Paris-Roubaix 2026, one day monument, April 12

[Oldman]

Yesterday, the one who was strongest in the final 60 kilometers won.

strongest and tactically advantaged. Having a teammate in MvPs group as a tailgunner can't be dismissed. Wout started missing pulls at 40 km. He was the fastest in the last 400m.

 

[Oldman]

No one cares if you puncture at Paris-Roubaix.

Everyone would be surprised if you didn't. It's that kind of challenge.

 

[Oldman]

I missed the broadcast part where Mathieu took Phillpsen's bike. Once again sprinters be sprinters. How could he hand off a bike with different pedals? That another racing 101 fail. Any rider, ANY RIDER that is tasked with prime support of the studhorse should be on the same pedals and as close to the same frame/cockpit setup as possible. You don't give Soler's bike to Quintana.....as if Soler would ever do that!

 

[11-34]

I found this quote from Bjerg very curious but somewhat enlightning:

Sometimes you might get lucky and he’ll (Pogacar) be allowed to sit behind a car, but when you’re riding in the World Championship jersey, there’s no help to be had. But that’s just the way it is, Mikkel Bjerg told TV 2 Sport.

Ok this is like a first. An UAE rider complains that they are disadvantaged. I don't doubt his feelings though. I guess he means it is because the cameras are on Pogi all the time, that UAE can't do a "Plugge" or get a car pull for an extended period of time. Like how in Mailand San Remo Visma was taxiing Wout and friends with 70km/h back to the peloton. You could see that in short cut during the transmission.

 

[Sciatic]

I missed the broadcast part where Mathieu took Phillpsen's bike. Once again sprinters be sprinters. How could he had off a bike with different pedals? That another racing 101 fail. Any rider, ANY RIDER that is tasked with prime support of the studhorse should be on the same pedals and as close to the same frame/cockpit setup as possible. You don't give Soler's bike to Quintana.....as if Soler would ever do that!

The latter is a particularly funny example 😆

 

[QueenStagiaire]

I found this quote from Bjerg very curious but somewhat enlightning:


Ok this is like a first. An UAE rider complains that they are disadvantaged. I don't doubt his feelings though. I guess he means it is because the cameras are on Pogi all the time, that UAE can't do a "Plugge" or get a car pull for an extended period of time. Like how in Mailand San Remo Visma was taxiing Wout and friends with 70km/h back to the peloton. You could see that in short cut during the transmission.

Ok, that really makes no sense because UAE had pushed the pace forcing a split before Pogačar had that mechanical so it was kind of their own fault that Pogačar couldn‘t be in the cars. Does he expect that a group of 50 gets to draft the UAE car just so Pogačar can get back to the group these guys lost contact with? That‘s not how it works at all and Bjerg should know that.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Bjerg should just wait. For crying out loud, you don't just assume things, you *** wait

 

[Lequack]

Paris Roubaix 2026 | Behind the scenes​

View: https://youtu.be/fDdYPBTv8Qg?si=C-J9kl3uO0TlJAC7

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Should they get rid of the cobbles and put some hills in Paris Roubaix? After all, we all want the strongest to win.

I mean, lets just shut the entrance to and exit of Aremberg, when the riders go through, and release a ravenous pack of wolves, and see who is actually the strongest.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Biggest cycling nation!

View this content on Instagram

View this content on Instagram

View: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXEcp3JE3-H/?igsh=MWFwYTBjNGsydjVr

Of course, being a Wout fan, it's easy for me to say, but I believe this is the most popular win I have ever watched. Even some of the detractors here, were glad he won. What a beautiful video!

 

[Escarabajo]

Paris Roubaix 2026 | Behind the scenes​

View: https://youtu.be/fDdYPBTv8Qg?si=C-J9kl3uO0TlJAC7

Loved it!!!
Excellent watch. I was on my toes on the training ride.

 

[Oldman]

@ unchained

seriously?

I find it pathetic - not the dedication bit but self-contentment that it was a win OVER a world champion. He literally carried him over the finish line

While it's true this media is trumpeting the fastest PR ever by Wout and....er Tadej they conveniently miss the big point.
Without Tadej pulling for 60km and Wout passing him in the last 400m; none of it happens except Tadej winning. Wout should and may self reflect on the concept of beating that particular WCRR guy. He hasn't accomplished it in a WCRR and likely guaranteed not to between Pogacar and Mathieu. Both of them seem directly congratulatory of others winning a well-fought race. There is a difference between winning a race and beating a fellow competitor. Hopefully Wout expressed that feeling in the exuberant moment in Roubaix where the brain fog and fatigue rule.

 

[RedheadDane]

@RedheadDane's wormhole proposal would solve the spacetime quandary.

I think the creation of the wormhole might be a bit, errr... complicated.

 

[Barkintheeye]

I’m glad you brought up the UAE car stopping in the middle of a cobbled sector forcing something like 50 riders to slow, stop, or dismount to get through there.

I’m not sure if you mean Pog’s first puncture but if that(?) it was the Shimano car stopping to the left (wrong side) and the doctor car (cabriolet) stopping to the right. That caused a severe traffic jam and held up riders that were only about 40 seconds after the first group. It should not have happened like that but they might have panicked a bit since it was the World Champion and the main favorite standing there.

