Geelong 2010: Elite Men's Road Race 262.7km

[luckyboy]

Group of 32 mainy made up of Australia, Italy and the Dutch. Spain have some riders and Matti Breschel (Denmark), Philippe Gilbert (Belgium), André Greipel (Germany) and Tony Martin (Germany) are there according to CN ticker.

+3/4 Belgians

 

[Tuarts]

TJV still there.

 

[davis_123]

Who cares, please BBC, tell us where Cavendish is!

Sanchez "the sprinter" in the middle group according to the BBC, trailing 1 minute. Much bigger gap to the rest.

Cavendish is out of this race, the front group will not come back unless Cancellara time trials them back.

Italy + Belgium + Aus now vs Spain

 

[The Sheep]

Goss and Sagan behind the Peloton according to Sporza

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Sagan and Goss are dropped from the peloton

I knew this was 60km too long for Peter Sagan

 

[goggalor]

Well done, Offredo!

Where's David Millar?

 

[davis_123]

Gerrans is pace setting, Evans the obvious leader for us now.

 

[Tuarts]

Any more names? Who are the other Italians, Dutch in the group?

 

[Polyarmour]

Gerrans is pace setting, Evans the obvious leader for us now.

Yep, Gerrans has been looking very strong too.

 

[luckyboy]

Nibali, Pozzato, Gavazzi, Visconti. Not sure, but maybe Tosatto too. Boom, Poels & Moerenhout for sure for Netherlands.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Any more names? Who are the other Italians, Dutch in the group?

Boom, Poels and Moerenhout are the dutch

Gavazzi, Visconti, Tossato, Pozzato and Nibali the italians

 

[craig1985]

Epic fail riding by the Spanish.

 

[The Sheep]

Evans/O’Grady/Gerrans/Tosatto/Pozzato/Visconti/NIbali/Gavazzi/Gilbert/Roelandts/Hoste/Van Avermaet/Morabito/Abasini, Barredo/Plaza/Zubeldia, Poels/Boom/Moerenhout, Trofimov/Brutt/Wegmann/Greipel/Martin, Offredo, Boasson Hagen, Van Garderen, Stangelj, C. Sörensen, Serpa Roche

 

[Tuarts]

5 Italians is the group - very strong for them. Have to be the favourites now.

 

[davis_123]

Add breaks just take all the tension out of the air, was starting to get pumped up for a big show down.

I very much doubt these 37 riders will stay together in the final few laps.

 

[Tyke1968]

HA! Porter switched from Nibelly to Nibali ! BINGO.

Looking good this race so far.

 

[Polyarmour]

That late night session at the Barwon Hotel last night has done wonders for Stuey's energy levels

 

[maltiv]

EBH is looking strong. Probably the fastest sprinter in that group, particularly if Greipel gets dropped. Might be too selective in the end though.

 

[Tuarts]

Thanks Sheep and DT

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Group Gilbert/Pozzato 5:56
Group Freire/Hushovd 6:40

Only 45 seconds. Still everything possible.

 

[Straßenrennen]

EBH is looking strong. Probably the fastest sprinter in that group, particularly if Greipel gets dropped. Might be too selective in the end though.

Just put 10 euros on him! Heres hoping.

 

[davis_123]

Spain are catching.

5.56 for the front group
6.41 for the main group

Down to 45 seconds from 1min 19 last lap.

 

[Spare Tyre]

I like the lack of radios. Apparently there was a sign held up for Simon Gerrans: "Gerro, wait for later".

 

[LukeSchmid]

Martin, Wegmann and Griepel there for Germans
Moriabito and Albasini for Swiss

 

[DAOTEC]

El grupo de Freire pasa por meta a 45 segundos del Grupo 1. Tiran Luis León Sánchez, Garate y Samuel Sánchez

Km. 193,6 Paso por meta:
1. Kvachuk 4:45:33
2. Tamayo a 2:02
3. Rodríguez a 3:56
4. Brammaier m.t.
Grupo 1 a 5:56
Philippe Gilbert
Filippo Pozzato
Cadel Evans
Vincenzo Nibali
André Greipel
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Tony Martin
Matteo Tosatto
Simon Gerrans
Yoann Offredo
Stuart O`grady