Paris - Roubaix: April 14th, 2019

[rick james]

Winner from the Sagan group it seems

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

40 seconds..

 

[Simurgh]

Senechal doesn't give a...

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Re:

Sagan's got to be a massive favourite in this group, no?

If you put your money on Vanmarcke, though, you won't have to lift a finger for the rest of your life. (If he wins)

 

[infeXio]

Wtf Senechal :lol:

 

[Vroome.exe]

WTF is Stybar doing today

 

[glassmoon]

lol GvA

 

[TourOfSardinia]

GoldenHelm VA attempts to be epic
again

 

[Gigs_98]

You could see the panic in stybar's eyes when he realized gva had a small gap

 

[ppanther92]

Re:

WTF is Stybar doing today

Everything right. Always on place two, destroying every move by another team. But what was Senechal thinking?

 

[glassmoon]

Re:

GoldenHelm VA attempts to be epic
again

and failing epically

 

[Simurgh]

Why doesn't Quickstep do their favorite 1-2 tactic, since they got Gilbert and Lampaert in the front group?

 

[Pharazon]

Peloton's quit...

this aint coming back

 

[Son of Amsterhammer]

GVA missed it, it's over. The mini-peleton just isn't working.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Re:

Why doesn't Quickstep do their favorite 1-2 tactic, since they got Gilbert and Lampaert in the front group?

A little too early for that, better to cooperate for the next few k and let that gap grow further.

 

[Salvarani]

Re:

Sagan's got to be a massive favourite in this group, no?

If he is the strongest, sure.

After this race anyone can win a sprint or get away in an attack though.

 

[Vroome.exe]

Re: Re:

WTF is Stybar doing today

Everything right. Always on place two, destroying every move by another team. But what was Senechal thinking?

Yeah but he was supposed to be the leader today but was sleeping the whole race. Now he suddently looks strong.

 

[DFA123]

Re:

Why doesn't Quickstep do their favorite 1-2 tactic, since they got Gilbert and Lampaert in the front group?

Too early yet. They'll wait till after the Carrefour de l'Arbre and then try it I think if they are both still there. Not sure it will work though. I don't think Politt and WVA are the kind of riders to throw away winning chances by just bluffing and waiting for someone else to close the gap (unlike Sagan and Vanmarcke).

 

[Simurgh]

Re: Re:

Why doesn't Quickstep do their favorite 1-2 tactic, since they got Gilbert and Lampaert in the front group?

A little too early for that, better to cooperate for the next few k and let that gap grow further.

Makes sense, thanks!

 

[IndianCyclist]

if Wout is the leader of Visma then why he was not helped by a teammate earlier?
Could have used that energy now

 

[Gigs_98]

Re:

Why doesn't Quickstep do their favorite 1-2 tactic, since they got Gilbert and Lampaert in the front group?

If they start playing games now they will get caught by the group behind and why would you waste a situation with 2 of your guys in a 6 men head of the race

 

[Rollthedice]

The magnificent six, only one to win it all.

 

[glassmoon]

Sagan has it again.

 

[DFA123]

Re:

if Wout is the leader of Visma then why he was not helped by a teammate earlier?
Could have used that energy now

I guess the thinking was that if a teammate would have come back to help, WVA would have dropped them immediately on the cobbles anyway. - given the power he need to put out to make up the ground. Then they would have been out of the race. Better keep them up front so they could be of some use later.

 

[ppanther92]

Re: Re:

WTF is Stybar doing today

Everything right. Always on place two, destroying every move by another team. But what was Senechal thinking?

Yeah but he was supposed to be the leader today but was sleeping the whole race. Now he suddently looks strong.

Ah, ok. Well, yes, looks strong again but maybe not at 100% after last week.