La París-Roubaix, el Infierno del Norte, se disputa el domingo con un gran protagonista, Tom Boonen quien intentará alzar un histórico quinto triunfo en su última carrera profesional.
Sin duda, Boonen y su QuickStep entran en la nómina de aspirantes a levantar la piedra final, aunque, como en Flandes, son Peter Sagan y Greg Van Avermaet los grandes favoritos.
El abanico de nombres a seguir es amplio: Degenkolb, Kristoff, Rowe y Stannard, el último ganador Hayman y Keukeleire, Naesen, Boom, Démare, Sénéchal, Pozzato, Chavanel, Erviti…
En cuanto al recorrido, tres sectores de pavés, Arenberg, Mons-en-Pévèle y Carrefour de l’Arbre, se presumen clave en un recorrido con un total de 29 tramos que suman 55 kilómetros de adoquines de un total de 257.
París-Roubaix: Los 29 sectores de pavés y su dificultad
Equipos confirmados:
AG2R La Mondiale: Oliver Naesen, Gediminas Bagdonas, Rudy Barbier, Nico Denz, Julien Duval, Alexis Gougeard, Hugo Houle, Stijn Vandenbergh.
Astana: Matti Breschel, Zhandos Bizhigitov, Laurens De Vreese, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Arman Kamyshev, Truls Korsaeth, Riccardo Minali, Ruslan Tleubayev.
Bahrain-Merida: Niccolo Bonifazio, Borut Bozic, Chun Kai Feng, Iván García Cortina, Jon Ander Insausti, David Per, Luka Pibernik, Meiyin Wang.
BMC Racing Team: Greg van Avermaet, Jean-Pierre Drucker, Martin Elmiger, Stefan Küng, Daniel Oss, Manuel Quinziato, Miles Scotson, Francisco Ventoso.
Bora-hansgrohe: Peter Sagan, Maciej Bodnar, Marcus Burghardt, Michael Kolar, Juraj Sagan, Aleksejs Saramotins, Andreas Schillinger, Rüdiger Selig.
best shots of @Paris_Roubaix #recon #BORAhansgrohe #ridenatural #HellOfTheNorth #QueenOfClassics pic.twitter.com/HgNWeLbs1i
— BORA – hansgrohe (@BORAhansgrohe) 6 de abril de 2017
Cannondale-Drapac: Dylan van Baarle, Patrick Bevin, Sebastian Langeveld, Ryan Mullen, William Clarke, Thomas Scully, Tom van Asbroeck, Wouter Wippert.
Cofidis: Florian Sénechal, Loic Chetout, Dmitri Claeys, Hugo Hofstetter, Christophe Laporte, Cyril Lemoine, Kenneth van Bilsen, Jonas Van Genechten.
Delko-Marseille: Asbjorn Kragh Andersen, Mikel Aristi, Benjamin Giraud, Martin Laas, Romain Lemarchand, Yannick Martinez, Evaldas Siskevicius, Gatis Smukulis.
Dimension Data: Edvald Boasson Hagen, Bernhard Eisel, Scott Thwaites, Tyler Farrar, Nic Dougall, Ryan Gibbons, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg, Jay Thomson.
Direct Energie: Sylvain Chavanel, Romain Cardis, Antoine Duchesne, Yohann Gene, Tony Hurel, Julien Morice, Adrien Petit, Alexandre Pichot.
FDJ: Arnaud Démare, Mickaël Delage, Jacopo Guarnieri, Daniel Hoelgaard, Ignatas Konovalovas, Matthieu Ladagnous, Olivier Le Gac, Marc Sarreau.
Fortuneo-Vital Concept: Franck Bonnamour, Erwann Corbel, Benoit Jarrier, Daniel McLay, Francis Mourey, Pierre-Luc Perichon, Brice Feillu, Boris vallée.
Lotto-Soudal: Jurgen Roelandts, Lars Bak, Jens Debusschere, Tony Gallopin, André Greipel, Nikolas Maes, Marcel Sieberg, Jelle Wallays.
Movistar Team: Imanol Erviti, Jorge Arcas, Daniele Bennati, Nuno Bico, Héctor Carretero, Alex Dowsett, Nelson Oliveira, Jasha Sütterlin.
Orica-Scott: Mathew Hayman, Jens Keukeleire, Sam Bewley, Luke Durbridge, Mitchell Docker, Alexander Edmondson, Luka Mezgec, Magnus Cort Nielsen.
QuickStep Floors: Tom Boonen, Tim DeClercq, Iljo Keisse, Yves Lampaert, Julien Vermote, Zdenek Stybar, Niki Terpstra, Matteo Trentin.
We are happy to give you our team for @Paris_Roubaix, the season's third Monument: https://t.co/eoBuWr29LO #ParisRoubaix #WayToRide pic.twitter.com/XFtnfPvZxg
— Quick-Step Cycling (@quickstepteam) 5 de abril de 2017
Roompot: Jesper Asselman, Pim Lightart, Andre Looij, Elmar Reinders, Taco van der Hoorn, Berden de Vries, Brian van Goethem, Coen Vermeltfoort.
Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise: Piet Allegaert, Maxime Farazijn, Edward Planckaert, Joonas Rickaert, Benjamin Declercq, Stijn Steels, Preben van Hecke, Bert van Lerberghe.
Team Katusha-Alpecin: Alexander Kristoff, Jenthe Biermans, Marco Haller, Reto Hollenstein, Tony Martin, Michael Morkov, Nils Politt, Mads Würtz Schmidt.
Team LottoNL-Jumbo: Lars Boom, Amund Grondhal Jansen, Twan Castelijns, Dylan Groenewegen, Jos van Emden, Gijs van Hoecke, Robert Wagner, Maarten Wynants.
Team Sky: Luke Rowe, Ian Stannard, Jon Dibben, Owain Doull, Christian Knees, Gianni Moscon, Elia Viviani, Lukas Wisniowski.
We're ready. Meet our lineup for #ParisRoubaix! We cannot wait to hit the cobbles on Sunday ?? pic.twitter.com/ibcHcNhwOk
— Team Sky (@TeamSky) 7 de abril de 2017
Team Sunweb: Soren Kragh Andersen, Nikias Arndt, Bert de Backer, Ramon Sinkeldam, Tom Stamsnijder, Mike Teunissen, Zico Waeytens, Max Walscheid.
?️ Classics, cobbles and @Giant_Bicycles. Check out this video featuring @BertDeBacker's Road to Roubaix. #KeepChallenging pic.twitter.com/1hso3aK51L
— Team Sunweb (@TeamSunweb) 6 de abril de 2017
Trek-Segafredo: John Degenkolb, Matthias Brändle, Boy van Poppel, Koen de Kort, Mads Pedersen, Grégory Rast, Jasper Stuyven, Edward Theuns.
UAE Team Emirates: Sacha Modolo, Matteo Bono, Roberto Ferrari, Andrea Guardini, Marko Kump, Marco Marcato, Oliviero Troia, Federico Zurlo.
Wanty-Gobert: Frederil Backaert, Wesley Kreder, Mark McNally, Yoaan Offredo, Guillaume van Keirsbulck, Pieter Vanspeybrouck, Danilo Napolitano, Frederik Veuchelen.