2014 Worlds - Elite Men RR *SPOILERS*

254.8km or 14 laps of this 18.2km circuit:

The hills in detail:

The startlist:
http://www.cyclingfever.com/editie.html ... d=MjUyMTY=
The bookies favourites:...........INRNG choice
1. Gerrans ..........................1. Fab
2. Cancellara........................2. GVA/Kristoff
3. Sagan..............................3. Dan Martin/Gerro/Valv.Piti/Kwiatek
4. Valverde...........................4. Swift/Bling/Degenkolb/Gallopin
5. Kristoff.............................5. Honey Badger/Colbrelli/Bouhanni/Greipel
6. Degenkolb
7. GVA
8. Matthews
Race starts 10am CET and finishes c16:35CET

The hills in detail:

The startlist:
http://www.cyclingfever.com/editie.html ... d=MjUyMTY=
The bookies favourites:...........INRNG choice
1. Gerrans ..........................1. Fab
2. Cancellara........................2. GVA/Kristoff
3. Sagan..............................3. Dan Martin/Gerro/Valv.Piti/Kwiatek
4. Valverde...........................4. Swift/Bling/Degenkolb/Gallopin
5. Kristoff.............................5. Honey Badger/Colbrelli/Bouhanni/Greipel
6. Degenkolb
7. GVA
8. Matthews
Race starts 10am CET and finishes c16:35CET
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Any live streams instead of the shyte beeb option?
Don't really think it's an out and out course for the classics types.
I agree it looks built for Kristoff, Degenkolb or Sagan, but not to sure about their current form. Or has Sagan just been hiding to avoid everyone looking at him? It could be just a bit too hard for Bouhanni. Matthews could be a safe bet, but he's not done much over this kind of distance, and the Aussies may focus more on Gerrans. Swifty has a real chance here
I wouldn't write Bouhanni off. IIRC he appeared in the mix of the finish of one of the Vuelta stages which wasn't sprinter friendly.
one thing's for sure the climbs haven't made huge selections so far
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I reckon they will leave it until a lap or two, too late to force a real selection of those above.
Rain should liven things up........................hopefully.
I suspect rain will not liven it up but make it a bit like last year.
I except the Belgians will make sure most moves in the second half are covered with a man.
Some of us like gritty cycling locations
I particularly like the burnt out landscape at the top of one of the speed bumps.
These two have been commentating on the UCI feed all week on the youtube channel, so I'm guessing the BBC have just taken this. I think the youtube feed is blocked for us in the UK.
I wanted to watch the early break form.
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