2011 Copenhagen World Championships: Elite Men Road Race

[Maxiton]

This parcours was designed for Cav, IMO. I have to say, though, that he really had to work - behind and in front of an extraordinary team - so he deserves the win. And, anyway, I don't see the problem with having a sprinter WC.

 

[Benotti69]

Reason is wasted on this forum...

Yeah, but i am having a laugh bringing the voice of reason to the losers...

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

If you're going to try and claim hating haters is inconsistant with disliking haters, then I'm going to ask whether you know what all the words in my sentence mean?

No I'm claiming that the concept of "The tears of losers is the sweetest prize." is based upon the pleasure of degrading others rather than being great oneself.

 

[dlwssonic]

I think next years olympic TT is going to be more exciting than the RR.

 

[Sneekes]

1 People are allowed to hold whatever opinions they wish, and 2 how do you know what you are saying?

1. I agree, I didn't say he couldn't think or say it, it's just that I'm allowed to call someones opinion stupid if that 's how I feel.
2. Do you mean - how do I know Cav's not a cheat? I don't honestly 100% know that any of them don't cheat - but I suspect he doesn't. If we could only speak about things we knew as 100% fact, we would hardly ever sepak.

 

[Mellow Velo]

no he didn't. hoogerland did.

That's plain silly. Even by your standards.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

maybe you should demand that the Aussie Europsort get a local commentator.
Every nation cheers for their own, except the idiots Sherwen and Liggett who only cheer for LA.

Bet the Dutch, German, Italian, Belgian, French and Spanish to name a few would not be screaming if their riders won.

I dislike it all, never a fan of biased commentating. I'm watching harmon and thus will comment on his flaws. deal with it.

 

[Arnout]

Oh yes Cav WC. BBC.co.uk doesn't mention **** on their homepage and have a small title next to the big photo of the Singapore GP.

 

[luckyboy]

Olympic Road Race is going to be terrible no doubt

 

[auscyclefan94]

i want to cry...that world championship was a disgrace but seeing cav win makes me want to cry.

 

[sublimit]

Froome Hunt Cummings Millar Cavendish Thomas Wiggins Stannard.

You deserve a beer or 9. The stongest Danish beer you can find fellers because I'm so proud of you for owning that race.

 

[dlwssonic]

Please no more copenhagen!

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Worst worlds in years. An awful parcours, and an utterly predictable result.

Well done to Cavendish for winning it, but it was about as impressive as the usual TDF flat stage. All that a race like that does is devalue the World Champion's jersey.

The thing is, a world champion ship should repersent an epic effort. Not an epic effort of the team. Yes the team should play a big part, but it's lame that the first time the winner hits the wind is with 100m to go. Terrible course.

 

[saganftw]

now to really important stuff...where can i see those podium girls? i switched off tv right after cav crossed the line

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I think next years olympic TT is going to be more exciting than the RR.

Probably true. Can't believe that they're probably moving San Sebastián to make room for that crappy RR.

 

[180mmCrank]

Cavendish is the best sprinter in the World right now. The team worked like crazy for this not just today but all year to get 8 spots in the race. They all deserve this. It was great to see. This guy is a worthy Champion in my opinion.

 

[Arnout]

I think next years olympic TT is going to be more exciting than the RR.

TT's are never exciting, only in the end of GT's they can be kinda interesting.

TT's are just reading out time checks. It makes me remember ice skating, the ****tiest sport on earth and on Dutch national TV every weekend in winter.

TT's defeat the point of road cycling.

 

[Echoes]

And some would dare say that the Worlds are more prestigious than Paris-Roubaix.


Even the kermess of Cureghem did not finish with a bunch sprint (with an international field).


This is a true disgrace to the sport.

Though I again have to take my hats off to Cancellara. What a rider !

 

[Havetts]

Olympic Road Race is going to be terrible no doubt

Yep, lets put hills at 100km from the finish, surely that'll make a hard race...

 

[abbaskip]

The race was only boring because GB marshalled it to perfection. Personal preference aside, its very hard to complain about the result. Seeing a 7 men single handedly control a World Championship and then have their leader finish it off is something to admire.

They certainly didn't control the whole race. They were just lucky Cav was good enough to finish it, after fading hard when the pace got high in the last 5-10km. They did well, but a team with any other sprinter would have been found out-coming up short.

They also would have lost if Australia picked Renshaw in my eyes. Australia were racing for nothing but a sprint, but let GB control it.

 

[Benotti69]

I dislike it all, never a fan of biased commentating. I'm watching harmon and thus will comment on his flaws. deal with it.

i am watching eurosport and can ignore his bias as a non brit no prob. It is called maturity. It comes when you grow

Timmy loves Rabbo has no flaws, first human ever

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

No I'm claiming that the concept of "The tears of losers is the sweetest prize." is based upon the pleasure of degrading others rather than being great oneself.

No, it's a relatively light-hearted way of expressing to all the people currently whining that everyone supporting Cav is very pleased, and they're apparently miserable, but they're having 0 success in trying to transfer their misery.

 

[GroupDK]

From what i've heard it isn't that positive.

back it up. loose colored arguments..-for these life is to short..

pat mquaid..also stated that the world championship has newer been so succesfull and have so many spectators and been fullfilled in such a functionel fasion (and that has to be the benchmark, spectators its a show !!)

Denmark is only 5.5 mio.

people and one of the reason why Denmark was choosed is beacuse its the first and only bike city in the world, and a first to have it in a major city / kapital like that..

http://www.streetfilms.org/cycling-copenhagen-through-north-american-eyes/

and offcourse the human aspect of a democrazy works in Denmark (rank 1 world) ..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_Perceptions_Index

http://www.worldaudit.org/polrights.htm

http://www.worldaudit.org/civillibs.htm

http://www.worldaudit.org/democracy.htm


We aint world champs in sport, but if there was a world championship for best country on the interaction human aspect..
Point out a country there is superior to Denmark these years and that Im proud of..


http://www.economist.com/comment/421352#comment-421352

and also the most happy people in the world with highest human rights.

University of Leicester:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/emergingtech/the-first-world-map-of-happiness/305

University of Cambridge
http://news.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/2007/04/17/happydanesarehereagain


has not much to do with cycling, but still proud of these makrofactors, when we aint champs in cycling (yeah we got Saxo bank, but still )

 

[Descender]

Hushovd was able to ride well in EVERY terrain, including TTs. Same for Ballan. Evans is also a good finisher in restricted groups. My problem isn't it being a spriter: it's that it's a PURE sprinter that can't do anything else. Boonen, for example, was (is) one of the top cobble riders.

Come to think of it, maybe that's what Cav should do: run the cobbles. He's got the weight for it.

And people might have reacted like that if there were internet forums back then

Nah he doesn't.

 

[MatchstickMan]

Oh yes Cav WC. BBC.co.uk doesn't mention **** on their homepage and have a small title next to the big photo of the Singapore GP.

Credit to bbc.co.uk for broadcasting the whole race live. Just give 'em a minute and I'm sure it'll be headline news too...

Edit: Now it is indeed on the front page.