The HELL of the North

[tom91381]

The 2008 edition will be held over a total of 259.5 km, from Compiegne to the north of Paris to Roubaix just outside of Lille.
So this weekend the bike race that is like a short track NASCAR race but across the Arenburg forest will air on VS on Sunday, April 13.
If you never seen a bike race on TV , you need to watch this on.
The forcast is for rain, and when you get cobblestones wet they become very slippery and one can speculate that there will be some spectular crashes.
However weather predictions for Sunday could make the world famous one-day classic, known ominously as the 'Hell of the North,' an even less inviting affair for some.












this link has some viedos of prior races
VeloNews | Paris-Roubaix | The Journal of Competitive Cycling

and more print
VeloNews | Rain to chill peloton at 'Hell of the North' | The Journal of Competitive Cycling

[tom91381]

American George Hincapie is a favorite for this event

VeloNews | John Wilcockson's 2008 Paris-Roubaix preview and top picks | The Journal of Competitive Cycling


a couple of years ago he couldn't ride his bike with no handel bars and crashed out with a broken wrist. but the dam robot guys can ride there bike without them.

[Crazy_Ivan]

Theo de Rooy: "It's sxxt this race! You're working like an animal,
you don't have time to pxxs, you wet your pants. You're riding in mud
like this, you're slipping, it's a piece of sxxt..."

Interviewer: "Willl you ever ride it again?"

Theo de Rooy: "Sure, it's the most beautiful
race in the world!"


Enough said

[tom91381]

[Leatherface]

Similar to what used to be, the Paris-Bordeaux race.

my dad used to dream about racing in it.

coming from a cycling father and fan mother, this race was more exciting in my house than le tour.

[tom91381]

Paris to Roubaix or Paris Roubaix is all i have known it as.

But I think it's the same race, but The Hell of the North has been what it has been called by the TV and papers.