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John Forrest Tomlinson
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But this holding up the break in the Tour de l'Aude due to the field
being stopped by a train doesn't seem right.
See below, from
http://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/2006/diaries/kimberly/?id=kimberly0612
JT
"The French girl was only 4:10 down in GC, which normally would seem
like a lot. But with their gap growing as fast as it was, all of a
sudden 4:10 didn't seem like that much time. We waited for Buitenpoort
to chase since they had the yellow jersey, but they just didn't seem
that interested. The gap got up to over 7 minutes as we plugged along.
With about 40km to go, we rode through a town and were stopped for a
train. Actually, we were stopped for a couple of trains as we sat
there for over 5 minutes. Now we knew the gap would be ridiculously
high. The French girl was now the leader on the road, the virtual
yellow jersey.
With 2 cat 2 climbs remaining, Mirjam Melchers of Buitenpoort went to
the front of the field and started chasing for her team. Due to the
train situation, the officials did neutralize the break for 3 minutes.
Ina told us later that luckily they neutralized the two of them at the
top of a climb, and not at the bottom. She figured this was only
because there was a French girl in the break! Otherwise they would
have made them wait at the bottom of the climb!"
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being stopped by a train doesn't seem right.
See below, from
http://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/2006/diaries/kimberly/?id=kimberly0612
JT
"The French girl was only 4:10 down in GC, which normally would seem
like a lot. But with their gap growing as fast as it was, all of a
sudden 4:10 didn't seem like that much time. We waited for Buitenpoort
to chase since they had the yellow jersey, but they just didn't seem
that interested. The gap got up to over 7 minutes as we plugged along.
With about 40km to go, we rode through a town and were stopped for a
train. Actually, we were stopped for a couple of trains as we sat
there for over 5 minutes. Now we knew the gap would be ridiculously
high. The French girl was now the leader on the road, the virtual
yellow jersey.
With 2 cat 2 climbs remaining, Mirjam Melchers of Buitenpoort went to
the front of the field and started chasing for her team. Due to the
train situation, the officials did neutralize the break for 3 minutes.
Ina told us later that luckily they neutralized the two of them at the
top of a climb, and not at the bottom. She figured this was only
because there was a French girl in the break! Otherwise they would
have made them wait at the bottom of the climb!"
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