Paris Roubaix 2015 (contains spoilers)

drogdub wrote: »

After watching Terpstra in Flanders last year I went for him in Roubaix. I will do the same this year. Actually this is what I tweeted to Last year before the race https://twitter.com/drogdub/status/452192508333027329

classic aftertiming !

I backed him in running 50 seconds before he attacked. It was the most obvious move to make at that stage. He was 20/1 .

Wiggins doesn't make much logical sense to me given he hasn't ridden too many of the hard one-day races this year & that particularly he was dropped a long, long way before the finish last week. However the extent to which this in the wider world all seems to be largely going unmentioned & by people who know a hell of a lot more than me has me accepting that maybe I'm all wrong & he is in with a real shout. I don't see it as logical though & I also think surely the experience & knowledge of how to win a 1 day race can't be just ignored, with instead all the emphasis on the physiological side of things - which seems to be totally the path to glory Wiggins as tried to take.

I put a little on Lars Boom, pretty randomly, though I think it all looks a fairly wide open race. If Kristoff can put his unexceptional past here behind him though, then surely he's again the main threat to everyone else. Even on that front though seemingly the big reason Wiggins is being considered so highly is his 9th place last year which was praised to the skies. Well Kristoff had a top 10 the year before so . . . !

pelevin wrote: »

Wiggins doesn't make much logical sense to me given he hasn't ridden too many of the hard one-day races this year & that particularly he was dropped a long, long way before the finish last week.

Unless his total lack of form is part of some sort of Barney Curley-style betting coup, I can't see Wiggins doing anything useful at all.

ford2600 wrote: »

http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/sites/default/files/images/Badger%20web%20version%20(Tim%20Matthews).jpg

Is he not the last french man do pretty much anything

JohnBee wrote: »

As an aside, does anyone know where is showing this online? Extended highlights or live, Im stuck in Canada

Not sure if the Eurosport player works in Canada? Sporza (Belgian TV) show most races, though I think it's geo-restricted.

dastardly00 wrote: »

Can anyone guess the last rider to win both the Tour de France and Paris-Roubaix?

Hinault.

Lumen wrote: »

Unless his total lack of form is part of some sort of Barney Curley-style betting coup, I can't see Wiggins doing anything useful at all.

Though even on that front his odds of 8/1 or so seem to reflect an idea that he's shown really good form & is a very plausible victor. The normal laws of form & expectation don't seem to apply here.

While we're heading down memory lane, here's a cracking Roubaix choon for ye - enjoy

Here's one from 1988 for those with a bit more time on their hands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQsJK81rZ4E

dastardly00 wrote: »

ford2600 is correct.

Bernard Hinault was the last person to win both Paris-Roubaix and le Tour during their career.

He does the on stage send off of the sportif the day before too. Hadn't a clue what he was saying. Something about digging underground dens I reckon.

MPFG wrote: »

Thought he said he never rode PR

He had vowed never to do it describing it as a race for 'dickheads' (or words to that effect) but later decided to enter it once and win it to silence his critics.

just looking at eurosports schedule, and after the Paris Roubaix is the Elite Series Chorley race, where Eddie Dunbar was racing, and where he was the star of the show (according to stickybottle).