Le Samyn organisers used barriers to prevent riders from using the pavement
Race organisers at Wednesday's semi-Classic Le Samyn took action to force riders onto the cobbles, preventing them from riding on the pavement by placing barriers every few metres.
The barriers were placed at the side of a couple of cobbled sectors of the course, specifically the sectors that were through the centre of towns.
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