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

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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    edited September 2014
    Youthful exuberance from Louis...he was strong and should have waited. Having ridden with the proper pros which is more than can be said for most of that field, maybe he should have known better.
    NervexProf wrote:
    My early stand out pick, Caleb Ewan finishes 2nd.

    Hope he doesn't turn out to be the next Gerrans.
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  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    A painfully boring race.
    Almost 180kms of nothing, followed by a quick attack and downhill assault.
    The bunch chasing had no organisation.

    First 2 laps good, last 2 laps good, siesta in the middle.
  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    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..

    Norway 1st, 3rd and 5th!
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Art Vandelay wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    A painfully boring race.
    Almost 180kms of nothing, followed by a quick attack and downhill assault.
    The bunch chasing had no organisation.

    First 2 laps good, last 2 laps good, siesta in the middle.

    I will say that it was more animated than the junior women's race. :oops:
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
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    Eddie Dunbar, far left, leads the team also comprising Stephen Shanahan, Daire Feeley, Dylan O’Brien and Michael O’Loughlin (Photo: Sean Rowe)
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    I saw Eddie Dunbar walk away with the Junior ToW, last month.
    Superb climbing display.

    I'm watching the junior race, right now on Rai Sport 2 and he was well placed at the top of the second climb.

    73kms to go and so far they've covered a tad over 50kms at an average of 40kph. The course is a fair bit softer than we were led to believe.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    Found a link

    http://www.247hdcast.tv/embed.php?s=amt ... v.webs.com
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    73kms to go and so far they've covered a tad over 50kms at an average of 40kph. The course is a fair bit softer than we were led to believe.
    Most reports of people doing early recces of the course have been saying it wasn't too hard. Rain could make it harder tomorrow though
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    Starting the last lap. Same as before. Breakaway has a handful of seconds over a very big bunch.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    Michael Hutchinson ‏@Doctor_Hutch · 17m
    Junior RR: Attack after attack. Half the field dropped. Crash after crash. Like an explosion in a cyclist factory. #Ponferrada2014
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    One of the break crashes on exactly the same spot as an U23 yesterday. Tricky corner leading onto the dam
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    small break on the last hill, but broyght back for a bunch sprint
  • Crampeur
    Crampeur Posts: 1,065
    James Shaw just about in the bunch. All splitting up.
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    1k to go riders everwhere
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    German wins, with a lot of help from a Belgian bloke
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    FJS wrote:
    One of the break crashes on exactly the same spot as an U23 yesterday. Tricky corner leading onto the dam

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    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    TailWindHome wrote:
    FJS wrote:
    One of the break crashes on exactly the same spot as an U23 yesterday. Tricky corner leading onto the dam

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    That's it. I think both were Italian too. A bit of a groundhog day moment
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
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    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    U23race:
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    Junior race:
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    Rain forecast for tomorrow

    http://xcweather.co.uk/forecast/ponferadda

    What would Nibali do?
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Nice shots FJS.

    Where did Eddie finish? The way he was absolutely murdering every field solo in the UK races I would expect him to be a protagonist. Unless this is another example of my point about poor strength in depth in the UK. Let's hope not. I may put it down to not being a selective enough course for him, which is why the Contador has no cares for this course.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Bystrom is racing for Katusha next year.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,436
    Cycling Ireland
    31 mins · Dublin, Ireland · .
    Bunch sprint - Gold: Jonas Bokelah (GER) Silver: Alexandr Kulikovskiy (RUS) Bronze Peter Lenderink (NED)

    44th Michael O'Loughlin (IRL), 60th Eddie Dunbar (IRL), 79th Stephen Shanahan (IRL)
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    And yet, still a big bunch sprint.
    Loads of little attacks coming to nowt.
    The climbs just don't seem sufficient to produce anything definitive.

    Not Eddie Dunbar's preferred terrain, I would say.
    All the same, disappointing.
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    MASSIVE crash in the women's race, loads of riders on the tarmac
  • mm1
    mm1 Posts: 1,063
    Bronzini and Vos among those held up.
  • FJS
    FJS Posts: 4,820
    Bunch together, 87 km to go, steady pace. Shall we just skip the next few laps and restart at that last climb?

    2 Dutch girls being dropped. National team sponsored by De Lotto. That already starts to looks like a Rabobank/Sky-style arrangement
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Have the Dutch team overcooked themselves getting Vos back?
    Correlation is not causation.
  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    No break and café ride pace in the bunch?
  • Art Vandelay
    Art Vandelay Posts: 1,982
    Just tuned in - has there been any significant breaks?

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