2011 Copenhagen World Championships: Elite Men Road Race

[simo1733]

It seems incredible that GB could take charge of the event like that.
I guess no other team has such faith in their sprinter that they could raise such a monumental effort.I'm still not sure how Aus lost.

 

[spanky wanderlust]

I'm not Spanish.

Het is wel grappig dat je denkt van wel natuurlijk, want het bewijst het tegendeel van wat je juist zei

Ik baseer me spijtig genoeg niet op nationaliteit om fan van iemand te zijn.

pardon me. it proves nothing about what i said. i just assumed it since you are fingerbanger fanboy. bang bang!

 

[greenedge]

Far out, I thought us Aussies had it with 2.5 km to go. Nice work by Cav and the entire GB squad. Wiggins and Stannard especially. I liked Australia's mindset ( swooping in when Britain was weak/ sending attacks up the road ). Britain recovered very well from what i thought was the end of their hopes. They had Stannard and Geraint lead out Cav even though he was too far back to be lead out ( in full HTC fashion ), which goes to show that he has learnt good attributes and can fend for himself ( though he was boxed in ). At least Cav is more prolific than Bronzini in most races so he should show it off. Just not on the same level on all terrains. I wonder when a sprinters peak years are??? Is it like the GC riders who have their optimum strength from the age of ( 28-32 )

Goss i think was hurt by the fact that he did not start his sprint straight away and had a rider who interposed himself between Goss and Haussler. That rider then proceeded to veer into Goss when he started his sprint. Hard luck Goss but still a good showing and you must have trained hard to recover.

Greipel did well under the circumstances considering that Tony was not there. However i still would not have seen them challenging Australia's lead out in the last 2km anyways as they were maybe 2 riders too short. He looked impressive and on good form ( legs were muscly/ veined ) which usually happens when you are on your best FORM but cannot race for so long on it.

Goss and Cav were the best 2 sprinters there.

Congrats to Roelandts and Cancellara ( feel sorry for him ). Very annoyed at Gilbert for not attacking at all. Voeckler at least risked all. Congrats to Roux, Offredo, Inglisky, Kangert, Paolini, Van Summeren, Clarke, Lodewyck, Sorensen, Bak and Hoogerland.

Italy disappointed in the sense Bennati should have been better placed. Oss did not shepherd him well enough. What happened to Boom, Sagan and EBH??? Poor Freire but it was bad positioning by him ( an odd occurrence for him )

 

[auscyclefan94]

Agreeing with Pistrollero and ACF in one weekend, what is going on here?

the stars have aligned.

Not half as bad as watching that squeaky voiced **** chin gurn his way to victory clambering all over his bike like the stupid mtb'er that he is. A few days ago you were gloating that the convicts were superior to GB in every way, how is that working out for you now then? GB top the medal table as well

Payback is a ***** ain't it, now stop whining and suck it up.

omg, that is pretty dumb comment. So you comment on the way he looks and his tone of voice to criticise him? Pretty immature if you ask me. Just because Great Britain wins a few world championships does not make the superior all of a sudden. They have had a great year this year but lets not go over the top trying to say they are world beaters. Don't be a silly (hopefully I won't get an infraction for calling Laterne Rouge silly)

 

[spanky wanderlust]

I'm not Spanish.

Het is wel grappig dat je denkt van wel natuurlijk, want het bewijst het tegendeel van wat je juist zei

Ik baseer me spijtig genoeg niet op nationaliteit om fan van iemand te zijn.

Het spijt me. Ik wist niet dat je Nederlands was. dat verklaart alles.

Hoe zeg je 'Fingerbang "in het Nederlands?

 

[spanky wanderlust]

the stars have aligned.


omg, that is pretty dumb comment. So you comment on the way he looks and his tone of voice to criticise him? Pretty immature if you ask me. Just because Great Britain wins a few world championships does not make the superior all of a sudden. They have had a great year this year but lets not go over the top trying to say they are world beaters. Don't be a silly (hopefully I won't get an infraction for calling Laterne Rouge silly)

oh. they are world-class beaters allright!

 

[hrotha]

This thread baffles me for two reasons. Firstly, because the Danish forumers are being so defensive and reacting so strongly to the comments against the course (which sucked), as if they were attacks on Denmark as a whole. And secondly, because some veteran forumers still can't detect blatant trolling attempts.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

I'm not sure what race most people were watching? Apparently nothing happened?

Chuzhda attacking from the start
Roux in a televised break
Bert and Froome organising the pace on the peloton
Crash near the front of the peloton holding up some of the favourites
Bak giving it everything in front of a massive home crowd
Voeckler with his race face on up the road
Hoogerland with a 0.01% chance of success entertainment break
Belgian riders flying off the front at every opportunity
TT silver medallist hammering the course without the peloton in his wheel
Australian breaking the GB lead out train
TT bronze medallist outsprinting many of the worlds fastest men

Just some of the things that made this a memorable worlds for me. Perhaps that is all boring?

Kittel, Farrar and Sagan will be kicking themselves for missing out on such an easy race.

Yes, the fact you can sum it up in a few lines really says everything about this worlds.

Try it with Geelong, Mendrisio and Varese and you need a bookwork to describe what happened

 

[blaxland]

Well done Cav.GB where just awesome in riding tempo on the front all day.(Wiggins/froome)and great ride by goss/greiple for 2nd/3rd place...

 

[spanky wanderlust]

Yes, the fact you can sum it up in a few lines really says everything about this worlds.

Try it with Geelong, Mendrisio and Varese and you need a bookwork to describe what happened

i can sum it up in one line: gb put the beat down on everybody and made you look like chubby, pimple-faced schoolgirls!

btw, was there even a dutch team this year?

