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

[Spare Tyre]

Peloton still bunched as they begin the first climb for the 2nd time.

I don't think anyone is off the front as yet.

 

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Ruth Corset, protected Aussie rider, has already had a bike change, and it seems she's expected to change back to the original bike. Signboard was held up by a soigneur "Bike change in 100m" ... things are different without the radios.

 

[Guttercat]

an acute gamete infection .

That's funny right there and shouldn't go unnoticed.


And thanks Aussie friends for the play by play. It's 8:30 pm here on the left coast in the US of A. No cycling coverage on TV tonight.

Edit to add: but I think I'm going to bed. So sleepy...

 

[Anonymous]

Brits looking good, all coming to the front on the climbs.. looks warm out there, lots of girls with unzipped tops

all the feeds are up http://www.procyclinglive.com

 

[Anonymous]

a spectator in a blue dress appeared to randomly collapse on the other side of that roundabout red buttton wont rewind :/

and somebody cant spell Spartacus.. if you are going to write on the road, spell it properly for crying out loud

 

[Guttercat]

Brits looking good, all coming to the front on the climbs.. looks warm out there, lots of girls with unzipped tops

all the feeds are up http://www.procyclinglive.com[/url[...live internet coverage for me, unfortunately.

 

[Spare Tyre]

Dim, it might just be you & me watching this, with most of our Euro friends asleep, no coverage in the US and most (all?) of the other Aussies watching the AFL grand final.

 

[Anonymous]

Dim, it might just be you & me watching this, with most of our Euro friends asleep, no coverage in the US and most (all?) of the other Aussies watching the AFL grand final.

And of course the belief of 90% of people around here that womens cycling is no better than a cat3 sunday crit

34kp/h for the first two laps, very gentle pace

 

[WonderLance]

I don't have high speed internet access where I live (where many people lack sufficient teeth and basic hygiene) so it's a no-go on live internet coverage for me, unfortunately.

Yeah, but where you live you can just go and watch it live.

 

[WonderLance]

And of course the belief of 90% of people around here that womens cycling is no better than a cat3 sunday crit

Im here. I like womens RR. It happens at a speed my brain can cope with

 

[Spare Tyre]

Big fat bunch crossing the line at the end of the 2nd lap.

 

[Anonymous]

and already the malasians been dropped, and the speeds not that high.. good to see them racing but clearly a long way out of their depth..

lap 3 started, pace starting to pick up a bit.

The service vehicle situation is awful, they need to get the sorted for tommorow or some big riders could lose out

 

[Guttercat]

Yeah, but where you live you can just go and watch it live.

I can?

Perhaps with a high powered telescope...in size Hubble.

 

[Guttercat]

, pace starting to pick up a bit.

I was going to say...34kph is just not that big. Sky what's the total length of this race?

 

[Anonymous]

I was going to say...34kph is just not that big. Sky what's the total length of this race?

8 laps, about 16k a lap..

attacks are starting. US attacked but shut down pretty quickly, now rider from south africa with a few others attacking on the cllimb.. about 7 riders got a bit of a gap.

Not much though, just about enough to thin the field out to single file

 

[Spare Tyre]

It's 127.2 km.

Edit to add: The women have been hitting 70kmh on the fast downhill. Yesterday the U23s averaged 80kmh and the fastest speed recorded was approx 90kmh.

Commentator (Dave Brailsford) suggesting everyone is nervous about the course and taking it easy in the early stages, like the U23s did yesterday.

 

[Anonymous]

gaps starting to appear, lead group of about 60 riders or so.. then a bit of a gap

three brits at least in the front group..

field split in two now, about 1/3 of the riders been dropped

 

[Spare Tyre]

All bunched again on 2nd climb.

 

[Anonymous]

Ive now spotted three misspellings on the road. Some people are so stupid.

 

[Spare Tyre]

Ive now spotted three misspellings on the road. Some people are so stupid.

Has someone referred to Evans as "Evens" ?

 

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The Italians make a move off the front. At last! Peloton strung ouot at the front now.

 

[Guttercat]

Thanks all for the updates/race statistics.

Your USA left coast forum-friend here however..is entirely unable to stay awake at this late hour for continued coverage. Dammit.

Goodnight and don't let the Funnel Webs bite.

Zzzzzzz...

 

[Anonymous]

Has someone referred to Evans as "Evens" ?

Ive spotted a sparticus, a cancelara, and a pinney

clueless

meanwhile pat mcquad is having a press conference while all this is going on. hes said no contador questions, so theyve asked him some, its been raised that if ac's stuff went to a different lab he wouldnt be pos, and paddy is being given hell for lying to german tv.
Oh and the worlds will remain in europe now till 2015.

 

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Katheryn Curi Mattis (US) off the front.

 

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Ive spotted a sparticus, a cancelara, and a pinney

clueless

meanwhile pat mcquad is having a press conference while all this is going on. hes said no contador questions, so theyve asked him some, its been raised that if ac's stuff went to a different lab he wouldnt be pos, and paddy is being given hell for lying to german tv.
Oh and the worlds will remain in europe now till 2015.

Sounds like an interesting press conference.

Edit: The coverage could do with better graphics - km to finish, time gaps etc