Paris - Roubaix Challenge 2012

Jbish
Jbish Posts: 17
edited October 2011 in Sportives/audaxes/training rides
Hi all,

Quite fancy battering myself next year on some cobbles. My mate did the Flanders sportive this year and he loved it. He's doing it again next year but I won't be able to do it. I have said if I couldn't do flanders I'd do roubaix.

Thing is, I can't quite figure out, for starters, whether it's running in 2012. Or if the sign up for it has been and gone?! Does anyone have any info on when the sign up might be/has been or if it is happening?!

Did anyone do it last year? If so, was it any good?

Cheers

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  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Do the proper one in June organised by VC Roubaix not the soft-tappers special from ASO which conveniently misses out the tough bits.
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • thegreatdivide
    thegreatdivide Posts: 5,807
    The ASO one has sold out already

    http://www.parisroubaixchallenge.com/us ... tions.html
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,317
    Monty Dog wrote:
    Do the proper one in June organised by VC Roubaix not the soft-tappers special from ASO which conveniently misses out the tough bits.

    +1

    Cheaper, better and the real thing as opposed to a watered down taster...

    PR is hard not because there are a few cobbles, but because there are 32 miles of them... if you take out more than half (and the worst bits), it's a rather easy ride which misses the all point
    left the forum March 2023
  • Jbish
    Jbish Posts: 17
    Looks like I'll be trying my damdest to sort out going to flanders then! I'd also seen that theres Liege - Bastonge - Liege which looks to be a bit of a beast. If you do the full route anyway.

    Anyone know of any other good continental sportives during school holidays? Being a teacher is somewhat restrictive. All these holidays are in just the wrong place! Ha ha.
  • Jbish
    Jbish Posts: 17
    thegreatdivide wrote:
    The ASO one has sold out already

    http://www.parisroubaixchallenge.com/us ... tions.html

    Thats the confusing bit. Last year the registration was in march. That link, seems to be for 2011. It's all a bit weird.

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