Wiggins
Kudos to Bradley Wiggins. Looking over the start list for this weekend's Paris-Roubaix, Wiggins is the only rider entered that has a reasonably high level of Grand Tour GC aspirations.
All the other GC riders are training or racing in Pays Basque. I can understand that logic, since the Basque race is more suited to a GC rider. But, I miss the days of Grand Tour riders racing in Roubaix. The practice seemed to disappear with the '90s. Indurain, Pantani, Ullrich, Armstrong???? NO. NO. NO. NO.
Another sad part of bike racing that seems, for the most part, to have disappeared.
All the other GC riders are training or racing in Pays Basque. I can understand that logic, since the Basque race is more suited to a GC rider. But, I miss the days of Grand Tour riders racing in Roubaix. The practice seemed to disappear with the '90s. Indurain, Pantani, Ullrich, Armstrong???? NO. NO. NO. NO.
Another sad part of bike racing that seems, for the most part, to have disappeared.
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