Paris roubaix
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You can see the race a few times, you watch the race go past and then jump in your car and try to get ahead of the race. It can be hard work. A good thing to do is to go to the start (not in Paris!) and see the riders in the start village and signing-on, a good atmosphere.
Then as soon as the riders start, drive towards the cobbles. Look up a village called Gruson near Roubaix. It's one of the last cobbled sections. Out in the fields, next to the cobbles is the "taverne de l'Arbre", a great place to watch the race from. It's a bar that used to only open on the day of the race, now it's open all year I think.0 -
The bar sounds good many thanks for a quick reply0
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Hi is it possible to say take my bike park the car and ride around !!0
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While on the topic of P-R, I was planning on watching from the velodrome, does anyone know if one has to apply for tickets or can you just turn up.0
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You don't need tickets for the Velodrome - just need to turn up early enough. One of the most atmospheric sections is La Trouvee d'Arenberg or the Arenberg Trench - about 80km to go and if they're not on the front here, your race is pretty well over. Alternatively the Carrefour de L'abre - the last 4* sector and where the aforementioned bar is situated. If you don't know the area, trying to get to two or three points could be difficult - half of Flanders is doing the same thing and you could spend most of the race in a tail-back. Taking the bike is a good idea - weather permitting, but many of the pave sectors may be barriered off, so you may have to sweet-talk the Gendarme to let you through. Don't under-estimate the severity of the sectors if you've never ridden pave - particularly in the wet http://www.letour.fr/2008/PRX/COURSE/fr ... cours.htmlMake mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..0
