2011 Copenhagen World Championships: Elite Men Road Race

[luckyboy]

I remember everybody saying Geelong was one of the best races all year after it finished.

 

[Michielveedeebee]

they had chances in zolder, madrid & melbourne...


Okay, I will stop spurting hate out for cav. it was a good win.

Geelong wasn't really a sprinters race, more a classics course imo. Madrid was also way harder than this, Valverde was contesting the sprint ftw, not guys like Greipel, Cav and Goss.

 

[hrotha]

Ok if you want to shift topics:

Not Freire's fault at all, he isnt the fastest anymore and the course wasnt EVEN close to hard enough.

Being 2nd after just one Aussie domestique with 800 m to go was his fault. The inevitable happened: he was in front from too far off so he had to slow down and lose his position and his momentum.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

I remember everybody saying Geelong was one of the best races all year after it finished.

it was. awesome race.

This was something along the lines of g-w
maybe insulting to g-w

 

[Michielveedeebee]

40 minutes since he won. Has Cav announced for Sky yet?

Cav wil go to OPQS

 

[auscyclefan94]

GreenEdge nearly had a World champion...so close!

 

[richwagmn]

First off, terrible course. WTF is it doing in a country as unfit for a world championship as Denmark?

Secondly, so the greatest wheelsucker of all time was delivered to the finish once again to be the fastest man over 200m. Big deal.

Bogus World Champion. Bogus World Championship course.

 

[spalco]

Hmm, anyone spot Gilbert at the finish? Sagan?

Face it haters: Mark Cavendish - the rider of the year 2011!

 

[Waterloo Sunrise]

I remember everybody saying Geelong was one of the best races all year after it finished.

I didn't agree then either.

 

[saganftw]

Cav wil go to OPQS

for duck sake NOOOOO!

 

[Echoes]

true, ****ty course, but a sprinter should get the chance to be WC every 10 years or so...

A sprinter should NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER get the chance to be World Champion or win any major race. They're a sub-category of cyclists. Wheelsuckers. Disgrace. Whatever you call it but not champion.

OK if you're talking about oldtimers who had the decency to make the pace throughout the race but times have changed and the present-day sprinters are not even worthy of attention.


I don't consider this sh*t as the World Championship. It's a kermess, period.

 

[meat puppet]

Geelong was a good race. Only Phil should have gone on the last hill and taken others with him. But enough already.

Judging by the picture, didnt Cav already win in a Sky catsuit?

 

[auscyclefan94]

Geelong wasn't really a sprinters race, more a classics course imo. Madrid was also way harder than this, Valverde was contesting the sprint ftw, not guys like Greipel, Cav and Goss.

they were all courses that gave sprinters & attackers a chance to win. this didn't give a top form gilbert of cancellara a chance to win.

 

[GroupDK]

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 )

Plenty of things wrong with the little kingdom.

then get the **** out and make a life for you..

you also got the world best means for buisness ..

http://www.forbes.com/2010/09/07/be...washington-best-countries-10_land.htmlhttp://

and dont operate with the concept of perfect when you relate to a relative factor like a hole country..

the main problem is so many are on welfare..

and with the new goverment (red) its now means that you have to earn more then +6000 $ pr month before it make sense to work, and not get more on welfare.. and thats a big problem.

but that debate, is not suited here..back to topic..

 

[Amsterhammer]

A cycling race in Amsterdam would be boring as hell too.

Not if we sent them over lots of narrow cobblestones and bridges....

.....112 times....

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

I didn't agree then either.

why would you

GreenEdge nearly had a World champion...so close!

maybe they do

 

[woodie]

the Formula 1 recording - I thought that was self explanatory

Oh ok, not really, my bad

 

[simo1733]

that's because recently, all he's been trying to do is **** me off.

Brits and aussies are supposed to take the **** out of each other. i think it is in the constitution somewhere."Every weakness must be exploited to the max"

 

[royalpig180]

Hmm, anyone spot Gilbert at the finish? Sagan?

Face it haters: Mark Cavendish - the rider of the year 2011!

Gilbert, no didn't see him. Sagan got to the front with about 300 meters to go, launched well before Cav. Didn't have it and got swarmed. Finished around 10th I think. Gilbert surprised us all by not attacking once.

And no, the WC doesn't qualify Cav as rider of the year. I think Mr. Gilbert still has that one by a country mile...

 

[Mellow Velo]

40 minutes since he won. Has Cav announced for Sky yet?

Just wait.
It'll be like pouring petrol onto the hater's fire.
Cav and Sky. Twins of Evil!

On reflection, it is a pity the Danes didn't put as much thought and effort into picking their wc parcour, as they did their podium girls.

 

[abbaskip]

A sprinter should NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER get the chance to be World Champion or win any major race. They're a sub-category of cyclists. Wheelsuckers. Disgrace. Whatever you call it but not champion.

OK if you're talking about oldtimers who had the decency to make the pace throughout the race but times have changed and the present-day sprinters are not even worthy of attention.


I don't consider this sh*t as the World Championship. It's a kermess, period.

If sprinting is just wheel sucking, and so easy, why don't more people do it?

That attitude is one that only comes from people who can't sprint.

 

[Michielveedeebee]

for duck sake NOOOOO!

avatar bet?

A sprinter should NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER get the chance to be World Champion or win any major race. They're a sub-category of cyclists. Wheelsuckers. Disgrace. Whatever you call it but not champion.

yes they should. As should classics men and climbers.

 

[Sørensen]

First off, terrible course. WTF is it doing in a country as unfit for a world championship as Denmark?

Secondly, so the greatest wheelsucker of all time was delivered to the finish once again to be the fastest man over 200m. Big deal.

Bogus World Champion. Bogus World Championship course.

Course wasent very good no. But why is Denmark as nation unfit for a wc?

 

[Sneekes]

On reflection, it is a pity the Danes didn't put as much thought and effort into picking their wc parcour, as they did their podium girls.

The only thing we all agree on...the podium girls

 

[Rudisha]

The only thing we all agree on...the podium girls

Yes, best part of the whole race.