Boonen Crushes Competition on Cobbles

Tom Boonen has had an incredible season this year. And with his Paris-Roubaix win on Sunday, he’s now equaled the four wins of Roger De Vlaeminck. Not that Roger was impressed by Boonen’s exploits. He didn’t think much of Boonen’s rivals, “they were not second, but third-rate riders”. He then went on to complain about kids these days, the cost of things, and how modern music is just a load of noise that you can’t whistle along to. Still it's hard to argue with those sideburns.

Paris-Roubaix is one of the toughest one-day races in the calendar, but Tomke made it look easy. Everyone knew he was in form, but when he went clear with over 50km to go, it did seem a bit early. Team Sky drove on the chase, but were unable to bring Boonen back as he time-trialed to the finish on the Velodrome.

I reckon Tom deserves a bit of a celebration.

Only one man may have been able to stop him. But as Roger De Vlaeminck was quick to point out, Fabian Cancellara was still resting up his collarbone.

It looks like we’ll have to wait till next year for the big Classics show down. After his recent run of form, if you didn’t have Tom in your team, then you must be some kind of idiot. Best score for the day went to Mungo Cycling.

In the overall, the Roulers are opening out their lead at the top of the table with Boonen like ease.

Only four races to go in the fantasy cycling calendar then. First is De Brabantse Pijl on Wednesday, could be time for some transfers beforehand – if you’ve still got many left that is.