Cycling/Paris-Roubaix. After the runners, sheep at the Trouée d’Arenberg?

Sheep to weed the Trouée d’Arenberg? The organizers of Paris-Roubaix are planning an unprecedented eco-grazing operation that will make “the queen of the classics” cyclists green again, including the 119^e edition is scheduled for Sunday. The idea came directly from the pandemic, from its consequence on the emblematic cobblestone sector of the course. The race, canceled in 2020, was postponed to October the following year. For thirty months, the straight line of 2300 meters, with 276,000 cobblestones (estimated), remained deserted by competition bikes.

“We were caught off guard when we…

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