2012 Road World Championships, Mens Road Race Maastricht - Valkenburg 267 km 23/09/12

[Sophistic]

what the hell are the belgians doing?Meersman would be the fav out of the group...

 

[Netserk]

Belgium on the front of the bunch with almost the whole team.

 

[Miburo]

what the hell are the belgians doing?Meersman would be the fav out of the group...

Gilber orders it, he's afraid no one else would ride and he wants to win

 

[Netserk]

what the hell are the belgians doing?Meersman would be the fav out of the group...

To control and shut the race down is my guess

 

[Andy99]

What does it say on the LCD road sign the camera keeps focussing on?

 

[Netserk]

So Spain, Italy and France have men in both groups.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

lol @ dutch team

 

[Kwibus]

/care. Dutch are no favorite team, nobody gives a ****. They won't be looking at the Dutch team anyway. Only Belgium/Spain is interesting

Still it's stupid they ain't in the break.

 

[Red Rick]

Cav dropping after working hard in the early hours, he can call it a day now while saying he did everything he could

 

[bubblegum]

What does it say on the LCD road sign the camera keeps focussing on?

http://inrng.com/2012/09/the-matrix/

 

[Pulpstar]

Is Contador still in the peloton :O ?

 

[Netserk]

Pablo Lastras (Spain), Dario Cataldo (Italy), Timothy Duggan (USA), Alex Howes (USA), Jerome Coppel (France), Winner Anacona (Colombia), Luka Mezgec (Slovenia), Vladimir Isaichev (Russia), Vitaliy Buts (Ukraine), Fabricio Ferrari (Uruguay), Gatis Smukulis (Latvia)

2:30

Stephen Cummings (GB), Juan Antonio Flecha (Spain), Rinaldo Nocentini (Italy), Gianni Meersman (Belgium), Michael Matthews (Australia), Mxime Bouet (France),Michael Schär (SwitzerlandI), Fumiyuki Beppu (Japan), and Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark)

1:00

Bunch

EDIT: Big countries in bold

 

[Sylvester]

There's a problem with Contador's transponder. Of course he's still in the peloton.

 

[Cancellator]

Do you think Gilbert should try to bridge to the chase group at some point, and benefit from Meersman's help? Or is the pace-setting strategy they have adopted now going to work?

 

[T-Nielsen]

I miss the info bar with kms left and times in the corner of the screen.

 

[Andy99]

http://inrng.com/2012/09/the-matrix/

Ha ha. Cheers,

 

[wirral]

Contador no time or out?

 

[DominicDecoco]

So much for this being like the U23 race.. it's brilliant already.

 

[Cancellator]

I miss the info bar with kms left and times in the corner of the screen.

Yeah, why is that?

 

[Netserk]

Do you think Gilbert should try to bridge to the chase group at some point, and benefit from Meersman's help? Or is the pace-setting strategy they have adopted now going to work?

Gilbert should wait till the last time they hit the Cauberg and jump near the end of the steep part, and hold the wheels of the others trying to attack there. He then will have Boonen behind, so he isn't forced to do all the pace setting. IMO

 

[Pulpstar]

I think Spain have raced perhaps the best tactics so far.

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Gilbert is going to do what Vos did yesterday ... jump across to a man in the break. Then Meersman will ride. Gilbert won't wait till the last lap imo

Belgium need to ride keep the gap bridgable

 

[DominicDecoco]

Yeah, why is that?

Dutch broadcasting, wierdly enough, has been awful this time. With little attention of the Junior and U23 races and with lack of any race information.

 

[T-Nielsen]

Yeah, why is that?

Lazy production ?

 

[Miburo]

Contador no time or out?

he's there

search for the spanish guy with the red helm