'Dale Posted September 28, 2021 Share Uhm Some rain has already fallen and winds from the southwest are expected to blow rain showers across northern France at the weekend, meaning tailwinds and even some crosswinds are possible, adding an extra dimension of difficulty to the race. Sauce: CyclingNews Vetplant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 29, 2021 Share Volunteers from Les Amis de Paris-Roubaix and students from a local horticultural school were out removing the grass from the central section of several sectors on Tuesday. On Monday, a mechanical brusher swept the Arenberg Forest cobbles to remove the moss that grows between the cobbles in the shadows of the trees. “The cobbles haven’t been raced on for 900 days and so they were very green, with weeds everywhere; so we’ve had to do a big clean-up along the route,” Gouvenou told local French media after his reconnaissance Vetplant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted September 29, 2021 Share Wow. What an image of Marianne The Legend. Rowl, TheoG and splat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monark Posted September 29, 2021 Share 14 minutes ago, 'Dale said: Wow. What an image of Marianne The Legend. She is so special. A true ambassador. Scary Rider 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted September 30, 2021 Share Yikes! Reconnaissance time. Frosty and lechatnoir 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted October 1, 2021 Share Min dae Frosty, Rowl and Sid the Sloth 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lechatnoir Posted October 1, 2021 Share 11 hours ago, 'Dale said: Yikes! Reconnaissance time. taking 'a close look at the cobbles' to a new level... peetwindhoek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNT1 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Someone must have removed the ramp... Edited October 1, 2021 by TNT1 Rowl, Jewbacca and Vetplant 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jensie Posted October 1, 2021 Share On 9/28/2021 at 9:12 PM, 'Dale said: Uhm Some rain has already fallen and winds from the southwest are expected to blow rain showers across northern France at the weekend, meaning tailwinds and even some crosswinds are possible, adding an extra dimension of difficulty to the race. Sauce: CyclingNews Gonna be epic....lekker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetplant Posted October 1, 2021 Share Feel bad for the guys that are inevitably going to fall in these conditions, but at least it is at the tail-end of the season... My money is on WvA being out-marked and someone else getting away on a 40km solo run-in. Maybe Jasper Stuyven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lechatnoir Posted October 1, 2021 Share 55 minutes ago, Vetplant said: Feel bad for the guys that are inevitably going to fall in these conditions, but at least it is at the tail-end of the season... My money is on WvA being out-marked and someone else getting away on a 40km solo run-in. Maybe Jasper Stuyven. ya, i think the peleton are wise to him as well now... While everyone's looking at WvA and MVDP, the Alpecin jersey of Dillier may get away and win this time...? Or perhaps a Qubeka Nexthash rider so they get a leg-up for next year? Michael Gogl maybe? Vetplant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottCM Posted October 1, 2021 Share I hope Sep Vanmarke for once has less mechanicals, if so he would be in with a sniff Vetplant and lechatnoir 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted October 1, 2021 Share peetwindhoek, splat, ScottCM and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldron Posted October 1, 2021 Share 16 hours ago, 'Dale said: Yikes! Reconnaissance time. Become one with the cobbles! justinafrika 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheoG Posted October 1, 2021 Share Maybe a stupid question to the roadies, wouldn't a (light) gravel bike make more sense for Paris-Roubaix, or will the detriment be to much on the tar/smooth sections? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldron Posted October 1, 2021 Share 26 minutes ago, TheoG said: Maybe a stupid question to the roadies, wouldn't a (light) gravel bike make more sense for Paris-Roubaix, or will the detriment be to much on the tar/smooth sections? The geometry is too slack for high speed road racing. A cyclocross bike would probably be better than a gravel bike but not as good as a modified road bike. The vast majority of the course is still tarmac (around 50kmm of cobbles in 257km of racing). TheoG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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