RadioShack Leopard riders get a thumbs up from a spectator(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack Leopard) is overwhelming favourite to win his third Roubaix crown(Image credit: Photopress.be)
Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack Leopard) will be looking for a third Paris-Roubaix title on Sunday(Image credit: Sirotti)
A dusty outing in the Arenberg forest for Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack Leopard)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The Arenberg forest awaits...(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto Belisol) will seek another cobbled Monument podium at Paris-Roubaix following a third place finish at the Tour of Flanders.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Stijn Devolder (RadioShack-Leopard) at home on the pavé(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Bjorn Leukemans (Vacansoleil-DCM) in the Arenberg forest(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Andre Greipel leads his Lotto Belisol teammates on some pavé recon.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Argos-Shimano riders enter the Arenberg forest sector of cobbles(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Slovenian road champion Borut Bozic (Astana)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Juan Antonio Flecha (Vacansoleil-DCM) has plenty of Paris-Roubaix experience(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack Leopard) is the heavy favourite for Sunday's Paris-Roubaix(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Sep Vanmarcke (Blanco) rides the pavé(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Andre Greipel (Lotto Belisol) makes his way through the Arenberg forest.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
RadioShack Leopard riders preview the Paris-Roubaix route(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The iconic Arenberg forest sector of cobbles on the Paris-Roubaix parcours(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack Leopard) attractes quite a crowd for his pavé recon session.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The Astana squad out on the Paris-Roubaix pavé(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Fabian Cancellera (RadioShack Leopard) rides through Arenberg prior to his crash during Paris-Roubaix reconnaissance(Image credit: Sirotti)
Stijn Devolder (RadioShack Leopard) is in vintage form this classics season(Image credit: Photopress.be)
Lotto Belisol cut across the fields of Orchies(Image credit: Photopress.be)
Jurgen Roelandts leads the Lotto Belisol squad down the Arenberg trench(Image credit: Photopress.be)
Snack time for Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto Belisol)(Image credit: Photopress.be)
Borut Bozic has been in good form for Astana over the cobbled classics so far(Image credit: Photopress.be)
Dirk Demol faces the media during RadioShack Leopard's recon session(Image credit: Photopress.be)
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) puts some power down(Image credit: Photopress.be)
Bernhard Eisel (Sky) is more than capable of pulling a top-10 result this weekend(Image credit: Photopress.be)
CJ Sutton failed to make the final cut for Sky's Paris-Roubaix line up but still did reconnaissance(Image credit: Photopress.be)
Sky's Ian Stannard(Image credit: Photopress.be)
Lotto Belisol hope Jurgen Roelandts. The team will be hoping he can back up his podium performance from the Tour of Flanders(Image credit: Photopress.be)
Rick Flens (Blanco) during Paris-Roubaix reconnaissance(Image credit: Photopress.be)
Lars Boom (Blanco) during Paris-Roubaix reconnaissance(Image credit: Photopress.be)
Sky's Mathew Hayman leads Luke Rowe along the cobbles (Image credit: Photopress.be)
Federico Borselli (Astana) grits his teeth during Paris-Roubaix reconnaissance(Image credit: Sirotti)
Young Dane Chris Juul Jensen leads the Saxo - Tinkoff line up into Arenberg(Image credit: Sirotti)
Saxo - Tinkoff head onto the Trouée d'Arenberg(Image credit: Sirotti)
Vacansoleil-DCM during Paris-Roubaix reconnaissance on Thursday(Image credit: Sirotti)
Lotto Belisol work over the Orchies sector(Image credit: Sirotti)
A small contingent from Lotto Belisol undertake reconnaissance(Image credit: Sirotti)
Blanco will be riding for Lars Boom on Sunday(Image credit: Sirotti)
A Vacansoleil-DCM rider gets on the end of the Blanco train(Image credit: Sirotti)
Without Fabian Cancellara, RadioShack Leopard push through(Image credit: Sirotti)
Vacansoleil-DCM keep it tight along the Trouée d'Arenberg(Image credit: Sirotti)
Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack Leopard) before the crash that brought an early end to his Roubaix reconnaissance session(Image credit: Sirotti)
Yaroslav Popovych (RadioShack Leopard) will be hoping to be just as strong for Fabian Cancellara this Sunday as he was at Flanders(Image credit: Sirotti)
Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack Leopard) will need to overcome any residual effects from two crashes in two days if he's to win his third Paris-Roubaix title (Image credit: Sirotti)
Grit your teeth and go for it: Vacansoleil in Arenberg(Image credit: Sirotti)
A training session, with the odd photographer for company...(Image credit: Sirotti)
Marcel Sieberg during Lotto Belisol's reconnaissance session(Image credit: Sirotti)
Andre Greipel during Lotto Belisol's reconnaissance session(Image credit: Sirotti)
A Blanco rider on the Trouée d'Arenberg, which once again has been given a five-star rating by the ASO(Image credit: Sirotti)
Blanco head over the feared Arenberg sector(Image credit: Sirotti)
Astana head down the Arenberg trench(Image credit: Sirotti)
YaroslavPopovych leads the way for RadioShack Leopard(Image credit: Sirotti)
Sep Vanmarcke (Garmin Sharp) tests out his troublesme knee during Paris-Roubaix reconnaissance on Thursday (Image credit: Sirotti)
A number of teams headed out for a reconnaissance mission over parts of the 2013 Paris-Roubaix parcours, with two-time winner Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack Leopard) crashing for the second time in two days.
The overwhelming favourite for Sunday's race was on the Hornaing sector of cobbles near Wandignies-Hamage with teammates on Thursday morning when he crashed. He sat in the RadioShack team car alongside directeur sportif Dirk Demol for the next part of the reconnaissance, but was back on his bike again by the sector at Orchies.
Meantime, Lotto Belisol, Sky, Vacansoleil-DCM, Blanco, Argos-Shimano and Astana were also out in force, with this gallery capturing the action.
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