On Sunday 10 April 2011 scores of serial spinners, hybrid hustlers, mountain bike mushers and culinary fosterers of bananas will gather once again at Rue de Sharpless 814 in Saint Jean le Hockessín sur Argile Rouge for the third running of Paris Roubaix de Délaware. The annual deboucle will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. with the customary truncated playing of La Marseilles and a looping audio track of Bernard Hinault’s glorious final five kilometers in his fateful 1981 victory in the Roubaix velodrome.
After an in-depth review of the course, riders will buck off the early spring chill with a brisk pedal over 27.6 kilometers and 335 vertical meters. Le Col du Way, Cote du Centerville, a hardscrabble descent of le Cote du Cossart and the infamous Bête de Twaddel will stand between riders and glory at the summit of Le Alpe du Sharpless. The pace will be, as ever, intensely laid back.
Afterwards an authentic bounty of Belgo-Francan fare will fortify the weary wheelers and prepare them for the fog that accompanies conspicuous consumption before noon.
Civilians, spectators, soigners, family members and certified members of the press are welcome as are their offspring as long as they don’t whine too much or inquire loudly as to why Rich and Sharon are wearing those silly berets. Non pedaling attendees will be needed to staff the commissary, make waffles, roll crêpes, cut fruit, uncork Bordeaux, squeeze oranges and chill the Kronenbourg.
RSVP to parisroubaix@houseind.com by April 13.
On Sunday 18 April 2010 scores of serial spinners, hybrid hustlers, mountain bike mushers and culinary fosterers of bananas will gather once again at Rue de Sharpless 814 in Saint Jean le Hockessín sur Argile Rouge for the third running of Paris Roubaix de Délaware. The annual deboucle will begin promptly at 8:00 a.m. with the customary truncated playing of La Marseilles and a looping audio track of Bernard Hinault’s glorious final five kilometers in his fateful 1981 victory in the Roubaix velodrome.
After an in-depth review of the course, riders will buck off the early spring chill with a brisk pedal over 27.6 kilometers and 335 vertical meters. Le Col du Way, Cote du Centerville, a hardscrabble descent of le Cote du Cossart and the infamous Bête de Twaddel will stand between riders and glory at the summit of Le Alpe du Sharpless. The pace will, as ever, be intensely laid back.
Afterwards an authentic bounty of Belgo-Francan fare will fortify the weary wheelers and prepare them for the fog that accompanies conspicuous consumption before noon.
Civilians, spectators, soigners, family members and certified members of the press are welcome as are their offspring as long as they don’t whine too much or inquire loudly as to why Rich and Sharon are wearing those silly berets. Non pedaling attendees will be needed to staff the commissary, make waffles, roll crêpes, cut fruit, uncork Bordeaux, squeeze oranges and chill the Kronenbourg.
RSVP to parisroubaix@houseind.com by April 13.
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Total distance: 27.6 km, 17.2 miles
1100 Vertical Feet, 17.5 Miles
