Geelong WC 2010: Women's Road Race Sat 2nd Oct

[Spare Tyre]

127.2 km - 8 laps of the Geelong circuit.

Course & profile

Start time: 13:00 local time

Start list:

1 Tatiana Guderzo (Italy)
2 Elena Berlato (Italy)
3 Giorgia Bronzini (Italy)
4 Rossella Callovi (Italy)
5 Noemi Cantele (Italy)
6 Valentina Carretta (Italy)
7 Eleonora Patuzzo (Italy)
8 Luisa Tamanini (Italy)

9 Chantal Blaak (Netherlands)
10 Regina Bruins (Netherlands)
11 Loes Gunnewijk (Netherlands)
12 Noortje Tabak (Netherlands)
13 Annemiek Van Vleuten (Netherlands)
14 Adrie Visser (Netherlands)
15 Marianne Vos (Netherlands)
16 Kirsten Wild (Netherlands)

17 Judith Arndt (Germany)
18 Charlotte Becker (Germany)
19 Luise Keller (Germany)
20 Ina Teutenberg (Germany)
21 Trixi Worrack (Germany)

22 Elizabeth Armitstead (Great Britain)
23 Katie Colclough (Great Britain)
24 Nicole Cooke (Great Britain)
25 Sharon Laws (Great Britain)
26 Lucy Martin (Great Britain)
27 Emma Pooley (Great Britain)
28 Catherine Williamson (Great Britain)

29 Theresa Cliff-Ryan (United States of America)
30 Katheryn Curi Mattis (United States of America)
31 Shelley Olds (United States of America)
32 Amanda Miller (United States of America)
33 Amber Neben (United States of America)
34 Carmen Small (United States of America)
35 Evelyn Stevens (United States of America)

36 Emilia Fahlin (Sweden)
37 Emma Johansson (Sweden)
38 Marie Lindberg (Sweden)
39 Sara Mustonen (Sweden)

40 Ruth Corset (Australia)
41 Tiffany Cromwell (Australia)
42 Shara Gillow (Australia)
43 Bridie O'Donnell (Australia)
44 Carla Ryan (Australia)
45 Amanda Spratt (Australia)
46 Vicki Whitelaw (Australia)

47 Inga Cilvinaite (Lithuania)
48 Edita Janeliunaite (Lithuania)
49 Rasa Leleivyte (Lithuania)
50 Edita Pucinskaite (Lithuania)
51 Katazina Sosna (Lithuania)
52 Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Lithuania)

53 Liesbet De Vocht (Belgium)
54 Sofie De Vuyst (Belgium)
55 Lieselot Decroix (Belgium)
56 Ludivine Henrion (Belgium)
57 Grace Verbeke (Belgium)

58 Tatiana Antoshina (Russian Federation)
59 Natalya Boyarskaya (Russian Federation)
60 Oxana Kozonchuk (Russian Federation)
61 Elena Kuchinskaya (Russian Federation)
62 Yulia Martisova (Russian Federation)
63 Olga Zabelinskaya (Russian Federation)

64 Karol-Ann Canuel (Canada)
65 Joelle Numainville (Canada)
66 Denise Ramsden (Canada)
67 Anne Samplonius (Canada)
68 Tara Whitten (Canada)
69 Erinne Willock (Canada)

70 Toni Bradshaw (New Zealand)
71 Catherine Cheatley (New Zealand)
72 Emma Crum (New Zealand)
73 Courteney Lowe (New Zealand)
74 Serena Sheridan (New Zealand)
75 Linda Villumsen (New Zealand)

76 Sophie Creux (France)
77 Christel Ferrier-Bruneau (France)
78 Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (France)
79 Edwige Pitel (France)

80 Emilie Aubry (Switzerland)
81 Jennifer Hohl (Switzerland)
82 Patricia Schwager (Switzerland)
83 Doris Schweizer (Switzerland)

84 Alona Andruk (Ukraine)
85 Svitlana Galyuk (Ukraine)
86 Lesya Kalitovska (Ukraine)
87 Nina Ovcharenko (Ukraine)

88 Robyn De Groot (South Africa)
89 Anriette Schoeman (South Africa)
90 Carla Swart (South Africa)
91 Cherise Taylor (South Africa)
92 Marissa Van Der Merwe (South Africa)

