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Did Bouhanni hit the barriers? Maybe with his pedal?

Great win but not a great leadout by Quickstep was it? They left him with a big gap to get across to Kristoff's wheel.

Did Cav just say Peeters didn't think he could do it?

Couldn't work out what he was saying. Clarity of speech not always his forte.

Overhead shows Bouhanni having a major wobble.

Very clever sprint from Cav, thought he was too far back and a MTN rider barged Renshaw(?) away, but he just threaded his way onto the right wheel

Gotta be happy with a British double header this weekend. A sign for Wiggins to get p-r?

Bloody Brits, going over to Belgium, nicking their races ... oh, hang on.

what I meant was '...tough record to beat, even on an aero bike'

Is this the best start to a season ever by Brits?

Froome wining in Spain then stannard and cav this weekend.

Like the 'Race Paint' that all the hoon cars back home were covered in 10+ years ago.

also

Cav is most winningest also, and let's not forget Geraint's impressive win in the Algarve, even if he is a Welsh

Quite right. I've long wondered what the point is of sticking cobbled sections in if everyone then rides on the footway. There was a controversy at last year's KBK, wasn't there?

Oh that's great

The rules say they're no allowed to, they do anyway, and nothing is done.

if there's no barriers, riders choose where they want to ride

They're quite likely fined for doing it. The fine is small and the team pays the fine. No problemo.

^^ Quitters, the lot of them.

Apparently they can ride off the road, and Stannard only stayed on the cobbles because he missed a move (http://inrng.com/2015/03/you-can-ride-off-road/)

Hey yo, that Paris-Nice Sky team looks really odd.

Odd how? Bernhard Eisel, Lars-Petter Nordhaug, Richie Porte, Nicolas Roche, Luke Rowe, Ben Swift, Geraint Thomas, Bradley Wiggins. Looks alright to me.

Have they said who's leading? Presumably Porte or Roche.

Only looks odd in that its a bit bloody good and one of three or four riders could be leader.

Titchie Ritchie is leading, no? Watch him win then disappoint again when he leads the team at the Giro.

Shame they're not riding for Thomas, after him leading the race last year until he crashed and his excellent win in the Algarve this year.

Perhaps they'll decide it on the road, like the Algarve, where Porte was nominal leader

GP Le Samyn this afternoon on Eurosport 2 (streams via procyclinglive), startlist here