Despite somewhat threatening time, many spectators came to Compiègne To attend the departure of the 122nd Paris-Roubaix.
In the departure area, on the cobblestones of the place of castleall eyes focus on the world champion Tadeï Pogaçar, the title holder Mathieu Val der Poël and on the outsider Mads Pedersen. Unless surprised, the victory should be played between these three. Even if runners like Filippo Ganna or Wout Van Aert can also get their faces cobblestones…
A fictitious departure
At the passage of the runners in front of the town hall, the public clearly displays its preference for Poggy. So he worries about not seeing him at the front of peloton. That said, this is a fictitious departure. The real start will be given a little further, on the road to Bailly. And the facetious world champion takes all his time. It is true that the race is 259.2 km long and that it has 55.3 km of paved sectors spread over thirty sections …
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot won the female version
This Saturday, the victory in the female version of Paris-Roubaix returned to a talented Frenchwoman: Pauline Ferrand-Prévot. A good omen for the tricolors? We are entitled to think that boys like Arnaud Demare, Beauvaisien, or Anthony Turgis, who bore the colors of the Nogentais cyclo-club, can end in the top ten. But winning will be really very difficult for them. Unless the glorious uncertainty of sport even …
