In this episode Patrick Broe and Benji Naesen preview both Men’s and Women’s Paris-Roubaix 2024.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:06 Parcours overview
00:05:20 ASO adds ‘chicane’ before Trouée d’Arenberg
00:15:00 Last years’ edition
00:16:30 Favourites
00:22:20 Startlist
00:32:05 Early breakaway, dark horses and picks
00:40:51 Women’s race – Route
00:42:30 Women’s race – Last years’ edition
00:45:00 Women’s race – Startlist
00:50:52 Women’s race – Favourites and picks
25 Comments
How likely is it that Jonas Vingegaard will be fit again before the tour?
These guys (probably salty belgiums) still underestamate vd poel. Nobody can follow vd poel when he goes all out on the cobbles. (Only van Aert butt he is not there). And he Will not wait untill the last 25 km. He want to get rid of phillipsen also.
The Arenburg is a self fulfilling prophesy. Because there is always a crash, and there is no easy way around a crash, you have to be at the front, so they leadout and fight for position, travelling too fast so there is always a massive crash.
With the chicane, how many teams will say, "no need to lead" out because less risk of crash and less likely to be fully blocked. So it will come back together.
2023 woman's edition was as many commentators have said the best race – men's or woman's – of last year. The fact that the breakaway won, that it was just 9 seconds from being caught by a large group 2 including the favourites, that Jackson just dogged it out pulling the lead group when no-one wanted to push, the SD Worx rider marking the break splashing out in the velodrome and then the sprint. The improbability of the win for Jackson and the breakaway was highlighted by the attitude of the race commentators to them.
Guys, keep an eye on an up-and-comer Paternoster for a high finish. Podium and top-10 recently….
You guys chose the wrong day to not do a basque country recap
MVDP did not like the change but with his positioning and cyclo-cross skills, he will be the first one on the cobbles and then attack with a fully stretched peloton. I just fear what can happen in the fight for positioning as they approach the railway crossing.
No ELB, so not really looking that good for Lidl.
Aussies will always remember Robbie McEwen "Hayman is back"!
If WVA can't win I hope Mads does
What about Fem Van Empel?
She is my pic.
Really weird to listen to this pod whilst reading about the huge Basque Country crash overnight 🙁
It's going to be MvP, barring accident or illness, 3 of the top 5 were taken out in the crash yesterday so no real rivals as in the T of Flanders.
Re: the Philipsen – Pedersen odds, at times bookies shorten odds if there has been heavy betting on a rider and they wish to reduce their risk exposure. Hence you often see popular riders at significantly lower odds than their actual chance of winning. Same thing for other sports.
Most changes of any sort suit MvDP. He is so much better than every one else at most things.
Degenkolb keeping his powder dry for Sunday. I like how he moves in silence with these opening salvo of classics races.
“Playing bookmaker’s advocate” is my new favourite Benji phrase
no reaction whatsoever to yesterday's stage?what happens.. you guys are ok?
This U-turn is gonna be a fucking disaster.
When we need LR the most about The Basque Country disaster crash, they are offline! 🙁
For me, the weather/muddy race is the biggest variable. The forecast I saw for the women's race shows good weather, if that holds, Lotte Kopecky is going to dominate. Redemption for the race from last year plus sending the statement that despite not being fully dominate this year, she is the best overall classics rider in the world. I would love to see Zoe Backstedt break through for a Top 10.
The forecast for the men's race I saw showed a chance of rain and colder. If it rains and the cobbles are muddy I would not make a call on the winner, too many random variables with the mud. If it says dry, MvDP is obviously a favorite, however, my call is for Christophe Laporte to have an inspired win and show that Visma is not dead despite all of the setbacks the team has been having this Spring.
It's pronounced ass-fault.
If Mvdp goes off the front with 50km I will throw my phone through the tv
they call it Aremberg trench for a reason.. you go down in it
This was a really great podcast guys – well done
One of my fav races. Thanks for the preview!