News emerging from France is not encouraging for Paris Roubaix
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News emerging from France is not encouraging for Paris Roubaix
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“I see the sky being a little less blue at the moment.”
“They even put it to him saying like this classics like the three days of the pioneer are going ahead in Belgium despite similar case numbers and he like flabbergast that said you'll have to explain the logic of this to me with safety measures and everything I just can't see it.”
“The week of Roubaix it's on the 11th sort of week before that it's the only time I ever checked the weather forecast in a part of the world where I am and currently are I'm currently traveling and you just pray for that wet Roubaix.”
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