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He's only got a three man team.
But... four HTC riders are riding for Germany, for Andrea Greipel.
If Cav can stick to Greipel's wheel then he'll just have the usual lead out he has for every race!
If he can do the distance.
If a break doesn't go away.
But that's the gamble!
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By the way, Hippy - Mick Matthews is an awesome rider.
Congrats!
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What happened? What happened?
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Just seen it. Poor Nicole. She's having a shitty time of it lately.
Check out the awesome result for Lizzie Armistead though! Nnith for such a young 'un.
I was gonna put a tenner on Vos to win. Glad I didn't...
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Good man!
(gulp!)
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It's going to come down to a tactical battle between the teams who want it to end in a sprint, like Spain, Germany, Norway and the British team, and those that don't, such as Belgium, Italy and Luxembourg. The unknown, for me at least, is what the Aussies plan to do, i.e. do they want a sprint for Allan Davis, who'd get beaten by the likes of Freire, Cavendish and Hushovd 49 times out of 50, or are they hoping to get the likes of Gerrans and Evans into breaks?
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It's going to come down to a tactical battle between the teams who want it to end in a sprint, like Spain, Germany, Norway and the British team, and those that don't, such as Belgium, Italy and Luxembourg. The unknown, for me at least, is what the Aussies plan to do, i.e. do they want a sprint for Allan Davis, who'd get beaten by the likes of Freire, Cavendish and Hushovd 49 times out of 50, or are they hoping to get the likes of Gerrans and Evans into breaks?
Totally.
I've not been this giddy for a Worlds in ages!
Evans is going to pull rank in my opinion, and Davis is the back up plan.
Problem is, if Evans or Gilbert get in a break then the peloton will go batshit to pull it back.
Also, no-one is going to try a break until 3 laps to go, not on that course.
It'll be a classic style ending (war of attrition, whittling down a group of 30 or so)
or a sprint.
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I think the Italians will make it a hard race, so they'll sacrifice someone by firing them up the road early, then watching other teams chase. The worlds is unlike any other race in that you have riders in teams based on their country of birth competing against riders who normally are their team mates in trade teams. This invariably leads to alliances and, I hope, treachery.
If a break goes often it stays away if the mix is the right one in terms of both countries and trade teams. The Varese race in 2008 saw a large break go with 70 kms or so still to go and all the major nations were happy with the composition so it was the race winning move.
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Big break.
Bollocks.
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To be fair, the advice was sound!
Greipel joined the break because he knew he wouldn't win the sprint against Cav, and it ended in a sprint.
The problem was Cav not thinking the peleton could draw back such a big break, and climbing off his fucking bike! If he'd kept his cool and stayed with the peleton then the money would have been in the bank. I bet you anything he's kicking himself.
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Well played Hushovd, but Gilbert and Evans are the moral victors.
'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.
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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.
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'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.
Their tactics were spot on, neither had any chance in a bunch sprint so they worked hard to try and prevent that from happening, sadly to no avail.
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Anyone watching?
I still fancy Cavendish for this, to the point I've actually put a bet on.
Unibet are offering 21/1 at the mo, and giving £20 to new customers.
£10 of my money plus £20 of theirs = £630 if Cavendish wins!
Go on.
Have a tickle.