Paris-Roubaix 2024: Mathieu Van der Poel, just a stone's throw from becoming a legend. If he wins this Sunday, Poulidor's grandson will become the eleventh man in history to win the Tour of Flanders then Roubaix.
Cycling, by dint of accelerating without asking the right questions, has become a lottery offering capital successes like visits to the emergency rooms of neighboring hospitals. Between voyeurism and fear, you come there or you tune in your TV to see the men fall. Like in the times of the gladiators.