Paris - Roubaix 2023 **spoiler thread**
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Mads is a super canny rider"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm1
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The big onesRichN95. said:The thing that never gets mentioned about the Van de Poel/Van Aert rivalry is Van der Poel wins most of the time.
"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
Wout had that without the puncture. Was he on the magic variable pressure tech?
In the main news, Philipsen can ride cobbles, and everyone else should crap themselves.Warning No formatter is installed for the format0 -
Dont agree with this. VDP sucks his wheel citing Phillipsen behind. If Phillipsen gets back, he wins the sprint. If he doesnt, VDP takes van Aert in a sprint with Van Aert having led for the last 10kmNo_Ta_Doctor said:Wout had that without the puncture. Was he on the magic variable pressure tech?
In the main news, Philipsen can ride cobbles, and everyone else should censored themselves.0 -
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Alpecin had the best cobbled classics rider in the race and the best sprinter in the race in that group, and you are moaning that wva only attacked when they crashed into each other? Caught up in a crash haha.seanoconn said:Most attacking rider deserved the win. WVA only attacked when MVdP was caught up in a crash. Glad Philipsen won the sprint for second, brilliant ride from him.
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rick_chasey said:
He had the gap till the puncture. Not really the right race to make the point.RichN95. said:The thing that never gets mentioned about the Van de Poel/Van Aert rivalry is Van der Poel wins most of the time.
Of the nine monuments they have both contested, VdP has finished ahead of WVA seven timesTwitter: @RichN952 -
Vdp never makes it to the last week of the tour though.0
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Yes you can repeat yourself and I can do the same.RichN95. said:rick_chasey said:
He had the gap till the puncture. Not really the right race to make the point.RichN95. said:The thing that never gets mentioned about the Van de Poel/Van Aert rivalry is Van der Poel wins most of the time.
Of the nine monuments they have both contested, VdP has finished ahead of WVA seven times0 -
So what? The man has 4x Monuments to his name.kingstongraham said:Vdp never makes it to the last week of the tour though.
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The rivalry only extends to the races mvdp is good in. And in those, he beats wva more often than not.hanshotfirst said:
So what? The man has 4x Monuments to his name.kingstongraham said:Vdp never makes it to the last week of the tour though.
In the races mvdp isn't good at, it's not even a rivalry.
They're both exceptional and we're blessed.1 -
That wheel was a real advert for low pressure tubelessRichN95. said:The last person to make the time cut was Derek Gee whose wheel fell apart in the breakaway at Arenberg. One of the first to miss the time cut was Jack Tarling.
Quick-Step's best rider was 23rd.
Quick step where art thou"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
Yeah but their man only won because of a flat and laporte and WvA .made the race before the arenburgRichN95. said:
Why not? Van Aert spent most of the race refusing to come to the front. Phillpsen did plenty of work earlier.mididoctors said:MvdP only did what anyone else would have and it's not like he hasn't animated things ... philipsen shouldn't come over Wout in the sprint though
"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
Ok would WvA won if he hadn't flattened?"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0
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We will never know, but I think MvdP tends to have the better of WvA in sprints at the end of super long races.mididoctors said:Ok would WvA won if he hadn't flattened?
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What wheels was he on? Hookless?mididoctors said:
That wheel was a real advert for low pressure tubelessRichN95. said:The last person to make the time cut was Derek Gee whose wheel fell apart in the breakaway at Arenberg. One of the first to miss the time cut was Jack Tarling.
Quick-Step's best rider was 23rd.
Quick step where art thou
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I dunno Tyreless for suremrb123 said:
What wheels was he on? Hookless?mididoctors said:
That wheel was a real advert for low pressure tubelessRichN95. said:The last person to make the time cut was Derek Gee whose wheel fell apart in the breakaway at Arenberg. One of the first to miss the time cut was Jack Tarling.
Quick-Step's best rider was 23rd.
Quick step where art thou"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm2 -
So no thenDorset_Boy said:
We will never know, but I think MvdP tends to have the better of WvA in sprints at the end of super long races.mididoctors said:Ok would WvA won if he hadn't flattened?
"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
I am going yes"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0
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Yes, he was playing it well until that bad timing flat.mididoctors said:Ok would WvA won if he hadn't flattened?
(Not like I'm biased or that given my PTP pick 😊)
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Apart from two weeks ago.Dorset_Boy said:
We will never know, but I think MvdP tends to have the better of WvA in sprints at the end of super long races.mididoctors said:Ok would WvA won if he hadn't flattened?
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That was a classic, not a monument, so shorter.rick_chasey said:
Apart from two weeks ago.Dorset_Boy said:
We will never know, but I think MvdP tends to have the better of WvA in sprints at the end of super long races.mididoctors said:Ok would WvA won if he hadn't flattened?
I also said 'tends', not always.
Still perhaps you'd like to read what is actually written by others!1 -
Who is the best is a bit neither here nor there. The thing is that the rest of the peloton are now basing their races on the pair of them and watch what they do.
Like when Mads went up the road in the T of F.
I’ m not sure whether this is a good thing or not.0 -
260km not long enough for ya?Dorset_Boy said:
That was a classic, not a monument, so shorter.rick_chasey said:
Apart from two weeks ago.Dorset_Boy said:
We will never know, but I think MvdP tends to have the better of WvA in sprints at the end of super long races.mididoctors said:Ok would WvA won if he hadn't flattened?
I also said 'tends', not always.
Still perhaps you'd like to read what is actually written by others!0 -
https://youtu.be/BC6aaJALfAU
Totally gutted"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
Do you not understand the meaning of 'tends'?rick_chasey said:
260km not long enough for ya?Dorset_Boy said:
That was a classic, not a monument, so shorter.rick_chasey said:
Apart from two weeks ago.Dorset_Boy said:
We will never know, but I think MvdP tends to have the better of WvA in sprints at the end of super long races.mididoctors said:Ok would WvA won if he hadn't flattened?
I also said 'tends', not always.
Still perhaps you'd like to read what is actually written by others!
Read what is written.0 -
It’s very clear Rick can write but whether he can read or believes it’s worth reading what other people write is debatable.Dorset_Boy said:
Do you not understand the meaning of 'tends'?rick_chasey said:
260km not long enough for ya?Dorset_Boy said:
That was a classic, not a monument, so shorter.rick_chasey said:
Apart from two weeks ago.Dorset_Boy said:
We will never know, but I think MvdP tends to have the better of WvA in sprints at the end of super long races.mididoctors said:Ok would WvA won if he hadn't flattened?
I also said 'tends', not always.
Still perhaps you'd like to read what is actually written by others!
Read what is written.0