either way. Dillier is showing major class taking turns inside 5K with Sagan on his wheel. Either he's crazy strong or totally accepted 2nd.

He's talked to Sagan a few times. I think he's riding for 2nd.

Sep, Kristoff, Stybar
Langeveld, Stuyven

roubaix:

Demare
Kristoff
Stybar

GVA
Langeveld

i am getting my picks in early as I will attending a different sporting event. prediction: QS throws bombs, the favorites follow McNulty's advice and mark the entire squad, leaving it to a 12 man velodrome mosh pit.

DEMARE
SAGAN
GILBERT

NAESEN
VAN AERT

Roubaix picks

Sagan, GVA, Stuyven

Thomas and Moscon

My picks:

Sagan, GVA, Terpstra

Gilbert, Van Aert

I actually hope Sagan wins this one, but it will be difficult to beat the Quickstep boys I think with 3 of them (Terpstra, Gilbert and Stybar) wanting to go for it.. Would like to see Stybar or Terpstra go with 30-40k to go and have Van Aert join them

I am going to throw my hat in for PR

Pedersen, Sep, GVA

Van Aert, O Naeson

It is QS's race to lose, which they will, trying to keep the other favorites out of a winning move.

Torn between Stybar and Phil...

Stybar, Sagan, Demare.
Gilbert, Vanmarke

Stybar, Stuyven, Vanmarcke
Sagan and Gilbert

I should probably put Degenkolb in there...

edit Apr 7

Stybar, Vanmarcke, Terpstra
Sagan and GvA

Degenkolb, Gilbert, Van Aert

Theuns, Stuyven

Oss was a monster last year.

My picks : Keukeleire, Moscon, Terpstra

Thomas, Degenkolb

He only has to finish to achieve that. :)

For me:

Gilbert
Stuyven
Vanmarcke

Oss
Groenewegen

Going with
Phil Gil, Van Avrmont, Stybar.
Sagen, Styvan.

My picks for Roubaix:

VanMarcke
Stuyven
Sagan

Terpstra
Van Aert

No disrespect to Terpstra. I think Terpstra is the overwhelming favourite (has the form and legs), but I think all the teams had enough and will race negatively against them.

I don't know what to make of P-R. Funny how as this classics season goes on and we get a better sense of who's on form, the picking just gets harder. The way things are going it seems dumb to go against QS. But it also seems imprudent to go against Sagan and Van Avermaet, despite their relative lack of results thusfar... might be that they've planned their spring classics campaign around Roubaix.

In a way it's a little offputting to see QS dominate the way they have, but in another way its refreshing because for having such a stacked classics team, they've done a hell of a job over the last few years screwing things up royally. This year they seem to have it dialed, so I'm not going to beta against them.

Gilbert, GvA, Stybar
Sagan, Van Aert

Sagan
Stybar
Sep!
Gilbert
van Aert

Sagan, Terpstra, Vanmarcke

Stybar, Stuyven

Great race to watch, happy to see Sagan finally get his cobble. Played it perfectly with the gentle roll-off with 53k to go.
Its basically the exact same move terpstra did at Flanders, riding out of the group unchallenged to bridge over to the break.

sometimes it's so surprising that the race winning move was initiated not by a monstrous attack, but rather by someone not paying attention for that one moment. Don't think QS would have enough to cover today regardless, but of all of his race winning moves, this may have been one with the least amount of effort. Close second would be how he won his first Gent Wevelgem, also b/c someone wouldn't pull through, thus affording him a gap, and off he went.

In amateur bike racing, once someone does this sort of stuff once, people will guard the person like a hawk; interesting that so many are either unable or unattentive.

Rest in peace, Michael Goolaerts...

Rest in peace, Michael Goolaerts...

good morning
are we picking for Brabantse Pijl?

QS is deep with Gilbert, Jungels and Alaphilippe but so many contenders to pick from — Valverde, Kwiatkowski, Wellens, Benoot, Colbrelli, GvA, Martin. Guess is the Wolfpack won’t be able to control the explosive nature of Ardennes courses and the guys. And have to wonder if the guys who raced Northen Classics can recover quickly enough to be fresh.