For me today Canc was more impressive than when he won it last year.
The whole build up was nothing but "Cancellara Cancellara Cancellara", he is marked. All the pressure was on him. He was being watched the whole time.
And yet the moment he gets to the front he drops Boonen with ease nonetheless. With ease.
flies of does a 35 k itt (Chav did not spend a sec in the front, not saying he should just emphasising that it was an Itt), then cracks, gets caught by the best in the world, rides up the final hill like a Euskatel rider.
But despite cracking, he manages to bring back on his own the group, move straight to the front and bring back Gilbert (someone supposedly better than him who hadnt spent 40k at the front), then rested for a minute and initiated the attack, dropping Boonen, Ballan, Flecha, Gilbert etc , All on his own. AGAIN, and in one move AGAIN.
Even after being in a lone break he still drops the best riders in the world at will.
He deserves another Paris ROubaix and i really hope he gets it.
This was basically a Cancellara 40 k itt, against not just a handful of riders but the entire peloton and he lost by a nose to one guy. After leading him out no less.