2013 Road World Championships: Men's Road Race, Lucca-Firenze 272.2 km

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trevim said:
I wonder how much energy Rui Costa expended to be at the front the entire race without a single team mate to help him. Maybe some of the Movistar riders gave him a hand.
He have done the same as Fuglsang, perhaps they should go for a attack together, would be great:)
 
trevim said:
I wonder how much energy Rui Costa expended to be at the front the entire race without a single team mate to help him. Maybe some of the Movistar riders gave him a hand.

Valverde spent the entire circuit on Costa's wheel, so i guess it was the other way around :p
 
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Inquitus said:
He wasn't just following the cars, he got a full on 60kph sticky bottle for an age! cheating is cheating, and that was as bad as it gets.

Not exactly, it wasn't like he physically grabbed on and they towed him back up. Even with getting a draft, the crash can only hurt his chances. If anything, due the circumstances it's a very mild form of cheating. And not a form of cheating that I'm going to get on his case for.