had showed himself to be weaker (honestly I'm beginning to wonder if the whole car-pickle juice handup was a charade because there was certainly some other playacting.) and I was fully expecting him to close the gap to MVDP. After the sector where the motos were 10 metres in front of him he never gained more time.

I think this is fairly common in Roubaix when somone loses time due to an accident, they first close 10s on adrenaline or whatever and then they gradually blow up.

It reminded me of Boonen vs Pozzato in 2009 IIRC.

 

[Netserk]

Names of the 18 riders who made the split when Pogi attacked on Haveluy (the Q36.5 rider in front of Mihkels didn't make it):

 

[Peyroteo94]

Did you happen to catch last year's edition?

OMG, not this again... did you see the race after Roche aux Faucons? He only cameback because they were all looking to each other. Without Pogacar there, he would have finished outside the podium

 

[proffate]

OMG, not this again... did you see the race after Roche aux Faucons? He only cameback because they were all looking to each other. Without Pogacar there, he would finished outside of the podium

Collaboration breaks down all the time in races where pog is not present.

You seem like you could use a yoga retreat.

 

[red_flanders]

Accidental renaissance paintings

Bad Photoshop...

 

[Netserk]

I guess he would have been dropped sooner or later anyway, but as I just saw an interview with him: Bissegger had a mechanical as well at that point. He had to take a wheel from neutral service, and therefor lost too much time to get back on with Philipsen.

If he had been with Philipsen when Pogi forgot to turn in the corner, they could have caught him, I think.

 

[Peyroteo94]

Collaboration breaks down all the time in races where pog is not present.

You seem like you could use a yoga retreat.

When they are fighting for the win, of course you don't get race dynamics syndrome and MVP would never comeback. This is very easy to understand. His third in Zurich was very different, he really was the strongest after Pogacar

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

I'm not emotional, I really think he wasn't destroyed but agree to disagree.

I'm admittedly a big Pog fan (and a MvdP fan, though I'm annoyed he doesn't race more), but I think MvdP was the stronger today. Maybe Pog wasn't quite cooked, but he seemed to me to be losing energy faster than Mathieu. Just my impression though, I could be wrong.

 

[Red Rick]

Names of the 18 riders who made the split when Pogi attacked on Haveluy (the Q36.5 rider in front of Mihkels didn't make it):

Netserk doing more analysis than podcasters who bs their way into consultancy jobs

 

[proffate]

When they are fighting for the win, of course you don't get race dynamics syndrome and MVP would never comeback. This is very easy to understand. His third in Zurich was very different, he really was the strongest after Pogacar

And you don't think that translates to some non zero chance of victory at a future LBL?

 

[hayneplane]

The race communique is available on Tissot:

https://prod.server.tissottiming.com/file/0003180203010101FFFFFFFFFFFFFF00

No penalty was handed out to UAE, so I guess the team car was allowed to go to the front when it did. Van der Poel got a 1000 CHF fine instead for late feeding.

Do you know what the maximum punishment is for that offence.

 

[scribers]

Netserk doing more analysis than podcasters who bs their way into consultancy jobs

WAIT a darned tootin minute partner! Benji is put there working hard on twitter demanding the bottle thrower spend a night in jail!!

 

[Netserk]

Netserk doing more analysis than podcasters who bs their way into consultancy jobs

Checking again, it wasn't Wright who made it, but either Van Mechelen or Bauhaus.

I also don't get why UAE let the pace drop in the group. Politt followed one attack, but not the next one. Had he kept the pace higher, UAE had a greater chance to have the numbers after Arenberg.

 

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Do you know what the maximum punishment is for that offence.

as far as I can see, 1000 CHF is the only possible fine for this offense. Not more, or less.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Mads P heading for McD to have "one of each", whatever that means.
Surely not one of each item on the menu? That doesn't sound... healthy... or good.

Sounds like he’s a hungry lad. This is a diet Chad Ochocinco would approve of considering he ate it his whole career.

 

[Didinho]

Accidental renaissance paintings

 

[Unchained]

I'm admittedly a big Pog fan (and a MvdP fan, though I'm annoyed he doesn't race more), but I think MvdP was the stronger today. Maybe Pog wasn't quite cooked, but he seemed to me to be losing energy faster than Mathieu. Just my impression though, I could be wrong.

Also the way I saw it and to me Pogacar rolls way easier than MVP, who doesn't give off always smooth round pedaling, he is just a monster,
Pog gives me the look that he carries a little more speed. All that , today it looked to me that 50,45 to go Pogacar starting taking a little longer to fall back on the wheel, and even before he fell off his bike his upper body looked to be moving more than normal, looking just a little tiny bit toasted. Once he was chasing more obvious from what I saw..
And to be clear as I am evaluating and absolute stallion on the bike, while I am on the sofa..Pogacar rode an incredible race ,including his concentration during the chase.
If he wasn't extraordinary he would not have shattered almost everyone, he would not have been a major catalyst in forcing the selection and he would not have rolled to a solo second against some really fast deeply talented racers. And the way he tries to blow everyone up.. All the time.. Relentless attacking.. Fun to watch. Even when he loses he does it with style.
Him Telegraphing what he is going to do, not very imaginative.. He basically says over and over..
Going to make the race as hard as possible.
. And he does.. Can you tell I am a fanboy!!
Hoping for astounding Giro regardless of who races..

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Roubaix really ages a man.

 

[KoopaCycling]

Today just showed Pogacar is the best classics rider. He can win all 5, on the other hand MVP can't win LBL and GdL.

Have to disagree with you on MVDP not being able to win LBL. It would be tough. But not impossible. Maybe not against Pogacar. But he might not always be there/be at his best during LBL. Lombardi is too hard admittedly.