/cyc/ - Paris-Roubaix general

>final race of Tom Boonen's career
i hadn't heard

>>75079671
it'll all be over soon. maybe he'll crash out

anyone watching the Vuelta al Pais Vasco?

pulling for Roglic but odds are Valverde will walk this

BENOOT

>>75079748

Last 3km is 10%. Should be good

>>75079748
yes.

i love Valverde

>>75079941
>>75079960
yeah the finish is pretty much made for Valverde and he's won there before but I can dream

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>>75080011
Why would you ever not want based Valverde to win?

>>75080031
changing of the guard, especially convicted dopers

Valverde so strong this year. Might have a cheeky wager on him for tdf

>the one time I don't put woods on my fantasy team he stops choking

still 4k to go tho

RIP Mike Hall.

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VALVERDE'D THE FUCK OUT

fug was that Sanchez?

>JUSD

>>75080031
>>75080194

>this is what a clean rider looks like in spain

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Screencap this , Sagan is going to crash again :^)

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>>75080564

Crash and still win

>tfw only come in /cyc/ when it's /tdf/


Contador should have this right, Valverde is ahead but he should be better at the final time trial

Sagan shall win this fuck

cheeky £5 on boasson.

so fucking hype already
2agan boyz

>doubting based Valgoat is going to win

>crashgan

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>stybar

>>75080564
boonen is going to crash with 60km to go

>>75082866
>implying not a mechanical in the arenberg making him drop 5 mins behind

>Anyway, fairy tales? There’s no such thing, least of all amid the fields of Le Nord, this is hardly a wonderland where dreams come true. The severity of the cobbles makes this a very random race where punctures, crashes and other moments of misfortune regularly define the race. This is central to the charm because it ensures the contest is much more than watts and aerodynamics, the chaos creates drama. 1981 winner Bernard Hinault said at the time that he never liked the race because it demanded so much effort yet only for this to all come to nothing because of a puncture, an errant race motorbike or some other factor beyond his control. It’s from this soup of misery that we humans work backwards to find the stories, threading the series of deliberate and random events into a coherent and satisfying narrative.