Paris-Roubaix 2018 | GCN Race Preview

[@gcn]

Let us know who you think will take home the cobbled trophy this season!

[@diabo88]

Peter Sagan

[@edmarkey4057]

1. Stybar 2. Pedersen 3. Terpstra

[@valeccylinder8703]

Peter Sagan

[@chrisraffo278]

Top 3 will be 1 Greg 2 Terstra 3 Sagan

[@franciss2529]

Stybar for me. Saw him race before at the Tour of Britain and he’s certainly a dark horse.

[@soggywilson]

Beer level continuity in this video is UNBELIEVABLE!!!! how much got edited out? and how many refills were there!????? Well on GCN for keeping the presenters well lubricated. New drinking game for these preview shows: drink every time the beer level changes shot to shot.

[@JonCannings]

soggywilson this was the fourth day of shooting

[@aliceandersson5476]

soggywilson I paid extra attention to beer lever throughout this whole video. Glad to see I was not the only one! 🍻

[@liambarber9036]

That Drop Outs joke made my day!

[@douglaspate9314]

me too!

[@szabiakanich]

Too good :D

[@gareth500]

Made me laugh so hard

[@ayzhao]

Sagan's win is even more impressive given he escaped the GCN Kiss of Death

[@BillMrWild]

I remember John Deggenkolb winning in 2015, he was using an inline front brake as was many other riders, I installed one on my bike, its a great idea but seeing less of them around now...Thanks for o great show....

[@TheWaxChainFanClub]

Si's beer reminds me of when my Grandad was put in a care home and 3 months later we found a full chamber pot under his bed.

[@SS999808]

9:00 *Three time CX world champ

[@simonrichardson5259]

Sam Stead Just testing, glad you were paying attention. Slightly embarrassing as I was actually there for the first one as well!

[@PDarcy]

Miraculous beer refill at 12:10! My faith is firmly restored! 😜

[@RGCastro7]

I liked how you presented each presenter's pick for taking the win. Nice work!

[@Bliboify]

One of your coolest Preview shows really! I really enjoyed following the Beer tide throughout the shots, must have been some mineral waters that you had with them :p

[@jonburnell532]

Usually Flanders is my favourite cobbled classic, but after watching this I am so stoked for Sunday!

[@NielsHeldens]

Alright guys, let’s see who got cursed Edit: Well, rip Sep, Durbo, WVA, Sagan, Pedersen and Stybar. Looks like Dan also jinxed the rain, great job there. Can only say that I’m happy none of you picked Terpstra ;)

[@wkirkrobinson1461]

Wout Van Aert is a 3 time world cyclocross champ, in a row no less, not two (9:01 Simon...)

[@manderse12]

Excellent job, as always. I love these previews, and the sight of the beer has sent me to the fridge. :)

[@gcn]

Haha, great stuff!

[@julen2380]

I'm shocked that you got the numbers of world championships wrong that Wout van Aert won, Si! But you're forgiven for picking him as your favourite. And also this video was hilarious, brilliant and informative. As per usual!

[@simonrichardson5259]

The Berlinickerin I’m shocked as well, apologies for that. Worryingly it took me ages to remember the first one, and it turns out I was actually watching it live in Zolder. Must be the Belgian beer.

[@travisvd4888]

Rooting for Sagan!

[@davidhuck3210]

I love your SHOW everytime i get to watch. Great!!!

[@gcn]

Thanks David

[@tsurain.6130]

Demarre has been mighty strong on the cobbles this year, with no hill to climb he definitely is my top pick, especially because winning Roubaix is his professional cycling dream, surely that gives you that extra motivation to bang on others at Carrefour de l'arbre and take the win on the velodrome!

[@JonCannings]

Come on Sagan. Don't let my prediction down.

[@liambarber9036]

Well he's lost now sadly.

[@JonCannings]

Liam Sangaku 😮

[@peterfrancuz8692]

Sagan didn't suprise us.😂❤

[@johnalves2765]

The GCN curse has been lifted!

[@jacklassiter3253]

Merckx also had his picture on the head tube. Even the retail versions in the 70s.

