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tl;dr: Nowhere near as surprising as I expected. Surprisingly unsurprising.

This one is mostly serious, with some jokes for spice. It’s also likely there are mistakes due to my haphazard efforts and the fallibility of Wikipedia.

Sonny Colbrelli had not won a Grand Tour stage prior to winning Paris-Roubaix. No GTs have happened since October 4th [source needed], so he still hasn’t. That seemed unusual, as monuments, especially Roubaix, are obviously more coveted than GT stages [source needed]. I needed to find out more. How unusual is that?

In his ten Grand Tour participations (Giro x5 2012-2016, Tour x5 2017-2021), Sonny barely sniffed the podium on any stages before 2021. He had a total of 3, twice in the 2018 Tour and once in the 2016 Giro. Obviously, he was a lead-out man and domestique for many of these GTs, but it just shows how lackluster his GT results have been. 2018 Tour de France came second twice (Stages 2 and 5). 2016 Giro came third on Stage 5.

This led to some doubters about his 2021 season based on recent history. In the 2021 Bahrain Victorious preview podcast, a certain ‘back of the pack’ friend of the subreddit was not exactly over the moon on our Sonny-side-up Italian champion:

u/thelanternerouge: Team leaders. Pretty clearly in like one-day races and semi-cobbles is Sonny Colbrelli. In like Brabantse Pijl-style races, I mean, he’s a hard one, Colbrelli, right? Because, would you, would you really go into a race, Benji, like a World Tour, top-level race and say, ‘Colbrelli’s our man’ except for maybe a Giro stage that really suited him?

u/benjinaesen: I would! [author’s note: *Boom!* The prescience is strong with this one. Must be proximity to the jedi rat thing. Don’t listen to Lanterne’s Lunacy and his doubting of the shining beacon of light that is Sonny ‘Sunny Col’ Cobblerelli] I think he’s got potential. I was a pretty big fan of Colbrelli the years he won the likes of a Brabantse Pijl because he’s the type of rider that doesn’t necessarily give up easily. He can be in a, in a group without being the best climber [Hello, Remco EC] and just hold on as much as possible and still outsprint everybody in the end [Hello, Mathieu Roubaix].

Before 2021, Sonny Colbrelli was a good rider. He consistently placed high up in the classics and had many decent performances at the Tour and the Giro. But nothing excellent. 2021 before Roubaix had already been his best season by far, winning the Italian and European Cha

I know the supply is limited on any and I’ll be waiting until at least February probably for most, and the ‘22 lineup will have changes.

That said, I’ve cycled for years. I have lower back issues now, so I’ve got into mountain biking. Surprisingly, I don’t get back issues with that. I narrowed it down to the fact that my current road bike is a 2005ish Kestrel Evoke, so a pretty aggressive stance (at least for the time) that is just painful to lean over for a couple hours at a time.

But I can’t mtb quickly for an hour workout daily or keep consistency going like I can with road cycling (it’s as natural and quick for me to just go when I have time as running is for many).

I’m looking more for endurance road bike for the comfort reasons.

My style is more of distance with rolling hills and maybe a few not bad 10-15% grades here and there in the Front Range of CO. Though I wouldn’t mind every so often grinding my way up a mountain road.

But primarily I’ll be doing light rolling hills for 30-50 mile rides and a couple metric centuries a year.

I don’t race. I only compete for my own times, but I’m going more for fitness so longer durations are important.

I assume any of these 3 will be a significant step up in the comfort and technology than my old Kestrel with old Ultegra components, so I figured I can’t go wrong with any.

I can’t try a Canyon before buying because I don’t have them out here, but the 30 day return is letting me consider it.

Specialized and Trek are a dime a dozen out here, so plenty of LBS support. Alas, I’m paying a premium for those brand names. Cool gimmicks on them like the integrated storage or the “shock”, but I’m not sure I’d care after a while.

I’d love for a cool looking bike, but honestly I’d rather go for functional differentiators and comfort before I let the looks be a tie breaker.

Thoughts?

Hello whichbike community!

I am looking to get my first road bike. From some research, an endurance bike seems to be a good fit to my usage scenario: recreational rides on bike path + occasional 15-mile commutes on bike paths+streets. In my area, I narrowed search to these two:

2017 Trek Domane 4 for $1000

• Ultegra components
• Listed as "like-new condition" but does mention one fall with cosmetic damage to handle bar

2015 Specialized Roubaix SL4 Sport for $825

• Shimano 105 components
• Listed as "like new condition"

Any thoughts which bike would offer a better value? Is one or the other will be more/less expensive to maintain assuming normal use? Thanks in advance, I would appreciate any input!

