2014 Worlds Junior/U23/Women Road Race *Spoilers*

FJS
FJS Posts: 4,820
edited October 2014 in Pro race
Let's have a spoiler thread for the road races

Women Juniors underway now for the first road race. Men U23 later today

Same lap for all races
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  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Peloton staying together. Some of the girls from the main nations getting dropped on that first long shallow climb. Not sure that'll happen with the men. It's exposed and very wide though, could be interesting with cross-winds
  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    Usual race for the WJ - no break allowed, one of the girls attacks and everyone panics to get on the wheel but doesn't keep the pressure on. Bunch finish ahoy.
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Meh. No substantial attacks until the last hill. Reduced bunch sprint. Dideriksen wins, beating Bertizzolo, the same two who briefly escaped on the last climb. Best riders won, I guess
  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    Easy sprint for Dideriksen of Denmark, Bertizzolo of Italy 2nd and Skalniak of Poland 3rd.
  • ContrelaMontre
    ContrelaMontre Posts: 3,027
    How did Beth get on?
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  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    ContrelaMontre wrote:
    How did Beth get on?
    37. Melissa Lowther (GBr) at 28 secs
    41. Beth Hayward (GBr) at 1-42
    51. Megan Barker (GBr) at 7-49
    DNF. Grace Garner (GBr)
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  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    U23 Mens race now on - often the best race of the week. Attack from Km0 with 3 riders away (Tukey, Romania and Austria)
  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Magnus Cort has got this.
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Odd that green on the Swiss jersey. Normaly one of the best jerseys around
  • ContrelaMontre
    ContrelaMontre Posts: 3,027
    http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/lat ... igh-137878
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    RichN95 wrote:
    ContrelaMontre wrote:
    How did Beth get on?
    37. Melissa Lowther (GBr) at 28 secs
    41. Beth Hayward (GBr) at 1-42
    51. Megan Barker (GBr) at 7-49
    DNF. Grace Garner (GBr)

    Poor showing. Did Garner crash?
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    Garner had been ill in the run up to the race, and was still suffering from that.
  • NervexProf
    NervexProf Posts: 4,202
    predict a win for Caleb Ewan
    Ozzies on the front of the peleton.
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    NervexProf wrote:
    predict a win for Caleb Ewan

    I'm pretty sure he's dropped. Or at least was at some point.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Louis M of MTN solo out front atm.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    37 secs on G1 and 49 on peloton.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    frenchfighter wrote:
    37 secs on G1 and 49 on peloton.
    Go on Louis!

    How far left?
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    37 secs on G1 and 49 on peloton.
    Go on Louis!

    How far left?

    No idea...there is no graphic. They have been riding for over 3.5hours. (182km race so maybe 30-1hr left).

    Louis is hanging on and G1 is basically caught but he still has 40 secs on them all. Looking really fluid.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Damn he just lost 25secs in the last 10mins :roll:
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    frenchfighter wrote:
    Damn he just lost 25secs in the last 10mins :roll:
    Oh well.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Caught by G1 who is only 150m ahead of peloton.

    This course is not very selective...thought it was when I first saw the profile and read about it. But after the Spanish RR (which used this course) I was less convinced then seeing it now it is even worse. Most of it seems to be on these wide exposed roads. The hills are barely noticeable. Certainly struggle to see how some long range attacks would be sustained.
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Criminal not show the distance bar.

    Perhaps the ticker stalled and they took it down. It definitely feels like it. Terrible race. Doesn't bode well for sunday.
  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,858
    There was a break of 10 or so, but now all together. It's not looking very selective at all, could be a proper bunch sprint on Sunday if there are enough teams working for it.
  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,858
    Bunch of 79 a few seconds behind lone escapee Ladanois of France with Aussies doing the chasing
  • fleshtuxedo
    fleshtuxedo Posts: 1,858
    Pontferrada looks like Windsor
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    A late solo move by a Norweigian (next Eddy Merckx lol) holds out by 50m from 40 odd riders.
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  • NervexProf
    NervexProf Posts: 4,202
    My early stand out pick, Caleb Ewan finishes 2nd.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,651
    frenchfighter wrote:
    A late solo move by a Norweigian (next Eddy Merckx lol) holds out by 50m from 40 odd riders.

    Very good move, attacked on the final climb.

    Norway took bronze as we..
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  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    A painfully boring race.
    Almost 180kms of nothing, followed by a quick attack and downhill assault.
    The bunch chasing had no organisation.
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  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    Cracking ride from Bystrom.

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