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Paris Roubaix sportive?

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bludger:
After watching A Sunday in Hell last night I'm oddly drawn to the idea of riding the famed route. Not with an intent to compete, just to survive.

Looking around on google it seems the right way to do it would be to enter the annual open sportive, which this year was in April.

April 2018 highlights reel: https://youtu.be/Rf2ET5cLWjY

The sportive FAQs ( http://www.parisroubaixchallenge.com/en/practical-information/faq ) say that you enter online via the 'ASO website' but it seems this website is now offline.

Any bright ideas on how to plan a weekend stripping my knee joints of their cartilage would be appreciated. To save dough I don't plan on going through a professional travel agent. I have read this thread https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=106081.msg2294472#msg2294472 which certainly clues me in to what I'm in for, what I'm most keen to know about is how to keep track of the bookings so I can snaffle up reasonably priced accommodation as early as possible.

quixoticgeek:

There is more than one sportiv on the Paris Roubaix route. I did this one this year:

http://www.vc-roubaix-cyclo.fr/site/

I did the shorter version of the route, with 35km of Pavé. Which is 35km more Pavé than I want to do in my life ever.

I've done it once, never again.

Good luck.

J

bludger:
Ah so I see - I do want to do the one that's at the same time as the classic just for the banter. I will be using some learning points from your thread!

Aidan:
You want the Paris-Roubaix challenge, 2019 is 13th April, the day before the race.   Quite a few tour and sportive operators taking bookings .  I have a booking , including hotel,  already.   I'm doing the 147km route as I'll have Mrs Aidan with me

   

bludger:

--- Quote from: Aidan on 03 August, 2018, 02:04:07 pm ---You want the Paris-Roubaix challenge, 2019 is 13th April, the day before the race.   Quite a few tour and sportive operators taking bookings .  I have a booking , including hotel,  already.   I'm doing the 147km route as I'll have Mrs Aidan with me

 

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Cheers Aidan - do you have a link to register for 2019? All I can find are dud links and registrations for 2018 e.g. https://www.parisroubaixchallenge.com/en/the-race/registrations

However appreciate it may be that touring companies get first dibs on places.

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