World Championship - ***SPOILERS***

rick_chasey

RichN95 wrote:

I'm liking Degenkolb's chances more with every kilometre.

He did the same in Valkenberg didn't he?

Can't see him surviving the last two climbs....

alan_a

I had to go out for a couple of hours.

Can someone give a brief synopsis of the past 2 hours and twenty pages please?

muchios gracias

Gazzetta67

Has anyone one from British Cycling explained yet why that riders from warmer/drier countries are still in the race in these conditions in numbers and yet their are NONE from here....oh yes i forgot its "form" eh. :roll:

Turfle

Chris Anker still covered from head to toe.

alihisgreat

Alan A wrote:

I had to go out for a couple of hours.

Can someone give a brief synopsis of the past 2 hours and twenty pages please?

muchios gracias

It rained. Loads of people crashed/dropped/retired including entire Team GB.

Now the big favourites are all waiting to launch an attack.

rick_chasey

Alan A wrote:

I had to go out for a couple of hours.

Can someone give a brief synopsis of the past 2 hours and twenty pages please?

muchios gracias

Nibs crashed and came back. Vansummeren did a lot of the work, after Visconti went up ahead with a few others (but they were weak).

frenchfighter

Bad place to attack Bardet.

Nibs looked v easy on that climb.

hammerite

Alan A wrote:

I had to go out for a couple of hours.

Can someone give a brief synopsis of the past 2 hours and twenty pages please?

muchios gracias

Peloton sits up for a few laps, lets Barta and Huzarski dangle.

Attacks from Visconti, Kelderman, Austrian and Gaultier (I think). Visconti leads with Huzarski for a bit. They just got caught.

Nibali fell and had to race back on.

That's about it.

Gazzetta67

Alan A wrote:

I had to go out for a couple of hours.

Can someone give a brief synopsis of the past 2 hours and twenty pages please?

muchios gracias

Froome said he's now going for Rio in 3 years also.

frenchfighter

Gazzetta67 wrote:

Has anyone one from British Cycling explained yet why that riders from warmer/drier countries are still in the race in these conditions in numbers and yet their are NONE from here....oh yes i forgot its "form" eh. :roll:

Oh but they are loaded with murdochs millions so live in sunny Monaco.

rick_chasey

Gazzetta67 wrote:

Has anyone one from British Cycling explained yet why that riders from warmer/drier countries are still in the race in these conditions in numbers and yet their are NONE from here....oh yes i forgot its "form" eh. :roll:

Where you're from doesn't have that much of a bearing.

Wiggins & Froome are bad in bad weather. The rest don't suit the course.

T'was always going to be like that with the weather.

thegibdog

Gazzetta67 wrote:

Has anyone one from British Cycling explained yet why that riders from warmer/drier countries are still in the race in these conditions in numbers and yet their are NONE from here....oh yes i forgot its "form" eh. :roll:

I know, it's ridiculous that Britain can win the last two TdFs and not even have anyone finish a race that only lasts one day. It's gotta be 21 times easier than the TdF, right?

smithy21

Gazzetta67 wrote:

Has anyone one from British Cycling explained yet why that riders from warmer/drier countries are still in the race in these conditions in numbers and yet their are NONE from here....oh yes i forgot its "form" eh. :roll:

You seem to be taking it quite badly. Are you expecting a call from Dave B to explain himself.

Gazzetta67

Rick Chasey wrote:

Gazzetta67 wrote:

Has anyone one from British Cycling explained yet why that riders from warmer/drier countries are still in the race in these conditions in numbers and yet their are NONE from here....oh yes i forgot its "form" eh. :roll:

Where you're from doesn't have that much of a bearing.

Wiggins & Froome are bad in bad weather. The rest don't suit the course.

T'was always going to be like that with the weather.

Naw really ???? - I was going along the lines of the questions that will be asked after this is over as the weather will be mentioned and were we come from and our climate.

oldwelshman

thegibdog wrote:

Gazzetta67 wrote:

Has anyone one from British Cycling explained yet why that riders from warmer/drier countries are still in the race in these conditions in numbers and yet their are NONE from here....oh yes i forgot its "form" eh. :roll:

I know, it's ridiculous that Britain can win the last two TdFs and not even have anyone finish a race that only lasts one day. It's gotta be 21 times easier than the TdF, right?

Which is easiest to pick winner of each year, winner of TDF or winner of Worlds?

frenchfighter

Lol im guessing that Slovenian thought that was the finish.

Cumulonimbus

hammerite wrote:

emadden wrote:

Its the freaking Worlds, not the Tour of Ambleside i.e. a race which deserves to be taken seriously

without really wanting to weigh in on the argument.... have you seen how many riders usually pull out of a Worlds race? Bar last year and the race in Copenhagen there's usually a shed load (see Varese and Mendirisio). Once you're dropped from the main bunch as a rule you've had it.

Which is why the GB riders need to ride a smarter race and not give everyone an armchair ride for the first 100km.

From what Geraint Thomas was saying i think one of the main problems in this race was at the start of the circuits where everyone was trying to be at the front and the resultant jockeying on wet, sometimes technical, roads. This resulted in crashes which broke the group up meaning people had to chase back on, only to be blocked by another crash. Better tactics would have been to concentrate on making GB did well at that point of the race by taking it easier early on so they had more energy to spend then. Easy to say that now but making sure you are well positioned for a climb is a standard tactic. Not as easy as just saying it of course because everyone else will be trying the same.

Having said that, some of the riders who were dropped with Froome (probably Stannard and G too) made it back to the peloton so if the GB riders didnt then it suggests that they didnt have the legs to be main players anyway. Cummings abandoned after a puncture. That doesnt seem like an incident which should cause you to retire?

Gazzetta67

smithy21 wrote:

Gazzetta67 wrote:

Has anyone one from British Cycling explained yet why that riders from warmer/drier countries are still in the race in these conditions in numbers and yet their are NONE from here....oh yes i forgot its "form" eh. :roll:

You seem to be taking it quite badly. Are you expecting a call from Dave B to explain himself.

Not taking anything..could'nt give a monkeys to be honest. just thrown it out there brian

Paul 8v

Still waiting for this to kick off. A few sprinting types in the bunch who will walk this if they don't shell them out soon

hammerite

frenchfighter wrote:

Gazzetta67 wrote:

Has anyone one from British Cycling explained yet why that riders from warmer/drier countries are still in the race in these conditions in numbers and yet their are NONE from here....oh yes i forgot its "form" eh. :roll:

Oh but they are loaded with murdochs millions so live in sunny Monaco.

thought that was only Froome and Porte?

Stannard lives near MK, Rowe/Thomas in South Wales, Wiggins somewhere in the North West, Cavendish in Essex......

alan_a

Thank you all for the synopsis.

Piss poor from GB. Too much time spent in sunny Tenerife and Majorca

Turfle

Stybar is gonna go.

alihisgreat

Turfle wrote:

Stybar is gonna go.

Hope so.. I'm still upset about him hitting that spectator in Roubaix

gsvbagpuss

Fastest guy left if it stays together - Sagan or Degenkolb? Still think Spartacus will take it

afx237vi

This... is... boring...

IanLD

Sagan moving up to keep an eye on the others

Gazzetta67

Anker sorensen on 2 payrolls today fuglsang/contador

above_the_cows

Sagan hanging around looking ominous.

oldwelshman

If this does not kick off soon, Sagan will have this

TheBigBean

Cancellera will make his move for 2nd soon.