The Classics ( spoilers !)

[mjr]

feck , just seen the car benoot hit , back window smashed

Jumbo's car. Back window completely absent except for jagged bits around the edges but that might be where they've knocked it out to avoid it showering the mechanic with glass as they cover the remaining cobbles. So that's at least two car incidents this P-R. The race directors may have some questions to answer about management and regulations?

 

[User169]

‘Mon Pip!

 

[mjr]

9km to go, Phil Gil and Pollit 30s ahead of Sagan, van Aert and a growing number of friends... I think that's the finish being contested by those two.

 

[mjr]

I was wondering if the guest on the E1 German commentary was Jens Voigt (I'm only half watching while working, so I missed his introduction) and then he went and mentioned "die Man with the Hammer"... which removed all doubt even if I'm unsure about several aspects of the grammatical nature of that

 

[roadrash]

I would like to see gilbert take the win

 

[roadrash]

gilbert takes it

 

[rich p]

Just caught the last 15km. Well done PIP

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Sagan just suddenly ran out of energy about 15km from the end. I loved Sep Vanmarcke going to top of the track and sprinting to overtake him for 4th and then realising that he didn't really have to and almost sitting up, because Sagan wasn't going to go any faster...

 

[ColinJ]

Excellent win - I enjoyed that!

 

[roadrash]

Eurosport gets on my tits not showing the presentation , any other sport over runs and cycling comes on late, ...barstewards

 

[roadrash]

@Flying_Monkey I think you have some names mixed up..
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Paris-Roubaix top 10 details

Rnk Rider Nationality Team Pnt Time
1 Philippe Gilbert BE Deceuninck - Quick Step 275 5:58:02
2 Nils Politt DE Team Katusha - Alpecin 200 ,,
3 Yves Lampaert BE Deceuninck - Quick Step 150 0:13
4 Peter Sagan SK BORA - hansgrohe 120 0:42
5 Florian Sénéchal FR Deceuninck - Quick Step 100 0:47
6 Mike Teunissen NL Team Jumbo-Visma 90 ,,
7 Zdeněk Štybar CZ Deceuninck - Quick Step 80 ,,
8 Evaldas Šiškevičius LT Delko Marseille Provence 70 ,,
9 Sep Vanmarcke BE EF Education First 60 ,,
10 Stefan Küng CH Groupama - FDJ 50 ,,

 

[Flying_Monkey]

@Flying_Monkey I think you have some names mixed up..

I think it's your source that is mixed up...

# Rider Name (Country) Team Result
1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 5:58:02
2 Nils Politt (Ger) Team Katusha-Alpecin
3 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:13
4 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) EF Education First 0:00:40
5 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:42
6 Florian Senechal (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:47
7 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
8 Zdenek Štybar (Cze) Deceuninck-QuickStep
9 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence
10 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) EF Education First

I watched the race live and the large Sep Vanmarcke in the bright pink of EF Education First is pretty distinctive!

 

[roadrash]

sorry my mistake

 

[mjr]

Eurosport gets on my tits not showing the presentation , any other sport over runs and cycling comes on late, ...barstewards

It was shown on France 3 and RTBF 1. I expect Rai Sport stayed to the end even if Rai 2 didn't. Time to upgrade? I'd've taken screenshots of the flames and the pavé trophy rising up out of the stage if I'd known Eurosport was going to shaft people again.

 

[Adam4868]

Watched Roubaix late last night.Good race i thought,better than flanders this year for me.There was plenty of drama in there aswell.A well deserved win for Gilbert.Some bad luck for a few Vanmarcke i thought looked good but stuck in 11 gear finished him at the end.Sagan looked to be getting there but its odd too see him actually just run out of steam.