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

[woodie]

Hepburn looked like he missed the jump then gave up?

Looked like Hepburn just lost his wheel, couldn't decide whether to follow the f
french or the british train and then was lost in the middle.

He just blew.

 

[Maxiton]

mmm. this finish is no way hard enough to discount the cavs etc

Agreed. Should be pretty exciting.

 

[Bumeington]

Hepburn was really hurting in that final km. You could see his face. When palmer was leading out, he was grimacing. Durbridge will be gutted.

Yeah maybe Palmer would have been a better option

 

[3wheeler]

Aussies beat again !! Go GB

 

[Mellow Velo]

Wtf were Australia thinking?
That was an early day's Sky leadout...........only much slower.
Caused some of those final lap problems.
Demare was my little pick elsewhere.

 

[Moondance]

Yeah maybe Palmer would have been a better option

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8fbrUjjivw

 

[William H]

Wtf were Australia thinking?
That was an early day's Sky leadout...........only much slower.
Caused some of those final lap problems.
Demare was my little pick elsewhere.

Leadout was fine, Hepburn was very well placed. If he'd had the legs he'd have won.

 

[Race Radio]

Is the finish a false flat (up hill)? It looked like a lot of riders popped at the end. Maybe it was the hard last laps.

 

[Lupetto]

Betancour should have waited for the sprint.

Démare and Petit impressive, Selig as well. Berhane got 28th in the end.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Aussies beat again !! Go GB

erm...we beat you in every facet of cycling atm. open your eyes buddy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8fbrUjjivw

Is it really necessary to start on this? A little bit nasty if you ask me.

 

[Thomsena]

mmm. this finish is no way hard enough to discount the cavs etc

But the 200+ kilometres before that with non stop attacks are.

 

[3wheeler]

Armitage & Cav for Gold now what a Weekend that would make it...

 

[Ferminal]

Hepburn was clearly gone, looking at him in the last 5km.

Great win for France.

 

[auscyclefan94]

the pro's won't attack as much as the u23's therefore a bunch sprint is highly likely for the men's race. the u23's couldn't of attacked any more and still a big bunch sprint took the victory.

 

[Maxiton]

Is the finish a false flat (up hill)? It looked like a lot of riders popped at the end. Maybe it was the hard last laps.

More than a false flat, but supposedly not as hard as it appears.

 

[Moncoutie]

erm...we beat you in every facet of cycling atm. open your eyes buddy.

Mens TT???

 

[woodie]

Hepburn was clearly gone, looking at him in the last 5km.

Great win for France.

Yeah I agree, he should've leadout Palmer. Oh well hindsight is a wonderful thing

 

[Descender]

But the 200+ kilometres before that with non stop attacks are.

LOL no way. Cavendish will be as tired as anyone else and fresher than some. If he doesn't win it'll be because of the final ramp, not because of the "hardness" of the race.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Mens TT???

you really think GB is a better cycling nation than australia? come back to reality, mate.

 

[woodie]

you really think GB is a better cycling nation than australia? come back to reality, mate.

I don't think now is the time to gloat.

 

[Moncoutie]

you really think GB is a better cycling nation than australia? come back to reality, mate.

I never said it was, but you said Aus is better in EVERY facet. The results of this weeks mens TT would seem to disprove that.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

Anybody know where I could get an Eritrean jersey?

 

[Mellow Velo]

Leadout was fine, Hepburn was very well placed. If he'd had the legs he'd have won.

Left on the front with over a km to go?
My idea of well placed clearly differs with yours and Team Oz.
Race was decided inside the final 100m
The favourite and fastest man won.

The course is not at all selective. Huge group left at the finish.
Big bunch sprint and/or crash carnage on Sunday.

 

[taiwan]

Can anyone explain what type of riders were in the top ten generally? I watched the sprint: the gradient definitely did have an effect, but it looked like it could still be one for a pure sprinter. Basically Phil out, Cav in.

 

[Moncoutie]

Anybody know where I could get an Eritrean jersey?

Eritrea???