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Deadline

The deadline will be on October 3rd at 11:15 local time (GMT +2). That's 11:15 CEST, 09:15 UTC, 05:15 EDT & 02:15 PDT.

Race Info

Weather

Periods of rain, 14°C. Wind 15 km/h from WNW. Our on-the-ground weather reporter u/SkuleJoke says it's raining a lot right now (at 23:40 CEST)! Rainy Roubaix is happening folks.

Race Breakdown

Hello everyone, and welcome to the 2021 Men's Paris-Roubaix!

That's right, "The Hell of the North" is back this Sunday following a 903 day absence. And after 19 dry years, it looks like we're going to get a rainy race too!

The 118th edition of this prestigious monument features a 257.7 km route with roughly 1,550m of climbing. What distinguishes Paris-Roubaix from other races, however, is the cobbled sections, also known as secteurs of pavé. This year's race features 30 cobbled sections totalling 55km, each of which is assigned a star rating by the race organisers to indicate their difficulty. One star is 'easy', five stars is brutal!

Proceedings start in Compiègne, with 96.3km of tarmacked road helping to ease the riders into the race ahead of the first secteur of pavé, the three star Troisvilles à Inchy. After ten more sectors ranging from two to four star difficulty and a brief spin through the city of Denain, the riders will hit the notorious Trouée d'Arenberg, the first five star section. It's likely the race will really get started here, as riders look to get away and attack on the long 2.4km section of widely spaced and jarring cobbles.

Those who conquer the Arenberg will then reach Mons-en-Pévèle seven sectors later. The run-in to Mons-en-Pévèle is the toughest part of the race on paper, with all the sectors either ranking at three or four stars, including the longest sector of the race, the four star Hornaing à Wandignies, which is 3.7km of lumpy bumpy hell. Mons-en-Pévèle will then just add insult to injury for the riders, with 3km of wide uneven cobbles potentially serving as a launchpad for long-range attacks with just under 50km of the race to go. The suffering continues right the way until Carrefour de l’Arbre, the final five-star section of the race. This 2.1km slightly uphill drag

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• 2019 - Eurosport - 6 min
• 2019 - Eurosport - How The Race Was Won
• 2019 - NBC - 11 min
• 2019 - Tour de France - 4 min
• 2018 - Eurosport - How The Race Was Won
• 2018 - Tour de France - 4 min
• 2017 - Tour de France - 4 min
• 2017 - Velon - 2 min

Past r/peloton Race and Results Threads

Interested in upgrading to the Roubaix Sport in the next 5-6 months or so.

Is anyone aware on the release date of the 2022 sport? I prefer it to the 2021 due to the 105 crankset and the smoke grey color. Thanks!

| Race | Category | Start time (CEST) | EDT | :-- | : | :-- | :-- | Omnium heats | Men | 10:00 | 04:00 | 500m TT - qualifiers | Women | 10:46 | 04:46 | Madison - heats | Women | 11:04 | 05:04 | Sprint - qualifiers | Men | 11:44 | 05:44 | Omnium - Scratch (1/4) | Men | 12:24 | 06:24 | Sprint - 1/16 finals | Men | 12:47 | 06:47 | IP - qualifiers | Women | 13:25 | 07:25 | Sprint - 1/8 finals | Men | 14:17 | 08:17 Omnium - Tempo race (2/4) | Men | 14:36 | 08:36 500m TT - finals | Women | 17:30 | 11:30 | Sprint - quarterfinals | Men | 17:52 | 11:52 | Madison - finals | Women | 18:10 | 12:10 | Omnium - Elimination race (3/4) | Men | 18:51 | 12:51 | IP - finals | Women | 19:41 | 13:41 | Omnium - Points race (4/4) | Men | 20:02 | 14:02 |

###Medal events cheat notes
(names bold for Roubaix starters)

Women's 500m TT Berlin 2020 champions:

1. Lea Friedrich (Germany)
2. Jessica Salazar (Mexico)
3. Miriam Vece (Italy)

The German women have been dominating the sprint tournament so far, today's there's a chance for Friedrich to add another gold medal to their sprint tally. She might get some competition from Voynova, who won the World title on this event in 2015 and 2016. Edit: and Shmeleva who was 2017 and 2019 World champion - the start lists keep changing last minute!

Women's Madison Berlin 2020 champions:

On my local marketplace I have someone trying to sell one of these for $1250. Is this a good deal? I’m trying to talk him down to $1000, but I am curious as to if this would be a good investment. This would be my first bike. Ultegra group set, rim brakes.

