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Roubaix will be tougher to win than de Ronde. But if there's one rider who can win on a parcours that doesn't necessarily suit him then it's Pogačar. I think MVDP will be favourite but no one should be surprised if Pogačar wins Roubaix
For me MVP and Mads P. are bigger favorites as there are no tough climbs, where Pogi can drop them
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I definitely think he can win! However, Roubaix is tricky and Trek is looking pretty strong as a team as of late. My bet is actually on Pedersen or even a dark horse like Jasper Stuyven.
No doubt now he is the strongest rider, but Paris Roubaix is more flat and so there are many boys who can ride flat cobble road very fast.
Pog is the best to recover from many repeated high efforts in a late race setting . Thus, the one chance he has to win it is to go full attack on every single cobbled section after km 180. This could crack the big engines like MvdP, Wout and Mads, and he could ultimately drop them in the last 15-20 km. What stood out to me in Flanders was not that he dropped them on the last Kwaremont, but that he put an additional 30s into them in the last flat section. He completely cracked them to a point where they could not even follow in a group on a full flat.
Thus, the winning strategy for Pog will be FIREWORKS, and that will make for a great race. Can't wait!!