The Brits appear ready to shame the US news media into covering this, distracted as they are by gazing at their own navels ...

Dam good Beer!

🥲💔

I grew up in Michigan we considered it the Midwest,
But it’s Eastern Time 🤷🏻‍♂️

Nice👍 you even got the heli
There is no dignity trying to get the photo! Last year on Mons-en-Pévèle it was hands and knees for me

Slow motion Wout van Aert leads Tadej Pogačar through Sector 8
I really like this low angle on the crowned cobbles #ParisRoubaix

Templeuve - Moulin de Vertain (Sector 8) is a 0.5-km 2-star cobbled sector While often overshadowed by the "Five Star" sectors (like Carrefour de l'Arbre), Templeuve is part of the final, crucial sequence of paving that dictates the winner of the "Hell of the North." It serves as a connector in the final 30 km of the race, often where fatigue causes splits.

Mathieu van der Poel Alpecin–Premier Tech driving the second group through Sector 8
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Sector 8 Templeuve – Moulin-de-Vertain GoPro view you can really see the high center, Wout van Aert
Team Visma Lease a Bike Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates- XRG
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Sector 8
Templeuve - Moulin-de-Vertain
Wout van Aert team Visma Lease a bike leads Tadej Pogacar team UAE Emirates XRG
The Race Belgium has been waiting for!
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Raw footage from Sector 8, incredible!!
#woutvanaert #parisroubaix

Reporting live from the fans in sector 8…
#woutvanaert #parisroubaix

I everyone is on pins and needles for a while. They have old women hiding their faces in their scarves young men looking away.

Sector 8 the Champagne is flowing #ParisRoubaix

It’s a great piece of kit!
So well thought out 😉

The Moulin de Vertain Constructed at the end of the 15th century on a site first documented in 1328 as belonging to the Abbey of Anchin, the mill was completely rebuilt after being destroyed by fire during wartime in 1616 and operated for grain milling until 1908 Technically distinctive, the mill's cap and internal wooden framework rotate around a central pivot resting on a base plate at ground level, supported by fifteen peripheral wooden wheels, allowing the entire milling mechanism—including the stones—to turn with the wind, unlike standard tower mills where only the cap

Morning report — Sector 8
Slept beside the Moulin de Vertain
Clear, cool, 7°C
SSW winds at 27 km/h
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It’s the best day of the year 🥳

I agree! But no matter what happens his fans will always appreciate his effort
We are parked up on sector 8 and he has a big fan club waiting for him👍

Very large manure hill on the right side of the road to

#Paris Roubaix
Templeuve – Moulin-de-Vertain, is a 0.5km, two-star cobbled sector located 33km from the finish. Known for its treacherous nature despite a short distance
it is known for being tricky and fast.

Sector 8 in Paris-Roubaix, Templeuve – Moulin-de-Vertain, is a 0.5km, two-star cobbled sector located 33km from the finish. Known for its treacherous nature despite a short distance, it often serves as a spot for attacks

Under the Moulin de Vertain tonight 15th-century windmill sector 8
Clear skies crisp air cobbles waiting
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Wout has a fan club at Sector 8 Templeuve – Moulin-de-Vertain waiting for him!

Early morning race day 2023

Mons-en-Pévèle Sector 11 3-kilometer 5-star, chaotic sector that often draws a massive, rowdy crowd

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I was there it was are first Roubaix, Nils Eekhoff DSM in the Forest! Crazy!

Paris–Tours October vineyard gravel The 2024 edition was an absolute mud fest Christophe Laporte won

Mons-en-Pévèle sector is one of three five-star cobbled sectors critical of the Hell of the North can be where the race is won or lost

#Paris-Roubaix two sleeps away!
My best photo from 2025
Mons-en-Pévèle Sector 11 A 3-kilometer 5-star chaotic sector draws a massive rowdy crowd Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates – XRG
Leads Mathieu van der Poel
Alpecin–Deceuninck

Thanks, the spring classic are the best and I’m a little sad when they end

I love the spring classics and have rode all the sportives hands down
Liège-Bastogne-Liège
Is most Brutal and beautiful
For comparison 2024 Tour de France stage 9, the gravel stage 199KM full stage distance and a little more,
LBL Destroyed me the steep long climbs feel endless and
Amstel is close

Have fun! It a bumpy ride…

Iggy is loaded up and ready to roll next stop
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Very excited for this👍
Thanks

’Arenberg?

Those wheels did sound like a tin roof in a tornado