Matteo Jorgenson has shared this video of the crash carnage in Arenberg in 2016 and questioned if this was what fans wanted to see Matteo Jorgenson (Visma Leas a Bike) has hit out at people criticising the new chicane at the entrance to the Forest or Arenberg for Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix, questioning if those fans voicing […] The post Jorgenson questions if fans want to see repeat of 2016 carnage in Arenberg | Video appeared first on Sticky Bottle.

After three years of teasing, Tailfin has entered the frame bag market with a range of nine fully waterproof partial frame bags. In this review, Sam Rice shares his in-depth thoughts following six months of regular use. As we’ve come to expect from the innovative UK brand, there’s far more to these bags than initially meets the eye… The post Tailfin Frame Bags Review: A Whole Lot to Like appeared first on BIKEPACKING.com.

Outpricing its drivetrain rivals by at least a grand, what can Campy offer that’s worth such a price tag?

The Accell Group-owned Dutch brand has announced that all owners of the faulty models will be offered a new bike

Despite his worrying crash on Wednesday, Primoz Roglic was able to recover and finish safely on stage 3 at the 2024 Itzulia Basque Country, retaining his overall lead of the race."It doesn't really matter how much you've suffered as long as you're here and on the start like everyone else," Roglic as...

Do you get what you pay for, or is Campagnolo simply overpriced in 2024? Luckily we've got our hands on a bike featuring the all-new power meter, Super Record groupset and Bora Ultra WTO wheels to judge for ourselves

Cyclist Where Paris-Roubaix 2024 will be decided, part 3: Carrefour de l’Arbre ‘The Tree Junction’ – or ‘Crossroads’ – really does sound so much better in French, doesn’t it? But banish all thoughts of barreling your way around the similarly named French supermarket by bike. Just as with the Arenberg, at the Carrefour de l’Arbre it’s a case of eat or be eaten, hold on or be damned as, with just 17km left to race at this point, whatever’s left of the Roubaix pelotons will thunder through here at as high a speed as their by-now beaten and broken bodies will allow. ‘The pavé at the Carrefour is so bad,’ says Dutchman Tristan Hoffman, who finished second to Swede Magnus Bäckstedt in the 2004 race. Kevin Faingnaert ‘The cobbles are brutal – really brutal. The road’s 30cm higher in the middle than on the left or right side! Now, as a sports director [for Jayco-AlUla], it’s hard for me not to smash the car, but for the riders, you’re tired. If you have anything left in the legs, it makes sense to try something there.’ It was at the Carrefour de l’Arbre sector that the main selection of riders was made in 2004, Hoffman points out: Bäckstedt, Johan Museeuw, Fabian Cancellara, Roger Hammond, Hoffman and, for a short time, George Hincapie, before he dropped off the pace. ‘I knew from the start that day that I needed to gamble,’ remembers Hoffman. ‘Well, it was more of a tactic actually, knowing that with a headwind it’s more difficult to stay at the front.’ Related Posts The edge of glory: Does history predict a win for Mathieu van der Poel at Paris-Roubaix 2024? Where Paris-Roubaix 2024 will be decided, part 2: Mons-en-Pévèle Where Paris-Roubaix 2024 will be decided, part 4: Roubaix Velodrome Where Paris-Roubaix 2024 will be decided, part 1: The Arenberg Forest Paris-Roubaix 2024: Routes, start lists, history and all you need to know Paris-Roubaix: ‘Stay calm and wait’ ASO/Pauline Ballet He continues: ‘I decided to stay calm and wait, and wait. Suddenly we were approaching the finish, and Museeuw had a puncture [with 6km to go], I knew it was the moment in my career to win Paris-Roubaix… but it didn’t happen! That day, Bäckstedt was a little bit stronger. Looking at our previous results however, I think I was a bit of a better rider in the Classics. ‘Twice before I’d been fourth, so I just lacked that little bit to put my name to that Monument. But he was better that day, and I was second, and that is how it is,’ he shrugs. ‘At the Carrefour de l’Arbre, you either have it or you don’t have it – or somebody has “it” a little bit more than you,’ adds Hoffman’s former CSC teammate Lars Michaelsen, who was 10th at Roubaix in 1999, and fifth in both 2002 and 2005. ‘The cobbles are seemingly placed at random and they seem to get worse and worse every year.’ After the Arenberg and Mons-en-Pévèle, the Carrefour de l’Arbre is the third of Roubaix’s three sectors of cobbles rated as five-star – the toughest to ride, with the gnarliest stones. And coming so close to the end of the race, it’s really no coincidence that they are the most storied. Read our full Paris-Roubaix guide for course details, start lists and more The post Where Paris-Roubaix 2024 will be decided, part 3: Carrefour de l’Arbre appeared first on Cyclist.

Lurking rather dangerously, 14 seconds down in 5th place, after the first three stages of the 2024 Itzulia Basque Country, Jonas Vingegaard is still very much in the mix for overall victory.Combining the fact his former teammate and race leader, Primoz Roglic having hit the deck hard in a crash on W...

One of the most exciting races on the calendar, Paris-Roubaix takes place this weekend and with Bahrain - Victorious becoming the latest team to confirm their lineup, Matej Mohoric is a notable absentee. The Slovenian, former fifth-placed finisher on the French cobbles crashed out of the Tour of Fla...