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@Woodie
No they won't. Do you know why cancellara was changing bike there? I'm guessing mechanical as he and all the other favourites have bikes/wheels dotted along the course at Fanders and Paris-Roubaix. I've been watching those races for 20 years and cannot think of a single instance where the bike has been changed for anything other than a mecahnical. Even in the days of those god awful suspension forks they used the same bikes all the way through. Museeuw even rode the entire race on full suspension the year Tchmil destroyed everyone.
And the reality is that if they race tomorrow (and lets face it after todays farce there is achance they might cry about the cobbles) then the approach to the cobbles will be mental. The approach to Arenburg in Paris Roubaix is like a bunch sprint, they even changed thedirection so that they hit it uphill rather than on the slight descent because of the speeds and danger of the approach. No one is going to risk a change unless it is forced. Plus it is ony 10km, the equipment needs are not the same as the 50km of Roubaix.