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Old 08-07-2014, 14:50
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What happens if they go across a level crossing when the train is coming?!
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Old 08-07-2014, 14:53
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No I mean say the barriers start coming down in the middle of the pelaton or between the breakaway and the pelaton? Some might get an extra 2 minutes ahead or something!
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Old 08-07-2014, 15:05
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No I mean say the barriers start coming down in the middle of the pelaton or between the breakaway and the pelaton? Some might get an extra 2 minutes ahead or something!
That has happened in the past. I guess these days for the grand tours railway timetables are adjusted so as to prevent it.
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Old 08-07-2014, 15:24
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No I mean say the barriers start coming down in the middle of the pelaton or between the breakaway and the pelaton? Some might get an extra 2 minutes ahead or something!
What happens is that the race commisars take a note of the time gap at the split, then they go up to the breakaway and block the road until the peleton gets back to approximately the gap they had before. It's not an exact science though - if there are dribs and drabs of riders all over the place then someone loses out.

Like I say, the riders are expected to obey the signals, and they get in trouble if they try to duck under a descending barrier or jump a light.
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Old 08-07-2014, 15:42
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What's happened to Phillippe Gilbert? He's not in it this year?
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Old 08-07-2014, 15:43
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That has happened in the past. I guess these days for the grand tours railway timetables are adjusted so as to prevent it.
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Old 08-07-2014, 16:14
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Disappointed we didn't get a rendition of "Mademoiselle from Armentičres" by Paul Sherwen.
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Old 08-07-2014, 16:18
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Looking like a Kittel stage again.......wonder if Griepel will have a go today, Sagan ?, Coquard, Renshaw......

Oh Sagan is off the back of the peloton.........been on the deck ?
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Old 08-07-2014, 16:37
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Marcel Kittel 3 out of 4. He's trouncing Peter Sagan.
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Old 08-07-2014, 16:54
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What happens if they go across a level crossing when the train is coming?!
I have seen the peleton stop and wait in the past but not sure what criteria is for avoiding them
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Old 08-07-2014, 16:57
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Marcel Kittel 3 out of 4. He's trouncing Peter Sagan.
Peter Sagan is an all round bike rider.. Marcel Kittel is an out and out sprinter

Peter Sagan can also climb the hills whereas Marcel cannot and never will

Marcel will never ever finish above Peter Sagan in a Grand Tour
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Old 08-07-2014, 18:50
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Peter Sagan is an all round bike rider.. Marcel Kittel is an out and out sprinter

Peter Sagan can also climb the hills whereas Marcel cannot and never will

Marcel will never ever finish above Peter Sagan in a Grand Tour
As reflected in the overall standings in the points classification which has Sagan 23 points clear of Kittel despite the latter's 3 stage wins so far.
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Old 08-07-2014, 21:38
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So is froome's wrist OK then? I couldn't tell from the interview. Why not let her speak French and use subtitles?
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Old 08-07-2014, 21:55
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So is froome's wrist OK then? I couldn't tell from the interview. Why not let her speak French and use subtitles?
seems like he should be OK but he's having precautionary X rays to check........

the team seem to think he'll be OK
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Old 08-07-2014, 23:00
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seems like he should be OK but he's having precautionary X rays to check........

the team seem to think he'll be OK
This was after the xrays. I'm sure the team think that, they wouldn't say otherwise. At least they were able to say they are not looking forward to tomorrow!
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Old 08-07-2014, 23:07
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This was after the xrays. I'm sure the team think that, they wouldn't say otherwise. At least they were able to say they are not looking forward to tomorrow!
oh blimey.......the cobbles will find out any injured wrists !
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Old 09-07-2014, 08:24
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Cobblestones and rain forecast for today, you say? Excellent.
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Old 09-07-2014, 10:01
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I wonder how many riders will have withdrawn by the end of the day.
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Old 09-07-2014, 13:20
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ES showing pretty much the whole stage again today.........
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Old 09-07-2014, 13:25
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They've covered about 20-odd K so far........it's raining and windy

They've taken out 2 sections of pavé because of the conditions

We've still got around 60K to go before the first sections.......and there'll now be around 13/14K of cobbles in the last 50-odd K of the race

We're in Paris-Roubaix country so all the focus today is on guys who have a good record in the big classic........although they've pointed out that none of todays riders have experience of a wet Paris-Roubaix as there hasn't been one since 2002
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Old 09-07-2014, 13:28
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I think if any go down on the first sector in this wet weather, they'll do a protest and stop or something.
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Old 09-07-2014, 13:35
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I think if any go down on the first sector in this wet weather, they'll do a protest and stop or something.
This happened a couple of times in the Giro already this year, they just rode along at a normal speed until the last 3km. And as soon as they started to race, there were about 6 crashes straight away!
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Old 09-07-2014, 13:35
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Chris Froome fell off again!
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Old 09-07-2014, 13:35
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Froome on the deck !
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Old 09-07-2014, 13:36
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This happened a couple of times in the Giro already this year, they just rode along at a normal speed until the last 3km. And as soon as they started to race, there were about 6 crashes straight away!
Yes, I remember that!
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