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History suggests otherwise. He's been 5th, 4th and 1st in the last three editions of Flanders. His best result at Roubaix was 9th in 2013, which is his best result in the race by some distance.
Maybe he's right and it doesn't suit him. Flanders is all about short bursts of high power on cobbled climbs, Roubaix is more about longer sustained bursts of power on flat cobbles, a subtle difference.
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I was confused by that too, it's flatter so less chance to get dropped, he's bigger so can cobble-bash, Paolini is more likely to stay with him longer at Roubaix as well; if I had to pick one that he'd do better in I'd say Roubaix