***Spoiler*** Women's Cycling Grand Prix

RideOnTime
RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
edited August 2014 in Pro race
Just turned on the telly what-sit and there's some women bombing round St. James Park. :o

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  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    Specialised Loo-Loo Lemon... :)
  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    3 with platts have a gap.


    Back of the race... 1978 .... Bike shed...


    Loo Loo Lemon... :)


    Maria--Anna Vos... 1

    Hannah Barnes

    Lizzie Armistead
  • ellerslierd
    ellerslierd Posts: 266
    multiple attacks from wiggle-honda
  • ellerslierd
    ellerslierd Posts: 266
    Vos being forced to chase again. 1 lap to go.
  • ellerslierd
    ellerslierd Posts: 266
    Vos now has a teammate to chase down another wiggle-honda attack
  • ellerslierd
    ellerslierd Posts: 266
    Amy Roberts off the front. Has a gopro camera on her seatpost.
  • ellerslierd
    ellerslierd Posts: 266
    1km. Rabo chasing Roberts
  • ellerslierd
    ellerslierd Posts: 266
    Bronzini pips Vos. Late jump round at 100 to go. Well clear of the rest of the field.
  • RideOnTime
    RideOnTime Posts: 4,712
    BRON-ZENNE-E
  • ellerslierd
    ellerslierd Posts: 266
    Armitstead just about took 3rd, held up as Vos launched by Rowe(sp?), who put in a big switch from left to right
  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,104
    I know any TV exposure is better than none but the last two women's races we've had have been boring flat crits - it's not the fault of the riders but those circuits are just not going to make a good race.
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  • argyllflyer
    argyllflyer Posts: 893
    Just on crits, Eileen Roe was rightly wearing her national circuit jersey but Vos was wearing the rainbows today. What's the protocol with that? Did Martin not get into hot water for displaying the rainbows in the TTT Worlds on his bike? Is there even a world champions jersey for circuit racing and if not, is that why MV was able to wear her road jersey?
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    No world crit champs, it's classed as a road race so well within their rights. Wiggle Honda worked that well but given the strength of numbers they had to really. Bronzini was impressive closing the gap in the sprint but there'd have been a few words if poor positioning had cost her the win after all that team work.
  • argyllflyer
    argyllflyer Posts: 893
    Pross wrote:
    No world crit champs, it's classed as a road race so well within their rights.

    Ta, that's what I thought.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Vos lost. Good stuff.
    Dont care much for Bronzini but congratulations to her.
    Glad Lizzie didnt win.
    Didnt watch any of it and wont watch the highlights.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • markwb79
    markwb79 Posts: 937
    Pross wrote:
    No world crit champs, it's classed as a road race so well within their rights. Wiggle Honda worked that well but given the strength of numbers they had to really. Bronzini was impressive closing the gap in the sprint but there'd have been a few words if poor positioning had cost her the win after all that team work.


    In that case, I thought the British Champion would have been invited?
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  • jibberjim
    jibberjim Posts: 2,810
    Markwb79 wrote:
    In that case, I thought the British Champion would have been invited?

    Trott was racing - and any of the pro women could've got an entry, I don't know if many beyond Armitstead and Vos would've got appearance money though.
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  • awavey
    awavey Posts: 2,368
    Markwb79 wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    No world crit champs, it's classed as a road race so well within their rights. Wiggle Honda worked that well but given the strength of numbers they had to really. Bronzini was impressive closing the gap in the sprint but there'd have been a few words if poor positioning had cost her the win after all that team work.


    In that case, I thought the British Champion would have been invited?

    Eileen Roe is the British crit champion, (she finished 4th) or do you mean why wasnt Laura wearing wearing the road race stripes then ?
  • markwb79
    markwb79 Posts: 937
    awavey wrote:
    Markwb79 wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    No world crit champs, it's classed as a road race so well within their rights. Wiggle Honda worked that well but given the strength of numbers they had to really. Bronzini was impressive closing the gap in the sprint but there'd have been a few words if poor positioning had cost her the win after all that team work.


    In that case, I thought the British Champion would have been invited?

    Eileen Roe is the British crit champion, (she finished 4th) or do you mean why wasnt Laura wearing wearing the road race stripes then ?

    Yes, thats my point, it was a critirium. So Vos really shouldn't have been in the rainbow stripes.
    Scott Addict 2011
    Giant TCR 2012
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Markwb79 wrote:
    awavey wrote:
    Markwb79 wrote:
    Pross wrote:
    No world crit champs, it's classed as a road race so well within their rights. Wiggle Honda worked that well but given the strength of numbers they had to really. Bronzini was impressive closing the gap in the sprint but there'd have been a few words if poor positioning had cost her the win after all that team work.


    In that case, I thought the British Champion would have been invited?

    Eileen Roe is the British crit champion, (she finished 4th) or do you mean why wasnt Laura wearing wearing the road race stripes then ?

    Yes, thats my point, it was a critirium. So Vos really shouldn't have been in the rainbow stripes.

    In the absence of a separate championship event then a crit is just a road race. I don't think many countries have a separate crit championship and therefore their national road race champion would also wear the jersey in a crit.

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