Copenhagen 2011: Junior Women RR 70km & Men U23 RR 168km

[Winterfold]

Good grief why did I post that drivel here when it should be in elite mens?

Chapeau Lucy!!

A Queen Victoria of the road in the making?

 

[El Pistolero]

No, he said sprinters, not Tom Boonen.

Oh, so it was someone else who won Gent-Wevelgem?

Certainly wasn't fattie Cav who was already sitting at the tail of the peloton.

 

[simonk]

So, finally we saw some cycling on the course. Its really a shame that the hardest kilometers, or most difficult ones, are the first 3. Because the 10,5 next are just to easy. Not easy for a breakaway to stay clear, but i dont think it impossible. Does have to be a very very strong group though.

But the finish is actually a little harder than i expected. I dont see Cavendish win on sunday on that finish. Looking forward to the race, how it will be raced is very much op to the belgiums/Philippe Gilbert.

 

[greenedge]

Congrats to Garner. Also to Demare, Petit and Fenn.

 

[greenedge]

I'd liken it to the finish at Cap Frehel in the Tour. You had different types of riders like Gilbert, Cav, Hushovd and Rojas right together at the end.

I'm really struggling to pick a favourite. Tough for Cav, Farrar, etc. Not tough enough for Gilbert. EBH and Hushovd haven't shown much in the last month. Italy and Spain don't look like they have the firepower. Sagan maybe doesn't have the team around him.

I think Sagan will have to try crash other people's trains. I don't think he will get his team to rides so they should survive to the finish.
Hushovd looks as if he has prepared well for this race at the ToB. He had some bad luck to not be chosen for the Vuelta. Gilbert did not go there either.

 

[greenedge]

Can't believe how the Aussie train fizzled out. Hepburn must have been tired. I was thinking Durbridge could have gone solo if he wanted. Nice ride by the Eritrean Berhane.

 

[blaxland]

Congratulations to the french they rode the race well.Womens race tonite will be a borefestarndt,voss,gilmore)and tomorrows mens elite race will be .....(cavendish,greiple,gilbert)fingers crossed a decent break will go off the front early to liven up the race a little...

 

[craig1985]

Petit has been a stagiare with Cofidis, has he signed a pro contract with them for next year? If not, I bet he will be now.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Demare has 4 arms

 

[El Pistolero]

Demare has 4 arms

From which part of France is he? His name sounds Flemish, so could be Nord pas de Calais?

I hope he turns into a successful pro

"Demare demarreert"

I can already hear it

 

[auscyclefan94]

I'd pick Hosking for the better result.

Really? I thought Rochelle was quicker than Chloe Hosking. I guess it is not such a bad thing to have two options.

 

[Nielsa]

From which part of France is he? His name sounds Flemish, so could be Nord pas de Calais?

Pas Nord pas de Calais, he's from Beauvais in Picardie.
Démare could be a different spelling of De Maar I guess, but it could be from de Mare too.
People move around anyway.

 

[craig1985]

Libertine will solve this.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Micheal Hepburn Post Race (video) - Cycling Central

 

[sublimit]

Junior men RR started.

http://sports-livez.com/channel/ch-5.php

 

[spalco]

IMO not true. Just look at the Norwegians. And as they say: If you are stronger than the guys who beat you, you are Dumbstrong...

Well, his goal for yesterday probably wasn't to win, but to make people notice him, so finishing 11th in the sprint or so wouldn't have done much for him.

 

[Nastyy]

France rode like a pro team today, made the other teams look like bunch of kids, which they are though. Too bad the elite men don't ride like U23 or juniors.