Terpstra, Stybar hone their velodrome sprint in Roubaix
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Yves Lampaert with Johan Museeuw (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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By Sunday the cobbles will be mostly dry (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Zdenek Stybar (Quick-Step Floors) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Niki Terpstra (Quick-Step Floors) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Iljo Keisse and Zdenek Stybar lead the way (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Zdenek Stybar (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Iljo Keisse and Zdenek Stybar (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Selfie time for Niki Terpstra (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Zdenek Stybar in his dark Czech champion's jersey (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Florian Senechal (Quick-Step Floors) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Three-time Paris-Roubaix winner Johan Museeuw shows he still has it on the pavé (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Niki Terpstra (Quick-Step Floors) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Three-time Paris-Roubaix winner Johan Museeuw joined Quick-Step for their recon (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Three-time Paris-Roubaix winner Johan Museeuw (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Quick-Step Floors on the Moulin de Vertain (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Philippe Gilbert (Quick-Step Floors) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Quick-Step Floors did their Paris-Roubaix recon on Friday (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Yves Lampaert (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Terpstra and Stybar roll toward the Roubaix velodrome (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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BMC test out the Paris-Roubaix route (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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BMC on the cobbles (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Greg van Avermaet (BMC) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Greg van Avermaet (BMC) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Oliver Naesen (AG2R La Mondiale) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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The pavé of Paris-Roubaix dries out in the warm sun (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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The pavé of Paris-Roubaix dries out in the warm sun (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Niki Terpstra goes out for a selfie (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Zdenek Stybar hoping to make sweeter memories on the Roubaix velodrome (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Finally, Niki Terpstra was allowed into the velodrome (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Quick-Step arrived to ride on the velodrome only to be stopped by security (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Zdenek Stybar tests the banking in the Roubaix velodrome (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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BMC were also out doing their Paris-Roubaix recon (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Tim Declercq (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Florian Senechal and Iljo Keisse (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
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Niki Terpstra (Quick-Step Floors) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
With two dozen wins already in the bag this season, Quick-Step Floors doesn't seem to need more luck. But just in case, they brought in three-time Paris-Roubaix winner Johan Museeuw to add some magic to their pre-race reconnaissance ride on Friday.
The Belgian legend was hosting a group of enthusiasts as part of Quick-Step's Bike Experience, but stepped away to show the current professionals that he still knows his way around the pavé.
Niki Terpstra, Zdenek Stybar, Philippe Gilbert, Yves Lampaert, Iljo Keisse, Florian Senechal, and Tim Declercq tackled several of the key secteurs of pavé, finding more favourable conditions than teams who rode on Thursday.
The sun is beginning to dry out much of the previously waterlogged cobble secteurs, although there are still some puddles on the verges.
The most mud-covered section in Haveluy was tidied up by Les Amis de Paris-Roubaix, the community group that maintains the historic cobbled roads.
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