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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,310
    frenchfighter wrote:
    This course is brutal. Trust the Italians to design a course which enables riders to make a race of it. Hope that half the Brits are out of form and peel off half way through.

    It is the Worlds though and I am sure there are real racers out there who will 100% make a selection, then continue to make a selection until only the real heavyweights remain.


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  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    TailWindHome wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    This course is brutal. Trust the Italians to design a course which enables riders to make a race of it. Hope that half the Brits are out of form and peel off half way through.

    It is the Worlds though and I am sure there are real racers out there who will 100% make a selection, then continue to make a selection until only the real heavyweights remain.


    A True Fan never wishes poor form on any rider.

    There are plenty of people on here who don't like cycling
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  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Hope that half the Brits are out of form and peel off half way through.
    Well, GB's best hope has already won today.... :wink:
    Un uomo solo al commando
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Does anyone have any idea how many kms left to go?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Does anyone have any idea how many kms left to go?

    50 odd, according to some random person in the Youtube comment box.
  • Turfle
    Turfle Posts: 3,762
    Yates looking remarkably easy.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Simon Yates looking v lively
  • Ed-tron
    Ed-tron Posts: 165
    Good publicity for Eritrea. I thought that was some kind of biblical state that doesn't exist anymore.
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    3 laps, 50-ish km to go.
  • NervexProf
    NervexProf Posts: 4,202
    47km to the finish
    Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    The French are getting frisky.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • mechanism
    mechanism Posts: 891
    The Eritrean rider should get a block of cheese.
  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    afx237vi wrote:
    Above The Cows wrote:
    Does anyone have any idea how many kms left to go?

    50 odd, according to some random person in the Youtube comment box.

    It's a 170km race. It was about 48 or so when they went through the finish line last time. How many laps would that be?
    Un uomo solo al commando
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    38 to go now, 2 and a bit laps left.
  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    Ah, 16km laps.
    Un uomo solo al commando
  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    That's the climb Canc will launch an attack over a descend like a madman.
    Un uomo solo al commando
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    French making a race of it.

    Any of the races on this course that come down to a sprint will mean there has been a huge failure.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Ed-tron
    Ed-tron Posts: 165
    French guys seem to have some pedigree and are active. Yates' biding their time hopefully.

    Seeing them race the course definitely wets the appetite for Sunday. Although there are climbs, with their location and the speed of the course, you need some engine or TT ability to stay away.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Pink socks having fun trying to hold Gilbert`s wheel.
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    Belgium kit is sooooo coool
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    Contador is the Greatest
  • NervexProf
    NervexProf Posts: 4,202
    30 km to the finish line
    Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    On screen info is a bit minimal. This is a pretty decent feature though: http://static.sportresult.com/federations/uci/CR2013/
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    frenchfighter wrote:
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    This pic really shows how steep Via Salviati is. Brings back very painful memories! :shock:
    Correlation is not causation.
  • poppit
    poppit Posts: 926
    Mechanism wrote:
    The Eritrean rider should get a block of cheese.
    What is the local Tuscan cheese?
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Anyone signed the other Henao yet?
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    poppit wrote:
    Mechanism wrote:
    The Eritrean rider should get a block of cheese.
    What is the local Tuscan cheese?

    You could have a nice block of Pecorino.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    edited September 2013
    Yates' name just mentioned on RAI... 9th position at the mo, about 18 seconds back.

    French guy – who's just bridged the gap on the descent – reckoned the favourite to win, apparently.
    Un uomo solo al commando
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    One and a half lap to go and still 60 odd riders in contention
  • bigmat
    bigmat Posts: 5,134
    Ed-tron wrote:
    French guys seem to have some pedigree and are active. Yates' biding their time hopefully.

    Seeing them race the course definitely wets the appetite for Sunday. Although there are climbs, with their location and the speed of the course, you need some engine or TT ability to stay away.

    Anybody think this could have been a good course for Wiggo if he'd targetted it? Seeing as how he seems to fancy moving into the one-day arena. Can't see how Froome-dog could win to be honest.
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  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    Those Look bikes are very French in that livery.
    Un uomo solo al commando
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Le Commentateur wrote:
    Yates' name just mentioned on RAI... 9th position at the mo, about 18 seconds back.

    French guy – who's just bridged the gap on the descent – reckoned the favourite to win, apparently.

    Alaphillipe? Riding for OPQS next year according to McCrossan.

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