The Classics ( spoilers !)

[roadrash]

I don't suppose krisstoff will be too disappointed with that news

 

[roadrash]

Carlton Kirby...would you like to race paris Roubaix again sean
Sean Kelly one word answer.....no

 

[mjr]

Why do they publish the list of cobbled sectors with only distances from the start when the on screen display is only the distance from the finish?

 

[roadrash]

just to make you do the maths

 

[mjr]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cycling/2019/04/14/paris-roubaix-2019-live-updates/ clearly copy-pasting last week's coverage with "... and in the case of the Ronde all teams are contracted to race"

Nice try at crosspromotion with the cycling podcast but I think I'll stick with http://live.cyclingnews.com as usual.

 

[mjr]

just to make you do the maths

I keep forgetting how long the route is and whether it's measured from the start or km0 so it doesn't really work! I just wait for the commentary or OSD popup.

 

[roadrash]

quite a few touches of wheels and small crashes, one jumbo visma slammed into the floor didn't look too good but I don't know who it was yet

 

[roadrash]

oooh that's not good for W.V.A

 

[roadrash]

Hes back on the bike

 

[mjr]

oooh that's not good for W.V.A

Sliding out as he chased back or having to dodge team cars blocking the full width of the cobbles? Riding along the verge and still fast enough to overtake the cars. That's some determined riding!

 

[roadrash]

All three, hes riding like hes possessed ,

 

[roadrash]

well hes done it

 

[roadrash]

benoot collided with a team car and is out, taylor phinney is out after a mechanical and his team car didn't see him and drove past

 

[roadrash]

View: https://twitter.com/Lotto_Soudal/status/1117421293102460938

 

[roadrash]

feck , just seen the car benoot hit , back window smashed