Here is the start list for tomorrow’s 106th Paris-Roubaix (161.2 miles, with 28 sectors of cobblestones). George Hincapie has been snakebitten in this race. Perhaps tomorrow will be his day.

Addendum: Here is video from the 2006 race, in which Hincapie’s handlebars snapped. What a helpless feeling that must have been!

Addendum 2: Here is a close-up image of the cobblestones in the Arenberg Forest. The cyclists will be riding over them at 25 miles per hour, and the stones may be wet.