Ride London Classics - womens' & mens' (Spoilers)

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It was a bit bizarre the way the commentators were calling race over with 35km still left to go, but you know, David Millar has so much more experience than me that he couldn't possibly be wrong...

I was clinging to the hope that he might make it, but that was just wishful thinking. It was always unlikely...The peloton did leave it late to get themselves organised though.

Unlikely with an organised peloton hunting the break, but we didn't really have that; for quite a chunk of the race the peloton and the directeurs sportif seemed to have given the race to the breakaway, and while Thomas was slowing, up to about 30 km to go the peloton didn't look like trying to make the minute every 10 km they needed. The catch only really seemed to be on once we saw Thomas (as @Crackle said) pedalling squares up the hill in Wimbledon - and then the TV coverage went to pot...

 

[Proto]

Was your daughter not riding?

No, not picked. Although she has been suffering with a cold for a week, so was rather glad to be out of it. Fears she's have been dropped pretty early on.

BTW ave speed 28mph

 

[smutchin]

the directeurs sportif seemed to have given the race to the breakaway,

Maybe, but there's a difference between being disorganised and giving up. And Thomas is no Cancellara - he was always going to fade.

Thomas even said in his post-race interview that he knew his attack was probably doomed from the start, but once you make a move, you have to see it through, so credit to him for giving it a good try.