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Adam Becket

'I hope it rains... there's little room for error' - British cycling legend on the prospect of a wet Paris-Roubaix

The pack rides over the cobbles at a wet Paris-Roubaix in 2005.

The forecast for this weekend's Paris-Roubaix is changing all the time, with nailed on rain turning into potential showers, but there is still a strong possibility for the first wet spring Roubaix in 20 years this Sunday.

31 years ago, Sean Yates - then riding for Motorola - finished fifth in a memorably damp edition of the Hell of the North, behind Andei Tchmil, and told Cycling Weekly this week that he hopes for rain on Sunday, to add a bit of "excitement" to an already brutal race.

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