Paris-Roubaix and beyond...RIP cyclist Wouter Weylandt, killed @ Giro

...if you don't know what the Hell of the North is, then kindly move along.

But if you do...who you picking Sunday?

Hard to go against Spartacus...but I've got a good feeling about Boonen, myself. Of course, would love to see Big George win it for the US, but I imagine his time has passed.

And according to early reports, it will be dusty this weekend, meaning no shots like this:

 

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I'll take last year's champ Cancellara. He's supposedly looking pretty good. I've always liked Boonen though. Paris-Roubaix is such an unusual race--how do you really prepare for the pounding your legs take?

 

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My neice's boyfriend/partner is riding in this event.

 

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George will crash and break something on the cobbles.
Hard to go against Boonen in any of the Classics, but he crashed today or yesterday so I guess it depends on if he was injured.

 

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1.Haussler
2. Goss
3. O'Grady

 

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Would love to see Matty finish second; not sure if the course suits him. But the hot weather will definitely be an advantage to him, since the Aussie's basically in late-summer shape right now.

 

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If you don't want to wait around until Versus airs its' taped coverage, live broadcast can be found here...

http://www.steephill.tv/classics/paris-roubaix/

 

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Spoiler alert....







...with 60K left, it's been a bloodbath. Eurosport announcers saying it's a historic crash-fest so far. Out: Cav, Boonen, Chavannel, about 1/2 of Sky, Haussler, and plenty more. In: BMC controlling the front, Sparaticus as well.

 

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Is Contador (I mean Meat-a-dor) riding?
What about Leipheimer? Schleck?

I'm so lost about who's suspended and who's not these days...

 

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An another cycling note, American Flyers was shown a few times yesterday on one of the Encore channels. It's not good, but I couldn't help but stop and watch for a while.

 

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Boonen got boned. A couple of lines of coke and he'll be OK.

American Flyers has it going on because a pre-Bay Watch Alexandra Paul gets naked.

 

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Fantastic finish.

Spartacus throws a diva-fit with 20K left, and his mucking around pretty much cost him the race.

Winner is one of the most-liked domestiques on the tour, a previously winless Johan Van Summeren...and he promptly pulls an Ian Johnson imitation and asks his girlfriend to marry him.