You know what you win when you win Paris-Roubaix? A freakin’ rock. I’m not kidding.
Peter Sagan! Or perhaps a fresh new young Eddy Merckx...
I saw this race once awhile ago. I thought racing over cobblestones was crazy.
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The weather forecast may be for sunny and dry weather at Paris-Roubaix on Sunday, but that is unlikely to sort out the wet and muddy state that some of the cobblestone sectors are already in....
Cobblestones, mud, a stretched out discordant peleton.....
That is one tough race.
KYPD
Or the last two minutes of a basketball game.
We made him a special Rockshox suspension fork for the race. He won and the next year, nearly everyone in the race had to have one.
Duclos-Lassalle was one tough SOB and the oldest racer to ever win Paris-Roubaix.
For non-cyclists, the race referred to here is sometimes known as The Hell of the North.” It’s ridden partially on narrow, twisty backroads, many of them paved with bricks instead of asphalt. Miles of teeth-jarring, butt-crushing miles. There are longer races — Milan-San Remo, for instance, and there are tougher climbs (Alpe d’Huez, Ventoux), but Paris-Roubaix stands as one of cycling’s most hemorrhoid-inducing slogs.