Your favourite Classic

ivancarlos

What's your favourite classic? Mine probably is Paris Roubaix followed very closely by the Tour of Flanders.

I feel pain!!!!

andyp

The Tour of Lombardy - quite simply it is a beautiful race.

dave_1

I love Liege Bastogne Liege most

Anonymous

Tour of Flanders, followed by Paris-Roubaix. Flanders is an amazing race, held on an incredible course. It's more varied than Roubaix, and it's tougher to pick a winner.

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ivancarlos

A man of my own thinking, what I like about Flanders is how incredibly steep the climbs are- and on cobbles! The countryside and bleakness make these real races for the tough guys.

I feel pain!!!!

Anonymous

I agree with you Ivan - that's what I like about it, as well as all the twists and turns and narrow roads. I rode the whole bloody thing year and gained a new appreciation of what the pros have to go through. The 130km that you've done in the wind and rain before you hit the 'hill zone' really takes the sting out of your legs. And you're only halfway at that point!

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iainf72

I'm torn between Lombardy and Flanders to be honest.

But Lombardy wins it - More beautiful, really hard and usually the best guy wins. The cobbles can rob the best guys of victory just through bad luck.

superdanuk

Flanders is the best in my opinion, it always has top action and the toughness of the course is what makes it special.
Roubaix and fleche are my other two fave classics but Flanders just has that special something.

Monty Dog

Having ridden the courses of 3 of the monuments - Flanders, P-Rx and L-B-L, I'd say that P-Rx is outstanding because of the toughness / severity of the course and consequently the outright strength and agression required to win it. At the other extreme, L-B-L is an epic course due to the unrelenting hills which therefore requires a degree of fitness and is the true 'racer's race'. Flanders is somewhere inbetween, with both the hills and the cobbles to break it up. I disagree about the cobbles spoiling the race - strength, technique and teamworks counts for as much as luck on the day - LeFevre hasn't won it 8 times purely by chance

vinocough

The Paris Roubaix for me,especially in the rain,all them cobbles and all that mud.For the hardmen,but love watching them all.

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100% agree with that one.

I would love to go and watch it one day, with a nice cup of coffee in a lakeside cafe...(looks out of the window at mist and darkness of a Cambs winter day)

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campagchris

Paris Roubaix for me http://www.cervelo.com/home.aspx?ref=1024:768 click on cervelo tv for some nice clips.Notice in Paris Roubaix that Boonen goes through a closed railway barrier,on a double track rail but doesn't get disqualified like the other 3 riders,WHY???

funaki

I must say LBL always gets my vote, i just love that climb at the end it's a real leg breaker. Paris-Roubaix comes a close second for me.

grimpeur

Agree about LBL, the finish is superb.

jimmythecuckoo

Its a cracking finish, but give me a scenic Italian climb over the dark brick houses of that climb in Ans any time.

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Know Chain

paris roubaix for me -- got to watch it in person in 2001, in the rain, on the cobbles. it's no wonder hinault called it a circus, but a spectacular one that.

EdMax

Lombardy. Can I also add (don't laugh) San Sebastian, I went a few years ago and my memories are influenced by the meal we had in a fantastic seafood restaurant that evening.

Ed

rolfrae

Paris Roubaix but only when Eurosport don't cut away at the vital moment to go to the motor racing - as is their want.

timoid.

Liege. Lombardy is too late in the season and a lot of classics riders are out of form. Liege is beatiful and the true blue ribband one day event.

FAUSTO

Milano - San Remo...of course!!!

Echappee

I think as an all-round event you can't go far wrong with the Tour of Flanders. It has such a great atmosphere especially with the parcours weaving around all the different bergs.

But, as far as an epic one-day event goes - nothing gets close to Paris Roubaix. The cobbles look bad enough on TV. Seeing them first hand really makes you realise just how hard the conditions are

Cougar

Paris-Roubaix. The stuff of legends!

knobbietyre

Paris-Roubais, rough terrain and usually miserable weather makes for an icredible challenge for the riders.

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thomasmc

Hi
Great question to get us all looking forward to the new season! Mine is Paris Roubaix!

Spiralpro

Paris Roubaix......What else??????????

PRB

Oh for sure I'd have to say the Paris Roubaix

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deejay

I have just got back from Het Volk/ K-B-Kuurne again. Pozzatto(no 124)watched the
Belgians play and then took off. Beautiful to watch and remember. YES I like your choices but I never miss The ARDENNES CLASSICS because thats where the "BIG" boys
start to flex their muscles. This Year we might see BASSO.

Magnuspro

I`ll go for the Clasica San Sebastian. It`s always spectacular racing, and, well, I`m an Euskaltel fan, so I guess that`s partly the reason..

deejay

I am back on line now that I'm home from my wanderings.
The ARDENNES were Great this year and I was suprised after
the GIRO that Di Luca has become one of the "BIG" Boys!