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yaco

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The ITT is a fast flowing course and will suit the most powerful riders. The RR course has a total of 2500 elevation in its 177 course. You will have to be suoer strong to break the field up. The only complication is that there is no strong team for either the men or women's race.
 
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yaco said:
The ITT is a fast flowing course and will suit the most powerful riders. The RR course has a total of 2500 elevation in its 177 course. You will have to be suoer strong to break the field up. The only complication is that there is no strong team for either the men or women's race.
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That short hill up to King's Park Road is enough of a springboard for an attack, the only drawback is that it's quite wide and well surfaced compared to the rest of the course.

There's a few longish rises through King's Park but no sharp gradients, but the roads are narrow and not too well surfaced in places. There's a few speed humps in King's Park as well, hopefully something is arranged.

The wind will play a part in the ITT, it can get seriously strong in the afternoon and that course doesn't have much shelter.

A shame I don't live in Perth anymore, I would have been able to watch most of the road race from my balcony LOL
 
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From the official website for Australia, the broadcast guide.

I just need to figure out if I can VPN into it, and figure the effing time zone

Friday, January 10​

5:45pm AEDT; 5:15pm ACST; 4:45pm AEST; 2:45pm AWST
U23 Men Criterium
Fox Sports, Kayo

7pm AEDT; 6:30pm ACST; 6pm AEST; 4pm AWST
Elite Criteriums
SBS On Demand, Fox Sports, Kayo

Saturday, January 11​

4pm AEDT; 3:30pm ACST; 3pm AEST; 1pm AWST
U23 Men Road Race
SBS VICELAND, SBS On Demand, Fox Sports, Kayo

Sunday, January 12​

1:30pm AEDT; 1pm ACST; 12:30pm AEST; 10:30am AWST
Elite & U23 Women Road Race
SBS, SBS On Demand, Fox Sports, Kayo

7pm AEDT; 6:30pm ACST; 6pm AEST; 4pm AWST
Elite Men Road Race
SBS, SBS On Demand, Fox Sports, Kayo


Update: 7pm AEDT Sunday is 3am Sunday Potomac Time. (with the NFL playoffs Saturday sunday monday and this race....when will I sleep?)
 
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Tim Cahill said:
Who is Mateo Pablo Ramírez, coming in with Narvaez and Cepeda at 18

Riding at a high level for 'High Level-Gsport-Grupo Tormo'
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Mateo Ramirez is the biggest thing to come out of Ecuador for a long time, double reigning champion of the Juventud (one of which he won by a margin of more than 15 minutes), which is the biggest stage race in the Ecuadorian junior calendar. He has competed with Alvarez, Pericas and Zafra more than once in Spain and was very much able to hold his own. Just like the previous two years, he will be competing in Spain this season.
 
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Tim Cahill

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Don't know but I think Acquadro and Maxtin are on the phone

Edit: I see this is his second year in Europe already, wouldn't be surprised if he's already on Acquadro's books.
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Funnily enough I tagged a bunch of teams in a message about him on twitter linking to dnp olds post on here and demanding that someone other than UAE sign him, just to troll a bit not expecting anyone to actually respond. Someone from Movistar was actually kind enough to respond via dm saying they have been looking into him for a bit, and EF/Ineos are also monitoring, so maybe the thing about Acquadro wasn't far off.
 
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Coffeeplanter

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Tim Cahill said:
Funnily enough I tagged a bunch of teams in a message about him on twitter linking to dnp olds post on here and demanding that someone other than UAE sign him, just to troll a bit not expecting anyone to actually respond. Someone from Movistar was actually kind enough to respond via dm saying they have been looking into him for a bit, and EF/Ineos are also monitoring, so maybe the thing about Acquadro wasn't far off.
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It would be very typical for Movistar to miss out on every young Spaniard of name and then having to go after the South-American crumbs. They're already on the back foot in recruiting Benjamin Noval since September last year, lol.
 
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Maybe, but he was still only 15 then. I'm prepared to give them the benefit of doubt and that things are in hand.
Or it could be the old man being too cautious, and young Unzue being much more proactive with the womens team.
 
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Wyndbrook said:
Maybe, but he was still only 15 then.
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This isn't 1983 anymore, if you want them, you got to be there quick. Unlike with Carlos Rodriguez, who they barely did any effort for when he was that age at Kometa, they did up their efforts to get in on Noval early, even signed Benjamin Noval sr. as a DS. Only the latter very quickly realised he was just bait in order to get Noval jr., so he left only a few weeks into his position and now it's looking rather unlikely they'll get him at all.

They also failed miserably when Ayuso was still at Bathco, even put the great Valverde on the case. To no avail of course, because Unzue is a melon. This predicament of course continued when they failed to sign either Hector Alvarez, Adria Pericas, Pablo Torres, Hodei Munoz and Marc Zafra.
 
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Tim Cahill

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FFB wins the NZ tt

Gate 2nd though good 30 UCI point haul with the road race to come

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