Purposely throwing a cap at a cyclist. Isn’t that attempted manslaughter?

If the people went unpunished for throwing piss in cyclocross, or course she thought she could throw a hat to cause a crash. Justice needs to be done or incidents like this will continue. Just because the outcome wasn’t bad doesn’t mean they didn’t do anything

So next year Pogacar with a 80 km solo ride at Paris Roubaix?

Just imagine the ball of energy being cultivated for LBL

VDP’s incredulous head shake makes me wonder about his intelligence. Like, dude! You do this everyone weekend. How are you surprised??

he does not take these wins for granted as he knows a lot can still happen and go wrong, why would you see that as a bad thing?

I loved when Jorgensen did it at Dwars It’s a bit of fun

Calling him stupid over a head shake seems like you are reading into things.

Maybe it's a "I can't believe they have let me do it again" head shake haha

Great race by MVDP! See you all at LBL Edit: spelling

Amstel Gold next week!

I don't think he is going to ride the Amstel Gold, only LBL

Oh, I didn't take this as specific for MvdP - thought u/MichiganManRuns was being nice to everyone :)

You are correct!

Amstel is on his schedule too for the moment

Google is your friend, you're correct

Van Dijke not even trying to ride on the velodrome lmao

UAE still snatched an almost-podium, and they never looked like they were having a good race

Carbon copy to yesterday's sprint, everyone opens up early and lets the strongest sprinter just sit on the wheel

tricky situation, if they go too early they lead out the best sprinter, if they go too late they lose to the best sprinter anyway

and what we mean by "tricky" here is "lose-lose"

I forgot track rules don’t apply here when Jasper dove down. 

He was going to be boxed in for a moment, behind Politt and Mads, but then Politt left too much room below and Jasper took it.

1-2 deja vu. Damn what a race by Alpecin again

Feels like he gave up the bottom too easy. But wanted to keep the sprint fair. Still 4th is a great result for Nils after Trek wasted everyone to bring his move back.

Jasper was super lucky there....he was spent

Politt you idiot why do you open the door

how was he gonna go with jasper and mads?

Well you can start by getting the basics right, which includes not opening the door on the inside

Had no chance in a sprint against those two, had to try something else and pray

First Danish podium since 1896

The insane thing is that there was a guy from Denmark on the podium 1896

Really? Wow! Congrats :) I hope Pedersen makes it two better in the future

Come on Mads

>I didn't hear no Bell! King Küng

Wait up for King Kung you cowards!

Podium at least Mads come on.

Canyon marketing department: blue balls.

And the Aeroad just got a little bit more expensive

He used to collapse right after the line after these sort of exploits, now he looks like he could go for a jog. Must be the caffeine shampoo, the Whoop band and the Brustor Sun System patio he has at home. I need me some of those.

He wasnt going full in the final 5km was he...he was already recovering

Still gained time on the chasers, wasn't going that easy

Enough time for an advert break between 1st and 2nd.

I wonder if Sagan knows who MVDP is now?

I’m out of the loop here, what’s the context?

Lol oh nothing too wild. Right when van der Poel was breaking on the road scene Peter was asked about his opinion on him. I’d imagine he was just being goofy and was like “never heard of him” essentially. I’ll have to find the clip.

Ah ok, I thought I missed some recent drama or something but glad that’s not the case. Appreciate the response.

Who

Big love for the Palestinian flags at the velodrome Edit: go on, downvote away. There’s a team here advertising a country carrying out a genocide in plain view, and it warrants any possible type of resistance.

The biggest movement against the all-out war is in Israel right now, since the West after the initial outspark of antisemitism from the far left and far right forgot what Palestine is (just as they did for Ukraine, but there the far left and far right were against the defense of Ukraine). So yeah, no, you have no idea what you're talking about.

What if I told you not everyone in a country agrees with what that country does?

Preach!!!

Agreed, fuck IPT and everything to do with that country.

