Arrived ‘The hell of the north’, the ‘Classic of the classics’. The Paris-Roubaix It receives several nicknames but it is, without a doubt, the breed of cobblestones; or pavé, or stones, whatever you want to call it. The truth is that the sun runs in several sections that, in anyone’s eyes, should serve cattle roads and a little more. However, since 1896 cyclists have traveled them every year more than 50 kilometers per hour in a survival exercise it’s just painful to look at.
He thickness of stones and the depth and the gap between them seems smaller for two reasons: first, television narrows it; the second, the apparent ease with which the best specialists in the world They walk each cobbled section. However, seeing them in person or through the photos accompanying this text (taken this week in the mythical Arenberg Forest) helps to get an idea of challenges and pain which means beyond more than 50 cobbled kilometers divided into 29 Paris-Roubaix sectors .
Van der Poel and Van Aert and Lotte Kopecky, favourites
The races will take place this weekend: on Saturday it’s the turn of the women’s race (starting at 1:30 pm) and on Sunday the men’s race (11:30 am). Expected both end between 5:00 pm and 5:30 pm. As for favorites, Van der Poel and Van Aert are the leading candidates in the men’s race, while Lotte Kopecky it is in the feminine.
Source: La Verdad
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