Paris Roubaix *spoiler*

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  • unixnerd
    unixnerd Posts: 2,864
    Watched a Sunday in Hell last night.

    So it wasn't just me then :-)
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    Booo!!! the only english feed that was half way close to synced with the TV (in dutch) has been shut down - Commentary is now 30 secs behind pics now!!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    No screen showing this live in London that I can find which is annoying.

    Thomas:

    "I’m just looking forward to it. Obviously I’ve got good form and I couldn’t have done much more in training. I’m just going to go out there and race hard," he told us.

    "If there’s a group of five coming into the track together and I’m there I’d take that situation right now. If that happens then my track knowledge will help."

    "There are a few new sections before the Arenberg that will be pretty tough but you’ve got to be on it from around 100km to go."
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Last three years, Roubaix has been won an a Specialized
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Former Danish rider and now television pundit Rolf Sorensen was at the start. He always had a go on the cobbles but will remember the roads of Northern France for the crash and broken collarbone that took him out of the Tour de France while wearing the yellow jersey.

    "A lot of people think it’s going to be easier because it’s dry but actually it’s faster and that means the guys in top form can make a bigger difference. On the wet cobbles it’s hard but your heart rate is lower so the dry will make it harder for the weaker guys to stay," Sorensen said.

    "The conditions are better for Cancellara than Boonen in my opinion. There are less risks so less chance of punctures and for Boonen, who is missing the final two or three percent of conditions, it would have been better to have rain. Cancellara is the favourite."
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Martin Elmiger (AG2R-La Mondiale), Timon Seubert (Team NetApp), Jimmy Engoulvent (Saur-Sojasun), Mitchell Docker (Skil-Shimano), David Boucher (Omega-Pharma Lotto), Marteen Tjallingi (Rabobank), David Veilleux (Europcar), Andre Greipel (Omega Pharma-Lotto), Koen de Kort (Skil-Shimano) and Gorazd Stangelj (Astana)

    Peloton at 2:00
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Garmin tactics odd again.
    I can't see the point of sending a rider up the road, so close to the d'Arenberg, as the pace will soon be fierce.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Boonen's wheels 2.5k euros. 500 euro for the tubs. Double wrapped bars and gel.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,697
    YESSS!!! got a good one now!
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    edited April 2011
    Dirk Hofman : )
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  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Dirk Hofman in the Arenberg :lol::lol::lol::lol:
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Looks like Boom gapping them on his cross bike
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    BOONEN
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Ah, shame.

    We'll never know how his form was...

    Big shame.
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  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Boonen disaster - no teammates
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    WHAT A JOKE. Where are the riders surrounding him to give them their bike
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  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    I reckon all of Lampre will have at least one fall each today... every crash seems to involve one of them :lol:
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Chavanel top man for now.

    Looks like they aren't drilling it though. If it was Cancellara they would have put the power on.

    Geraint Thomas was WELL back. Hope he can get back up.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    S'a shame he won't be colouring the finale.

    Ah well - You don't win Paris Roubaix without some luck!!
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  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    frenchfighter wrote:
    WHAT A JOKE. Where are the riders surrounding him to give them their bike

    Agreed... absolutely shocking ... and only two teammates with him now
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Apparently Gert had a puncture and the team were with him
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  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Bunch seems to be going slow now... he may get back in the next 10-15km ... hopefully
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  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    Chavenel puncture again
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    QS mechanic will be in the doghouse tonight.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    two and a half grand for the Quick Step bikes? No ta
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Geraint Thomas crashed three times already according to Dan Benson on Twitter. He was miles back in Arenberg.
  • emadden
    emadden Posts: 2,431
    edited April 2011
    TakeTheHighRoad wrote:
    two and a half grand for the Quick Step bikes? No ta

    Nope thats just the wheels (Bora Ultra Two's - but today I think he is on regular Ambrosio box sections)... same price as any brand of top end wheels...
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  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    I can't see Quick Step offering Pave in their choice of floorings anytime soon.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Chavanel flat and now back with Boonan. The QS nightmare continues.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    That 2nd group with Boom is pretty handy
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