Paris-Roubaix
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anyone?? as I need to get this euro tunnel booked...Please0
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to baselbob
You want to see THE GREATEST RACE IN THE WORLD?
So,i can give you the way,for five spots in the day
First,go from eurotunnel to St Vaast en Cambresis 162kms 1h45.
park your car in st vaast follow the people about 800m,and you are in the middle of the longest cobble sector,Quievy to St Python,then take your car and go to Avesnes les Auberts Villers en Cauchie,Haspres,and Monchaux sur Ecaillon for the second spot.
Then follow D40,take A2 direction Valenciennes,A23 dir Lille,way out number3 cross over A23 turn right ,park your car and walk about 500m,this the third spot of the day.
Return to your car ,cross over A23,follow directions Landas,Orchies turn right D938,left D955 go to Bourghelles,where you will see two times the race
For the roadbook and timetables go to http://www.letour.fr/.the
2010 versions will be published about ten days before the race
to see the maps of France:http://www.viamichelin.fr/
Francis
PS/i'm french and speak a poor english0 -
Thank you!colomers wrote:to baselbob
You want to see THE GREATEST RACE IN THE WORLD?
So,i can give you the way,for five spots in the day
First,go from eurotunnel to St Vaast en Cambresis 162kms 1h45.
park your car in st vaast follow the people about 800m,and you are in the middle of the longest cobble sector,Quievy to St Python,then take your car and go to Avesnes les Auberts Villers en Cauchie,Haspres,and Monchaux sur Ecaillon for the second spot.
Then follow D40,take A2 direction Valenciennes,A23 dir Lille,way out number3 cross over A23 turn right ,park your car and walk about 500m,this the third spot of the day.
Return to your car ,cross over A23,follow directions Landas,Orchies turn right D938,left D955 go to Bourghelles,where you will see two times the race
For the roadbook and timetables go to http://www.letour.fr/.the
2010 versions will be published about ten days before the race
to see the maps of France:http://www.viamichelin.fr/
Francis
PS/i'm french and speak a poor english0 -
colomers wrote:to baselbob
You want to see THE GREATEST RACE IN THE WORLD?
So,i can give you the way,for five spots in the day
First,go from eurotunnel to St Vaast en Cambresis 162kms 1h45.
park your car in st vaast follow the people about 800m,and you are in the middle of the longest cobble sector,Quievy to St Python,then take your car and go to Avesnes les Auberts Villers en Cauchie,Haspres,and Monchaux sur Ecaillon for the second spot.
Then follow D40,take A2 direction Valenciennes,A23 dir Lille,way out number3 cross over A23 turn right ,park your car and walk about 500m,this the third spot of the day.
Return to your car ,cross over A23,follow directions Landas,Orchies turn right D938,left D955 go to Bourghelles,where you will see two times the race
For the roadbook and timetables go to http://www.letour.fr/.the
2010 versions will be published about ten days before the race
to see the maps of France:http://www.viamichelin.fr/
Francis
PS/i'm french and speak a poor english
Merci Francis... very helpful and much appreciated.. Euro tunnel booked St Vaast en Cambrisis here we come...Sante Tony0 -
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Looks like there's a British team riding
Can't say I've heard of them
so many cols,so little time!0 -
Bit too early to be able to forecast weather for the race? I miss the rain.0
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I'm happy Frabk Hoj will get another chance to ride0
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You know that Roubaix is the town with the highest % of obese people than any other place in France.Contador is the Greatest0
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It's the MIddlesbrough of France, whereas Lille, the outskirts of which Roubaix lies in, is actually quite nice, in kind of the same way that Manchester is nice0
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When I went last year we went from the Eurostar terminal at King's Cross to Lille. We had to break down our bikes and box up them up, which seemed an unnecessary pain.
We stayed at a hostel in Lille and rode about the last 30miles of the course on the Saturday, which included a few laps around the velodrome. It was truly awesome.
The pave was literally a pain the ass. We took our carbon fibre beauties in an effort to emulate Tom Boonen but lots of the Belgians and Germans were (wisely) riding the course on MTBs and literally sped past on the cobbles, although we caught them on the flat sections.
