Paris-Roubaix 2026, one day monument, April 12

[Ilmaestro99]

Briefly coming out of forum retirement to say it would be nice if wout wins

 

[noob]

Gap going up again

 

[Gigs_98]

They would have the numbers but Wout should go all in for his title here

Nobody can possibly think its better to have 2 in a group of 8 or so, 1 of whom is Pedersen, than 1 in a group of 2.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Why would anyone still think Van Aert should suck Pogis wheel. Group 2 isnt even half a minute behind.

G2 isn't gaining any time and I want Wout to have enough gas for the final sprint.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

Survived the railway crossing

 

[canina82]

If you told Wout before the race "hey, do you wanna a sign a h2h against Pogacar in a sprint?" He would sign easily.

 

[Boehmand]

Pogačar should just stop working from now until the finish. Unfortunately he isn't smart enough to do it.

Neither rider can stop working, because neither riders gives a crap about 2nd, so if one stops the other ones does too - and then the group behind catches them.

 

[Didinho]

This race needs some more tension in the final, group 2 coming really close to see who will start riding harder in front.

 

[Tim Cahill]

He also came 4th in Ronde once

The Slovenian Pozzovivo.

 

[Lorzenz08]

Pogi strugglin

 

[KoopaCycling]

10 minutes or so to go

 

[Brullnux]

The Slovenian Pozzovivo.

Slovenian Spurs too

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

Pogacar has 1 loss in 2-up sprints apparently, 🐟 in the 2024 tour

Flanders 2022, Amstel 2025.

The desire for Van Aert to win is blinding people, framing this sprint as if Pogacar were Cavendish and Van Aert were Landa.

 

[Netserk]

It's always dangerous with Pogacar, but Wout should cooperate from now on. I'm not sure where he gets dropped, and he won't win if the group behind catch them

group sprint with a fresh laporte is much better than 1v1

 

[Brullnux]

Flanders 2022, Amstel 2025.

The desire for Van Aert to win is blinding people, framing this sprint as if Pogacar were Cavendish and Van Aert were Landa.

It's also true that Van Aert has messed up a LOT of small group sprints.

I'd say it's 65-35 Van Aert.

 

[Red Rick]

Ideally Laporte attacks the final sector and gets away for pressure from behind

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Van Aert riding passively and banking on his sprint. I've seen this movie too many times, I'm sorry.

 

[RobertCrawley]

What are those, 30 or 32 mm tires?

 

[Didinho]

Laporte probably will guess on his sprint instead of attacking. And become 2 and 4.

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

This is the first time I've seen Pogacar so tired since Amstel. If Skjelmose beat him in the sprint because he was coocked, Van Aert should beat him more easily.

 

[canina82]

4 km to go , laporte should attack

Don't tell this to Wout

 

[Miha81]

Visma has 1st and 3rd

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Van Aert riding passively and banking on his sprint. I've seen this movie too many times, I'm sorry.

We've seen the movie over and over against Van der Poel. Aside from the epic fail against Powless last year, how often has he lost a big classic in a sprint against someone who was clearly slower on paper?

 

[Brullnux]

Van Aert's biggest advantage is the fact he's running narrower tires. The rolling resistance difference will be enormous in a velodrome sprint

 

[rghysens]

Van Aert will still find a way to loose this.