Riders well into the race now, and most seem to be following one of three popular routes.
So far as I can tell this is how our riders are getting on:
7 Emily Chappell 82km following the popular eastern (N2) route just south of Avense-sur-la-helpe
12 @Keiway#152 94km following the popular eastern (N2) route just south of Cappelle
60 @CarlosBI 79km following the more central route towards Guise
75 @skinny 102km following the popular eastern (N2) route in a bunch containing Josh Ibbotson (#1) and just behind the early leaders.
84 @Samuli 90km following the more central route towards Guise and seems to be very close to @CarlosBI
89 @bananaskid 84km Just behind @Samuli and @CarlosBI on the central route
114 @TheAdventureCapitalist Alive and well on twitter but tracker doesn't seem to be reporting
142 @hippy 91km following the most western of the popular routes, but leading that group of riders. I think @hippy has picked a route to avoid climbing with only about 700m so far compared to @skinny s 1000m
155 @frank9755 83km following @hippy s route and just coming up to Cambresis
Riders well into the race now, and most seem to be following one of three popular routes.
So far as I can tell this is how our riders are getting on:
7 Emily Chappell 82km following the popular eastern (N2) route just south of Avense-sur-la-helpe
12 @Keiway#152 94km following the popular eastern (N2) route just south of Cappelle
60 @CarlosBI 79km following the more central route towards Guise
75 @skinny 102km following the popular eastern (N2) route in a bunch containing Josh Ibbotson (#1) and just behind the early leaders.
84 @Samuli 90km following the more central route towards Guise and seems to be very close to @CarlosBI
89 @bananaskid 84km Just behind @Samuli and @CarlosBI on the central route
114 @TheAdventureCapitalist Alive and well on twitter but tracker doesn't seem to be reporting
142 @hippy 91km following the most western of the popular routes, but leading that group of riders. I think @hippy has picked a route to avoid climbing with only about 700m so far compared to @skinny s 1000m
155 @frank9755 83km following @hippy s route and just coming up to Cambresis
Early leaders appear to be Kristof_Allegaert, Matthijs_Ligt and Geoffroy_Dussault (who seems to ride for Canadian UCI team Garneau–Québecor)