Paris Roubaix 2018

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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,448
    gsk82 wrote:
    I don't see the fuss with qs in this race. Have lampaert or Gilbert done anything to warrant been favourites for this race? Has stybar looked like winning it before? I suspect there's half a dozen riders stronger han those three and they won't be involved at the end.

    Stybar has ridden Roubaix five times, he's finished 6th, 5th, 2nd, 110th and 2nd. That suggests, to me at least, that he's looked like winning it before.

    As Rick and others have pointed out, QS don't necessarily have the strongest rider, but they do have strength in depth and they use that strength well. I don't think it's a given that they'll win today, but whoever wins will have had to outwit or outride QS at the key point.
  • NervexProf
    NervexProf Posts: 4,202
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  • squired
    squired Posts: 1,153
    Bad news - no Carlton Kirby on commentary!
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Always a slight element of bias with these star ratings, a bit like Rick.
    Here's another one.

    de Telegraaf
    5 stars: Terpstra
    4 stars: Sagan, van Avermaet, Gilbert
    3 stars: Stybar, Pedersen, Vanmarcke, van Aert
    2 stars: van Baarle, Langeveld, Démare, Stuyven, Naesen, Trentin
    1 star: Teunissen, Lampaert, Degenkolb, Kristoff, Roelandts, Moscon, EBH

    Offended.

    Sagan is 2 star at best.

    I’d like to see Degrnkolb play a role in the finale.

    Sagan should be 3 star, along with Gilbert. I wouldn't be surprised to see him win it but 4 stars for someone that's hardly ever ridden the race? Come on.

    Really interested to see what Pedersen can do.
  • milton50
    milton50 Posts: 3,856
    Should we turn this into a spoiler thread?
  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,031
    Sagan is as good as anyone on this parcours, we can argue that Terpstra/Gilbert/Stybar have more chance because of their team, though that can also mean they sacrifice their chances of course, but he has to be 4 stars.
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  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    May as well make it the spoiler.

    Watching the build up / QSF montage. Glorious weather.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    QS don't look keen to let an early break go. Vanmarcke already having his saddle fiddled with. 245 to go.
    Warning No formatter is installed for the format
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,532
    There is a spoiler thread now.

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