Woah! Jess Varnish and Victoria Pendleton set a new world record in the team sprint to win the first event in the London track world cup, crushing the red hot favourite Aussies. Pretty sensational.
Bit harsh everyone going on about how Edgar isnt good enough , even though its true i feel a bit bad for him.
How come the Frenchman got to ride ? thought he was banned .... is he banned for te Olympics ?
His ban was backdated to the time of the offence, so he just had his wins removed but didn't actually serve any time out. Kinda like Contador being banned for two years but being back for the Vuelta in August. Crazy if you ask me, but those are the rules.
And Baugé will be in London because it's only the British Olympic team that has the no-dopers-at-the-Olympics rule.
Only Hutarovich seemed to even start to challenge looking at the YouTube clip. It sounds as if some contenders spent their energy trying to get into the breaks and avoiding a sprint finish. How does anyone race all day on a near empty stomach?!
Flecha also got onto the podium on Saturday. It's a shame ES had no coverage of both weekend races to open up the European season. Next weekend, they have last hour of the Strade Bianchi live before the start of the 'race to the sun'.
Only Hutarovich seemed to even start to challenge looking at the YouTube clip. It sounds as if some contenders spent their energy trying to get into the breaks and avoiding a sprint finish. How does anyone race all day on a near empty stomach?!
Flecha also got onto the podium on Saturday. It's a shame ES had no coverage of both weekend races to open up the European season. Next weekend, they have last hour of the Strade Bianchi live before the start of the 'race to the sun'.
It is a shame the season starts and we miss it. Least we get something on TV next weekend, never seen Strade Bianchi although I know about the race so any coverage of that is welcome
Only Hutarovich seemed to even start to challenge looking at the YouTube clip. It sounds as if some contenders spent their energy trying to get into the breaks and avoiding a sprint finish. How does anyone race all day on a near empty stomach?!
Flecha also got onto the podium on Saturday. It's a shame ES had no coverage of both weekend races to open up the European season. Next weekend, they have last hour of the Strade Bianchi live before the start of the 'race to the sun'.
Hasnt cav said he spend the morning/day throwing up?
He was not well during the start of the stage and he said to Chris Sutton to go for the win but cav improved as the stage went on and the rest is history.
Sky not in the race but first sight of Cadel Evans and last year's winner Philippe Gilbert on the same team. Weather is dry and sunny for the off-road sections (not sure about past few days).
I flicked over at 2.30 and there was about 15K to go.........I don't know if it had come on air early or not
Typical Cancellara win.............got in a break on the last climb and just rode away from them
Paris.Nice starts today - it's on live now on ES2, but it's only a prologue type time trial so I'm giving today a miss (with all the footy to watch !) and start watching from tomorrow.........
I flicked over at 2.30 and there was about 15K to go.........I don't know if it had come on air early or not
Typical Cancellara win.............got in a break on the last climb and just rode away from them
Paris.Nice starts today - it's on live now on ES2, but it's only a prologue type time trial so I'm giving today a miss (with all the footy to watch !) and start watching from tomorrow.........
I will do the same not a big fan of the time trials
The weather was pretty bad by the end of the race, so Martin and Wiggins got the worst of it. You could still argue that Martin put in the second best ride of the day. Wiggo just rode a stormer, and is looking like a real threat in these stage races now. Early days, but I can see him winning this.
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Looking forward to that. To me, it always feels like the season is really getting underway when we get to Paris-Nice.
How come the Frenchman got to ride ? thought he was banned .... is he banned for te Olympics ?
His ban was backdated to the time of the offence, so he just had his wins removed but didn't actually serve any time out. Kinda like Contador being banned for two years but being back for the Vuelta in August. Crazy if you ask me, but those are the rules.
And Baugé will be in London because it's only the British Olympic team that has the no-dopers-at-the-Olympics rule.
Those two are having another huge battle - 1-1 come on Vicky!
Bah!
And Wiggins beat Tony Martin in the ITT today, which is a pretty huge win for him.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/9106923/Mark-Cavendish-triumphs-in-Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne-one-day-semi-classic-as-Belgian-road-season-kicks-off.html
Chris Sutton leads him out, he gets 2 bike lengths advantage before anyone realises, game over.
Flecha also got onto the podium on Saturday. It's a shame ES had no coverage of both weekend races to open up the European season. Next weekend, they have last hour of the Strade Bianchi live before the start of the 'race to the sun'.
It is a shame the season starts and we miss it. Least we get something on TV next weekend, never seen Strade Bianchi although I know about the race so any coverage of that is welcome
Eh? Why would they have an empty stomach?
He was not well during the start of the stage and he said to Chris Sutton to go for the win but cav improved as the stage went on and the rest is history.
http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/StradeBianche/en/?lang=en&t=01
https://twitter.com/#!/StradeBianche
Sky not in the race but first sight of Cadel Evans and last year's winner Philippe Gilbert on the same team. Weather is dry and sunny for the off-road sections (not sure about past few days).
Typical Cancellara win.............got in a break on the last climb and just rode away from them
Paris.Nice starts today - it's on live now on ES2, but it's only a prologue type time trial so I'm giving today a miss (with all the footy to watch !) and start watching from tomorrow.........
I will do the same not a big fan of the time trials
Once again both Schlecks showed they can't TT and don't seem to have done any work on it during the off season
This always seems like the proper start of the season !
All those 'new' Jan/Feb races are ok for training runs but they're either on overnight (Aus) or are intrinsically a bit dull( the desert)
Proper season starts today !