Ride London Chipper stopped mid race???... Now with spoilers

Alan Ha Ha
Alan Ha Ha Posts: 88
edited August 2016 in Pro race
Any ideas why it was stopped? Typical S.E. of England traffic congestion event though closed road event or something more serious?
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  • AK_jnr
    AK_jnr Posts: 717
    Sportive 'racers' still on course.
  • jgsi
    jgsi Posts: 5,062
    ...and falling off for chariteee
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,549
    Don't run the sportive same day as the pro race. Simples.
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  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,166
    Watching the race now... and recalling my rides in Surrey (without much nostalgia, to be honest)... someone overcooked Whitedown Lane descent... been there, done that :-)
    left the forum March 2023
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,137
    Thomas getting a good motor pacing session into the legs
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  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    Quite enjoying this and unlike Ugo quite nostalgic about my old Surrey rides.....although not the road surfaces.
  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    Gweeds wrote:
    Don't run the sportive same day as the pro race. Simples.

    This.

    I think we'll see a Saturday sportive and Womens/Mens Saturday in future.

    25,000 people trying to race a sportive with such a small gap allowed between the events was asking for trouble.
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  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    It might be a *chipper* but it has become quite interesting. 4 up front, Geraint Thomas has taken off from the peloton which has caused chaos in the main bunch. Froome covering attacks from what remains of the peloton.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 26,123
    AK_jnr wrote:
    Sportive 'racers' still on course.

    Because they were held for about an hour for the air ambulance to tend to a man down.

    There were hundreds stationary in Kingston when I came back through at about 10.
  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    I'm not sure having Millar moving up and down the race on the back of a motorbike is the best advert for race safety given the incidents we've had recently.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,166
    smithy21 wrote:
    Quite enjoying this and unlike Ugo quite nostalgic about my old Surrey rides.....although not the road surfaces.

    Did you move somewhere dull and flat? I now ride in the Cotswolds... much better... roads are better, quieter, more scenic and climbs are harder
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  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    No, Chilterns- which I do enjoy more but I did like the Surrey Hills when I lived closer to there.
  • Alan Ha Ha
    Alan Ha Ha Posts: 88
    AK_jnr wrote:
    Sportive 'racers' still on course.

    Because they were held for about an hour for the air ambulance to tend to a man down.

    There were hundreds stationary in Kingston when I came back through at about 10.

    Cheers. Be interesting to know more. I can understand a blockage of that nature in proper countryside as happened with Tour of the Borders last year, but surely down south there is plenty of alternative diversions to get the sportive riders out the way.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,348
    Gerraint is flipping MILES ahead! :shock:

    This BBC foursome is great too!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    ddraver wrote:
    Gerraint is flipping MILES ahead! :shock:

    This BBC foursome is great too!
    It's OK now. Millar being the legend that he is.

    It was *dreadful* before it went on to BBC1 earlier with Hugh Porter, just dreadful.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,348
    Ah ok, I wasnt watching then...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • mechanism
    mechanism Posts: 891
    thegibdog wrote:
    I'm not sure having Millar moving up and down the race on the back of a motorbike is the best advert for race safety given the incidents we've had recently.

    This video of a day on a motorbike at the TdF from Cycling Maven was a bit of an eye opener for me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_08ie1xc7c
  • Alan Ha Ha
    Alan Ha Ha Posts: 88
    ddraver wrote:
    Gerraint is flipping MILES ahead! :shock:

    This BBC foursome is great too!

    Totally agree. Love DM in the Laurent Jalabert mode.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 13,195
    There were two separate incidents requiring air ambulances and diversions, so huge holdups and chaos.

    As for riding the sportive on a different day, yuor chances of getting road closures in Surrey and central London on not one but two days.... :shock:

    Liking this Geraint/Stannard thing, very strong.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,348
    It does actually take a small shift in mindset to switch back to classics watching from GT watching.

    Probably racing them too but....
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,348
    edited July 2016
    Can't think why EQS might want to screw over Tem Sky and Ian Stannard in their own back yard *snigger snigger*

    Edit - they may be about to wipe that snigger off my face... :oops:
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • jam1e
    jam1e Posts: 1,066
    Brilliant, feed goes just as it starts getting really close!

    Not sure G will do this.
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    What a time for pics to go!
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    Time gaps gone too.
  • AlunP
    AlunP Posts: 106
    Aaaargh!
  • kingstonian
    kingstonian Posts: 2,847
    Bloody hell,sort the coverage out you clowns
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,348
    OH FOR GODS SAKE!!!!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    No BBC, it doesn't add to the suspense
  • smithy21
    smithy21 Posts: 2,204
    What a shambles with the coverage.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,348
    ddraver wrote:
    Can't think why EQS might want to screw over Tem Sky and Ian Stannard in their own back yard *snigger snigger*

    Edit - they may be about to wipe that snigger off my face... :oops:

    Well shut my mouth...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver