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Shades of 2014 T18-41
For those who don't get the title of this painting, it is two fold. First like Richie Porte (BMC) crashed out of this Tour de France with out every putting a wheel on a single pave, just as Chris Froome (Sky) did back in 2014 (the last time the Tour raced on some of the Paris Roubaix paves). Secondly, it was stage 9 when Porte crashed out in spectacular fashion last year. Fortunately for BMC and Porte, his injuries were not anywhere near as severe as 2017. Porte wasn't the only one who hit the deck here, nor all over the roads and pave of today's stage. There is a reason the classic, Paris Roubaix, is called "The Hell of the North" Today it was a hellish ride for many in the peloton. Others may have suffered physically, but at least their GC hopes are still entacted.