2016 Worlds *spoilers*

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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    Pross wrote:
    ddraver wrote:
    Sarah Connolly ‏@_pigeons_

    Hey @BritishCycling, this is why you send juniors to the Road World Champs, so they have the experience to win 2 years later! #UCIDoha2016


    True

    To be fair BC had a cluster of young riders in the main race and they all did pretty well.

    Yeah, I think she's referencing recent years more than this one...
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    Pross wrote:
    Always funny when a team dominates and gets their sprinter into the perfect position only for them to lose out.

    Brutal Day at the office for Australia too. Bit of a Fail for them really.
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  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    ddraver wrote:
    Sarah Connolly ‏@_pigeons_

    Hey @BritishCycling, this is why you send juniors to the Road World Champs, so they have the experience to win 2 years later! #UCIDoha2016


    True


    Then I'm sure you were both happy to see GB fielding young talent such as Alice Barnes & Annasley Park
  • jscl
    jscl Posts: 1,015
    I just saw CW put on FB - 'Youth trumps experience' and the first thing that came to my head was... what has Donald been up to now.

    Some interesting results coming out of the Worlds so far.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    ddraver wrote:
    Sarah Connolly ‏@_pigeons_

    Hey @BritishCycling, this is why you send juniors to the Road World Champs, so they have the experience to win 2 years later! #UCIDoha2016


    True


    Then I'm sure you were both happy to see GB fielding young talent such as Alice Barnes & Annasley Park

    see above
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • imatfaal
    imatfaal Posts: 2,716
    Gaviria for the Men's Race for an average age of 21 for the Men's and Women's Elite World RR Champions?
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    That was 10 different nationalities in the top 10 wasn't it?
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    Woah!

    Missed it, and my local hero won! FFS! Sådan Amalie!
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  • Richmond Racer 2
    Richmond Racer 2 Posts: 4,698
    The Scandies/Nordics are having a fine ol' Worlds
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,706
    Het Nieuwsblad

    ***** Greipel
    **** Gaviria, Cavendish
    *** Boonen, Sagan, Démare
    ** Kittel, Kristoff, Bouhanni, Matthews
    * Viviani, Degenkolb, Groenewegen, GvA, Terpstra
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,162
    Boonen higher rated than Kittel and Kristoff? Talk about blinkered!
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Any weather forecasts for tomorrow? Wind no factor today.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    Richmond Racer 2 wrote:
    The Scandies/Nordics are having a fine ol' Worlds

    Oh yeah! Or as I like to think of it, Greater Denmark. Well Norway used to be Danish.....
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Het Nieuwsblad

    ***** Greipel
    **** Gaviria, Cavendish
    *** Boonen, Sagan, Démare
    ** Kittel, Kristoff, Bouhanni, Matthews
    * Viviani, Degenkolb, Groenewegen, GvA, Terpstra

    Blimey, bit early with ratings for next seasons classics, aren't you?
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  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Bring it on. Got to be better than the teddybear thread.
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
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  • Vino'sGhost
    Vino'sGhost Posts: 4,129
    I like watching womens racing, its different to the blokes but great entertainment :D:D:D
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    RonB wrote:
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    Good on her!

    (do we have confirmation or not that she was the one off of the omnium? Doc?)
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  • joelsim
    joelsim Posts: 7,552
    RonB wrote:
    Bring it on. Got to be better than the teddybear thread.

    Anna VdB has teddybear cheeks. Like Bungle.
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    hehe

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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,162
    ddraver wrote:
    RonB wrote:
    Cu1I9GLUIAA5SAz.jpg:small

    Good on her!

    (do we have confirmation or not that she was the one off of the omnium? Doc?)

    Yes (well, the BBC commentary mentioned she was disappointed in the result of her Olympic omnium).
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Forecast has picked up. NW @ 16-25mph.

    Expect some echelons on the way back from the long loop out.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Long periods of echelons will put pressure on the riders re hydration too.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,535
    ddraver wrote:
    RonB wrote:
    Cu1I9GLUIAA5SAz.jpg:small

    Good on her!

    (do we have confirmation or not that she was the one off of the omnium? Doc?)

    Yep. She screwed up in the devil and the sprint lap (I think), then absolutely murdered the field in the points.
    She's from just round the corner from me, pretty much.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    A firm candidate for my girl 2017
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Only problem is the laps are the final 105km so I can't see the echelons being definitive - could wear out a few teams though.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    They re there and back laps though aren't they...so long as the wind is perpendicular...
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Nah not straight laps - and built up area too.
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Rick Chasey wrote:
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    Lap is all over the place - 'not straight and NW isn't great.

    The bit out sure - but not the laps.
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,660
    Oh I see, didn't look at the scale bar

    (#badgeologist)
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