While other races can often fall flat, lose their effervescence, become humdrum on the day, Paris-Roubaix never does. And that racing energy gets translated into a vibrant Twitterstream … it’s time for ROUBAIX TWEETS OF THE WEEK! Continue reading
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VeloVoices Podcast 135: A penchant for crashing
Kathi, Midge, Luke and Euan rave about Paris-Roubaix and everything that makes it special. Plus they see what they can remember about the other cobbled classics and take in Spain’s recent stage races.
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Paris-Roubaix 2019: Philippe Gilbert wins his cobble
It’s the Queen of the Classics and Paris-Roubaix 2019 did not disappoint. With the peloton hitting full gas from Kilometre 0, the race ebbed and flowed with chaos and echelons all day long. With no break being allowed to get
for very long, the peloton went full pelt through the cobbled sectors until Philippe Gilbert (Deceuninck-QuickStep) and Katusha’s Nils Politt made the move that broke the race apart, as they were joined by defending champion Peter Sagan (Bora-hansgrohe), Sep Vanmarcke (EF-Education First), Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) and PhilGil’s teammate Yves Lampaert. Working together until about 10km to go, it was soon down to Gilbert and Politt, with the Belgian winning the sprint in the Velodrome. Lampaert came third. That was the short version of what happened … but whoa, this race gave so much more than a victory.