93 Grete Treier (Estonia)

94 Nathalie Lamborelle (Luxembourg)
95 Christine Majerus (Luxembourg)

96 Emilie Moberg (Norway)
97 Lise Nöstvold (Norway)
98 Fröydis Waerstad (Norway)

99 Mayuko Hagiwara (Japan)

100 Natalya Stefanskaya (Kazakhstan)

101 Andrea Graus (Austria)

102 Martina Ruzickova (Czech Republic)

103 Rosa Maria Bravo Soba (Spain)
104 Ana Belen Garcia Antequera (Spain)
105 Belen Lopez Morales (Spain)

106 Monrudee Chapookam (Thailand)
107 Chanpeng Nontasin (Thailand)

108 Polona Batagelj (Slovenia)

109 Sofia Arreola (Mexico)
110 Ana Teresa Casas (Mexico)
111 Veronica Leal Balderas (Mexico)

112 Noor Azian Alias (Malaysia)
113 Mariana Mohammad (Malaysia)
114 Kimberley Yap (Malaysia)

115 Colleen Ang (Singapore)
116 Dinah Chan (Singapore)
117 Serene Lee (Singapore)

118 Maja Marukic (Croatia)

119 Kathryn Bertine (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

120 Valeria Teresita Muller (Argentina)

121 Marcia Fernandes Silva (Brazil)

122 Ariadna Tudel Cuberes (Andorra)

123 Tatiana Panina (Belarus)

 

[auscyclefan94]

I reckon Ruth corset will go well. Women's race will split up a fair bit.

 

[Jamsque]

Team GB is STACKED this year, the finish suits Cooke and Armitstead pretty well and Pooley is more than capable of breaking away on one of the climbs.

 

[theyoungest]

This final straight just has Marianne Vos written all over it.

 

[sublimit]

The Brit girls will kick everybody's *** with that team. Pooley will get away on the final climb and TT to victory.

And Longo for a top 5 position as usual.

 

[search]

And Longo for a top 5 position as usual.

there's a large feature about Longo in the RIDE world championship guide and she says that she is contentrating on time trials because road races were to dangerous and she wouldn't ride them anymore. Okay, now obviously she's on the start list but there's not that much to expect I think

 

[sublimit]

there's a large feature about Longo in the RIDE world championship guide and she says that she is contentrating on time trials because road races were to dangerous and she wouldn't ride them anymore. Okay, now obviously she's on the start list but there's not that much to expect I think

She's bluffing. I'll be amazed if she doesn't have a go for a top finish.

 

[Skip Madness]

I'd be amazed if Longo got top five. Can't see it at all.

South Africa should mix it up quite a bit and I think Carla Swart is a pretty dangerous outsider for a medal chance. It should really be a mix of classics riders and the tougher sprinters. Bronzini surprised me when she won the Muri Fermani, and although that wasn't an amazing field (or a particularly challenging course) it did demonstrate an ability to get over some tougher stuff. Teutenberg and Wild might not hang on in the climbs of the final lap or two, which makes the likes of Vos favourite. The Dutch team is amazing for a course like this.

I do hope there are lots of long range attacks, because good combinations with several teams represented could be a nightmare to close down. If a small group of (say) Andruk, Blaak, Patuzzo, Martin, De Vocht, Taylor etc. could be away with two or three laps to go then it'd be exciting.

One good thing for this year is I think most teams have a lot more contenders on this course then they did in the last few years. That should mean plenty of squads throwing lots of mud at the wall from early on. The downside is that with so many riders marked out then a lot of those attacks could be shutdown quickly. That's why getting groups with a few of the big nationalities represented would be better. On the other hand, even if attacks are shut down quickly, a lot of teams have so many potential threats that counter-attacks could be springing forth every single time.

 

[sublimit]

whats your top 5 then?

 

[Skip Madness]

I've been struggling to call a podium for this since it was announced, really. I have a proud tradition of appalling podium predictions in women's races so I'm slightly reticent to condemn anyone, although last year's road race was one of my more successful calls (I said Guderzo-Häusler-Vos). For me it's about how much the field breaks over the last couple of laps. I can see why some people are talking up Emma Pooley and the potential is there for her to do it, but I'd imagine we'll see between 20 and 30 riders contesting a sprint at the end. The question then is whether or not Bronzini/Leleivyte/Teutenberg/Becker/Evans are in that group. If they are then they can beat Vos/Wild, but I suspect most of them won't be. So I'll call:

(1) Vos (2) Johansson (3) Armitstead (4) Gunnewijk (5) De Vocht

That doesn't look quite right to me but it's the best I can come up with. Look for none of those to feature in the top five now. I went with Gunnewijk, but I could have replaced her with almost any of the Dutch squad.

