Worlds Apeldoorn

[ak-zaaf]

Woohoo!

 

[Ferminal]

What events are on that day (night)?

 

[ak-zaaf]

What events are on that day (night)?

14:00 - 17:10

W - Individual pursuit Qualifying 45
M - Omnium I Flying lap 35
W - Sprint 200m t.t. (24) Qualifying 35
M - Omnium II Points race 30 km 45
W - Sprint 1/16 Final 30

18:30 - 22:10

W - Sprint 1/8 Final 20
M - Sprint 1/2 Final 1st heat 10
W - Sprint Rep. 1/8 5
M - Sprint 1/2 Final 2nd heat 10
M - Points race 40km Final 45
W - Sprint 1/4 Final (1st) 14
M - Sprint 1/2 Final ( 3rd i.r. ) 5
M - Points race 40km Award ceremony 10
W - Sprint 1/4 Final (2nd) 15
M - Sprint Finals 3-4 & 1-2 (1st ) 10
W - Individual pursuit Finals 3-4 & 1-2 15
W - Sprint 1/4 Final ( 3rd i.r. ) 5
M - Sprint Finals 3-4 & 1-2 (2nd) 10
W - Individual pursuit Award ceremony 10
W - Sprint 5th to 8th places 5
M - Sprint Finals 3-4 & 1-2 ( 3rd i.r. ) 5
M - Omnium III Elimination 15
M - Sprint Award ceremony 10

 

[Big_Blue_Dave]

I'll see you there Ak-Zaaf, are you only doing the one day or will you be making it to other sesions?

 

[ak-zaaf]

I'll see you there Ak-Zaaf, are you only doing the one day or will you be making it to other sesions?

I will only be able to go on friday =/

Still a small chance we'll be able to go on sunday, but by the time we'll know that it'll prolly be sold out.

 

[Big_Blue_Dave]

I will only be able to go on friday =/

Still a small chance we'll be able to go on sunday, but by the time we'll know that it'll prolly be sold out.

I'll be honest, if its anything like Copenhagen last year you will get tickets on the door and be able to stretch out as much as you want. The only full session was the night of the Madison.

 

[Anonymous]

I'll see you there Ak-Zaaf, are you only doing the one day or will you be making it to other sesions?

and are you going to the monkey zoo

 

[AntonioRossi]

if I still lived in Holland, I would so goo.
Only lived like 40 mins from there..
Have fun guys!

 

[Big_Blue_Dave]

and are you going to the monkey zoo

Its closed till April apparently, but as i'll pass it on a daily basis if it is actually open then yes i'll be going to my second home.

 

[Mellow Velo]

I'll be honest, if its anything like Copenhagen last year you will get tickets on the door and be able to stretch out as much as you want. The only full session was the night of the Madison.

My sister and brother in law are going. They were sorted for 3 days worth of tickets, but wanted to stay for the whole show.
Bottom line: According to them, there are no decent 3-day, or 5-day passes left. Almost all the main session best seats are completely sold out.
One of the sessions had only 21 seats still for sale.
I guess Holland ain't Denmark.

 

[ak-zaaf]

My sister and brother in law are going. They were sorted for 3 days worth of tickets, but wanted to stay for the whole show.
Bottom line: According to them, there are no decent 3-day, or 5-day passes left. Almost all the main session best seats are completely sold out.
One of the sessions had only 21 seats still for sale.
I guess Holland ain't Denmark.

There's a lot of love over here.
According to my colleagues who live there, Apeldoorn is already dressed up with giant bikes on traffic island and announcements all over town.

 

[Big_Blue_Dave]

There's a lot of love over here.
According to my colleagues who live there, Apeldoorn is already dressed up with giant bikes on traffic island and announcements all over town.

I've been following them on Facebook and it looks fantastic, can't wait to get there now.

 

[FeralMetal]

My wife and I have 5 day passes but we will not be going on the Sunday, if anybody wants them for Sunday they are welcome to them.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Stuck with the tv and PC, this time around.

For those of us who want to watch the world champions, from next Wednesday, the UCI have supplied a list of broadcasters and are currently filling in their various schedules.

http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/g...bjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=Njc2MTY&LangId=1

UK has weekday evening coverage from both BBC (red button) and Eurosport.

US has coverage via the net on Univeral sports.