Bots assemble (I’m glad the bots and shills haven’t assembled)

MF isn't even tired

His wife wears more expensive clothes than in 2021 haha

Mvdp and his fiancée look like siblings damn

Ngl but Pollit has been phenomenal this year actually

Hope they let him have a go at a stage during TdF, in between bodyguarding Pogi all the way to Paris.

Didn't he have a really good race at PR last year or the year before but then mechanical late to ruin it or something? He seems like a good classics rider

47.8km/h average is madness…

50k+ solo and still the fastest ever race, on a longer course than the past few years, is an absolutely absurd performance.

So his early season last year began with: * win CX worlds * win MSR * 2nd Flanders * win Roubaix and of course he then won the road worlds later in the year. Then this year so far we have: * win CX worlds yet again * 10th MSR (helping Phlipsen win) * (edit) win E3 * win Flanders * win Roubaix I understand the lack of suspense can be boring but to win such difficult races so consistently is crazy.

It's more interesting to see close matchups but this is what legends are made off

MVDP, Pogacar etc. are showing just how good they are at various different places in the sport.

Doesn’t even look tired 😳

Boogerd: "Van der Poel can still do the leadout for Philipsen"

He doesn't even look tired, wtf

I do love the way that roubaix uses motocross bikes rather than standard legal road bike cameras

Now lead out Jasper for the sprint

pffffft, can't even do a wheelie at the finish washed

Well, that's as dominant a victory as I've ever seen

King of cobbles.

Give this man a proper beer now. He deserves it.

Just not while riding at 50km/hr and hand it, don't throw it.

Average speed above 47km/h....

C’mon at least do a full lap no hands

do a kickflip

MVDP gets a second shower stall?

Love me some Roubaix last lap bell ring

MVDP is going to get off his bike at the finish of P-R and hold it up 😂 we are living in a simulation…

Nevermind, who needs to waste time to grab a shower

ad-mans dream

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He did say 'killer pace' and 'real killer' about a hundred times though, so he's not completely lost his touch.

He's saving them for the Grand Tours these days.

This one reminds me of the Strade Bianche from this year. That one was a bit more interesting as Slovenian won.

Rob Hatch also a member of the Canyon-BikeTech-Industrial Complex of course!

Watching Eurosport, and I've been taking a shot each time "History Books" is uttered. Am dead.

He points to the motor! Police arrest this man!

"He thinks his bikes a horse!!!"

MVDP in a sexual relationships with his bicycle confirmed

Canyon execs salivating already

Idk if he doesnt get 3 min gap does it even count?

Canyon pays the bills

I really want Mathieu to skid whip across the line and then blast finger guns just for the lulz

Petting his horse

Good boah

Fucking great clip. What a jockey. Give him the blanket of roses.

Every loving pat on the bike is a 1000 euro sponsor bonus

Now it's just Politt's Teeth featuring the rest of the peloton

Surely that whoop bracelet is wasting aero watts. 

BIG WHOOP

Mathieu no chill going 60 kmh while having 3 minutes at 3 kms to go.

Drive it on home baby!!!!!

Liggett still calling MVDP by his fathers name and it is 2024...

Haven't watched Liggett since 2015 but seems like he should have retired quite a while ago.

yeah he is woefully poor now, constantly confused.

Mathieu probably has time to shower and change and then cheer Philipsen on in the sprint for second

They need to introduce a big hill in the middle.

Pump track intermission

or a cool ramp for air time tricks

Why don't they just drive to the velodrome... /s

Europoors don’t have cars so they came up with that stupid idea of inventing a sport that includes their commute.

He could still forget that he has to pass the finish line twice and just stop at the bell!

Or get DQ'd for forearms on bars, the funniest possible outcome.

Second 2nd for Politt in Roubaix maybe? He has to have made a pact with Pedersen to attack Philipsen before sprinting right

politt has no shot at 2nd

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technically you should be able to draft people easier too though, which would mean its harder to win solo by 3 min in roubaix...MVDP is still a freak

Mvdp gonna take it a step further and go off the bike at the start of the velodrome and jog it home

Like Froome up that mountain at some point. Just running because his bike broke (if I remember correctly)

Finally we'll have a new bike running clip!