The best place to watch the race is near to where the cobbles end about 15 miles from the finish. I can't remember the name of the field but it's where all the Belgians camp out. There's a real party atmosphere and lots of cheap booze on sale. It's worth heading into the local villages to watch the start of the race on TV and then heading to the course itself about two hours before the riders.
Here's some footage we took last year if you're interested:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0o5Mz9N1Yc
You'll have a great time. I hope it rains!0 -
That footage just made me SO excited for this year! I have the day off work and everything!0
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this year departure is earliest than 2009http://www.letour.fr/2010/PRX/COURSE/docs/parcours.pdf0
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Of course, what people don't remember is that it wasn't Magnus Backstedt who won in 2004, it was me.
Here is a photo of me crossing the finish line, you can see my fan club going nuts to the left there...
And here's one of me, post race in the showers...
Can't wait for this year's race and like everyone else, hope it rains!0 -
your clothes are cleans on the picture!!!0
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AndyEaling - expect you were at Carrefour de L'Abre - the last 5* section of pave and well known spot for the Flemish Fans who arrive en masse and turn a remote corner of a muddy field into the biggest party spot in northern France!Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..0
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colomers wrote:your clothes are cleans on the picture!!!
Errr...
That's because I was so far in front of anyone else that I didn't get dirty from the spray from other riders
(acutally, not sure if you can see but it was pouring with rain, nevermind the pave, the track was pretty slippery...)0 -
to greasedscotsman
the velodrome was empty where was the fans?[/img]0 -
colomers wrote:to greasedscotsman
the velodrome was empty where was the fans?[/img]
Ahh, yes, glad you asked me about that. There was a spectator strike that year, you know what the French are like, they'll strike over anything. It was about the freebies given out in the publicty caravan or something. There were a few Germans on the other side of the track, but you obviously can't see them in the photo 0 -
With the problems they had with crowds at the Carrefour de l'Arbe at last year's race has anyone heard of any changes that have been made by the organisers to avoid this?0
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Just a quick query. Given the difficulty of going over cobbles, does anyone know if riders who have come from a mountain bike background have a noticeable advantage at Paris-Roubaix? I know that road riders have very good handling skills as they have to take corners fast, avoid fallen riders, etc, and also that some road riders also ride mountain bikes. However, i was just wondering if it made any difference at all? Someone like Cadel Evans would be an obvious candidate, especially when he first started road riding but i cant find any info on him.0
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Riding pave is very unlike anything else and certainly not like MTB where you have fat tyres and suspension to insulate you from the vibration - cross racing would be far more beneficial IMO given that you need the handling skills and reflexes to cope with poor grip. The majority of world-class MTB riders are 60kg whippets who generally excel in the mountains - whereas the best riders for pave are typically big guys where the ability to generate huge power and their weight helps to keep the bike on the stones.Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..0
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greasedscotsman wrote:With the problems they had with crowds at the Carrefour de l'Arbe at last year's race has anyone heard of any changes that have been made by the organisers to avoid this?
Think this answers my question and may be of interest to anyone else thinking of heading to this part of the race.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/extra-s ... aix-sector0 -
ok. please excuse a rudimentary question, but I'm new here...
will the Paris Roubaix race be on the telly at all in the UK ?
And whilst I'm at it will the TDF this year be on bloody Sky only ?0 -
tobh wrote:ok. please excuse a rudimentary question, but I'm new here...
will the Paris Roubaix race be on the telly at all in the UK ?
Eurosport scheduled for 13:30 to 16:15tobh wrote:And whilst I'm at it will the TDF this year be on bloody Sky only ?
Eurosport and ITV4
http://www.itv.com/PressCentre/Pressrel ... fault.html0 -
According to Ned Boulting they're trying to do all stages live at le Tour cette annee0
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV7AphLpgUE&hd=1
2.33 into this video is probably the reason why they need these measures0 -
I love the way they pronounce it ROO-BAY.
This is why Francois Pienaar the Rugby Union player won't go to Cardiff.
He'd probably be known as Franky Penis...
Mr Tom Boonan can do it again. Well, I thought he could until the last climb last weekend.
Cancellara just put his motor into 6th gear, and awaaaaayyyy he went.
Awesome!!!0
