Paris-Roubaix Femmes, 2021 - Oct. 2nd

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Basically, riding in a TJV shirt dooms you to a 90% chance of finishing 2nd in races you really want to win.


Deignan?

Comment of the day!

 

[Bonimenier]

Who was the last rider to win P-R without wearing gloves?

Men: I guess Boonen
Women: Never done before

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Men: I guess Boonen
Women: Never done before

Pfff, Roger De Vlaeminck didn't even wear shoes.

 

[Netserk]

Who was the last rider to win P-R without wearing gloves?

I'm not sure any men after Boonen in 2012 won without gloves.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Men: I guess Boonen
Women: Never done before

I had forgot he did it during his last win as well. Being a fan of Sven Fischer in biathlon, it's always nice to see it being done in cycling as well. I myself however is the kind of person who wouldn't even ride to the supermarket without them.

 

[Jagartrott]

There' are maybe 30 or so riders that finished OTL: https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/paris-roubaix-we/2021/result

What was that time limit then?

 

[Red Rick]

Damn.

If I were honest if there was one race I wish didn't have a time limit it would be Roubaix.

 

[Bonimenier]

There' are maybe 30 or so riders that finished OTL: https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/paris-roubaix-we/2021/result

What was that time limit then?

14:05 or 8%
It's at the bottom of the page you linked.

 

[Netserk]

There' are maybe 30 or so riders that finished OTL: https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/paris-roubaix-we/2021/result

What was that time limit then?

It says at the bottom: Timelimit 8%, or 3:10:12 (+14:05)

 

[Volderke]

There' are maybe 30 or so riders that finished OTL: https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/paris-roubaix-we/2021/result

What was that time limit then?

I'm surprised so many finished! Some of those were in crashes that looked very nasty!

 

[OldCranky]

I can't believe Trek is calling it "herstorical". Geez.

Why are you triggered by a pun?

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

There' are maybe 30 or so riders that finished OTL: https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/paris-roubaix-we/2021/result

What was that time limit then?

But only 5 DNF's

 

[SafeBet]

I'm surprised so many finished! Some of those were in crashes that looked very nasty!

Yeah, shows how much they cared.

 

[RedheadDane]

I'm surprised so many finished! Some of those were in crashes that looked very nasty!

They were ride their first ever Paris-Roubaix; of course they wanted to finish!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

But only 5 DNF's

FirstCycling list 26 DNFs.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

FirstCycling list 26 DNFs.

...hmmm...the link posted above only has 5??

 

[Samu Cuenca]

...hmmm...the link posted above only has 5??

Refresh

But it isn't too bad considering the conditions, and how it was raced.

 

[Volderke]

They were ride their first ever Paris-Roubaix; of course they wanted to finish!

That's not my point: some of the crashes looked like bones were broken.
So 5 DNF's is really surprising, it either means all of those nasty crashes didn't result in too much real damage, or (and probably more logic): the numbers are wrong.

 

[Red Rick]

Btw what's the biggest race thread we've had for a womens race?

 

[titan31]

I can't believe Trek is calling it "herstorical". Geez.

Ya, I'm with you there. The stuff on history is actually ridiculous as it's not his story, it's coming from an ancient Greek word.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

That's not my point: some of the crashes looked like bones were broken.
So 5 DNF's is really surprising, it either means all of those nasty crashes didn't result in too much real damage, or (and probably more logic): the numbers are wrong.

There are more than 5...my post was before the full results were posted. Still, a few over 20 DNF's, and yeah, some of those had to have been the nasty crashes. It was a skating rink in sections.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Btw what's the biggest race thread we've had for a womens race?

The Olympic RR had 27, but I guess there were special circumstances involved

Actually seeing how this race went on and how many people seemed to have been engaged both beforehand and during it (though the magic of it being the first edition obviously won't reappear), I have changed my mind; now I actually want it to be raced the day before the men's race instead of on the same date in the future as well.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1444334842167103491

View: https://twitter.com/Laura_Meseguer/status/1444334842167103491

 

[Pantani_lives]

Impressive solo by Deignan. It's a pity that the first PR Femmes was already decided before the broadcast started. Vos was the strongest on cobbles, but she didn't make up much on the asphalt. Someone like Deignan shouldn't get two minutes. It went from one to two minutes very fast. Where were the helpers of Jumbo to limit the difference?

It's a pity for those who had bad luck, especially D'hoore in her farewell race; but that's Paris-Roubaix. This certainly tastes like more for the coming years!

 

[dercuforever]

What a ride by Deignan ! Impressive control of her bike on the cobbles, with no gloves on. Hats off !
Sad we did not get coverage since the first sector.
Managed to get there barely on time (damn headwind). Going so fast on wet cobbles is so impressive. There was already ~20min between first and last @40k to go. I guess most tried to finish the 1st PR.

 

[Lequack]

Meanwhile

https://twitter.com/x/status/1444321885022457863

View: https://twitter.com/GreenEDGEteam/status/1444321885022457863?s=20