Sun 11th April: Paris - Roubaix, 259km

[Francois the Postman]

That's the podium sorted then.

 

[Bala Verde]

I heard Cancellara is even a heavy smoker....

 

[BroDeal]

LOL, Saxo need a guy from Pravda to take over their press duties.

"We is clean!"

 

[Cerberus]

"We is clean!"

"There is no doping in cycling!".

 

[Parrot23]

"We is clean!"

Ha, forgot about him! Great candidate for Saxo: "Fabian, no, is not in Baghdad right now. Everything is under control". Polishing up his CV right now.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Ah, our friend Al-Saheef has a new job then?

 

[pedaling squares]

I doubt they would have even closed the gap then. Spartacus has always had the ability to hold of larger groups.

I won't take anything away from Cancellara, but a group with Boonen, Pippo, Flecha, Hushovd, Hoste, Hammond etc is no ordinary group. They could and should have done more. Easy to say now, I guess too many of them were sh!t scared of spending energy.

 

[The Sheep]

There's a whole forum for that

 

[van nelle]

great job from hammond today!

+1 Tommeke - give it all

 

[Pantheon of Greats]

Maybe he could even be a contender for the Tour this year at this rate.

Watch out Contador!

 

[Bala Verde]

Did I hear 'bombs over Baghdad"?

Anyway, it was a rather interesting documentary on Cancellara's training/recon ride fro the Classics season. Must be lonely to do all of this without a team

 

[Mellow Velo]

Ultimately, one of the dullest P-Rs in living memory....
There's winning and there's winning too easy.

 

[DamonAlbarn]

Oh do behave you bad losers

Basically it was Boonen against Cancellara, and losing 3 minutes over a 40 km TT is actually quite decent by Boonen.

 

[ak-zaaf]

"We is clean!"

"No no, we have clearly identified several doping labs in Switzerland!"

 

[Publicus]

Ultimately, one of the dullest P-Rs in living memory....
There's winning and there's winning too easy.

Yeah this is two weeks in a row that he's pretty much taken all of the suspense out of the race with his dominance.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Ultimately, one of the dullest P-Rs in living memory....
There's winning and there's winning too easy.

flanders was the same really. Domination is dull.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Maybe he could even be a contender for the Tour this year at this rate.

Watch out Contador!

His home tour, man.
That's why they have flattened all the MTFs in Switzerland.

 

[B.Rasmussen]

I won't take anything away from Cancellara, but a group with Boonen, Pippo, Flecha, Hushovd, Hoste, Hammond etc is no ordinary group. They could and should have done more. Easy to say now, I guess too many of them were sh!t scared of spending energy.

Exactly. The farce is not as much that he beat them like this, but that they didn't even try to work together and instead settled for 2nd spot (except Boonen). I guess he beat them in their minds before the race was even started.

 

[Tom T.]

Ultimately, one of the dullest P-Rs in living memory....
There's winning and there's winning too easy.

The worst I've seen in 15 years of watching.

At least Cance is putting on a good show now, giving the appearance of suffering.

 

[red_flanders]

Ultimately, one of the dullest P-Rs in living memory....
There's winning and there's winning too easy.

Agreed. The Flemish commentators are like a sleeping pill at this point...

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Leukemans will surely outsprint those 3 for 4th place

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I must say, the time of Merckx must of been the most boring in history, with him winning with 5 minutes all the time

 

[BroDeal]

Canc has let up on the gas. His aero position is not as extreme.

 

[franciep10]

Ultimately, one of the dullest P-Rs in living memory....
There's winning and there's winning too easy.

agreed very dull this has been a 50km tt for Cancellara nothing exciting

 

[Bala Verde]

Time for the Ardennes Classics...