Recon of Paris Roubaix

May 26th, 2006Today we drove most of the cobblestone sections of the U23 Paris Roubiax. It was wet and damp, so we decided it's better to drive it and stay warm then risk riding. The race consists of 21 cobbles stone sections adding up to almost 40k. The race is 180k in length, so it's nice long race for sure. We started our reconnaissance at section 14 of 21. The sections count down from 21 so we saw the last 14 cobblestone sections. Section 13 was especially bad; and considering it's name "Des Prieres" which means "The Prayer," should tell you something. It was extremely windy and there were many puddles on the cobbles. It's gonna be gnarly.

We also stopped at the now world famous railroad crossing that got Peter Van Petegem, Leif Hoste, and Gusev Disqualified.