The Classics

[splat]

I love things like this

 

[betaboy]

On 4/7/2023 at 3:07 PM, Frosty said:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CqnoFDwguzk/

For many years the British riders were forewarned… mind the gap! 🤣🤣🤣

[betaboy]

7 hours ago, 'Dale said:

Hoping Lamborghini can have the lungs and legs to outlast the dominant SD-Worx outfit today. Her comeback from a recent Covid infection has been steady. She is so gritty and her 3rd place finish last week at RvV was magnificent after she was dropped earlier on.

Is Bini fit enough to start tomorrow after that eina high speed crash? Can van Baarle win a Monument for the team in yellow? Or Wout, maybe feeling less pressure on French soil?

Gotta love this social media clip from Ollie Naesen. 

If  there is a photo finish, possible to win by a nose hair.😜🤭

[Bub Marley]

Amazing women’s race. Fully deserved win by Jackson. 

[splat]

6 minutes ago, Bub Marley said:

Amazing women’s race. Fully deserved win by Jackson. 

Imagine the dance moves we are going to see now! 

['Dale]

The total race distance for this 3rd edition has increased from 124.7km to 145.4km. Previous winners - Lizzie Deignan and Elisa Longo Borghini. 17 cobblestone sectors, including five-star sectors Mons-en-Pévèle and the Carrefour de l'Arbre.

The Canadian was such a protagonist in the final 10 kms when the chasing bunch were two handfuls of seconds behind and closing in with last year's winner full of mud after her tumble. Jackson took in so much wind and were encouraging with clear gestures for the exhausted break to take turns. 

Yikes, I thought that she was working too hard and would not feature in the final 3 kms. What a brave ride. And I love it mos when the break wins. Alison Jackson enters legendary status as the Queen of the Cobbles 2023. And the first major win for the American-based EF Education-Tibco-SVB.

"In the final, the group was coming back to us and there were only four of us in that group of seven that actually wanted to ride. Either you don't ride and you lose the race or you ride hard and you maybe have a chance. I just trusted myself and my passion and heart for wanting to get in the bike race and it's turned out with a win."

- Paris-Roubaix Femmes 2023 winner, Alison Jackson

 

Edited April 8, 2023 by 'Dale

[peetwindhoek]

What a finish! There were some hard falls on TV! 

[betaboy]

 

…and with that, we say good bye to a PB  legend! Here’s hoping he actually finishes his last one. 

[betaboy]

A heads up if anybody wants to watch it live but no English…

 

[betaboy]

😖 they took down my Mexican connection, thanks EuroSport. 😅

['Dale]

Hie' komme ding. Wout lights up the fuse, 100 kms out. And several key riders oblige, a few kms out from the forest of Arenberg. Alarm bells for Ganna. Don't blink.

Unfortunately, van Baarle crashes out on the 5 star Arenberg 'baby heads', with his nr 1 dossard. 

Edited April 9, 2023 by 'Dale

[Jbr]

Does petersen actually have a team ?

[babse]

I just tuned in... Group of superstars in break 🤨

Literally anyone of them could win from here. 

[babse]

Attack after a crash in a break 🤔

[capediver]

3 minutes ago, babse said:

Attack after a crash in a break 🤔

The battle will be decided at Carrefour de l'Arbre!!!!!

 

Edited April 9, 2023 by capediver
end = decided

[capediver]

MVP comes out of Carrefour de l'Arbre on his own!!!