Tour of Ireland

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LOL, copied from another forum

As written by someone on Bikeradar:

Where do you start? The race finished with 9 circuits of Dublin, 2.4 km long. On the 2nd lap, the three-man breakaway caught the rear of the peloton and after that it was just a calamity of errors. Like watching Chucklevision.

No-one knew what to do, so they ended up putting moto-marshalls on the front of the pack, slowing them down and letting the breakaway through to the front. Only one of the Navigators riders wanted to join in, and ended up giving his team-mate (O''Loughlin, in the break) a good tow.

All of the riders were shrugging their shoulders and looking totally confused and not even Phil Liggett knew what was happening. The breakaway was getting tired, but of course the bunch weren't allowed to pass, so spent the end bit of the stage freewheeling 50m behind the 3 up front.

So then the jury said the race for the yellow jersey was neutralized, but what about the points? No-one had a clue. How many laps were left? No-one knew.

In the end, the 3 riders sprinted for the win -- and this is where it gets truly farcical. The yellow jersey is celebrating his win, but half the peloton keeps going, thinking there's a lap to go. They look round, see there's only about 20 riders, and they're all totally baffled. Boassen Hagen wants to race, because Breschel went into the virtual points jersey earlier in the day and his green jersey is at stake. But then the jury neutralize things again and he loses his jersey as a result