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How Much? CdD8
Frederik Backaert (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) pressed on with the break, even after his compatriot, Mitch Docker (Orica-GreenEdge) threw in the towel. One member of the rolling caravan is the team that keeps the time gaps on a chalkboard. The bright yellow clad riders move from group to group showing each the time gaps on the road. Admittedly, the directors sportif on the other end of the two way radios in each rider's ear can easily relay the same information, old tradition do die hard.