Paris - Roubaix Femmes

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| Race | Category | Start time (CEST) | EDT | :-- | : | :-- | :-- | Omnium - heats | Women | 13:00 | 07:00 | Kilo - qualifying | Men | 13:23 | 07:23 | Omnium - scratch (1/4) | Women | 13:56 | 07:56 | IP - qualifying | Men | 14:14 | 08:14 | Omnium - tempo race (2/4) | Women | 15:28 | 09:28 | Points race | Men | 18:32 | 12:32 | Sprint - semifinals | Women | 19:24 | 13:24 | Omnium - elimination race (3/4) | Women | 19:34 | 13:34 | Kilo | Men | 20:00 | 14:00 | IP - finals | Men | 20:36 | 14:36 | Sprint - finals | Women | 20:51 | 14:51 | Omnium - Points race (4/4) | Women | 21:01 | 15:01 |

###Medal events cheat notes (names bold for Roubaix starters)

Men's 1km time trial Berlin 2020 champions:

1. Sam Ligtlee (Netherlands)
2. Quentin Lafargue (France)
3. Michael D'Almeida (France)

Pain! Just pain for the kilo.

Individual pursuit - Men Berlin 2020 champions:

1. Filippo Ganna (Italy)
2. Ashton Lambie (US)
3. Corentin Ermenault (France)

Pippo has had a great season, but this will be one more race people are looking out for. Not so much for whether he'll win it, but what his time will be. In Berlin, he won by massive 1.7 seconds to Lambie and over 5 seconds to everyone else. His WR is now set at 4:01.934 (though Lambie,

| Race | Category | Start time (CEST) | EDT | :-- | : | :-- | :-- | Keirin - 1st round | Men | 13:00 | 07:00 | Sprint - qualifying | Women | 13:18 | 07:18 | Sprint - 1/16 finals | Women | 14:07 | 08:07 | Keirin - 2nd round | Men | 14:45 | 08:45 | Sprint - 1/8 finals | Women | 14:59 | 08:59 | Team pursuit - first round | Women | 18:30 | 12:30 | Sprint - quarterfinals | Women | 18:58 | 12:58 | Team pursuit - finals | Men | 19:16 | 13:16 | Scratch | Men | 19:48 | 13:48 | Keirin - finals | Men | 20:33 | 14:33 | Team pursuit - finals | Women | 20:45 | 14:45 | Elimination race | Women | 21:00 | 15:00 |

###Medal events cheat notes (names bold for Roubaix starters)

Men's team pursuit Berlin 2020 champions:

1. Lasse Norman Hansen, Julius Johansen, Frederik Rodenberg, Rasmus Pedersen (Denmark)
2. Campbell Stewart, Corbin Strong, Aaron Gate, Jorden Kerby, Regan Gouch (New Zealand)
3. Simone Consonni, Filippo Ganna, Francesco Lamon, Jonathan Milan, Michele Scartezzini (Italy)

Last Worlds, the Danes seemed unbeatable. They set new world records every time they lined up in Berlin. After missing out on the Olympic title by a bee's penis, they seem to have overhauled the team for the Worlds. Maybe to prep some new guys for Paris 2024? Anyway, the golden Italy boys will be the favourites af

| Race | Category | Start time (CEST) | EDT | :-- | : | :-- | :-- | Team Pursuit qualifiers| Women | 13:30 | 7:30 Team Pursuit qualifiers | Men | 14:01 | 8:01
Team Sprint qualifiers | Women | 18:30 |12:30
Team Sprint qualifiers | Men | 18:52 | 12:52 Scratch | Women | 19:35 | 13:35 Team Sprint - first round | Women | 19:53| 13:53 Team Sprint - first round | Men |20:04 | 14:04 Team pursuit - first round | Men | 20:25 | 14:25 Team Sprint - Finals | Women | 20:51 | 14:51 Team Sprint - Finals | Men | 20:59 | 14:59

###Medal events cheat notes (names bold for Roubaix starters)

Women's Scratch
Berlin 2020 champions:

1. Kirsten Wild (Netherlands)
2. Jennifer Valente (US)
3. Maria Martins (Portugal)

Kirsten Wild is opting to skip the scratch and will only race the points race and Madison this year, so we'll definitely get a new World Champion for this event. Valente and Martins, the previous podium finishers will be vying for those rainbow bands.

Team Sprint - Women
Berlin 2020 champions:

1. Pauline Grabosch, Emma Hinze, Lea Friedrich (Germany)
2. Kaarle McCulloch, Steph