‘Racing Belgian one-days has nothing to do with the Tour’s Roubaix stage’


GC riders for the 2018 Tour de France have been riding some of Belgian cobbled Classics as preparation for the Roubaix stage of the race, but does it serve much of a purpose?

Romain Bardet (left) rides on the cobbles at the 2018 Dwars Door Vlaanderen in Belgium (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
GC riders for the 2018 Tour de France have been riding some of Belgian cobbled Classics as preparation for the Roubaix stage of the race, but some think it's not always worth the effort