Paris-Roubaix 2026, one day monument, April 12

[Boehmand]

Pogacar is going to have to attack, he can't bring Pedersen or Laporte to the line - and they both know that.

Ideal for Pogacar would be to get away with Bissegger, but he will probably have to go it alone.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Front has been soft pacing a lot. Mvdp has taken back a minute basically on his own.
Problem is that soft pace will also have helped Pogacar to recover quite a bit.

 

[ppanther92]

The positive for MvdP is that he is in a group now. The negative is that he is now in a group unable to gain any time for the last 30 km

Well at some point he has to go again on a sector (potentially with Ganna). But still good he can take some rest after that effort.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Wout almost in the cars

 

[saunaking]

Pogacar is going to have to attack, he can't bring Pedersen or Laporte to the line - and they both know that.

Ideal for Pogacar would be to get away with Bissegger, but he will probably have to go it alone.

Mons en Pevele is where Pog says 'see ya in the douches'
race over there

 

[Red Rick]

I'm pretty sure that Tadej Pogacar on the unluckiest day of his life had only 7/8 green lights bicycling to school and a moderate headwind when he was 11 years old

 

[Didinho]

You could see already that Pogi will drop them soon. Only Laporte seems to not going deep.

 

[canina82]

Even when Pog has bad luck he has good luck. He's had 3 bike changes yet he's in the front group without his 2 main rivals.

The way he close the gap, I'm pretty sure 99% of the riders would lose the race there.

 

[Boehmand]

Pogacar upping the tempo on every Pavé to increase the fatigue in the others

 

[Bertram Wooster]

Stuyven for his 2nd monument.

 

[tobydawq]

Pithie faster than Wout!

But considering how much Wout improved during the race last year, he still has a chance.

 

[rghysens]

Pog not waiting, imagine that

 

[The bald fraud]

Pedersen looking to be in the best position rn

 

[E_F_]

Pogacar will take every monument solo this year. The collage will be unbearable.

 

[Boehmand]

Meeus is reliving death every 30 seconds

 

[Didinho]

If G2 comes back now the group behind only 50”.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Nobody has done a full-gas pull for Pogacar in forever today. They may slowly, finally, be learning.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Big push by Wout et al now.

 

[burning]

Pogacar will take every monument solo this year. The collage will be unbearable.

Are you alright? I guess you forgot what happened a few weeks ago

 

[Didinho]

I’m gonna say Ganna and Mathieu will still podium, just in case it happens.

 

[Boehmand]

Every time Pedersen does a pull, it's a light one, Laporte the same - while Stuyven and Bissegger does next to nothing - they are all waiting for Pogacar to go

 

[Tim Cahill]

Bissegger has reason to finesse as he's the slowest, Stuyven hasn't been at his best after illness, Laporte will not pull as he has a teammate, they might be better waiting up a bit.

 

[Brullnux]

Yes Laporte, pull! Don't let Wout back on

 

[Gigs_98]

I feel like I cant make any prediction since the crucial factor how this race develops is less tactics and strength and much more who will puncture next

 

[burning]

Maybe this is cope, but I actually like what Pedersen is doing, he seems to be taking fewer pulls while looking pretty good