**spoiler** Paris - Roubaix 2018

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  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,599
    mididoctors wrote:
    PR is a great race. some duff editions but this like so many others lived up to something rivetting

    QS balls that up a bit. but 20/20 hindsight etc. sagan is class... Dillier is a real class act for not getting dropped.

    I don't think qs messed it up. Three if then just weren't strong enough.... as I said on about page 5
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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,104
    Good on Sagan, more and more the winner of the big races is one that is willing to risk losing it by being aggressive.
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  • tailwindhome
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  • cal_stewart
    cal_stewart Posts: 1,840
    Not a classic edition, not a Sagan fan however great victory.

    I just get the feeling that Sagan only wins when he can make it a who’s the strongest competition as soon as tactics plays a part he struggles
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    edited April 2018
    Random question.
    What jersey does Sagan wear for the Slovakian RR championships?
    Is that the only race since the Worlds in 2016 he'd wear a standard issue (albeit with sleeve trim) Tinkoff or Bora team jersey?


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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Random question.
    What jersey does Sagan wear for the Slovakian RR championships?
    Is that the only race since the Worlds in 2016 he'd wear a standard issue (albeit with sleeve trim) Tinkoff or Bora team jersey?
    And in time trials.

    Edit: He wore his WC jersey for the Slovak Championships: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmvshacS_Xw
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  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Random question.
    What jersey does Sagan wear for the Slovakian RR championships?
    Is that the only race since the Worlds in 2016 he'd wear a standard issue (albeit with sleeve trim) Tinkoff or Bora team jersey?
    im hopinh he wins it again this year, or the European Champs. Cant see him getting a 4th world title and he's not worn a standard team jersey for years.

    Great race, but then I am a Sagan fan so that helped a lot. Shame the end clashed with the start of the F1, work meant I had to turn over for that and catch up later.
  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    Ouchie!

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  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    Ooof

    Should be compulsory viewing for premier league footballers.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Apparently if Rudy Barbier hadn't crashed and injured his knee in De Ronde, Dillier wouldn't have even been riding.
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    edited April 2018
    Michael Goolaerts has died. I've never seen a rider lying by the side of the road like he was. Only 22, the poor bloke.

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  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    The news no-one wanted. Just bloody awful.

    Was it the result of a crash or was it an on-bike arrest?
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  • redvision
    redvision Posts: 2,958
    RichN95 wrote:
    Michael Goolaerts has died. I've never seen a rider lying by the side of the road like he was.

    Absolutely awful news.

    RIP
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Gweeds wrote:
    The news no-one wanted. Just bloody awful.

    Was it the result of a crash or was it an on-bike arrest?
    No news. But I'd guess he had a heart attack and then crashed. Probably an undiagnosed abnormality (the scans aren't perfect)
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  • Lanterne_Rogue
    Lanterne_Rogue Posts: 4,332
    Just awful - simply awful.
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  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    I'd been checking for updates on him, terrible news.
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  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    On the Veranda’s Willems Twitter:

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    Michael Goolaerts R.I.P.
  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    Terrible news.. glad we didn't get too graphic footage of it.. heart stopped by the side of the road.. least he was doing what he loved but far too young to be gone
  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    (Not that it matters much after the news about Michael Goolaerts)
    Slim Boy Fat wrote:
    Ouchie!
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    I think Dillier's left hand was bleeding too, and these are Zabel's hands afterwards.

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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,104
    Gweeds wrote:
    The news no-one wanted. Just bloody awful.

    Was it the result of a crash or was it an on-bike arrest?

    I haven't seen anything for sure, he seems to have gone straight on at a right hander and hit the bank pretty hard though the footage is very much in the distance, I guess they may not yet know for sure. 23 years old, tragic.
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  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    That is very sad news
  • kleinstroker
    kleinstroker Posts: 2,133
    Just catching up with this, very sad news.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    i had a bad feeling seeing him motionless there.
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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    As someone who is undergoing treatment for heart disease discovered by chance after a scan I can only feel for the family and the poor young man. Tragic
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  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    SpecialGuestStar wrote:
    Dilier Swiss champ has had good form recently

    I nearly said then ie before midday I can imagine capitalising on this break. Close!


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  • indyp
    indyp Posts: 735
    Very sad to hear this. I feared the worse from what the commentator said live that Goolaerts needed CPR before he was taken away in air ambulance. Seeing the footage after he'd come off wasn't good at all. Very sad for such a young lad. RIP
  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    Terrible news for everyone concerned :(
  • lettingthedaysgoby
    lettingthedaysgoby Posts: 1,732
    A day of incredible highs and a terrible low.

    A superb ride from Sagan. A great way to silence some of his critics.

    Lewis Askey winning the junior race, making it back to back wins for British riders.

    Horrible, tragic news about Goolaerts.
  • On_What
    On_What Posts: 516
    Hardly a great Roubaix, it had the potential with the moist secteurs but sadly didn't live up to expectation for me. Sagan either rode the race of his life or everyone backed off and didn't chase as hard as they could of. I dare say if Van Aert hadn't had that unlucky puncture it would of been him, Terpstra and maybe Van Marcke chasing down the two ahead, and with a little more purpose. Dillier rode well, but he should of started missing turns towards the end, they had the gap by then anyway.
  • specialgueststar
    specialgueststar Posts: 3,418
    On_What wrote:
    Hardly a great Roubaix, it had the potential with the moist secteurs but sadly didn't live up to expectation for me. Sagan either rode the race of his life or everyone backed off and didn't chase as hard as they could have. I dare say if Van Aert hadn't had that unlucky puncture it would have been him, Terpstra and maybe Van Marcke chasing down the two ahead, and with a little more purpose. Dillier rode well, but he should have started missing turns towards the end, they had the gap by then anyway.

    I think the consensus is that the winner had already been decided by then - Dillier got a cobble for second and that was what was on the cards

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