The V rides with the Pros
No one can be happy about Sunday’s weather forecast (except for 95% of the riders and support staff). I am not. Now every Norwegian non-cobble riding specialists has a chance of winning this. I was hoping for day that would separate the Rule #9 riders from everybody else. Bah!
We can take some comfort in knowing our Keepers Tour brothers will be at three different cobbled secteurs, hydrating and yelling with the the locals. Keep an eye out for the V-flag.
There is not much to say about Paris-Roubaix that has not been said. It is the race of the season.
Consult your god. Go with your heart or your head on this. Enter your choices, prepare your frites deep-fryer, the beer selection, assure your family that drinking and swearing on a Sunday morning is part of your religion.
The VSP page has the details and in case anyone forgot, the end of the season could get you here:
[vsp_results id=”32609″/]
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@1860
I think Stybar bridging to the front group did Degenkolb a favour, because then the other Etixx QS rider had to work. I wonder if Etixx blew another chance for a win there - they looked so strong in the closing stages.
@Mikael Liddy
Who gives a monkeys what the actual result was when they both looked this awesome at the finish.
Great race. Pity the riders chose to ignore my VSP picks. I'm already screwed and it's only April!
Re the train crossing. In this day of incredible communications technology, is it not possible to communicate with the damn train driver and get things sorted so we don't have the level crossing farces happening every few years? That being said, I got railroaded yesterday but I was in no hurry . . .
@Chris
Brilliant! - Not even Beaker looked this much like Beaker - most awesomest picture evr of Wiggo
@Dr C
All good points.
Just found out I competed against Luke Rowe's dad in a time trial last month.
That is all.
@wiscot
One of my favourite routes crosses the East Coast Main Line twice. It's a rare day when I don't get stopped at least one of them and somehow the timing seems to work out that I have to wait for three trains to go past each time.
@Chris
Being railroaded can be a pain (hell, I used to live in Terre Haute, IN) and had to cross multiple sets of tracks to get anywhere. The trains ran right through the center of town and I lived between two sets of tracks. Mind you, railroad stoppage time is always a good time to practice the art of casually deliberate.
@wiscot
Indeed, but one of my two crossings is out in the Fens and is Not Very Sheltered At All. I prefer to spend my time feeding my face and trying not to either be blown away by a Siberian gale or go hypothermic.
@Chris
I hear you. I did 130 kms yesterday and the SW wind gusts were up to 50kms an hour. My route meant the last 35kms were into the headwind. I used every bit of local know-how to keep sheltered on the way home, but there were a few sections where it was impossible to do anything but suffer. Mind you, it was warm, so there was at least that to be thankful for!
@wiscot
I was planning on doing a similar distance yesterday on the Rapha Hell of the North ride out of London which looked like a cracking day out. Grave sections and a midway feed/coffee stop in the outdoor velodrome at Welwyn Garden City.
Unfortunately a momentary lapse of reason and a healthy dose of ineptitude whilst changing pads and discs on my car left one of the brake piston lying in the ground in a puddle of brake fluid.
The kids ran and hid as I rather noisily contemplated the loss of my Sunday ride.