Worlds Copenhagen 2011

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

My only prediction I'm 100% certain of

Women RR
1.
2. Vos
3.

wouldn't be the woman rr without vos just missing out.

There go Holland's chances...

kind of you - or delusional - to consider holland a chance before this.

 

[Eric8-A]

Sorry for that picture being small. I would say it's elevation of about 20-25 meters. And it's about 300 metres long (since car in video climbed it in 15 seconds while driving very slowly). These numbers say it's steeper than 6% so you can safely rule out pure sprinters.

Is that enough of a springboard for a rider like Gilbert? Or someone to put in an attack to ruin it for the sprinters?

 

[Descender]

wouldn't be the woman rr without vos just missing out.



kind of you - or delusional - to consider holland a chance before this.

I was being sarcastic...

 

[Descender]

That slope is definitely steeper than 4%.

 

[Thomsena]

That slope is definitely steeper than 4%.

It's not. You can't trust a picture like that.

From a different angle..

Looks even more immense here.

It is about the 4% that has been stated many times.

 

[Thomsena]

This is what you actually get..

 

[Eric8-A]

It's not. You can't trust a picture like that.

From a different angle..

Looks even more immense here.

It is about the 4% that has been stated many times.

That does look steeper. Any shots from the side?

 

[royalpig180]

Are those pictures of where the finish line is? Seems like a really random location for the finish.

 

[El Pistolero]

wouldn't be the woman rr without vos just missing out.



kind of you - or delusional - to consider holland a chance before this.

Who's the coach of Holland? By looking at the Dutch team you'd think they were riding a Mountainous one day race. Kruiswijk as replacement for Gesink. That's hilarious.

 

[PCutter]

Gee, this "is it 3% or is it 4%" discussion for the last 10 pages is quite exciting. For what its worth, Podium Cafe have posted a video from Copenhagen which includes footage of a race finish on the same road - though can presume this race may not have been as aggressive as you'd expect the worlds to be.

http://www.podiumcafe.com/2011/9/18/2432659/copenhagen-worlds-sprinters-course-right

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Who's the coach of Holland? By looking at the Dutch team you'd think they were riding a Mountainous one day race. Kruiswijk as replacement for Gesink. That's hilarious.

Leo van Vliet, ex-cyclist and organiser of the amstel gold race. I think all those Amstels have damaged his brain severely though. He has never said anything sense full about cycling as far as I remember the past 10 years. Apart from kicking in open doors.

 

[El Pistolero]

Leo van Vliet, ex-cyclist and organiser of the amstel gold race. I think all those Amstels have damaged his brain severely though. He has never said anything sense full about cycling as far as I remember the past 10 years. Apart from kicking in open doors.

Probably still in shock from the fact that Boonen marked his daughter

 

[badboyberty]

Anyone know why Ventoso wasn't selected for Spain? I don't know how he'd handle the distance but I would have thought he'd have been a handy rider to have in a tough sprint.

 

[Sasquatch]

How about the U23 ITT?

I guess Durbride is the overwhelming favorite, with Hepburn his biggest rival.
Then we've got Quaade and Paillot, and next Mammini, Jungels, Krasilnikau, Novak, Laengen, Dumoulin and guys like Silvestre and Gawronski, though they won't be competing for the title.

Anyone I forgot? There's probably some I don't know that much about.

My guess:

1. Durbridge
2. Hepburn
3. Quaade
4. Paillot

Probably;

Durbridge
Quaade
Craddock

 

[Eric8-A]

Anyone know why Ventoso wasn't selected for Spain? I don't know how he'd handle the distance but I would have thought he'd have been a handy rider to have in a tough sprint.

Shouldn't JJ Rojas be a just as good if he's on the Spanish team?

 

[More Strides than Rides]

It's not. You can't trust a picture like that.

From a different angle..

Looks even more immense here.

It is about the 4% that has been stated many times.

Agreed. We all have to familiar with the illusion of an immense looking slope from the top of an opposite hill. The perspective of looking at the hill from above (and for the picture, 2D) distorts it to the heavy side

Either way, 1% difference of opinion over 500m isn't the difference between the Poggio and the Zoncolon. The riders who survive 16 laps of that hill will survive a 17th.

 

[Tuarts]

Sorry for that picture being small. I would say it's elevation of about 20-25 meters. And it's about 300 metres long (since car in video climbed it in 15 seconds while driving very slowly). These numbers say it's steeper than 6% so you can safely rule out pure sprinters.

You take a picture from the site but you don't care to read what the info next to it says? Look:

http://www.danskebjerge.dk/artikler-vmruten3-en.htm

Why are people still squabbling about this?

Also Ventoso - said months ago that he's finished his Season.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

You take a picture from the site but you don't care to read what the info next to it says? Look:

http://www.danskebjerge.dk/artikler-vmruten3-en.htm

Why are people still squabbling about this?

Also Ventoso - said months ago that he's finished his Season.

People need to accept that it isn't gonna be an explosive route. I still expect a good day of racing, WC even with average routes are unpredicatable.

 

[blaxland]

People need to accept that it isn't gonna be an explosive route. I still expect a good day of racing, WC even with average routes are unpredicatable.

Spot on Timmy...I still think this race will be for strong/smart riders who can handle the distance.

 

[theyoungest]

Probably still in shock from the fact that Boonen marked his daughter

No, his daughter keeps him in business. She's ****ed most of the important cyclists, which gives him a unique negotiating position for the Amstel Curacao Race.

 

[auscyclefan94]

I'll make a prediction, Australia will fall flat on their faces in the World RR for the Elite Men.

 

[Ferminal]

That's ambitious of you ACF

Team should be working for O'Grady tbh.

Apparently Goss was in the break yesterday (which O'Grady and Jorgensen survived from) but got dropped.

http://www.cyclismactu.net/news-gp-d-isbergues-jorgensen-dejoue-les-pronostics-19348.html

 

[just some guy]

Emma Johansson

And take Marianne Vos (best on all terrain by far this year) rather than Cooke (definitely hasn't been in form this year).

I agree..........

 

[Tuarts]

I'll make a prediction, Australia will fall flat on their faces in the World RR for the Elite Men.

Hi Anthony Tan!

 

[theyoungest]

I'll make a prediction, Australia will fall flat on their faces in the World RR for the Elite Men.

Because Evans isn't there?