crashtastic

[David Martin]

Paris-Roubaix - what a race! Edge of the seat stuff especially at the end when Fabian was having a barney, and Von Summeren hanging on by the skin of his teeth.

Poor lads though - cuts, bruises and broken bones all round.

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[Nuncio]

Apparently Von Summeren rode the last 5km with a gradually flattening rear tyre.  But he was head and shoulders above everyone else.

[Rig of Jarkness]

Another epic evening of armchair cycling    Shame that Cancellara got out manoeuvred again.  And a disaster for Boonen. 

[David Martin]

Not as bad as for Roger Hammond..

Thomas was in the wars as well.

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[Pip]

Nice win for Van Summeren, but once again a massive show of strength from FB, right down to the sprint for second which he took sitting in the saddle!

Amstel, Fleche Wallone and Liege-Bastogne - Liege to come. Great times!

[Nuncio]

MSR : Goss
ToF:   Nuyens
PR:    Von Summeren

I wish I'd had a treble on that.

[David Martin]

MSR : Goss
ToF:   Nuyens
PR:    Von Summeren

I wish I'd had a treble on that.

And Cancellara second in all three..

[Nuncio]

'Van'.  Sorry. (I assume he reads yacf.)

[David Martin]

JvS fiancee: "Look, when I said I wanted a big rock when you propose, I meant a diamond"

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[kcass]

"If I had stopped for coffee, they would have done the same"

Great quote from Cancellara

[tiermat]

Just watching it now, Hask and Husvod treated Cancellera like shit didn't they?

No wonder he ripped their legs off....

[Simonb]

"If I had stopped for coffee, they would have done the same"

Great quote from Cancellara

Exactly. They could've borrowed a trick from Audaxing, and pressed on while he was in the bog!

[kcass]

Interesting blog written by Cervelo designer Gerard Vroomen before Flanders and Roubaix.
Sums up exactly what happened to FabC.

Cervélo News - The Cancellara conundrum

[tiermat]

I thought Tom Boonen was exceedingly unlucky too, having not one but two mechanicals (ok one was caused by a crash, but still)

[Nuncio]

I guess most riders could have pointed to multiple instances of bad luck.  I seem to remember a couple of Cancellara's surges being baulked by a camera motorbike.  Leukemans seems to have fared worse that most - 3 crashes, 3 punctures, and thrice caught behind crashes.

Nice arty b&w film <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/3QSpuhIQg1A&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/3QSpuhIQg1A&rel=1</a>.

[Nuncio]

MSR : Goss
ToF:   Nuyens
PR:    Von Summeren

I wish I'd had a treble on that.

And Cancellara second in all three..

Even more rubbish than that - two seconds and a third.