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2006 Paris-Roubaix
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DVD:240 mins
BVE 0262
DVD Region 0 (works worldwide)
Race after race, this spring Classics cycling has witnessed both revolution and timely renewal - and at Paris-Roubaix 2006, the arrival of cycling's new generation became a reality that will shape the sport for years to come. After Filippo Pozatto in Milan-San Remo and Tom Boonen in the Tour of Flanders, at Roubaix it was the turn of 25-year-old Fabian Cancellara to put the older, more experienced pros to the sword - perhaps permanently.
Whilst Boonen showed the limit of his power, Cancellara's ferocious attacks on the legendary pave of the Queen of the Classics marked the end of one era - and the dawning of another. Chaotic, complex and with twists of fortune and fate, this year's six-hour battle to enter Roubaix's legendary velodrome ahead of the field is anything but predictable. In Roubaix strength is not enough, as America's top challenger George Hincapie was to find to his cost. Ambition can only get you so far, as super-favorite Tom Boonen was to discover. And breaking the rules - as three top protagonists attempted to do - always carries a bitterly high price. In the Hell of the North 2006, times change - permanently. Can you afford to miss out on the revolution?
Commentary by Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen
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