Paris Roubaix 2013

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  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Chinny fell during training on the cobbles

    Never 2 without 3 etc
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    I'll post some photos later if I get the chance. The hotel interweb is a bit slow...
  • Robb0
    Robb0 Posts: 90
    Garry H wrote:
    Hope it's muddy as hell and p*ssing down all day. We're due a dirty one.

    Dear God not on Saturday please, I'm riding the P-R sportive :x Sunday no problem. We get to ride all 27 secteurs. Anybody else on here doing it?
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Nice bit of writing from Tao Geoghegan Hart about his experiences in his first Junior Roubaix.

    http://www.rapha.cc/merci-roubaix
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Robb0 wrote:
    Garry H wrote:
    Hope it's muddy as hell and p*ssing down all day. We're due a dirty one.

    Dear God not on Saturday please, I'm riding the P-R sportive :x Sunday no problem. We get to ride all 27 secteurs. Anybody else on here doing it?


    Word is that the bad weather has packed in the mud between the cobbles, making it slightly less bumpy. Thats your bit of good news for today :)
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    Word is that the bad weather has packed in the mud between the cobbles, making it slightly less bumpy. Thats your bit of good news for today :)

    Not ridden as many sectors as I have in the past, but the ones I have ridden seem just as bad to me. Biggest problem on Saturday could be the wind. It's forecast as NE, it can be really tough to hold any kind of speed into a headwind. That's the bit of bad news for today. :(

    Not to worry though, just find a big Belgian to ride behind all the way to Roubaix! :D
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
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    Flecha loses his bottle.

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    Cancellara looking quite happy.

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    Van Summeren & another Garmin rider (?) letting some air out. Tubs were "rock hard".

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    One of the Sky fanbois!

    (apologies to FF for the poor quality photos :D )
  • option_click
    option_click Posts: 169
    Robb0 wrote:
    Garry H wrote:
    Hope it's muddy as hell and p*ssing down all day. We're due a dirty one.

    Dear God not on Saturday please, I'm riding the P-R sportive :x Sunday no problem. We get to ride all 27 secteurs. Anybody else on here doing it?

    Yup, I'm heading over with some friends first thing on Sat morning. Only doing the 70k route though as we won't arrive in time for anything longer.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Great stuff greased.
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  • On_What
    On_What Posts: 516
    Great photos greased, so jealous! Would love to ride this one day
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,241
    A video of Cancellara's crash. Doesn't look too bad:

    http://nieuws.vtm.be/sport/201304044271 ... de-beelden
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Doesn't look like Hornaing à Wandignies-Hamage (as reported on Cyclingnews) to me, more like the start of Warlaing à Brillon.

    Still, anyone want to bet against him?
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
    RichN95 wrote:
    A video of Cancellara's crash. Doesn't look too bad:

    http://nieuws.vtm.be/sport/201304044271 ... de-beelden


    Is that the Belgian News?

    They do take their cycling seriously, don't they.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    This amused me - 1985 PR (CBS coverage)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm3-g7uWQ4Y

    The bit where Pligget comes out of the forest is amazing
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    iainf72 wrote:
    This amused me - 1985 PR (CBS coverage)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm3-g7uWQ4Y

    The bit where Pligget comes out of the forest is amazing

    Ha ha priceless! He looks like Richard Attenborough emerging in his Mac from the tunnel in the Great Escape!
    @JaunePeril

    Winner of the Bike Radar Pro Race Wiggins Hour Prediction Competition
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    Arenberg looks crazy in the wet. And nuts without any barriers!
  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    RichN95 wrote:
    A video of Cancellara's crash. Doesn't look too bad:

    http://nieuws.vtm.be/sport/201304044271 ... de-beelden

    He clearly has no idea how to ride on cobbles.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • andyxm
    andyxm Posts: 132
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    iainf72 wrote:
    This amused me - 1985 PR (CBS coverage)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm3-g7uWQ4Y

    The bit where Pligget comes out of the forest is amazing

    Ha ha priceless! He looks like Richard Attenborough emerging in his Mac from the tunnel in the Great Escape!

    Where's he been, wearing that coat too, brilliant!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    TailWindHome wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    A video of Cancellara's crash. Doesn't look too bad:

    http://nieuws.vtm.be/sport/201304044271 ... de-beelden


    Is that the Belgian News?

    They do take their cycling seriously, don't they.
    The 2-3 weeks from dwars door Vlaanderen to Roubaix are pretty sacred.

    In that period riders training or not is news. How many km, where, how they're feeling etc.
    _
  • Sussed out
    Sussed out Posts: 189
    What time does the race start? Just for an idea of when they will be going through where.
    Thanks
  • oneof1982
    oneof1982 Posts: 703
    Sussed out wrote:
    What time does the race start? Just for an idea of when they will be going through where.
    Thanks

    See:
    http://www.letour.com/2013/PRX/COURSE/u ... cours.html
  • LeicesterLad
    LeicesterLad Posts: 3,908
    I wouldn't bet on Fabian - he's put on 5 stone since Flanders...

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  • inkyfingers
    inkyfingers Posts: 4,400
    LeicesterLad wrote:
    I wouldn't bet on Fabian - he's put on 5 stone since Flanders...

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    Nah, he's wearing an American Football style padded suit underneath his rain cape.
    "I have a lovely photo of a Camargue horse but will not post it now" (Frenchfighter - July 2013)
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    My ideal scenario (from a "what's funniest?" point of view) is Cancellara getting marked to fupp and then moaning and waving his hands around that people won't let him win a la 2011.
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    off to Compeigne tomorrow - cant wait - love this race :):)
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    RichN95 wrote:
    A video of Cancellara's crash. Doesn't look too bad:

    http://nieuws.vtm.be/sport/201304044271 ... de-beelden
    Doesn't look too bad, but does show just how tricky it can be to ride on the cobbles. I've been thinking this as being a bit of a foregone conclusion for chinny, but P-R is one of those races where really anything can happen!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    It's a question of how far out he goes from. That's about it.
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    It's a question of how far out he goes from. That's about it.

    Didn't we all say that in 2011 too? P-R is a lottery, all it takes is a puncture, someone crashing in front of him or 3 or 4 of his rivals determined that he doesn't win.

    That said my £10 free bet went on him to win. Phinney e/w at 11/1 was my punt with my own money.
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • ocdupalais
    ocdupalais Posts: 4,314
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    It's a question of how far out he goes from. That's about it.

    Didn't we all say that in 2011 too? P-R is a lottery, all it takes is a puncture, someone crashing in front of him or 3 or 4 of his rivals determined that he doesn't win.

    That said my £10 free bet went on him to win. Phinney e/w at 11/1 was my punt with my own money.

    As we saw the other day, bad luck aside, when he's in this form and chooses his moment well (as his imitator says in the vid RR posted on RVV spoiler thread) who can pull him back after 220km? I know some people find it boring, but I'm hoping for another crushing Cancellara victory for people to cheer now there's a bit more doubt about the identity of clasicomano Luigi...
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    Didn't we all say that in 2011 too? P-R is a lottery, all it takes is a puncture, someone crashing in front of him or 3 or 4 of his rivals determined that he doesn't win.

    That said my £10 free bet went on him to win. Phinney e/w at 11/1 was my punt with my own money.
    I put a few quid on Canc to win, and then a couple of quid each on Turgot (33/1) and Stannard (16/1) e/w

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