Paris-Roubaix 2026, one day monument, April 12

[benzwire]

I'm hoping Vos gets an extra boost on the women's side from Wout's victory

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Well but the Laporte card, as you say, was indeed silly - I don’t think it mattered. Laporte was not going to win the sprint from the group, the chance to win for the team was always way higher with WvA from a 2 man group.

But Pogacar did too much indeed. I just think its independent of Laporte.

Pogacar kept trying to drop Wout in the cobbles, so Wout had less reason to work fully. He had to save his energy, because that's Pogacar attacking.

 

[dgodave]

What a dusty day for cycling.

 

[SorelyBoy]

I posted earlier, but such class by Mathieu to congratulate Wout. I believe he was the first rider there to congratulate him.

It’s was so nice to see and typical of Mathieu. The respect he and Wout have for each other is immense.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Pretty impressive win from Wout - if you'd have told me before the race it was going to him vs Pog in the velodrome after the fastest race in history I'd say it was going to be pretty close in the sprint but it was man vs boy. He'd have given MvDP a race too on that evidence.

Van der Poel didn't handle the punctures well and that might just have been the difference between him contesting the finish or not.

 

[Red Rick]

Wout never winning a cobbles monument would have felt like a cosmic injustice so I'm very glad this happened

Yes, mr Cosmic Entity, can i now order one glass of "Netherlands winning World Cup" please?

 

[entre nous]

with this logic cycling is a sport for loosers

 

[noob]

CATHARTIC

I am still in disbelief

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Interesting you single out that poster going one way instead of the 30 posters going the other way for the last 5 hours. Something to consider...if you grow up.

It was a great day. Thanks for checking in.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Well done Wout

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Spaghetti legs in the velodrome
Pog said

 

[E_F_]

Once in a while I love being wrong!!

 

[ppanther92]

The riders are much more mature than the forum though.

WvA “great to ride with the world champion upfront”

Pogacar “we shared the work quite well”

Meanwhile the forum - rider XYZ is so stupid…!!!

 

[RobertCrawley]

Pretty impressive win from Wout - if you'd have told me before the race it was going to him vs Pog in the velodrome after the fastest race in history I'd say it was going to be pretty close in the sprint but it was man vs boy. He'd have given MvDP a race too on that evidence.

Van der Poel didn't handle the punctures well and that might just have been the difference between him contesting the finish or not.

Bad team planning. Different pedals from his teammate? Why?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Spaghetti legs in the velodrome
Pog said

Still better than my sausage fingers.

 

[Extinction]

Pog said he was tired in the last part of the race with Wout, from all the chasing he had to do before, and knew it was mission impossible to drop Wout at that point.

 

[fenns]

If you take out the waiting for mechanicals MVDP rode this race the fastest by about a minute

 

[Offline]

MVDP was by far the strongest today and Pogacar second. But bad luck

 

[E_F_]

Spaghetti legs in the velodrome
Pog said

Moms-en-Spaghetti

 

[canina82]

Exactly as he should have done. Sandbag a bit, make Pog work, beat him in the sprint. Masterclass

Exactly. Pogacar rode like an amateur and Wout was very smart. Cycling is not just about the legs so tactics play a role too and today Wout rode very well.

 

[tobydawq]

Tbh I completely lost interest once it was clear that all the mechanicals weren't going to have any impact and it was just between two riders and teams that I have zero interest in seeing win, but congratulations to van Aert for finally getting the proverbial monkey off his back and finally winning that cobblestone that had been missing from his résumé for years.

How magnanimous of you to extend your congratulations.

Good thing you have the Vietnamese GT going on to watch instead.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Well done Wout

The Grinch's small heart grew three sizes that day.

 

[Revelation]

The riders are much more mature than the forum though.

WvA “great to ride with the world champion upfront”

Pogacar “we shared the work quite well”

Meanwhile the forum - rider XYZ is so stupid…!!!

I mean it's quite a big problem when you have to completely ignore 50+% of the active posters on the forum on matters involving Pogacar, because they are completely led by their emotions.

 

[Brullnux]

The riders are much more mature than the forum though.

WvA “great to ride with the world champion upfront”

Pogacar “we shared the work quite well”

Meanwhile the forum - rider XYZ is so stupid…!!!

I also don't really think either made clear mistakes. Pogacar was in a tough spot, wanted to win but didn't have the legs to drop him and would have obviously lost in a big group. He could have maybe worked less but it was high risk not very high reward.

Van Aert won, so not much else to say about that.

 

[Tim Cahill]

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