Paris-Roubaix 2026, one day monument, April 12

[Flamin]

Did you need Pogacar to get visibly frustrated or yell at Vermeersch? I dno, he played his role on Molenberg (which he personally benefitted a lot from as well), but nothing really besides from that. Many riders have done that in the past, but this is Flanders and had Pogacar been 2% worse, it could definitely had mattered. His role was only to keep the group going and doing a leadout - very simple. He did neither, and actually actively worked against it trying to go up the road.

Everybody knows all Pog need is a complete group going into 2nd Kwaremont with as much energy as possible, but Florian was riding selfishly.

No, but there was plenty of time for Pogacar to drop back in the group and have a talk with Vermeersch if he wanted to. I didn't see that happen once, which to me tells he was fine with it. Perhaps the goal was to keep Vermeersch relatively fresh between Molenberg and 2nd Kwaremont in case something out of the ordinary happened, thus saving him to do some real dirty work if necessary. Like when Pog would have a puncture, or if any dangerous attack would go. Surely Vermeersch would have been called for duty in those cases.

 

[E_F_]

Can't wait to watch MvdP and Pogi take turns for two hours like they're doing Trofeo Baracchi until one of them crashes.

 

[canina82]

Rain on Saturday. We will have a wet course. An epic PR is expected.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Rain on Saturday. We will have a wet course. An epic PR is expected.

I think it would need a very large amount of rain on Saturday for it to meaningfully affect the race more than a few crashes on the mudspots early on. At least that‘s been the case historically. We won‘t get much sun on Sunday which might keep it more damp but I don‘t expect the conditions to be epic.

 

[Didinho]

Dillier from the break. You heard it here first.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Dillier from the break. You heard it here first.

Just like 2018, a Slovak will beat him in the Velodrome. Lukáš Kubiš will take the cobblestone home.

 

[Sciatic]

I think it would need a very large amount of rain on Saturday for it to meaningfully affect the race more than a few crashes on the mudspots early on. At least that‘s been the case historically. We won‘t get much sun on Sunday which might keep it more damp but I don‘t expect the conditions to be epic.

I’m not one to do rain dances for races, since the rain often obscures visibility for us watching at home. But I have wanted enough rain before Roubaix but I’d like to see the dirt paths off to the side of the cobbles more difficult to ride