Men's Road Race *SPOILER*

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  • liversedge
    liversedge Posts: 1,003
    Watching Cadel Evans' heightened emotions on the podium, good for him. And good for Australia too. 8)
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  • finchy
    finchy Posts: 6,686
    It would have been a pity had Evans finished his career without a big victory (OK, he got the TdF stage, but was cheated out of standing on the podium).

    I'd like to see him take Lombardy or L-B-L in the rainbow jersey, preferably after a solo attack.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    edited September 2009
    Evans won the MTB World Cup which is a series of events, the World Champs race was a stand alone thingy...
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    His parents must be very proud!

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  • sonny73
    sonny73 Posts: 2,203
    MrChuck wrote:
    +1
    I was rooting for Cancellara but happy to see Evans get it.

    +1 Again on both scores there.
  • teagar
    teagar Posts: 2,100
    Cancellara is easily the most exciting rider in the peleton. By miles. He gets me all giddy with excitement when he starts pumping at the pedals and throwing out some ridiculously large amount of watts. Great to watch.

    I've said before here I think Evans should focus more on 1-dayers. He did well, as did the rest of the team!
    Note: the above post is an opinion and not fact. It might be a lie.
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Thanks Nap D... was thinking that would be another first.
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    edited September 2009
    Awesome race. No more namby pamby World's circuits please.
    Chess on Wheels, Gladiator style.
    Cadel erases his TDF ghosts.....
    ....and inherits a cursed jersey! :shock:
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    In fact, that was possibly the best one day race of the year!
  • teagar
    teagar Posts: 2,100
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    No more namby pamby World's circuits please.


    Quite.

    Shame about Melbourne!
    Note: the above post is an opinion and not fact. It might be a lie.
  • OffTheBackAdam
    OffTheBackAdam Posts: 1,869
    That last lap was a cracker, a good reason to keep it at 200+ Km!
    A real surprise from Evans.
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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    edited September 2009
    A very good race, a real war of attrition. The best Worlds are always on tough circuits where the bunch is slowly worn down until the last hour when it becomes open warfare.

    Congratulations to Evans, a stunning move and he won in style. Although several riders could have won today, Evans took his chance but he might not have been the strongest.

    Were trade team tactics at play? Breschel seemed to be happy to work for Cancellara and t think Gilbert covered for Evans once.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    'ere, I thought the Worlds was a rubbish sprinters race?
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • sing_for_absolution
    sing_for_absolution Posts: 1,908
    Kléber wrote:
    A very good race, a real war of attrition. The best Worlds are always on tough circuits where the bunch is slowly worn down until the last hour when it becomes open warfare.

    Congratulations to Evans, a stunning move and he won in style. Although several riders could have won today, Evans took his chance but he might not have been the strongest.

    Were trade team tactics at play? Breschel seemed to be happy to work for Cancellara and t think Gilbert covered for Evans once.

    Same trade team, so probably the case. I don't think Silence-Lotto would've been happy if he'd brought the other riders back to Evans. :lol:
  • doddy178
    doddy178 Posts: 66
    JC didn't even let Eurosport stay to put the results on the screen, and the studio after didn't cut back to Mendrisio pictures for the results.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Two Brits finished. Cummings in 52nd @ 5'20" and Hammond in 92nd @ 10'54".
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,726
    Have to say that, in terms of Team GB, this has been a pretty disappointing World's campaign.
    It's a long road DB has to travel.

    Cadel's run of bad luck is finally ended by gaining a curse!
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Have to say that, in terms of Team GB, this has been a pretty disappointing World's campaign.

    Gotta wonder what would have happened if Millar had done the TT and Wiggins the RR. Kennaugh the only decent performance of the week.
  • The Other McHoy
    The Other McHoy Posts: 161
    Alexander Kolobnev once again left his more famous team mates eating dust - that's three years in a row he has outperformed the world's best. Is this how good he is when he is not having to follow team orders? The Worlds, the Olympics and now again at the Worlds. Yet with Saxo Bank he is the forgotten man where all the attention is on the Schlecks and Cancellera.

    Perhaps he would be better off finding a team with a few less stars?

    Kudos to Cadel. Interesting implications for all of those who think they have to leave La Vuelta to prepare for this race.
  • dave milne
    dave milne Posts: 703
    great race, well done evans. Outside the brits there's probably only gilbert or cancellara who would have had me out of my seat cheering for them.

    lol at league of gentlemen
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    I don't like Cadel, but I don't dislike him either, he's an honest hardworking rider, but give me Valverde any day :P
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Has David Harmon been sacked? :shock:

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  • mididoctors
    mididoctors Posts: 18,908
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Have to say that, in terms of Team GB, this has been a pretty disappointing World's campaign.
    It's a long road DB has to travel.

    Cadel's run of bad luck is finally ended by gaining a curse!

    he just had the curse first...
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  • Dodger747
    Dodger747 Posts: 305
    Cancellara was immense on the last climb, ripped the legs off everyone I think, just a shame that everyone then marked him...

    Chapeau Evans though!
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  • The Other McHoy
    The Other McHoy Posts: 161
    Dodger747 wrote:
    Cancellara was immense on the last climb, ripped the legs off everyone I think, just a shame that everyone then marked him...

    Chapeau Evans though!

    If I recall Cancellera kicked to pull back Kolobnev on that climb but he was spent after that. Kolobnev still had the energy to get away again and stay away. As I said above, I don't think Kolobnev gets the recognition he deserves. He consistently makes the telling break and, unlike the Spanish and Italians, has no one to work with him.
  • jim one
    jim one Posts: 183
    Cancellara was so strong but I dont understand why they were all marking him when they knew they could cover him on the climbs. Great win for Evans though especially as he always says "I try to attack if I am able to". All people who race know that if you are on the rivet you can not attack and at best just grapple to follow wheels in the hope the pace will then ease up.

    Also the people normally he is supposed to attack have fairly tainted reputations e.g the chicken in the tour and Rebellion in the classics.
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Did anybody else noticed the Columbian jerseys were sponsored by popular curry Madras? Mmmmm madras.
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

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  • Dunkeldog
    Dunkeldog Posts: 138
    Full marks to David Harmon. Imagine commentating for over six hours and then being told you're going to miss the five minutes it's all led up to. I would have used much more colourful language at that point... Rainbow coloured might just sum it up.
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,821
    I didn't see any of it 'cos I was working (gona watch back on iplayer :) ) so can someone explain what happened on Eurosport for me? Who's JC? And why did Harmon swear?
  • ms_tree
    ms_tree Posts: 1,405
    I watched Eurosport so didn't hear if Hugh Porter was waxing lyrical this year about Kolobnev's calves?
    PS Harmon's right, we should see the podiums not go back to the studio. I've loved it this week when Sean has had to do some fill in while Harmon has a 'natural break' - I can picture him looking like a rabbit in the headlights!
    BTW does anyone else think Sean Yates is ringer for Albert Lee?
    And Tony Gibb pinched my Hagen Das thing!
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