sam<p>The perseverance of professional cyclists, proof the perseverance of cyclists, exibit nr 279: Joseph Pidcock. </p><p>At Bois de Wallers he was already 20 minutes behind. He road 95km on his own, close to half of this are cobbles, and managed to reach the vélodrome in Roubaix, although outside time limit. He was behind the rolling road block, he had to navigate drunken spectators who are no longer paying attention, who are trying to get off the pavé as soon as possible. Chapeau that man!</p><p>Information provided by Ned Boulting on his fantastic <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/NeverStraysFar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeverStraysFar</span></a> podcast.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ProCycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProCycling</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CouchPeloton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CouchPeloton</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/koers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>koers</span></a></p>