“Paris-Roubaix is shit”. It’s a quote long attributed to Le Blaireau, The Badger, Bernard Hinault. His win in 1981 in the rainbow jersey is still one of the most remarkable. Punctures, crashes, and an errant poodle couldn’t stop the gritted determination Hinault always displayed, his sprint from the front from what seemed like a lap out a display of pure power to vanquish the proven class and nous of De Vlaeminck and a pretty handy array of former winners and cobble monsters.