Bummer, this was fun to watch
Cycling: Paris-Roubaix to Skip Famous Cobbled Section
PARIS (Reuters) - Cycling's Paris-Roubaix race, a one-day classic, will avoid its infamous cobbled section this year because of safety concerns, organizers said Wednesday.
The race, scheduled for April 10, will take another route.
"Organizers have decided not to ride on the 2,400 meters of the famous Arenberg trench for safety reasons," organizers said in a statement. "The condition of the road has seriously deteriorated in recent years and a 200 meter section has collapsed and turned into a pool."
The Arenberg trench is one of the most spectacular cobbled sections in a race dubbed the "Hell of the North" and many riders have crashed trying to navigate it.
Six times Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong has yet to win the Paris-Roubaix and it could be one of his main goals in 2005, especially if the American decides in April not to race the Tour this year.
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