Unless the Dutch know otherwise, there doesn't appear to be live coverage of the morning sessions, other than a probable twitter feed or two.

 

[Ferminal]

So no coverage of the daytime/qualifying races?

Race programme:

http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/g...bjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=NjYzMjI&LangId=1

Start lists for each event is confirmed tonight, I think.

 

[Sasquatch]

NZ and Australia will battle for the gold in the TP with Australia winning it comfortably.

Yes I believe NZ will knock out England. These Kiwis have improved big time in 12 months and I'm not sure where England are.

Granted that England have 3 of the same riders from last year as well as NZ, but Bewley, Sergent, Latham and Ryan look to be a slightly better team than Clancy, Kennaugh, Burke and Tennant.

I know it was close between England and Australia in the final last year and Australia are only missing Meyer from that squad and have Durbridge has his replacement. Pretty solid replacement IMO!

 

[Ferminal]

If that's the case... it will be fun watching the Kiwis self-destruct in the final like they did in Delhi. I don't really think that will happen again though.

Interesting that Meyer is now doing the Scratch, even though he apparently pulled out of the TP to improve his chances in the Points. Will probably be "favourite" for it given there's no Rasmussen.

 

[Sasquatch]

I think Meyer knows Durbridge is a solid replacement for him in the TP thus he doesn't really care about it because he probably believes they will win.

I can see Meyer getting gold in the scratch, points and Madison. I was surprised he left the scratch off. Haven't looked at the start list, but he is a good chance there.

 

[Ferminal]

Yeh yesterday I was wondering who was doing the Scratch, I guessed it might have been Howard (if he wasn't going to do the TP), but Meyer is a sensible pick.

I can't find a start list, but it will be similar to last year I guess. I like Viviani's chances.

 

[Sasquatch]

At the fence

130 BLAHA Martin CZE
158 KNEISKY Morgan FRA
191 MATZKA Ralf GER
69 MEYER Cameron AUS
36 RATAJCZYK Rafal POL
27 VIVIANI Elia ITA
258 STROETINGA Wim NED
315 MARGUET Tristan SUI
124 URAN ARROYAVE Carlos Alberto COL
234 KUPESHOV Berik KAZ

At the blue band

28 MORI Kazuhiro JPN
24 KWOK Ho Ting HKG
320 BOONRATANATHANAKORN Turakit THA
80 MUELLER Andreas AUT
102 MANSILLA Cristopher CHI
43 LEA Bobby USA
170 HARRISON Samuel GBR
142 ELORRIAGA ZUBIAUR Unai ESP
300 SAVITSKIY Ivan RUS
82 COCQUYT Nicky BEL
243 AMRAN Muhd Arfy Qhairant MAS

 

[Sasquatch]

Interesting that Meares isn't doing the time trial.

 

[pmsc111]

Disappointing entry for the 500tt. World record holder Krupeckaite, Meares & Pendleton all missing. Thanks to the UCI for not supporting the event.

Hopefully the kilo will be better, despite the UCI's lack of support, with Mulder so close to breaking the minute.

 

[Mellow Velo]

Disappointing entry for the 500tt. World record holder Krupeckaite, Meares & Pendleton all missing. Thanks to the UCI for not supporting the event.

I'm not complaining. Go Becky!

1 233 NAKAGAWA Ryoko JPN
2 249 GAXIOLA GONZALEZ Luz Daniela MEX
3 208 KOUTSONIKOLI Angeliki GRE
4 310 STRELTSOVA Olga RUS
5 176 JAMES Rebecca Angharad GBR
6 128 GUERRA RODRIGUEZ Lisandra CUB
7 247 MUSTAPA Fatehah MAS
8 235 KIM Won Gyeong KOR
9 213 LEE Wai Sze HKG
10 201 WELTE Miriam GER
11 164 CLAIR Sandie FRA
12 264 KANIS Willy NED
13 92 PANARINA Olga BLR

Panarina and Clair, I'd guess.
Have we got ant live info links for the morning sessions?

 

[Roland Rat]

Team pursuit qualifying:

Aus: 4-00.168
Russia: 4-00.965
GB: 4-02.764

Clancy shouldn't have ridden by the sounds of things, but that was a fantastic performance by Russia. Hard not to bet against Aus for the gold though.

 

[Ferminal]

Russia, really?

Hard to see Australia getting pushed to 3:55/56 now.