On the 20th of March the French and Belgium peloton will be headlining the cobbled Grand Prix de Denain. This is a race that can be termed a mini Paris-Roubaix: A completely flat classic, but one that features lots of cobblestones in the same area as the 'Hell of the North'. We take a look at it's profile.
The route is 196 kilometers long and it can be perfectly split into two halves. The first is completely flat and without any climb or cobbled sector to note for. On the opposite side, the second half is very dense in difficult sectors, 13 in total which are enough to usually create the difference.
22.2 kilometers of cobbled roads spread throughout 13 sectors in the space of around 80 kilometers is the defining feature of this race. It can be enough to create the race-defining differences, but equally the lack of climbs could potentially see a small group or even peloton fighting for the win in Denain.
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- Doesn't mean anything. In 2023 he was only 3rd at Paris-Nice but then won the toursomeeffingname17-03-2025
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- Yeah, sorry, some people forget a few facts like him being in a similar age category as Tadej, Jonas, Remco, Tom and that there are plenty of promising younger riders developing too so it’s really quite far-fetched based on current givens.Mistermaumau17-03-2025
- If they learnt from 2024 MVDP/JP strategy, yes, possibleMistermaumau17-03-2025
- Name another race with 20 different winners in the last 30 years. This is probably the single most influential fact that points towards Tadej, or will it be Mads, or a « newcomer »?Mistermaumau17-03-2025
- Nobody asked you and you have very little future prediction precedent. 20 years ago no-one predicted Slovenian cycling domination, Tadej, Trump, Manchester United replaced by City, the recent serial UK Tory leadership or the drastic demise of German Olympic performance. Unfortunately JJ probably won’t be around much longer so can’t be held « accountable » if wrong.Mistermaumau17-03-2025
- Also, note how fast a counter article appeared, either naturally or as part of a comm. strategyMistermaumau17-03-2025
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- Quite annoying to get all these silly partial arguments to predict results. If betting companies calculated odds this way, none would survive. If you look at MSR Tadej’s record isn’t great, 4 attempts without a win, he still needs to prove he has what it takes to win in the exact conditions that race provides. MVDP has and has shown he can counter Pog here. I think MVDP hasn’t done an early season stage race since 2021 and much has changed for both since, wouldn’t draw ANY conclusions except to say they both have good chances and everyone else don’t. But then again, it’s racing, anything can happen as time shows time and time again.Mistermaumau17-03-2025