Its time for Paris – Roubaix, the hell of the north, the closing race of the spring cobbled season. 254k across the worst cobbles the region has to offer with a finish on the famous velodrome.
Limited time here so we are crowdsourcing this preview. Top 15 contenders are shown below and the full teams for some of the top contenders below that.
Answer three questions in your post:
Who will win?
How will they win (long range solo attack, short range solo attack etc.)?
Surprise overperformer?
Favorites:
Rider
FL
CO
SP
ST
RS
Spengler
74
83
62
74
73
Pedersen
77
83
78
78
80
Wisniowski
79
82
72
74
75
Per
79
82
74
74
75
Van Hooydonck
73
82
61
75
74
Altur
75
82
72
75
70
Senechal
75
82
69
79
74
Gerts
77
82
72
76
80
Teunissen
76
81
67
77
73
Kamyshev
76
81
65
80
74
Anderberg
78
80
60
77
76
Tiller
74
79
74
76
75
Ferreira
73
79
71
74
70
Theuns
71
79
76
74
71
Sulimov
73
79
65
77
71
Rider
FL
CO
SP
ST
RS
Assa Abloy
Taubel
72
77
60
67
71
Girmay
76
77
76
74
75
Blume Levy
71
74
71
71
67
Rickaert
78
72
75
75
75
Renard
75
68
70
69
75
Kaloniatis
72
65
66
74
72
Kolev
68
55
61
68
68
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Carlsberg
Meiler
74
77
63
72
70
Bolivar
72
76
63
72
68
Resell
75
76
61
73
71
Matsangos
71
74
61
73
70
Cannister
74
73
75
75
68
Finkst
74
71
69
70
70
Van Tricht
71
65
71
71
72
- - -
EA Vesuvio
Lampawog
76
76
64
76
75
Sweeck
73
76
70
71
72
Gunnlaugsson
77
66
75
73
79
Geniets
74
64
62
75
77
Tanfield
73
64
66
74
75
Vermaerke
70
62
65
74
74
John
67
58
64
69
71
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Grieg
Bohli
74
77
74
79
75
Stokbro
75
77
71
75
73
Jansen
72
76
75
75
72
De Gendt
76
75
65
77
75
Abrahamsen
75
74
71
72
75
Van Gestel
74
74
70
76
75
Ssabagwanya
70
67
60
80
75
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Tinkoff
Kamyshev
76
81
65
80
74
Sulimov
73
79
65
77
71
Syritsa
68
68
66
70
71
Skujins
69
66
67
79
76
Tikhonin
72
63
69
75
73
Yatsevich
69
63
59
75
80
Strakhov
69
57
61
77
76
No wildcards for Paris-Roubaix, just the 22 PT teams on the startlist.
It is here! The race of the season with most excitement for us, as this one should really suit Anderberg. Hoping for an overperformance and a really strong result here! Per for the win, with Pedersen and Wisniowski on the podium.
Thank you for the preview thread, really looking forward to the racing
It feels like a race that's perfectly suited to Pedersen, with the flat cobbles, the many sectors, flat finish and the length. He hasn't quite managed to find the success formula in this race still, but hopefully this is the year. Not necessarily an easy race this for a favourite, but he just have to either wait for the sprint or pick his chance when it comes.
Thanks for the thread, Ulrich. To answer the questions I believe Pedersen will win in a small group sprint with Anderberg being the surprise overperformer also getting on the podium.
Personally I hope Tiller will be able to conserve his form from RVV and get another strong monument result. I'm looking forward to the racing!
Thanks for the preview. I could well see a Pedersen vs. Per battle for the win, and unless Pedersen does a Franceville-like mid-range attack, he should make the RvV-PR double. And I do hope that Theuns will overperform, but Anderberg is more likely to do so.
For Theuns, the Top 15 are the minimum goal again, but after he did pretty bad in the monument that suits him far better, I'm hoping for better legs and team support here. Top 10 would be great, and if the race isn't too hard and he gets to the line with a small group, well, he still is a decent sprinter...
Paris - Roubaix 