[@pixiedixie3682]

Correct me but I believe Eddy Merckx had his face on his bikes , on the steering tube

[@griseknoa123]

Hahaha! Just noticed the confidis rider (can't make out who it is) taking a nature break in the background on the picture of John Degenkolb 8:08! Great caption pic there;-)

[@SuperCbode]

10:12 " ... Team Sky ... " last time I joked by saying, " ... they ran out of cough juice ... " but hell, yeah, since Frooms positive test it looks like they miss ... something ... 😂😂

[@SPN-78]

Excellent preview of the cobbles lads. I’m going with Peter Sagan for the win.

[@wannesparisis7506]

Wout van Aert is a 3 times cyclocross world champion

[@ducks670]

that wall paper seems to spilling out onto the top of the fire surround in 3D stylee

[@veloxime]

The Strawberry Thief in Bristol, hey.... Nice setting and no deafening music in the background; looks like a very cool place to relax with a friend or two and a good beer. Is Bristol where GCN is based, with all those nice country roads or lanes where you guys sometimes ride? Please show us more about the place and places. Cheers!

[@michaelmottlau2072]

It it´s a rainy day with slippery Cobbles, the riders with cycle cross experience like Peter Sagan and Wout Van Aert and Zdenek Stybar will have a good chance to win.

[@WallyMay235]

What about Eddy Merckx? He had his face on his head tube with rainbow bands around.

[@Desi365]

congrats jon !

[@easternbrown]

Enjoying watching the Paris Roubaix just now. Not sure however, with all respect to tradition, that it's quite the same sport as proper road racing. Yes the competitors are the familiar names but the bikes are a little different, as are the dynamics of the race given the sheer volume of cobbles. When does a bike race become a (mere?) cyclocross marathon, if not in the Paris Roubaix?

[@notsoproemroe]

Well well well y'all could have marked one Quickstep rider per presenter and given us all a much more open race to watch #QuickstepDominance ...thx for the videos, cobbled week has been great!

[@NickJCox]

The choice of photo for Degenkolb @8:07 😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@davidwatson2382]

Nice pic of a Confidis ride taking a 'break' at 8:08 😂

[@tobortine]

I think I might put a tenner on Luke Durbridge since Emma has no record of failure.

[@lgtsand4107]

No rain tomorrow . We have a nice weather here in the North with 22 degrees and sun

[@alz_andre7642]

I'm with Tom, Stybar for the win!

[@jayshockey5461]

U guys are the BEST!

[@gcn]

Thanks Jay!

[@xvolvox1]

y'all should drink more often 😂 great show!

[@gcn]

Good advice Tal! 🍻

[@antoinemugamba3673]

thanks so much

[@Shaclevy]

So the entire peloton will win...clear as mud thank you so much gcn

[@evanwilliams7070]

A little weather trivia I just learned recently....when we see a percentage for percipitation....It does NOT mean "60% chance" it will rain as most people assume...It actually means that 60% of the coverage area being forecasted for will recieve rain at the reported on time for the area.

[@simonrichardson5259]

Evan Williams Bloody Hell, if that’s true you’ve just earned yourself fact of the month right there!

[@evanwilliams7070]

Simon Richardson OMG that would make my year to hear my name on an episode of yours! Fact check it! Probabaly one of the biggest misconceptions out there. Im confident on this one!

[@superstrada6847]

Great video. GCN---> The best.

[@gcn]

Thanks Super Strada!

[@SunDodger]

Whoever designs FDJ's National Champs kit should be mandated by the UCI to do them for all NC's. Demare & Sinkeldam's are both perfect.

[@tekrunner987]

It's largely down to the team manager, Marc Madiot. He's old-school (in a good way) and makes it clear to his sponsors that national colors come first, brand names and logos second.

[@Ivan-nu2um]

Yes he don't want to put logo on national flag

[@xgalvan1]

Oliver Nassen's is stunning as well. Belgian NC Kits have been majestic from Gilbert to Nassen. Havent seen the Stars and Stripes in a meaningful world tour event in ages.... sigh

[@reepsaag]

Good beer choice Dan! T

[@colinthomas4031]

You might have cropped out the Cofidis rider taking a natural break in the Degenkolb photo ;-)

[@westpoll1]

I like the way your glasses mysteriously filled up with beer during the video!

