2018 Innsbruck World Championship Men's Road Race - 259km

[Sestriere]

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How cold is it currently in innsbruck?

Nice and sunny on the climb, probably 18 C or sth.

 

[Rollthedice]

Since the chase started the gap has gone up, a long day awaits the French domestiques.

 

[Lance Armstrong]

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Since the chase started the gap has gone up, a long day awaits the French domestiques.

Good, hope it goes up to 18-20 min to add a little drama.

 

[Eli]

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How cold is it currently in innsbruck?

15 degrees right now, will get up to 20 during the day though

[quote="Gigs_98":27h9ctjb]This really is a ridiculously good advertisement for tyrolean tourism so far

Did you really expect something else?

Not really but with this weather and so far a pretty good coverage today I was simply impressed[/quote]


Thanks just wondering as some riders have a neck scarf on, others a gilet and one or two like valverde a Gabba like jersey on

 

[rghysens]

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How cold is it currently in innsbruck?

15 degrees right now, will get up to 20 during the day though

[quote="Gigs_98":2wmxo4zh]This really is a ridiculously good advertisement for tyrolean tourism so far

Did you really expect something else?

Not really but with this weather and so far a pretty good coverage today I was simply impressed[/quote]

Wait... I'm a bit confused. I thought you were a bit ironic and commenting about the lack of excitement so far.

 

[Red Rick]

Sagan looks lean

 

[markene2]

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Sagan looks lean

He really does, was just thinking the same

 

[Alexandre B.]

I expect Italy, Spain and Netherlands to join the chase on the climb.

 

[Rollthedice]

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Vincenzo Nibali will win this bike race

Moscon today: "Nibali is our leader, was from the beginning, now he's feeling good and we try to support him the best we can"

 

[samhocking]

Man running with a tree branch is a new one.

 

[Red Rick]

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Man running with a tree branch is a new one.

Should set it on fire for proper drama

 

[Red Rick]

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Since the chase started the gap has gone up, a long day awaits the French domestiques.

Good, hope it goes up to 18-20 min to add a little drama.

They can get 25 minutes and it wouldn't be a problem.

 

[Jagartrott]

In Geelong, the peloton had to hurry up in the end not be lapped on the course (and be taken out of the race), heh

 

[Lance Armstrong]

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Since the chase started the gap has gone up, a long day awaits the French domestiques.

Good, hope it goes up to 18-20 min to add a little drama.

They can get 25 minutes and it wouldn't be a problem.

Yes, but big teams will have to dedicate their climbers with 180km to go. I don't expect Anthony Roux to close this on his own.

 

[Pantani_lives]

There's a bluff game going on between the big teams now. With a gap of almost twenty minutes we're close to the point where somebody will have to work. Everybody is hoping that someone else will do it.

 

[RedheadDane]

I'm gonna call it now!

HNIK FOR WORLD CHAMPION!


Why Hnik? Coz he's the most random guy in the break.

 

[Lance Armstrong]

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I'm gonna call it now!

HNIK FOR WORLD CHAMPION!


Why Hnik? Coz he's the most random guy in the break.

Well, he's 53kg. Not too bad for this type of race.

 

[Red Rick]

Obviously Conor Dunne will win cause he only has to gain his own height in altitude like 3 times per lap

 

[Pantani_lives]

It remains one of the weirdest things in cycling that a group with a twenty minute lead can have no chance at all. Try to explain that to people who don't follow cycling.

 

[Andy262]

Contrast with the Women's where they raced pretty much from the start but race was put to bed very early.

 

[Gigs_98]

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How cold is it currently in innsbruck?

15 degrees right now, will get up to 20 during the day though

[quote="Gigs_98":xp6p8gtx]This really is a ridiculously good advertisement for tyrolean tourism so far

Did you really expect something else?

Not really but with this weather and so far a pretty good coverage today I was simply impressed

Wait... I'm a bit confused. I thought you were a bit ironic and commenting about the lack of excitement so far.[/quote]
Well I was also mentioning it because they were showing the scenery all the time as nothing was going on but it wasn't really meant sarcastically

 

[Joomla10]

Break have almost 18 min... This will be a great day for us .

 

[Climbing]

If they're forced to race a bit hard early to catch up, not many are gonna finish the race...

 

[gregrowlerson]

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There's a bluff game going on between the big teams now. With a gap of almost twenty minutes we're close to the point where somebody will have to work. Everybody is hoping that someone else will do it.

This.

X 1000

I for one hope that the break doesn't win. One of my personal favs who is an outsider like Krueziger, Fuglsang or Jungels would be nice. If it is one of the main favourites then I would like to see Valverde finally win gold.

And if Sagan somehow won then it would be great too.

Oh, and Mjentis. Because that would make the forum really happy

 

[Alexandre B.]

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There's a bluff game going on between the big teams now. With a gap of almost twenty minutes we're close to the point where somebody will have to work. Everybody is hoping that someone else will do it.

This.

X 1000

I for one hope that the break doesn't win. One of my personal favs who is an outsider like Krueziger, Fuglsang or Jungels would be nice. If it is one of the main favourites then I would like to see Valverde finally win gold.

And if Sagan somehow won then it would be great too.

Oh, and Mjentis. Because that would make the forum really happy

Meintjes isn't even riding, I believe.