2015 Paris - Roubaix, 12th April 1.UWT, 253.5 Km

[Campervan man]

How they were expected to stop at that pace and unsighted. Big fail glad no one hurt, apart from rider bashed on head?!!

 

[Roude Leiw]

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Disqualifications coming..

i suppose they let it slide....

 

[Gloin22]

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Was I the only scared of the possibilty of a collision between the train and a rider?

It would be their *** fault so no.

 

[hrotha]

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Knees and Sky should have stopped.

They have, but in an ideal world, they shouldn't, as the barrier was up for them. Trains are explicitly acknowledged as just an accepted variable in a race, but you can't have the guys that didn't break the rules be left behind unless you do kick out the guys who crossed anyway.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

The organisers should have stopped the whole peloton - their mess up

 

[spalco]

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Was I the only scared of the possibilty of a collision between the train and a rider?

No, you're not. There are some serious morons in the peloton today.

 

[Hugo87]

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Some of these guys were freakin crazy to still cross the trails.

I'd love to know who the BMC moron at the end was

That guy was plain dumb.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Well half the bunch made it through before the barriers came down, it's the guys crossing once the barriers came down that should be punished.

 

[phanatic]

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Disqualifications coming..

Or just make those people ride the whole race over again later today.

 

[Roude Leiw]

I read an interview with Gouvenou (the race director) this week in Velo Mag and he said his worst nightmare is the train schedules....

 

[Flamin]

Thomas DOWN!

 

[GuyIncognito]

Thomas down

 

[Akuryo]

Thomas down again. This time hard!

 

[glassmoon]

Thonas out

 

[Hugo87]

Geraint Thomas down really hard.

 

[mrhender]

Not Thomas day so far..

 

[Põhja Konn]

There was only about 10 seconds or so between last rider crossing the rails and train coming through. Crazy dangerous.

 

[Campervan man]

Thomas out?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

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Thomas doing what has unfortunately become what he does best in the Classics... looking great then crashing in the biggest events.

 

[thrawn]

Unlucky for Thomas. Not a good day.

 

[Akuryo]

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Thonas out

He went down hard, but out? I doubt it.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Thomas down. Looked like he failed to make a bunny hop onto the sidewalks

 

[goggalor]

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Well half the bunch made it through before the barriers came down, it's the guys crossing once the barriers came down that should be punished.

I thought the barriers were already coming down when the first riders passed. May be wrong though, will have to see it again. In that case whoever was on the front should have taken responsibility and stopped, but then I admit it's easy to say that from behind a keyboard.

 

[DBotero]

*** G.down Game over for him i suppose.

 

[DFA123]

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Disqualifications coming..

i suppose they let it slide....

They shouldn't let it slide. If they do then riders will continue to do it in future races - until one of them gets hit by a train.

It's one of the most important rules there is in terms of rider safety.