[@gcn]

So did we!

[@skistar15]

Flip excited!!

[@alainpfammatter8224]

How many beers did you guys drink during the show? During the show the glasses were filled up again and again.... 👍

[@frazergoodwin4945]

Can't beat a good Karmeliet Tripel (had one myself earlier - and Dan has 2 in this clip) a fine choice of mineral water indeed!

[@cyberjonesy]

Im sitting here, drinking my water while staring at your glasses... and all of a sudden 16 minutes has gone by and I don't remember anything you've said but I know what I'm going to do for the next 16 minutes after I press the comment button.

[@pahouseholder]

Emma with Durbo. Contrarian pick, yes. Intriguing, yes. Possible, would be epic. As much as I love Durbo & Hayman, I'm thinking WolfPack. Can't wait to see, however.

[@sampoultney7373]

If only Benoot was riding, I reckon he would take the race after his performances at the Strade and The Ronde.

[@musloco]

I would actually really like to watch Oss winning Paris-Roubaix

[@thecyclingdane]

Finally, I was getting worried :P

[@mlowe68]

Empty beer glasses at 12:00 min and full beer glasses at 12:10 min! Self filling beer glasses. Genius. In no particular order... Demare Gilbert Terpstra

[@gcn]

🍻

[@tombuttner]

Gilbert, Oss, and GVA in a 3-up sprint in Roubaix. You heard it here first.

[@TheWoutkedusy]

9:00 correction, Wout Van Aert is 3 times cyclocross world champion!!!

[@douglaspate9314]

A couple of wildcards... Magnus Cort Nielsen possibly in the best form of his life and looking stronger after every cobble classic and then there's Jasper Stuyven. I just think Jasper is great! By the way, Marc Soler, our Catalan strong man (who lives in Andorra and is a totally awesome guy), is very much an all rounder. No punishment here. I feel he's going for a personal tough up haha... extended training session with a chance of winning a biggee!! Let's keep a very close eye on him.

[@SunDodger]

I can't see Sagan going through his career without winning Roubaix - but QS look unbeatable this year.

[@itswitzmoab]

@ about 10:00 you talk about van aert's image on his head tube you say "i've never seen a rider with his face on the head tube" !?!?! Surely you recall that Merckx had his face on head & down tubes!!!

[@maartenh7511]

Merckx had his photograph on the headtube of some of his bikes

[@diabo88]

Good Beer Karmeliet triple Dan one of my favorites

[@logfan85]

no mentions of the guy taking a whiz in Degenkolbs picture??

[@DuduPicinin]

The "dropout" joke is what makes me keeping wacthing GNC every week.

[@MikeMacDonaldVSG]

Thanks for what you do I'm amn old 63 yr old bike commuter That watches what tyou do. GO PETER!! mike

[@daniellloyd100]

Mike MacDonald Thanks Mike.

[@Baha45315]

Can I please please have one of your self filling beer glasses , what a great invention 😀😀😀😀

[@gcn]

🍻

[@Baha45315]

Cheers guys keep up the good work

[@jackseph03]

The. Best. Race. / Day. of the Year.

[@pabloscope]

Is that a Tripel Karmeliet? Oh, the envy... Cheers!

[@quadcomplex2059]

Pablo Traine the best Belgian Beer

[@bteiv676]

How many glasses of beer did you each have? Seems like Matt refilled a few times. Faces on..."the drop outs". golden...good one guys. You guys have won, hands down, the "most humorous" of all the cycling programs on youtube. Send us your address and your water bottle will be sent out to you "straight away". (digging this new language you're teaching me)

[@ernestpaul6444]

1. Sep Van Marcke solo break bunch sprint 2nd Degenkolb 3rd Sagan

[@sayanteebhattacharyya5924]

Ummm Global Cycling Network, correct me if I am wrong, but I think I saw Matt in Carlingford, NSW, Australia on the previous Friday. I was in the bus, so I couldn’t say hello.

[@itsallspent]

8:07 on the video guy at the guard rail taking a natural break

[@paulmichals]

picture used at 8:08 might should have edited out nature break on the left.

