In the year of no classics and MAYBE no racing at all
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Somebody find me the 2017 Paris-Nice race where Greg Van Avermaet had the fastest time ever! I can highlights but not the complete race
Greg Van Avermaet (2017): 257km in 5:41:07 (45.204 kph)
The organizers knew this was going to be a fast race, because of a strong tailwind from the south and on a course that hadn’t seen rain for more than a week. They even delayed the start by 15 minutes so that this 115th edition of Paris–Roubaix wouldn’t finish too early for the live broadcast. The race proved so fast—almost 51 kilometers were raced in the first hour and the first three hours averaged 47.5 kilometers per hour—that the usual breakaways had a hard time getting established. With constant changes of direction in the final part of the course where it jumps from one section of cobblestones to another, the pace slowed, but the combination of speed, distance and difficulties (along with crashes and punctures) did their usual part of dissecting the peloton, eventual leaving five riders to sprint for the victory—taken commandingly by BMC Racing’s Greg Van Avermaet from Zdenek Stybar and Sebastian Langeveld
https://pelotonmagazine.com/racing/paris-roubaix-the-fastest-ever/
Greg Van Avermaet (2017): 257km in 5:41:07 (45.204 kph)
The organizers knew this was going to be a fast race, because of a strong tailwind from the south and on a course that hadn’t seen rain for more than a week. They even delayed the start by 15 minutes so that this 115th edition of Paris–Roubaix wouldn’t finish too early for the live broadcast. The race proved so fast—almost 51 kilometers were raced in the first hour and the first three hours averaged 47.5 kilometers per hour—that the usual breakaways had a hard time getting established. With constant changes of direction in the final part of the course where it jumps from one section of cobblestones to another, the pace slowed, but the combination of speed, distance and difficulties (along with crashes and punctures) did their usual part of dissecting the peloton, eventual leaving five riders to sprint for the victory—taken commandingly by BMC Racing’s Greg Van Avermaet from Zdenek Stybar and Sebastian Langeveld
https://pelotonmagazine.com/racing/paris-roubaix-the-fastest-ever/
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Just posted this in another thread.
https://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/7951/movistars-netflix-documentary-series-to-be-released-on-friday
https://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/7951/movistars-netflix-documentary-series-to-be-released-on-friday
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TouchèWhat do you mean "no racing?" We have the Tour de Quarantine, don't we?
Oh very cool! I'd bet there will be more on the way.
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Social distancing!Touchè
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