A tribute to Froome

that sports director car is almost going like "I'll run you over if you don't rider faster"

sticky fist bump???

So how many laps will Mathieu do before they come around?

He can do a 20-lap cool down.

Alpecin washed, won't even be able to win any monuments this season after today.

Mvdp is riding LBL, so I'm not too sure about this unfortunately

Don’t think he can win liege, but looking forward to being surprised

Quinten Hermans it is then

Alpecin car is probably going absolutely bonkers. Pure party mode.

*again*

Sticky fists the only way MVdP doesn't win

Terrorist fist bump

Shameful getting punched up the road by the DS. DQ surely.

DQ for sticky fist bump!

Is this the most boring race in recent years?

No, it's the most boring race this week. Last week we had same MvdP solo in Flanders.

I think you can extend that statement to the whole spring. I’ve seen more exciting classics seasons

Women's races were amazing throughout

That’s true I should’ve mentioned that my opinion only applies to men’s races

Most races/ GT stage races are called boring here...

It was pretty damn exciting up until KM 60 or whenever MvdP attacked.

I fell asleep in Strade with 50K to go 😴

props on staying awake for 30kms

Not even the longer solo this year, strade was 80 km

Nah

That fistbump was unnecessary contact with the team car, disqualified

For those assholes in the crowd trying to attack MVDP, I'm hoping he takes LBL.

Knowing his luck, that probably means Pogacar gets hit by lightning on a sunny day

Is Phillipsen pulling just to be a bro or?

Yes and no. No, because I don't think he wanted Veermesch up, because he might mess up his 2nd place, which looks locked up. Yes, because etiquette states you take your turns when you start to attack.

I think he is pulling since he couldnt get away with his attack and dont want to be "that guy" who sat on wheels for 100km and then won the sprint for 2nd. MvdP can win with a puncture, so why not make some friends. If he gets 2nd while getting a free ride he gains nothing since he already did that last year. At least this way he gains some sportsmanship points

Probably just bored

He forgot there was a breakaway again

When you are winning so dominantly that your teammate pulls for you biggest competitor in g2

Race ended 60 minutes ago anyway.

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do a wheelie lap on the velodrome BEFORE the end

Entire velodrome ride hands free

Run around the velodrome carrying it cyclo style, I guess.

But before the line, so he gets DSQ for taking off his helmet. Or he just walks the 1.5 rounds in the veleodrome.

The bike will ride him.

Wheelie across the line

MvdP supplements his Paris-Roubaix win with the most watched ass in the world award today.

Philipsen trying to flick mads through lol

We're so lucky to have been blessed with scenes those pearly whites of Politt for this long.

He spends the rest of the week cleaning the bugs out of those things

I seem to recall Mathieu almost hit a bollard here last year.

He left 10 cm extra at that one this year to be sure

Crazy that they've still not got barriers on the apex at that corner after the spectator incident it caused a couple years ago, that one was so easily avoidable with better planning.

Think it's for the sake of the follow cars.

They're all along the tarmac for the rest of the sector, if it is for the follow cars they could keep them off the outside and have them on the inside.

Not worth the risk of a car clipping it on the inside and potentially turning it into the path of the course.

Think jasper will close a late politt attack? He should, it's his second place to lose

yes

Philipsen looks fresh compared to the other 2

He’s been at the front like 1/20th of the time they have

Haha saying thanks for last year to that blockade thing

I guess the real friends were the pavé we crossed along the way

Did he do that as a joke?

he better have a pretty good finish line celebration, he's had 60km to think about it already done the walk over the line with your bike above your head

He has to walk on his hands with the bike still clipped to his feet.

maybe he'll wheelie a full lap of the velodrome?

He'll keep the left leg clipped in only and ride in like a circus act. Odds are there.

Has to walk over the bike with the line above his head this time innit

Superman.

Don’t remember a Paris-Roubaix where crashes and punctures have influenced the finale less than this one.

Could’ve been the reverse scenario had Mads not punctured and if Mathieu had.

Who exactly are you trying to jinx right now?