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World Championship Road Race

I know its not till Sunday but i might as wll get the ball rolling.

Described as a medium mountain stage its seems to fit the bill perfectly for Sagan however when you look at each lap of the course the first climb is about 4.5kms with a max gradient of 9% followed by a downhill section.

The sting in the tail is the little burst just 6kms before the end which is only 600 metres but rises to 16% then its downhill the whole way bar a 100m lump 2.5k from the end.

If someone gets away on the last 600m rise then its going to be hard bringing them back again.

If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.

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Alan Tullett | 11 years ago
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Only just seen the highlights on the iPlayer. Got 121 and 6th on the race with 6 scorers including the winner. First in the forum I think for both ITT (first 6) and road race. Pity I forgot about the TTT!

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enrique | 11 years ago
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So why is it again that a budget for this race can say 150.8 credits? I'm getting messages that I'm overbudget, but the balance is 0... It feels weird... Why does this happen again?  7

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ray silvester | 11 years ago
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Just settled on mine

Spartacus
Sagan
EBH
Hushovd
LuLu
Nordhaug
Degenkolb
Jurco
Tybor

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STEVESPRO 79 | 11 years ago
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I have gambled in my standard team by not picking Sagan or Cancellara...

GILBERT
HUSHOVD
GVA
KOLOBNEV
MARCZYNSKI
RUI COSTA
LULU
NORDHAUG
EBH

Slightly more conventional in my purist line-up...

P.SAGAN
J.SAGAN
CANCELLARA
EBH
KOLOBNEV
LULU
LOFKVIST
VOECKLER
KONOVALOVAS

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drheaton | 11 years ago
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Confirmation of why Tiernan-Locke withdrew.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/24321502

Appears that he had 'discrepancies' in his biological passport last September (no confirmation if it was during the Tour of Britain or not).

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drheaton | 11 years ago
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Break seems to be forming, seems to include Barta, Huzarski, Brandle and Chtioui.

Edit: Godoy the fifth man in the break. Sound like it's those five away for the time being.

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backflipbedlem | 11 years ago
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Standard

Sagan
Cancellara
Ulissi
Kolobnev
Rodriguez
Gilbert
Bagdonas
Cheung
Aadel

Purist

Sagan
Ulissi
Pinot
Gilbert
Cancellara
Moreno
Zoidl
Kononenko
Jurco

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TERatcliffe26 | 11 years ago
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Sagan
Gilbert
Ulissi
Nordhaug
Chertnetski
Voeckler
Gesink
Valverde
Jurco

Purist

Sagan
Gilbert
Degenkolb
Ulissi
Nordhaug
Riblon
Slagter
Da Costa
Jurco

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livestrongnick | 11 years ago
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Standard

Sagan
Martin
Valverde
GVA
Phinney
Barta
Hoogerland
Fischer
Veikkanen

Purist

JRod
Sagan
Quintana
Martin
GVA
Hoogerland
Cheung
Nordhuag
Konovalovas

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rcorbin | 11 years ago
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My team is

Sagan
Sagan
Jurco
Tybor
Valverde
LL Sanchez
Martinez
Cancellera
Gilbert

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Wig_Billy | 11 years ago
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Standard

Cancellara
Gilbert
Voeckler
Zoidl
Rogina
Scarponi
Kolobnev
Gesink
Costa

Purist

Cancellara
Gilbert
Voeckler
Zoidl
Rogina
JRod
Sagan
Howes
Pozzato

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backflipbedlem | 11 years ago
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Anyone got a live feed for this, or do we just have yo wait for BBC. Saw UCI had a feed but couldn't find it

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Philip Unwin | 11 years ago
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I think that crash took out Dan Martin

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backflipbedlem | 11 years ago
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Bloody flash player on my nexus. Time to update

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sm | 11 years ago
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Martin out. Bugger. Some big names falling. Phinney gone too. And Horner.

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sm | 11 years ago
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Roche gone. Going down like flies. TJVG down and out

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chiv30 | 11 years ago
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Std

Phil Gil
Spartacus
Thor
Sagan
EBH
Nordhaug
Tybor
Jurco
Zoidl

Purist

His Nibs
Froome
Horner
Pozzato
Marzcynski
Tommy V
Tybor
Jurco
Paterski

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backflipbedlem | 11 years ago
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That was exciting. unlucky Purito . gotta feel for nibs, good effort after crashing

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backflipbedlem | 11 years ago
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anyone got the top 20 results?

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Stumps | 11 years ago
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top 10

1 Rui Costa (Portugal) 7:25:44
2 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spain)
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spain) 0:00:16
4 Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) 0:00:16
5 Andriy Grivko (Ukraine) 0:00:31
6 Peter Sagan (Slovakia) 0:00:34
7 Simon Clarke (Australia) 0:00:34
8 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kazakhstan) 0:00:34
9 Philippe Gilbert (Belgium) 0:00:34
10 Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland) 0:00:34

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backflipbedlem | 11 years ago
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standard: 2,6,9,10
purist: 6,9,10,13

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Wig_Billy | 11 years ago
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Standard - 1,9,10,16.
Purist - 2,6,9,10,17.

Not bad.

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TERatcliffe26 | 11 years ago
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1. COSTA Rui Alberto Faria MOV 7h25'44" 400
2. RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquim KAT 240
3. VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro MOV 16" 210
4. NIBALI Vincenzo AST 16" 180
5. GRIVKO Andriy AST 31" 162
6. SAGAN Peter CAN 34" 144
7. CLARKE Simon OGE 34" 128
8. IGLINSKIY Maxim AST 34" 112
9. GILBERT Philippe BMC 34" 96
10. CANCELLARA Fabian RLT 34" 80
11. MOLLEMA Bauke BEL 34" 64
12. NORDHAUG Lars Petter BEL 34" 54
13. MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel KAT 34" 47
14. GESCHKE Simon ARG 34" 42
15. HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Luis SKY 34" 37
16. SCARPONI Michele LAM 34" 33
17. POZZATO Filippo LAM 01'05" 30
18. VICHOT Arthur FDJ 01'05" 27
19. PATERSKI Maciej CAN 01'05" 24
20. BOASSON HAGEN Edvald SKY 01'05" 22

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TERatcliffe26 | 11 years ago
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1st, 6th, 9th and 12th purist, 3rd, 6th, 9th and 12th standard, should be okish

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TERatcliffe26 | 11 years ago
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My last minute decision to swap out Pozzato for Ulissi cost me 4 points for both teams, but other than that not too bad

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Gkam84 | 11 years ago
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Crap day, glad I didn't have any GB riders in my team

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chrisdstripes | 11 years ago
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3,6,9,12 both teams. It could've gone much better - had Uran in purists and Dan Martin in std, and got up this morning to bring in Purito for Sagan but there was 20 seconds to the deadline and I didn't quite click through in time!
And Denifl punctured last lap - wouldn't have got much but I thought he might be a good pick for top 20 so its a shame I'll never know for sure how he would have finished.

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Wig_Billy | 11 years ago
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Voeckler last man home?

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livestrongnick | 11 years ago
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2,6 & 12 purist 3 & 6 + Barta standard

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teosheva | 11 years ago
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1-2-3-9 should be really good  16

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