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

[Carlo Algatrensig]

The Brits rode really well, Pooley chasing everything but Cooke threw the win away in the end. She needed to look round at least once in the last 500 metres but didnt.. Still these things happen.

I've just finished watching it and was thinking that if she'd gone with about 350m to go I don't think they'd have caught her but as you say these things happen.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Deadset Bronzini looks like a man. But congratulations to her anyway.

Caster Semanya all over again?

 

[Anonymous]

disspointing, expect more from the brits sadly. Think they put their eggs in the wrong basket, pooley looked so strong an attack on the climbs might have been better. Cooke, well i think she just got it wrong, shouldnt have let up. Lizzie was pretty anonymous.

 

[sublimit]

I've just finished watching it and was thinking that if she'd gone with about 350m to go I don't think they'd have caught her but as you say these things happen.

I'd say Cooke and Pooley had the best legs of anybody in race but yeah, congratulations to the Italian for winning.

Maybe another lap or 2 would of helped sort out the best riders from the hangers on.

 

[auscyclefan94]

disspointing, expect more from the brits sadly. Think they put their eggs in the wrong basket, pooley looked so strong an attack on the climbs might have been better. Cooke, well i think she just got it wrong, shouldnt have let up. Lizzie was pretty anonymous.

Cooke has had a bad season hasn't she? I have only seen the last km but when did Cooke and Arndt get away?

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

cooke was quite strong, she went away a couple times in the last lap or two. They went away right after the final climb.

No one wanted to go to the finish with vos in the group, attacks were constant, it is the same in so many races for her.

 

[jens_attacks]

whats so funny you little italian guy?
now seriously,why elisa basso didnt become a pro?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Caster Semanya all over again?

Not really. It's not like she has a man's figure and everything, she's just quite a butch-looking woman. She's been competing and winning for years and won the Worlds points race on the track a few years ago.

now seriously,why elisa basso didnt become a pro?

Because obviously there's more money in selling drugs.

I see we're going with the 'women cyclists are ugly' joke. Why don't you ask female cycling fans how many of them fancy Cadel Evans, Emanuele Sella, Michael Rasmussen or José Rujano? There's some seriously goofy looking guys making it in the pro ranks, but some that are quite attractive. The same goes for the women.

 

[sublimit]

whats so funny you little italian guy?
now seriously,why elisa basso didnt become a pro?

I don't reckon any 3 of them will be getting jobs as podium girls any time soon.

 

[L'arriviste]

Feel bad for Vos. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride.

But I was amazed that she's only 23 - seems like she's been around forever - so she has still plenty of time to redress the balance. Especially since the ladies seem to peak older.

 

[ak-zaaf]

Feel bad for Vos. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride.

But I was amazed that she's only 23 - seems like she's been around forever - so she has still plenty of time to redress the balance. Especially since the ladies seem to peak older.

If she quits now she has a palmares most can only dream of.
World champ at juniores and pro's on the road, 3 World titles in cyclo cross, 1 Word title on the track, Olympic gold on the track....

At 23, baffling.

 

[hrotha]

I had to stop watching right after the finish and now I'm surprised to see Vos actually on the podium.

 

[sublimit]

Vos is a one trick pony, she has a lot of horsepower but she didnt do anything apart from sit on during the whole race, and then got burned off by somebody I have never heard of after Nicole Cooke blundered.

Another silver to her collection so maybe riding a tad more aggressive next time up could be better.

 

[Curls_21]

whats so funny you little italian guy?

ohhh I get it because she has short hair and a athletes body she must be a man

But of course the first thing the ladies should think about about after cycling 127km is what they look like and how their hair and make up is; I'm surprised they don't employee professionals to ensure they are podium ready.

 

[Skip Madness]

Vos is a one trick pony

Not usually the first phrase that comes to mind when I think of Marianne Vos.

she has a lot of horsepower but she didnt do anything apart from sit on during the whole race, and then got burned off by somebody I have never heard of after Nicole Cooke blundered.

You've never heard of her? She can't be that good then!