 

[Barkintheeye]

This is why i argued comprehensively that Pidcock made a mistake by working too much with Pogacar. I said Pogacar wanted San Remo and would have pulled regardless if Pidcock had fake pulled/barely pulled/stopped pulling. That Pogacar would rather do a 1vs1 sprint against Pidcock than let the others come back. I said Pidcock should have gambled more and if he had done so he might have had a bit fresher legs and Pogacar might have been a bit more tired. Enough to overcome the slight sprint different at the finish line. I was laughed out of the room. I feel vindicated after this Roubaix.

Agree on all your points. Pid should have played completely cold

 

[Barkintheeye]

I missed the broadcast part where Mathieu took Phillpsen's bike. Once again sprinters be sprinters. How could he hand off a bike with different pedals? That another racing 101 fail. Any rider, ANY RIDER that is tasked with prime support of the studhorse should be on the same pedals and as close to the same frame/cockpit setup as possible. You don't give Soler's bike to Quintana.....as if Soler would ever do that!

A major miss by Alpecin. Roodhoft assumed full responsibility. There will be many lessons learned from this year.

Better tires
Smarter team tactics
Standardized equipment
Better line choices

I believe Alpecin has been spoiled with the skills of MVDP but even he cannot avoid every risk in a race.

The compromise to ride a slower but more resistant tire seems obvious

 

[Coppi-Bartali]

I think what's important is what the protagonist said. I wouldn't give more weight to what a mere domestique says.

I think the protagonist was very elegant. But we live in an era where everything negative is magnified. Bjerg's opinion would never be more important than his leader's, but his leader sais this; then Bjerg's opinion becomes more interesting because it's controversial.
Except for Legruppeto, all the accounts copy Bjerg's statements, not what their leader says. This is more effective at generating bait.

It's a shame we can't focus on the mutual respect shown in these statements and instead prioritize what Bjerg says. That's how the world works now; toxicity triumphs.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2043626132558225908

View: https://x.com/LeGruppetto/status/2043626132558225908

 

[Berniece]

I think what's important is what the protagonist said. I wouldn't give more weight to what a mere domestique says.

I think the protagonist was very elegant. But we live in an era where everything negative is magnified. Bjerg's opinion would never be more important than his leader's, but his leader sais this; then Bjerg's opinion becomes more interesting because it's controversial.
Except for Legruppeto, all the accounts copy Bjerg's statements, not what their leader says. This is more effective at generating bait.

It's a shame we can't focus on the mutual respect shown in these statements and instead prioritize what Bjerg says. That's how the world works now; toxicity triumphs.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2043626132558225908

View: https://x.com/LeGruppetto/status/2043626132558225908

I don't even think what Bjerg said was an issue. Because he followed it up with: Maybe I'm just a sore loser, and it's all too fresh.

Which is the case. He'll think differently about it in a couple of days, or maybe already does.

 

[Keldergoat]

7 out of the top-10 riders in both Flanders and Roubaix are in their 30s. Confirms for me that WvA and MvdP have time to continue their monument-hunt in Roubaix; these hard races favour experience massively.

 

[tobydawq]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2043851764185670047

View: https://x.com/opaisdociclismo/status/2043851764185670047


Quite a nice recap of the race.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

I think what's important is what the protagonist said. I wouldn't give more weight to what a mere domestique says.

I think the protagonist was very elegant. But we live in an era where everything negative is magnified. Bjerg's opinion would never be more important than his leader's, but his leader sais this; then Bjerg's opinion becomes more interesting because it's controversial.
Except for Legruppeto, all the accounts copy Bjerg's statements, not what their leader says. This is more effective at generating bait.

It's a shame we can't focus on the mutual respect shown in these statements and instead prioritize what Bjerg says. That's how the world works now; toxicity triumphs.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2043626132558225908

View: https://x.com/LeGruppetto/status/2043626132558225908

I think a lot of people are happy Wout won, it's kinda shocking to me it's only his 2nd monument victory. There's definitely big respect between the top dogs of cycling (except Remco-Jonas pair, which stands out a bit!).
As for Pogacar, hopefully he will give himself more chances in the future to win this race, there's still time. The more times one tries the bigger the chance for victory (like in MSR).

 

[QueenStagiaire]

I‘ve seen one or two people complain about Van Aert wheelsucking or something or not riding like a champion. From what I saw he did ~40% of the work with Pogačar(at least on the asphalt, since Pogačar was trying to attack him often on the cobbles). I think he didn‘t do much less than Van der Poel in Flanders who did that to ‚Ride to win‘. Yes, Wout didn‘t come through the last two kilometers (because he didn‘t need to), but he definitely didn‘t just sit on Pogačar‘s wheel and get towed all the way to the velodrome.

 

[Netserk]

I think a lot of people are happy Wout won, it's kinda shocking to me it's only his 2nd monument victory. There's definitely big respect between the top dogs of cycling (except Remco-Jonas pair, which stands out a bit!).
As for Pogacar, hopefully he will give himself more chances in the future to win this race, there's still time. The more times one tries the bigger the chance for victory (like in MSR).

pogi doesnt respect rogla
evenepoel doesnt respect vingegaard

both are onesided

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Dansker er bitter: - Måske er jeg bare en dårlig taber

Mikkel Bjerg er irriteret over situationen, hvor Visma | Lease a Bike og Alpecin - PremierTech satte sig frem, da Tadej Pogacar havde en punktering.

sport.tv2.dk

First the beautiful wife interview and now this. I see great potential for Bjerg to ascend to the highest heights of the forum meme rider hall of fame.

 

[RedheadDane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2043851764185670047

View: https://x.com/opaisdociclismo/status/2043851764185670047


Quite a nice recap of the race.

I see...
It was sabotage by some other UAE rider.