Paris Roubaix 2016 - where on course to place ourselves

cristoff

Need some help with where to watch the PR this year. Never been, 3 of us going, based ourselves in Ghent and wondered if anyone was familiar with this years route and could advise on somewhere to watch the race. Criteria would be;

Exciting cobbled section
Within easy distance of great place to quaff some quality local beers (with TV coverage?)
easy transport links to Ghent

any advice greatly received, thanks in advance

deejay

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This should be Fun on these cold winter days. ?? :roll:
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dish_dash

Last year I spent it on the corner of Carrefour de l'Arbre. Good atmosphere and decent view of the riders as they come past and do a sharp u-turn to head towards sector 3. There was a screen up so could watch the race before/after it came past. Also a pub/restaurant though I didn't venture inside. Plenty of parking and was easy to slip away afterwards towards Calais... there were loads of drunk Belgians which suggests it was pretty straightforward to get to from that direction as well.

Richmond Racer 2

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19754893#p19754893]dish_dash[/url] wrote:

Last year I spent it on the corner of Carrefour de l'Arbre. Good atmosphere and decent view of the riders as they come past and do a sharp u-turn to head towards sector 3. There was a screen up so could watch the race before/after it came past. Also a pub/restaurant though I didn't venture inside. Plenty of parking and was easy to slip away afterwards towards Calais... there were loads of drunk Belgians which suggests it was pretty straightforward to get to from that direction as well.

Thats a wide area at P-R, tbf

Warwickshire Whizzer

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19754893#p19754893]dish_dash[/url] wrote:

Last year I spent it on the corner of Carrefour de l'Arbre. Good atmosphere and decent view of the riders as they come past and do a sharp u-turn to head towards sector 3. There was a screen up so could watch the race before/after it came past. Also a pub/restaurant though I didn't venture inside. Plenty of parking and was easy to slip away afterwards towards Calais... there were loads of drunk Belgians which suggests it was pretty straightforward to get to from that direction as well.

Was also here. Great spot. Rode down Carrefour de l'arbre to the village for bier et frites and then back up to bake in the sun in front of the big screen next to the Belgian kids. Note the restaurant won't be open to general public so take food and drink, or buy it off drunk Belgian kids. Cycled back to Lille afterwards for Eurostar.

salsiccia1

Oi, you've nicked my avatar