http://virtualstoa.net/2007/07/29/champs-elysees/ Chris Brooke's Weblog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:21:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://virtualstoa.net/2007/07/29/champs-elysees/#comment-103601 Chris Brooke Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:36:47 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2007/07/29/champs-elysees/#comment-103601 Yes, but I don't care about those. Yes, but I don’t care about those.

]]> http://virtualstoa.net/2007/07/29/champs-elysees/#comment-103598 ejh Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:28:24 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2007/07/29/champs-elysees/#comment-103598 Mind you they do have those cycle races indoors, don't they, where everybody seems to be on a different lap? Mind you they do have those cycle races indoors, don’t they, where everybody seems to be on a different lap?

]]> http://virtualstoa.net/2007/07/29/champs-elysees/#comment-103597 Chris Brooke Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:25:17 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2007/07/29/champs-elysees/#comment-103597 There seems to be a convention whereby the <I>maillot jaune</I>'s team leads out on the first circuit of the Champs-Élyseés, and then the racing starts properly after that, so it's an unlikely eventuality. But, yes, in theory, there could be mayhem. There seems to be a convention whereby the maillot jaune’s team leads out on the first circuit of the Champs-Élyseés, and then the racing starts properly after that, so it’s an unlikely eventuality. But, yes, in theory, there could be mayhem.

]]> http://virtualstoa.net/2007/07/29/champs-elysees/#comment-103595 ejh Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:19:03 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2007/07/29/champs-elysees/#comment-103595 When I was watching on telly, I wondered - what if there was a breakaway early on and the leading group got to the Champs-Élysées early enough to be a lap ahead of the other riders? It strikes me as harder to manage than a similar occurrence in athletics (where they move more slowly) or motor racing (where when the leader has finished, everybody else finishes too rather than do extra laps). When I was watching on telly, I wondered - what if there was a breakaway early on and the leading group got to the Champs-Élysées early enough to be a lap ahead of the other riders? It strikes me as harder to manage than a similar occurrence in athletics (where they move more slowly) or motor racing (where when the leader has finished, everybody else finishes too rather than do extra laps).

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