The main thing I remember about 2013? The first picture in the below series - that’s Aleksis Saramotins riding the Roubaix cobbles with a broken wrist. Unbelievable.

Apart from that, my main memory is of trying to follow Yoeri’s car all day. It was by far the most stressful race chase of my life. There is one vital key to chasing with Yoeri - it’s being WITH Yoeri IN his car. It is not wise to be behind him, especially when it’s Roubaix, and especially when an effective Roubaix chase consists of dashing down dusty dirt roads. There were times when I couldn’t see his taillights in front of me. I held my breath, wondered why I was doing this, and hoped for the best. It was dumb.

I don’t ever want to do that again. I want to get nice pictures, but I want to be safe. It’s not worth getting hurt over.

With all of that said, it was thrilling. It felt like I was bungee jumping - all day long.

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