New Hem section only in 'future' editions... so not this year. An additional section in the run in could shake things up...
Yes, that's what I was thinking. The section at Hem that's used at the moment isn't really that difficult. The only time I can remember it having any effect on the race was when Museeuw punctured there in 2004.
Has the uphill section Hameau du Buat (included after three year absence) had much impact in the past? It's still a long way from the finish...
It's a long way from the finish and not really that difficult. Don't think it will make too much difference. Oh and here's my video from that section in 2009...
WorldTour teams for Paris-Roubaix: AG2R La Mondiale, Astana Pro Team, BMC Racing Team, Cannondale Pro Cycling Team, Dimension Data, Etixx-Quick Step, FDJ, IAM Cycling, Lampre-Merida, Lotto Soudal, Movistar Team, Orica GreenEdge, Team Giant – Alpecin, Team Katusha, Team Lotto NL-Jumbo, Team Sky, Tinkoff, Trek-Segafredo.
"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'"
Riding some of the gutters can be pretty risky - potholes, stray cobbles, spectators, once you're on that line and travelling at speed it isn't easy to get back on the cobbles either. In the dry, powering along the crown of the cobbled road is probably best, but in the wet I would maybe risk the gutters!
The organisers of Paris-Roubaix took a tour of the cobbled sectors of Sunday's course on Monday, and discovered to their surprise that the first section in Troisville was covered in mud and could be too dangerous to use.
Guys, wet Roubaix is a myth told by old timers to let the kids know it was better back in the day. There's no such thing. It's cycling's unicorn.
“Road racing was over and the UCI had banned my riding positions on the track, so it was like ‘Jings, crivvens, help ma Boab, what do I do now? I know, I’ll go away and be depressed for 10 years’.”
Guys, wet Roubaix is a myth told by old timers to let the kids know it was better back in the day. There's no such thing. It's cycling's unicorn.
yet, having done the course twice: the first time under torrential rain and the second just after an overnight rainfall... never seen the first half dry... me, but always greeted by sunshine in the velodrome :roll: :shock:
I will head down to Nyhavn in Copenhagen and verbally bully swans and doves until they look at me with a fed up rainbow face like a melted Skittle if I see one rider using the gutter instead of the cobbles.
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Has the uphill section Hameau du Buat (included after three year absence) had much impact in the past? It's still a long way from the finish...
Perhaps I'm misreading that sentence, but not sure I'd be too happy if I was a resident of that town.
Yes, that's what I was thinking. The section at Hem that's used at the moment isn't really that difficult. The only time I can remember it having any effect on the race was when Museeuw punctured there in 2004.
It's a long way from the finish and not really that difficult. Don't think it will make too much difference. Oh and here's my video from that section in 2009...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttQef7jy_cg
...doesn't look too tough.
Oh yes. Not me though, can't clap and hold a camera at the same time!
In P-R?
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"Hills".
Better than the potholes and glass they use to surface the ones round here...
also to use hairy tonic to get greater lenght. It improves shock proofing and the
more neanderthal among us have a welcome, though not universally popular, advantage.
It is being referred to as the "Roubix Pube" !!
or Hill !!!
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http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/paris-r ... nounced-1/
WorldTour teams for Paris-Roubaix: AG2R La Mondiale, Astana Pro Team, BMC Racing Team, Cannondale Pro Cycling Team, Dimension Data, Etixx-Quick Step, FDJ, IAM Cycling, Lampre-Merida, Lotto Soudal, Movistar Team, Orica GreenEdge, Team Giant – Alpecin, Team Katusha, Team Lotto NL-Jumbo, Team Sky, Tinkoff, Trek-Segafredo.
Wildcards for Paris-Roubaix: Bora- Argon 18, Cofidis, Solutions Crédit, Delko Marseille Provence KTM, Direct Energie, Fortuneo – Vital Concept, Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise, Wanty–Groupe Gobert.
That's a big loss.
@gietvangent
Or hose them down like they do in horse racing.
"It's for your own good guys - going needs to be soft so you don't get hurt if you fall".
Pippo has been specialising in big losses for several seasons now.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/paris-r ... e-removed/
Err, guys, it's Paris Roubaix, not the track.
It's also not Total Wipeout.
Although I clicked on the link to find that detail, so Cyclingnews get what they want...
Historical weather patterns show that area to tend to dry Aprils but much wetter Julys (hello 2014 Tour)
@DrHeadgear
The Vikings are coming!
yet, having done the course twice: the first time under torrential rain and the second just after an overnight rainfall... never seen the first half dry... me, but always greeted by sunshine in the velodrome :roll: :shock: