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

[Spare Tyre]

Looks like 2 Swiss riders have retired, Schwager & someone else.

Edit: Schweizer

 

[Spare Tyre]

Curi Mattis 1' 32" ahead of peloton. Chasers Samplonious and Carretta about 50 seconds behind.

Things stretching out a bit.

Edit: Women now hitting approx 80kmh on the downhill.

 

[Spare Tyre]

Peloton has now picked up the two chasers.

Pooley close to the front.

 

[Spare Tyre]

Fabian Cancellara tweeted:

There is the woman race in geelong and on the same time the grand final in melbourne. I am watching gr.final.... Go for St.Kilda.

At least he is barracking for the right team.

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Apparently about 20 riders have already abandoned (at roughly mid point of race).

Edit: And apparently everyone else has gone to bed or switched over to the footy.

 

[redtreviso]

Why doesn't the defending WC wear the rainbow jersey?

 

[Spare Tyre]

just beginning first climb for the 5th time (I think).

Curi Mattis approx 2'30" in front.

Shara Gillow (Aus) attacked. Now about 6 riders off the front, but not by much.

 

[Spare Tyre]

Why doesn't the defending WC wear the rainbow jersey?

I don't know. Maybe their "reign" ends at the beginning of the Worlds.

 

[Guttercat]

Fabian Cancellara tweeted:



At least he is barracking for the right team.

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Apparently about 20 riders have already abandoned (at roughly mid point of race).

Edit: And apparently everyone else has gone to bed or switched over to the footy.

Lol! Fabian knows tweeting/commenting about the women's race will appeal to his adoring female fanbase.


And now I AM (for real) headed to bed (10 pm on Fri night here, and I'm old).

 

[Ferminal]

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.

Someone changed "Richie" to "Bichie"

 

[Spare Tyre]

Peloton now down to about 60-70 riders.

Curi Mattis still about 2' 30" advantage.

Edit: Leader of the race just through the end of lap 5 ... 3 to go.

 

[BroDeal]

Someone changed "Richie" to "Bichie"

Sounds like someone has a new nickname.

 

[Spare Tyre]

Someone changed "Richie" to "Bichie"

Any idea what that is about?

 

[Spare Tyre]

Curi Mattis nearly 3' in front of peloton now.

Just approaching the first climb again.

 

[Spare Tyre]

Still maybe 40 riders in the lead group. All the big names, of course. Slowly reeling Curi Mattis in.

Just over 35km to go.

Edit: Soon to pass through the start/finish line again.

Dutch on the front, brought the lead down to about 90 secs.

 

[Spare Tyre]

So far the race is very much like yesterday's U23 race.

Teutenberg & Longo now dropped a little off the back.

Edit: Curi Mattis now 38" in front of lead group.

 

[Spare Tyre]

First climb for the 7th time.

Italian rider attacks, followed closely by Pooley.

Edit: Pooley race leader now

Now a bunch of 6 or 7 in front.

 

[LukeSchmid]

Pooley has blown it apart

 

[Spare Tyre]

The fast downhill

1 Tatiana Guderzo (Italy, defending champion) off the front.

Two splits but might come back together on 2nd climb.

Edit: Jeannie Longo on the back of the group

Cantele making a bit of a move on the 2nd climb

 

[Ferminal]

Any idea what that is about?

Just sounds like local Geelong creativity at work.

 

[LukeSchmid]

Seems to have all come back together again.

 

[LukeSchmid]

Antonshina now 10s of the front of the peleton

 

[Spare Tyre]

Must be close to the point where the bell rings to signal final lap.

But I wouldn't know because the ad breaks go for ages.

 

[Tuarts]

People might want to put acf on ignore for tonight. The Bogans are going to be celebrating now that the Maggies are winning the GF. Centrelinks and TABs around Melbourne are breaking out in partys as we speak!

 

[Spare Tyre]

People might want to put acf on ignore for tonight. The Bogans are going to be celebrating now that the Maggies are winning the GF. Centrelinks and TABs around Melbourne are breaking out in partys as we speak!

Are they? Goddamn them.

Edit: Thanks for the warning

 

[Ferminal]

Yeh I've turned it off... Now I can watch ads on Ten.