The race is one of the most memorable of recent years, absolutely dominating the 2021 race ratings list with a 9.93 average with 173 responses, unheard of figures in the r/peloton race ratings era. In 2021 Sonny Colbrelli took the final win of his career at Paris-Roubaix, held in wet conditions in the autumn due to COVID-19 related delays. I am solely here to present the facts on his purported "wheelsucking". I will use the video evidence to support my case re: Colbrelli's use of the "wheelsucking" tactic, although I do not plan on addressing whether this tactic in and of itself is a negative and worthy of derision.Īlso, to be clear this is NOT a post defending Sonny Colbrelli for his controversial deleted Facebook post from 8 years ago, which he immediately apologized for, despite this also being raised in the post re: his retirement. In fact, my claim that "We saw him on the front in almost every shot of Group 1 until the final kms." was unfair to Colbrelli, because we actually saw him on the front in the final kms as well! Well, I am here tonight to put an end to the myth that Colbrelli "wheelsucked" his way to victory. It obviously looks smart in hindsight when it works.Īnd when presented with the fact that he was on the front in the majority of G1 shots until the final kms: Yeah his refusal to put his nose in the wind in G1 was the annoying part. This has happened as recently as his retirement thread, where the following claims where presented: Ever since Sonny Colbrelli's epic 2021 Paris-Roubaix win I have read over and over about his "wheelsucking", not only as if this were fact but also as if this were a negative thing that somehow diminishes his success.
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