 

[Moondance]

Vos FTW. The course seems almost tailor made for her, and the Dutch team should be strong enough to hold it together for her if necessary.

 

[ak-zaaf]

Vos FTW. The course seems almost tailor made for her, and the Dutch team should be strong enough to hold it together for her if necessary.

Against the British women?
It's like riding against the DDR =/

 

[Andy99]

Against the British women?
It's like riding against the DDR =/

Ha ha. Yeah it's impressive how British womens cycling has developed from the not so long ago time when Nicole had no team mates capable of riding at her own level.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Vos FTW. The course seems almost tailor made for her, and the Dutch team should be strong enough to hold it together for her if necessary.

Ina-Yoko Teutenberg, when asked if the Worlds might be 'Vos territory': "everywhere is Vos territory".

In a few years they may be putting the Worlds up the Mortirolo just to give somebody else a go.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

The problem is it's hard for Vos to actually win the Wc.H since that first win. They all ride on her wheel and never work with her in a lead group. And when she gets away solo, they all co-operate and get her back.
And ofcourse, being the only Dutch girl in the group doesn't help against, for instance, 2 Italian girls, which happened twice. Or opening up the sprint way too early, which happened once.
So, she'll again have a tough time winning and probably end up 2nd again.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

That does create an excellent opportunity for other Dutch girls though. It's happened more than once during the season that Annemiek van Vleuten has escaped and nobody is willing to do the donkey work to get her back because nobody wants to drag Vos to the finish and try to compete with a fresh Marianne in the last few km. Chantal Blaak and Loes Gunnewijk are both capable riders who could take advantage of this too.

 

[ingsve]

The only way to realistically stop Vos from winning anything she wants to win would be if she contracted an acute gamete infection that incapasitated her for a while.

 

[Anonymous]

I dont want to jinx the british girls but they do look really strong. Will be very interesting though to see how Nicole Cook works with them after her mugging in the nationals. Torn between wanting Emma to double up on world titles to add to her national, or Lizzie to get the world for working for Emma in the nationals. Not sure.

Its a tough race, but on paper they are the strongest team.

 

[Roland Rat]

I think this will be Lizzie Armistead's breakthrough ride. That's if Nicole Cooke's presence doesn't cause more problems than it's worth and she ends up handing it on a plate to a woman from another nation.

 

[Roland Rat]

I dont want to jinx the british girls but they do look really strong. Will be very interesting though to see how Nicole Cook works with them after her mugging in the nationals. Torn between wanting Emma to double up on world titles to add to her national, or Lizzie to get the world for working for Emma in the nationals. Not sure.

Its a tough race, but on paper they are the strongest team.

Tactically, it seems quite straightforward. Send Emma up the road on her usual solo job, have Nicole & A.N.Other monitor the breaks, and have Lizzie sitting in for the sprint. Then it's just down to who has the legs. Even Dave Brailsford couldn't muck this one up.

 

[Anonymous]

I think this will be Lizzie Armistead's breakthrough ride. That's if Nicole Cooke's presence doesn't cause more problems than it's worth and she ends up handing it on a plate to a woman from another nation.

Thats what Im worried about. Theres an I in Nicole. I just dont trust her not to work for herself.

 

[Anonymous]

And we're off.. bbc up and running as are all the feeds

 

[Spare Tyre]

2nd crash already.

This one on the first climb, and holding up a lot of the peloton.


Edit: Seems someone got caught up on the "feet" of the barriers due to the bunching of the peloton.

 

[Anonymous]

2nd crash already.

This one on the first climb, and holding up a lot of the peloton.


Edit: Seems someone got caught up on the "feet" of the barriers due to the bunching of the peloton.

very slow job by the service cars.. they need more neutral cars. :/

 

[Spare Tyre]

very slow job by the service cars.. they need more neutral cars. :/

They sure do. No one should have to rely on spectator help, like that poor woman from Singapore.