[@antoinemugamba3673]

pls make a vid on who you think will win and why

[@KuijpersClan]

So, with those predictions jinxing some great riders, more chances for Niki Terpstra!

[@LUCYDIAMONDBOXER1]

5:14 All Quickstep need to do now is paint their faces blue and they have conquered Las Vegas Roubaix #BlueManGroup

[@rene2237]

So you don’t think any of the Astana guys have a chance? You didn’t mention Valgren nor Cort, who both rode very well in Flanders.

[@daniellloyd100]

René Løwe Jacobsen I don't think Valgren is doing Roubaix. He's doing Amstel next, he's done well there in the past.

[@rene2237]

Daniel Lloyd it seems you are right. I was under the impression that he was going to do it, but it seems I have misheard something on Danish tv. That’s a bit sad as I think he would actually do quite well given the type of rider he is and his previous results on the cobbles.

[@kir_the_wild6642]

do you remember about GVA? I wish him to make a double

[@mcanix]

After the Ronde it's hard to look past Terpstra, if he's got the legs for it. Alternatively, it would be nice to see G win it, if he can stay on his bike

[@samsonian]

To me it seems that the reason Sagan may never win a P-R is that it is so flat. I mean, the Hell of the North is a race famously won by the ultimate clydesdale, Mägnus Backstedt! The race, if dry certainly favors men who seem to just be twisting the throttle with their right hand, whereas Sagan is much more of a puncheur than a pure grinder. But what do I know...as a Yank my opinion certainly doesn’t mean much. Like most folks, even as I do NOT care much for schadenfreude I DO pray for rain due to the majesty the race takes on when the clouds open up.

[@joeldawson4159]

Congregations to Greg Van Avermat, Niki Terpstra and Philippe Gilbert. One of you will win as you haven't been cursed

[@EastofSublime]

Those beers are going up and down... or perhaps you lads had a few?

[@frankdocter]

Looks like we can pencil Terpstra in for the double! 😂

[@ironmantooltime]

What about Durianrider? 🤔 Will Matt be clipping in for the commentary on Eurosport? 😀

[@xgalvan1]

ironman tooltime durianrider is too light

[@matthewlewis2072]

Durianrider is too vegan

[@ADG744]

Paris - Roubaix! 1.Sagan 2.Terpstra 3.Van Avermaet 4 Štybar

[@duncanjones9060]

I think GCN are getting more presenters just so they have a better chance at predicting a winner😂

[@DevenMcCoy]

Didn’t Eddy have his face painted on his frames?

[@mikelsanchez9725]

That Degenkolb pi with the cofidis guy....xD

[@MortyistRick]

What does this mean for the GCN curse??

[@AttilaFile]

Watch the GCN magic!!! From 12.00 till 12.10 keep your eyes only on the glasses...:)

[@JMise]

That tweet about monument wins isn't really all that relevant. Nine guys who have won more monuments than Sagan. Sagan completed his last full season while 27 years old. Only Kristoff, Degenkolb and Cunego had 2 monuments before their 28th birthday. More relevant stat for Paris-Roubaix is the number of victories in the cobbled classics. From the startlist I collected these stats. Devolder: 2 wins, Terpstra: 3 wins, Van Avermaet: 3 wins, Sagan: 5 wins. Since Boonen and Cancellara retired, there are no other active riders with more than 1 win.

[@davidyoung-nb2pu]

How many beers did so have every time the camera panned onto him his glass was full 😶

[@fireroadie6654]

How come Tony Martin has not won P R or why is he not a favorite. I is clearly one of the strongest ride in the pro peloton. Is seams like the ones day race is made for him. Or why he does not win one day classics. Could u please answer this question for us.

[@nickhumby7601]

I so hope Si is right with his prediction but I think Tom has called it correct this time

[@Magnusverm17]

SAGAN 👍👍👍

[@mustangman5402]

Hello Si & Dan What happened to Chris froome? Any news about him?

[@jamespegram8843]

If you've not seen it already have a look at the 1976 documentary film hell of the north .

[@martinshorty9009]

I see Peter Sagan winner of PR this year I hope that so badly Love Sagan❤❤❤