Author Topic: Paris Roubaix 2021 (Read 5481 times)

Hot Flatus · « **on:** 02 October, 2021, 02:22:23 pm »

Switch it on. Inaugural women's version.

Lizzie Deignan 2mins ahead with 50k to go

woollypigs · « **Reply #1 on:** 02 October, 2021, 02:28:35 pm »

Following it on Titter. Early, stones, rain, stones, Lizzy !!!

Running low on nails

woollypigs · « **Reply #2 on:** 02 October, 2021, 02:36:39 pm »

I think I broke my F5 button, now using crtl+r ....

woollypigs · « **Reply #3 on:** 02 October, 2021, 03:14:09 pm »

I think I just bit my finger off instead of the nails there ?!?!?!?!

Andrew Br · « **Reply #4 on:** 02 October, 2021, 03:14:42 pm »

Shame Deignan made the move before the TV coverage started

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I think it's her's to lose now.

ETA: I wish the Eurosport commentator would shut up a bit.

Andrew Br · « **Reply #5 on:** 02 October, 2021, 03:16:47 pm »

Ouch

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woollypigs · « **Reply #6 on:** 02 October, 2021, 03:27:17 pm »

I have done my best to watch women races only, live*, the last few years and we gotta get more on Live TV. Cause often these races are so much entertaining than the men's

*been lucky that Tour of Britain, Tour de France, Tour de Yorkshire, local road races and Worlds have come through town

woollypigs · « **Reply #7 on:** 02 October, 2021, 03:44:17 pm »

Beautiful !!!

woollypigs · « **Reply #8 on:** 02 October, 2021, 03:54:53 pm »

Men's winner - 30000, women's winner - 1800 (I think I saw) Also the race were over before many "live" TV coverage started ....

https://twitter.com/Gethin76/status/1444314162419601409?s=20

woollypigs · « **Reply #9 on:** 02 October, 2021, 11:18:02 pm »

fecking heck - https://twitter.com/phillipm61/status/1444416408259948545

andyoxon · « **Reply #10 on:** 03 October, 2021, 09:10:40 am »

Il pleut!

DuncanM · « **Reply #11 on:** 03 October, 2021, 09:23:41 am »

What a ride from Lizzie.
Interesting that she wasn't the Trek leader today - she hit the front on the first cobbled sector to "protect her leaders", got a gap, and then just stayed out front so her team-mates could get an armchair ride in the bunch. Given the way that Longo Borghini was chasing down attacks, I guess Ellen Van Dijk was their #1.
Chapeaux to Trek for uplifting the prize money from the derisory ASO amount to the same as the men.

hatler · « **Reply #12 on:** 03 October, 2021, 09:34:43 am »

She's as hard as nails.

robgul · « **Reply #13 on:** 03 October, 2021, 11:54:30 am »

Quote from: hatler on 03 October, 2021, 09:34:43 am

She's as hard as nails.

You need to be! - I've ridden on the pave stretch at Hem on a touring bike with panniers - an experience to put it mildly.

What was fun was to ride round the open-air velodrome at Roubaix on the same bike although I did take the panniers off (the site is completely open with no gates and attracts lots of runners and casual riders) - baking is pretty tame compared with London, Manchester or Newport velodromes.

andyoxon · « **Reply #14 on:** 03 October, 2021, 12:00:51 pm »

The pavé beckons...

https://twitter.com/Paris_Roubaix

andyoxon · « **Reply #15 on:** 03 October, 2021, 12:32:08 pm »

Riders are gradually turning mud colour.

Quite a few riders seem to have dark tint specs for some reason.

Pedal Castro · « **Reply #16 on:** 03 October, 2021, 01:26:55 pm »

Impressive braking technique from Laporte!!!

andyoxon · « **Reply #17 on:** 03 October, 2021, 01:35:18 pm »

Yep, limits of some disc brakes being reached...

Peter · « **Reply #18 on:** 03 October, 2021, 01:59:03 pm »

Quote from: robgul on 03 October, 2021, 11:54:30 am

Quote from: hatler on 03 October, 2021, 09:34:43 am
She's as hard as nails.

You need to be! - I've ridden on the pave stretch at Hem on a touring bike with panniers - an experience to put it mildly.

What was fun was to ride round the open-air velodrome at Roubaix on the same bike although I did take the panniers off (the site is completely open with no gates and attracts lots of runners and casual riders) - baking is pretty tame compared with London, Manchester or Newport velodromes.

The baking is only so-so at Manchester velocity but the soup and the coffee are pretty good.

andyoxon · « **Reply #19 on:** 03 October, 2021, 02:03:24 pm »

Quote from: robgul on 03 October, 2021, 11:54:30 am

Quote from: hatler on 03 October, 2021, 09:34:43 am
She's as hard as nails.

You need to be! - I've ridden on the pave stretch at Hem on a touring bike with panniers - an experience to put it mildly.

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Thought I'd have a go at Merton St in Oxford a while back, horrible...

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.7515864,-1.250225,3a,64y,277.14h,82.23t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYCPgj0bODhXi3ZETh57p3A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

woollypigs · « **Reply #20 on:** 03 October, 2021, 03:00:58 pm »

just saw the team car behind Lizzy yesterday drove the last 20km with a flat tyre

Hot Flatus · « **Reply #21 on:** 03 October, 2021, 03:38:44 pm »

God doesn't want Moscon to win.

Neither do I

andyoxon · « **Reply #22 on:** 03 October, 2021, 03:43:49 pm »

Controversy seems to follow Moscon around - looking at his wiki page...

Hot Flatus · « **Reply #23 on:** 03 October, 2021, 03:59:18 pm »

He's a c**t

andyoxon · « **Reply #24 on:** 03 October, 2021, 04:04:08 pm »

The state of them...

https://twitter.com/Paris_Roubaix/status/1444678395976093705?s=20

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