Originally Posted by deivu74:
“What happens if they go across a level crossing when the train is coming?!
”
“What happens if they go across a level crossing when the train is coming?!
”
Big fines.
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Originally Posted by grassmarket:
“Big fines.”
“Big fines.”
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!
Originally Posted by deivu74:
“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!”
“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.
Originally Posted by deivu74:
“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!”
“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.
Originally Posted by John259:
“That has happened in the past. I guess these days for the grand tours railway timetables are adjusted so as to prevent it.”
“That has happened in the past. I guess these days for the grand tours railway timetables are adjusted so as to prevent it.”
2013 tour.
http://youtu.be/VT_tz0D24FE
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 ?
Oh Sagan is off the back of the peloton.........been on the deck ?
Originally Posted by deivu74:
“What happens if they go across a level crossing when the train is coming?!”
“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
Originally Posted by deivu74:
“Marcel Kittel 3 out of 4. He's trouncing Peter Sagan.”
“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
Originally Posted by Party Animal:
“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”
“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.
So is froome's wrist OK then? I couldn't tell from the interview. Why not let her speak French and use subtitles?
Originally Posted by tealady:
“So is froome's wrist OK then? I couldn't tell from the interview. Why not let her speak French and use subtitles?”
“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
Originally Posted by swingaleg:
“seems like he should be OK but he's having precautionary X rays to check........
the team seem to think he'll be OK”
“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!
Originally Posted by tealady:
“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!”
“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 !
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
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
I think if any go down on the first sector in this wet weather, they'll do a protest and stop or something. 
Originally Posted by deivu74:
“I think if any go down on the first sector in this wet weather, they'll do a protest and stop or something.”
“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!
Originally Posted by grassmarket:
“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!”
“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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