Stybar no Roubaix start

[Slumdog-Zomergem]

I know he wasnt supposed to show up but why wouldn't Quick Step start Stybar in Roubaix considering his Cyclo-x form & skills...funny considering that Czech billionaire is bankrolling the team , maybe he has bigger plans ahead this summer ?

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

yeah he would have been useful... for 50km?

 

[L'arriviste]

I know he wasnt supposed to show up but why wouldn't Quick Step start Stybar in Roubaix considering his Cyclo-x form & skills...funny considering that Czech billionaire is bankrolling the team , maybe he has bigger plans ahead this summer ?

Because he's not yet ready for a 250km+ classic. He will however be riding later this year.

 

[Slumdog-Zomergem]

Maybe more worried about that knee & those cobbles ...I heard Tour de Suisse was on the cards?

 

[TomasC]

Here's his calendar.
Suisse is there.

 

[Echoes]

So he gets back earlier than planned? He said Tour of Belgium or of California?

Styby would have been nowhere at this point, back from holiday. Some of you may have heard Nys talking about his form level at the moment.

It's not because you're a great crosser that you'll be a great Roubaisian. In cross, the lightweights are favoured while in Roubaix, the heavyweights are favoured. Styby is 68kg. More or less OK.


I'm looking forward to next year to see him because he wants to make it in the classics and still say he remains a crosser "from Erpe-Mere to Oostmalle" (which means the whole season).

OK There's Chainel but he skipped the last crosses of the season.