World Championship Road Race 2010

Is Geelong really as much a massive shit hole as it looked on the telly?

yeah it's a terrible place... beaches, parks, countryside... horrible.

'Moral' victors? Its a race and their tactics were way off the mark. Evans put all his effort into towing kolobnev and the dutch guy back and the rest of the break were happy to just sit in. As for the main field, australia had plenty of decent domestiques but no one capable of taking the win - which sums up the majority of australian riders. Cadel had the legs but wasted them.

While we're on the subject. The course was dull, winding around some dull as dishwater housing estate in the middle of nowhere. No one turned up to watch, hardly. All round epic fail for australia, really.

wow, someone has had his "whingeing cunt" pills. the crowds were 4-5 deep much of the way around the course (ie the hills and near the finish), which was tough and challenging, up and down and gave opportunities for breakaways, sprinters, or classics riders (if they took them) in perfect conditions (16 degrees, sunshine and light breeze) for cycling. you could've picked a more scenic course around Melbourne, but it wasn't bad for racing on.

i know a lot of people who went to watch and they all had a great day.

oh and the Australian team were active all day and finished with a medal. none of the British riders finished. "epic fail" indeed.