Ponferrada 2014 World Championships, Sep. 21st-28th

[Libertine Seguros]

Evrytime I watch a womens race it is boring, perhaps its a jinx, for the sake of the rest of you I will switch the TV off now and watch the twitter feed.

Sorry for the intervention.

Perhaps that they're showing right from the beginning doesn't help either. Like how the 2012 Vuelta was seen as a great race from the TV coverage when they were only showing the last 90 mins a day, if they'd shown 3 hours of it, nothing would have happened for the first 2/3 of that every day.

If they have a really good final 25km it could still be a good race, but we have had to sit through a lot of nothing happening to get there.

 

[TheGreenMonkey]

Blaak not Vos in the lead group. Blaak without a transponder.

 

[burning]

Mad props to Naylan for attacking again, even though she's probably cooked to climb with the group.

 

[TheGreenMonkey]

Is Stevens in the second group?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Quintet off the front include Netherlands, Italy and Germany so the pressure on Armitstead.

And Kasia's there!

 

[TheGreenMonkey]

All back together

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Niewiadoma, Lichtenberg, Blaak, Neylan, Ratto.

I hope they stay away, I like all 5 of them. But they won't.

 

[SafeBet]

Italy is indeed riding for Bronzini, it seems.

 

[Fearless Greg Lemond]

Perhaps that they're showing right from the beginning doesn't help either. Like how the 2012 Vuelta was seen as a great race from the TV coverage when they were only showing the last 90 mins a day, if they'd shown 3 hours of it, nothing would have happened for the first 2/3 of that every day.

If they have a really good final 25km it could still be a good race, but we have had to sit through a lot of nothing happening to get there.

Youre right, as usual.

I turned it back on, you are warned

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Giorgia's still in the bunch...

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Youre right, as usual.

I turned it back on, you are warned

Except that I forgot Fuente Dé. It would have been garbage for the first 2 hours of every day except one.

 

[TheGreenMonkey]

Stevens trying to force a selection, Vos looking strong

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Evie Stevie! Big move, that.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Second group now catching back up to the first as Vos has to do the work to pull Evie back.

Group is getting more sizable now.

 

[mr. tibbs]

Evie Stevie! Big move, that.

Is there a feed?

 

[TheGreenMonkey]

Worrack trying hard to break it up but she is just not strong enough

 

[Fearless Greg Lemond]

Vos is a fox, quelle surprise.

 

[burning]

I hope that somebody will go thermonuclear on the last climb.

 

[Red Rick]

Nobody can get a gap, nobody goes for broke, pretty boring

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Worrack attacking again and again, and van Dijk, and Niewiadoma is really, really impressing, joining groups and being constantly alert to the moves. And Chantal Blaak. It's like there hasn't been a move she hasn't been part of.

 

[MotorRouleur]

That corner at the bottom of the first descent, crossing over the dam is tight. Between of the rock cliff and the perpendicular angle of the dam, the road designers had little room. The corner seems to begin with a one radius, then finishes with a tighter one. The experienced pro men won't have a problem (even if wet), because this course can easily be memorized.

 

[Red Rick]

Women´s cycling would have a lot of action if Vos wouldn´t be there

 

[postmanhat]

I hope that somebody will go thermonuclear on the last climb.

Hopefully Armistead.

Can't see her winning otherwise with such a large field left, and relatively easy racing

 

[BigMac]

Group sprint? ****.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Johansson the one to go!