Tim Declercq (Deceuninck-QuickStep)(Image credit: Getty Images)
Deceuninck-QuickStep riders recon the cobbles(Image credit: Getty Images)
Philippe Gilbert is dressed for the weather(Image credit: Getty Images)
The Deceuninck-QuickStep bikes are ready to go(Image credit: Getty Images)
CCC team's Greg Van Avaemaet(Image credit: Getty Images)
Trek-Segafredo riders recon the Paris-Roubaix route(Image credit: Getty Images)
Trek-Segafredo riders recon the Paris-Roubaix route(Image credit: Getty Images)
Astana riders check out a section of Paris-Roubaix cobbles.(Image credit: Getty Images)
John Degenkolb chats with Trek-Segafredo director Steven de Jongh (Image credit: Getty Images)
John Degenkolb mugs for the cameras while previewing the Roubaix cobbles(Image credit: Getty Images)
Trek-Segafredo riders recon the Paris-Roubaix route(Image credit: Getty Images)
Groupama-FDJ riders preview the Paris-Roubaix cobbles(Image credit: Getty Images)
2015 Paris-Roubaix winner John Degenkolb (Trek-Segafredo)(Image credit: Getty Images)
2015 Paris-Roubaix winner John Degenkolb (Trek-Segafredo)(Image credit: Getty Images)
CCC Team pass some local traffic on the Paris-Roubaix route(Image credit: Getty Images)
Michael Schär (CCC Team) recons the Paris-Roubaix cobbles(Image credit: Getty Images)
CCC Team riders check out the Paris-Roubaix route(Image credit: Getty Images)
CCC Team's Greg van Avermaet(Image credit: Getty Images)
CCC Team riders check out the Paris-Roubaix route(Image credit: Getty Images)
CCC Team's Greg van Avermaet(Image credit: Getty Images)
CCC Team riders check out the Paris-Roubaix route(Image credit: Getty Images)
Astana riders get in some kilometres on the Paris-Roubaix cobbles.(Image credit: Getty Images)
Magnus Cort (Astana)(Image credit: Getty Images)
Astana riders get in some kilometres on the Paris-Roubaix cobbles.(Image credit: Getty Images)
Astana Pro Team riders get a glimpse of the Paris-Roubaix cobbles(Image credit: Getty Images)
With the 2019 Paris-Roubaix inching another day closer, teams took advantage of more clear, dry weather on Friday to reconnoitre some of the cobbled sectors they'll face on Sunday.
And UAE team Emirates' Alexander Kristoff and newcomer Jasper Philipsen were out previewing the cobbles, with Kristoff having been showing some good form of late. He'll be looking to score a first Roubaix win on Sunday, which would be his third Monument, having won Milan-San Remo and the Tour of Flanders in 2014 and 2015, respectively.
Other riders out on Friday looking over some of the cobbled sectors included Astana's Magnus Cort and the Deceuninck-QuickStep armada of Zdenek Stybar, Philippe Gilbert, Yves Lampaert and Kasper Asgreen. André Greipel and his Arkea-Samsic team were also spotted, as were Arnaud Démare and his Groupama-FDJ teammates.
Click or swipe through the gallery above to see who else was out previewing the route on Friday.
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