 

[simo1733]

Great win by GB/Cav but shame about the skinsuit/bubble hat.Skinsuit is not a good look for Cav.It was stretched so tight it became slightly see thru, eeeuuw

 

[daveinzambia]

Great win by GB/Cav but shame about the skinsuit/bubble hat.Skinsuit is not a good look for Cav.It was stretched so tight it became slightly see thru, eeeuuw

Skin suit, i was not checking closely enough. The helmet, we finally get a winner and he crosses the line with that on his head. Now all the kids will be wearing them.

did make him easier to spot in the bunch.

see that one at the back of the line, he is the favorite. the one in blue and red behind the other guys in the same kit. yes the one that looks a little like a condom riding a bike, thats him.

 

[simo1733]

Skin suit, i was not checking closely enough. The helmet, we finally get a winner and he crosses the line with that on his head. Now all the kids will be wearing them.

did make him easier to spot in the bunch.

see that one at the back of the line, he is the favorite. the one in blue and red behind the other guys in the same kit. yes the one that looks a little like a condom riding a bike, thats him.

You could market a team GB prophylactyc with Cav's smiley face on the front

 

[greenedge]

I think the reason why Countries like Australia and GB do well is because they unite behind a rider/goal with many other options/ depth ( they also know each other through riding on the track together often too ). Their management also seem good. In 2010 Italy was hurt by the fact Petacchi was not selected. He could have won.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Matt Goss post race

Seems a little disaapointed but is content with the result.

 

[Eric8-A]

Matt Goss post race

Seems a little disaapointed but is content with the result.

2nd is good. Specially to those who kept saying he was out of form.

 

[auscyclefan94]

2nd is good. Specially to those who kept saying he was out of form.

Including myself! I thought he was going to struggle. If the course had been a bit more lumpy then he probably would of struggled but this result tops off a great season for him.

 

[Eric8-A]

Including myself! I thought he was going to struggle. If the course had been a bit more lumpy then he probably would of struggled but this result tops off a great season for him.

I wasn't really doubting him. But I don't know if it was just me, but towards the finish, had the finish been 200 metres or so more, Goos could have won it. I saw his sprint getting stronger at the finish.

 

[wirral]

Strangely, according to Cycling News, Greipel thanked Ciolek for his hard work in helping him to the bronze medal. Strangely because Ciolek wasn't riding.

 

[daveinzambia]

Goss was closing, Cav said he went earlier than he wanted because he was boxed in and a gap appeared so he had to go for it. Guess he was starting to fade.

 

[Siriuscat]

One thing is for sure through this thread:- there's a hell of a lot of sour grapes out there, Team GB gave the rest of the world a damn good spanking and took the rainbow jersey with a fixed plan stunningly well executed. Throw all the hate and histrionics you want at Cav and the course and the .....yawn!!! Cav and GB won...end of!

End of another long night shift, you chaps have a nice day now won't you..

 

[greenedge]

Including myself! I thought he was going to struggle. If the course had been a bit more lumpy then he probably would of struggled but this result tops off a great season for him.

Can't believe you doubted him. Next year he needs to work on timing a sprint better ( EBH Stage 6 at the TDF and now this ) I think he looked strong and trained well under the radar by himself. Remember he did cling onto a group of 7 other select riders at M-SR. There were like 12 times that many riders at the end of this WC so i think he would have been fine.

 

[Sørensen]

This thread baffles me for two reasons. Firstly, because the Danish forumers are being so defensive and reacting so strongly to the comments against the course (which sucked), as if they were attacks on Denmark as a whole. And secondly, because some veteran forumers still can't detect blatant trolling attempts.

Well It's not so nice to be remembered for the "worst" WC ever... I as a dane would ofc. prefer if this was something cycling fans would look back at with joy. Anyway was not to be, and I think we all agree that the course wasent the best.

What I oppose against is statements like "DK as a nation is not fit to host a wc etc. Which is just plain wrong.. In fact i think they showed that a small nation is capable of hosting such an event and just a tiny bit of respect should go to the huge crowds turning up and making this event a great party, despite the course and the race apparently being the worst in the history of cycling... Most of Copenhagen city centre has been shut down for a week, affecting thousands of people who has to travel to jobs etc. but the majority has taken it in good spirit and has embraced and supported it, and hopefully it will have given cycling as a sport a boost in DK and Scandinavia.

 

[greenedge]

At least the finale was technical and tested the sprinters teams cohesion and their own ability to navigate the peloton. Bennati did not have that at all.

Congrats to Denmark for the atmosphere. I think the U23 Mens and Junior men races were most exciting along with the ITT's. I'm sure the experience there would have been great.

 

[Swiss Tony]

Well It's not so nice to be remembered for the "worst" WC ever... I as a dane would ofc. prefer if this was something cycling fans would look back at with joy. Anyway was not to be, and I think we all agree that the course wasent the best.

What I oppose against is statements like "DK as a nation is not fit to host a wc etc. Which is just plain wrong.. In fact i think they showed that a small nation is capable of hosting such an event and just a tiny bit of respect should go to the huge crowds turning up and making this event a great party, despite the course and the race apparently being the worst in the history of cycling... Most of Copenhagen city centre has been shut down for a week, affecting thousands of people who has to travel to jobs etc. but the majority has taken it in good spirit and has embraced and supported it, and hopefully it will have given cycling as a sport a boost in DK and Scandinavia.

You should be immensely proud..We sat here wishing we'd booked an Easyjet flight from Basel