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Geraint Thomas out of the World Champs due to generally feeling knackered.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/wales/34251084 Guess he just feels there is no chance of doing well so doesn't want to waste a space. |
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#4552 |
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Had my first experience of being road side for a cycling race yesterday in Norwich. It's quite something. The atmosphere really changed when the outriders all came through and then the team cars all beeping their horns etc. Really amazing atmosphere. And then obviously the cyclists themselves. I can't imagine how amazing it must feel road side for the Tour De France. Perhaps the same but multiplied several times. I'm not usually interested in cycling but I can see why so many are.
![]() Atmosphere is ace. At the Glasgow Commonwealth thing last year it was mental. All the pubs along the route had people running in and out each time they were about to pass
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Cavendish may not be able to race in Richmond. Decision on Friday: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/oth...on-Friday.html
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Coverage of the Wallonie Tour underway
90K to go and a small breakaway has got under 2 minutes It's raining and looks like it's going to be a hard day in the saddle with 7 climbs including an uphill finish to the Citadel at Namur |
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#4555 |
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lots of crashes on the slippy roads.......particularly on the descents
the roads have ditches along the sides and riders are ending up in there, probably lying in a foot of water and mud not nice........in fact it's beginning to look quite dangerous |
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The Beeb is showing some of the World Championships live
Men's and Women Elite individual time trials and road races are on the red button here's the BBC guide to the events..... http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/34270493 Seems like the BBC is covering the events that it's showing in full.......from start to finish. That could be handy because I suspect that Eurosport are not going to devote 7 or 8 hours to the Mens road race on a Sunday......they'll probably dip in and out as they have in the past |
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According the the eurosport web page http://tv.eurosport.co.uk/search.shtml?query=cycling they dont look to be covering the mens road race live
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According the the eurosport web page http://tv.eurosport.co.uk/search.shtml?query=cycling they dont look to be covering the mens road race live
![]() the page on your link only appears to go up to 25th Sept for ES2......... |
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Cavendish may not be able to race in Richmond. Decision on Friday: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/oth...on-Friday.html
Ian Stannard, Adam Yates, Ben Swift, Stephen Cummings, Andy Fenn, Luke Rowe, Scott Thwaites, Alex Dowsett. |
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Who will fill the 9th spot - one of the other two Orica Brits, or someone else?
Cav's season has been one of two halves - 13 wins upon riding the ToC; nothing but a solitary TdF stage since then. We don't even know if he'll be in a WT squad next year, as he has been since 2007. |
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Those two climbs in the final 3K look fairly steep even though they're not long.......and one of them is cobbled
I think Cav might have struggled on that finish.........it looks more like a finish for Gilbert, Sagan or someone like that Maybe Ben Swift could have the best chance of the Brits or even Adam Yates or Steve Cummings Obviously we'll have a better idea once they've done a circuit ! |
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Beppu of Trek Factory has posted his preview ride of the Richmond course on Strava: http://www.strava.com/activities/392072243
The hills are do not rise far: 39, 27 & 47m in succession. The analysis section shows the momentum from the descents carry a rider part way up the next two rises effectively making them shorter. Three Sky riders crashed heavily in TTT recon ride today: https://twitter.com/TheDPate/status/645294262603657217 http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/team...training-ride/ |
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Team Time Trials tonight which are done by Pro teams rather than national teams like all the other events
I suppose you couldn't really have national team time trials although I'm sure they used to have them in the Olympics.........would be pretty difficult to organise with riders who are not used to each other tho' the bigger countries might base it around the team pursuit squad from the track Also how many riders would you have in a team?.......they'd probably go for 5 just to give smaller countries a chance. |
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With the tennis finishing early, Eurosport have changed their schedule so they will be showing the women's TTT live at 16:30
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With the tennis finishing early, Eurosport have changed their schedule so they will be showing the women's TTT live at 16:30
I'll flick between that and the football....... |
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Well, if all our races this week are going to be as good as that...
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Good to see the sport has put its dark past behind it with team's like 'Vino4ever' and 'Hincapie'.
When I were a lad we used to do this to win races...
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I see that Sky have Viviani in the team
Is that a good idea........having a sprinter in the TTT team ? or is it just a case of not being that interested in the event and just putting out whoever happens to be there for the main events ? I notice that a few World Tour teams haven't bothered turning up |
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Tinkoff crash.........I think they only had 3 upright riders so they'll have to wait for one of the crashers to catch up
Lotto take the lead |
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I notice that a few World Tour teams haven't bothered turning up |
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Tom Dumoulin and his mates from Giant take the lead
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Those on screen GPS times look dodgy.
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Those on screen GPS times look dodgy.
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........and BMC win !
well done to them, they won it last year as well |
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The home crowd will appreciate that - a win for one of their teams, and over a year after that nasty crash, Phinney gets to stand on the top step of a WCh elite podium for the first time!
BMC and EQS have won medals in all men's TTT since the current format was introduced in 2012; OGE surprisingly didn't make the podium as Movistar claimed a medal for the first time. Although their medals don't contribute to the GB medal tally, it's good to see Dowsett and Armitstead making the podium today. ![]() The national teams will take on the ITT over the next few days, starting with the junior women and U23 men tomorrow. Will Mullen claim the title that Flakemore pipped him to last year? |
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