And to those making childish remarks, it would be nice to talk about women's cycling. If you care about how they look there's a babes on bikes thread where you can get your rocks off to your heart's content.

 

[theyoungest]

Vos is a one trick pony, she has a lot of horsepower but she didnt do anything apart from sit on during the whole race, and then got burned off by somebody I have never heard of after Nicole Cooke blundered.

Another silver to her collection so maybe riding a tad more aggressive next time up could be better.

I'd suggest you watch Vos race a little more often.

 

[Anonymous]

Cooke has had a bad season hasn't she? I have only seen the last km but when did Cooke and Arndt get away?

To be fair to her, she doesnt really have a team

To be honest, I dont have much time for her. Something about her, Cant put my finger on it.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Vos is a one trick pony, she has a lot of horsepower but she didnt do anything apart from sit on during the whole race, and then got burned off by somebody I have never heard of after Nicole Cooke blundered.

Another silver to her collection so maybe riding a tad more aggressive next time up could be better.

Dude, last year she attacked too much and gave away the gold. Quite normal that a year later she doesn't want to make the same mistake.

So not exactly a one trick pony. Check your facts before you type, thanks

 

[Torrrr]

To be fair to her, she doesnt really have a team

To be honest, I dont have much time for her. Something about her, Cant put my finger on it.

Yeah, something that just stops me from getting too excited about Cooke as well.

Thought Pooley looked so strong on the climbs and real easy, pulling away with half the effort of all the other girls, then riding 2nd wheel and marking every move after that. As someone else already said, climbs just too far from the finish for her - disappointing.

Catherine Williamson did a great ride too.

Just my tuppence worth...

Well done Bronzini.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Vos is a one trick pony, she has a lot of horsepower but she didnt do anything apart from sit on during the whole race, and then got burned off by somebody I have never heard of after Nicole Cooke blundered.

Another silver to her collection so maybe riding a tad more aggressive next time up could be better.

Bronzini has won four stages and a young rider's jersey at the Giro Donne, the Ronde van Drenthe, the Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt, the GP Liberazione twice, the Giro di Friuli, the GP Dottignies, four stages of the Giro della Toscana, two stages of the Giro del Trentino, three stages and the GC of the Tour of Qatar, five stages of the Trophée d'Or, a stage of the Route de France, five stages of the Tour of Prince Edward Island, two stages of the Tour of Poland and three stages of the Dookola Polski (predecessor of the former), before today's victory in the Worlds.

That's just on the road.

On the track, she's a three-time national and one-time World champion in the points race, and a one-time national champion in the scratch race too. She's won six World Cup points race events, and twice won the World Cup overall.

Put it this way - that she had the pedigree to win today is pretty damn obvious. This isn't a win out of nowhere, this is one of the elite sprinters of women's cycling. That you'd never heard of her says more about you and the state of the promotion of women's cycling than it does about Giorgia Bronzini.

And considering what you said about Vos not being aggressive enough, The group that contested the win had 24 riders in it (including Cooke and Arndt), plus a further 12 that went off the back when their work was done (the gap between 36th and 37th is nearly six minutes). When they went past intermediate checkpoints the top 25-30 kept coming up and Bronzini's name never appeared. She hid at the back of that bunch throughout, nobody even knew she was there. When she was on the back wheel of Vos and Johansson in the final straight, that was the first time in the race she'd even been mentioned.

 

[auscyclefan94]

I'd suggest you watch Vos race a little more often.

Well i think she neds to realise that people are goin to wheel suck her and take advantage of her power like they did in the sprint. She could waited a bit later and then launch her sprint or come over the top of someone else.

 

[stefrees]

I thought pooley was strongest rider, but never really looked like winning

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

Well i think she neds to realise that people are goin to wheel suck her and take advantage of her power like they did in the sprint. She could waited a bit later and then launch her sprint or come over the top of someone else.

it was clear if she didn't make the effort to bridge to the front two, it was a race for 3rd. She had to go early. In the end she couldn't hold the pace (about 50 to go)

 

[Jamsque]

I was literally shouting at my TV for Nicole to go in the last 500m. Agonising to watch as a British fan, although great to see such a strong team obviously.