Paris - Roubaix 2023 **spoiler thread**

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,907
    That was one hell of a selection
    "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 pm
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,691
    TdC-------- Laporte @ 30s -------- Peloton @ 1.18

    Presumably a few bodies between them too
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Belgians ripping the p!ss out of the tyre pressure adjustment kit of Laporte.

    “Did he just get hand cramp and press the wrong button?”
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Sporza furious with the cars and the motos.
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,594

    Belgians ripping the p!ss out of the tyre pressure adjustment kit of Laporte.

    “Did he just get hand cramp and press the wrong button?”

    Dan Lloyd asked why it didn't pump itself back up?
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,691
    Gap to Laporte rapidly growing..

    Doesn't look like he's getting back. (Peloton now at 1 min though)
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    “This isn’t a third rate kermis. Get those cars out of the gap”
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,252
    edited April 2023

    Belgians ripping the p!ss out of the tyre pressure adjustment kit of Laporte.

    “Did he just get hand cramp and press the wrong button?”

    In ten years they’ll all be using them. Maybe five
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • johnboy183
    johnboy183 Posts: 832
    The JV helmets? Are they a represeof the brain?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Don’t get the Laporte tactic, anyone?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    RichN95. said:

    Belgians ripping the p!ss out of the tyre pressure adjustment kit of Laporte.

    “Did he just get hand cramp and press the wrong button?”

    In ten years they’ll all be using them. Maybe five
    Pretty sure they want them banned.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661

    Don’t get the Laporte tactic, anyone?

    Pointless. Caught by the peloton
  • r0bh
    r0bh Posts: 2,436

    Don’t get the Laporte tactic, anyone?

    Makes about as much sense as his jump over to Pog last weekend
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,058
    Jv try to make alpecin work on the front by hammering in the chase
  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,951
    JV having a bit of a mare here tactically.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,691

    Don’t get the Laporte tactic, anyone?

    Pointless. Caught by the peloton
    tbf I think it was a genuine attempt to get back up similar to Mads & Ganna, it just didn't work. Whether because it was too much of an ask or because Alpecin worked it that way we'll never know...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,907
    WvA has a dilemia ..hope he has the legs
    "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 pm
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,691

    Jv try to make alpecin work on the front by hammering in the chase


    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,951

    Jv try to make alpecin work on the front by hammering in the chase

    Alpecin has numbers in the front group so they'd be the one's doing the work anyway.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,907
    Good tactic by Jumbo if they pull.this off
    "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 pm
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,058
    phreak said:

    Jv try to make alpecin work on the front by hammering in the chase

    Alpecin has numbers in the front group so they'd be the one's doing the work anyway.
    Not as hard as if they have to keep away from an organised chase behind. And keeps wva from having to do anything.
  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,951

    phreak said:

    Jv try to make alpecin work on the front by hammering in the chase

    Alpecin has numbers in the front group so they'd be the one's doing the work anyway.
    Not as hard as if they have to keep away from an organised chase behind. And keeps wva from having to do anything.
    No way they're worried about two chasers who would be absolutely dead if they did manage to get back.
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,907
    They can't let those Jumbo's riders back in too easy ...
    "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 pm
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,907
    They have to ride hard enough so even if the jumbo pair get back they are spent
    "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 pm
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,907
    MvdP can't go solo with two freshish jumbo riders behind
    "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 pm
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,907
    I haven't seen a ef rider all day?
    "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 pm
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,907
    Think Ganna is fatigued
    "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 pm
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,252
    The two Jumbs getting back would be good news for the likes of Ganna and Kung who need to escape as other riders will look to Jumbo to chase them down
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    MvdP accelerates just as his teammate loses puff
  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,907
    Mvdp
    "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 pm