deptfordmarmoset
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I never had you down as an optimist!
Anyhow, thanks Purito for bringing a bit of sunshine into the race!
World Cycling Championship Florence 22 - 29 September 2013
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Anyhow, thanks Purito for bringing a bit of sunshine into the race!
Strathlubnaig
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Good on Uran for getting on his back after that chute incroyable and finishing the race, chapeau. Brits take note. Also, Nibali had a crash and got up and kept on, nice one.
Dusty Bin
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It's a one-day race and the GB senior squad are all stage racers. And the only rider with any 'previous' in one-dayers is not a climber anyway.
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smutchin
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Out of interest, did anyone seriously believe Froome was a contender even before it started raining today?
I always took it with a pinch of salt whenever any GB rider talked about going for the Worlds. This seems to be the downside of greater media coverage of cycling, that riders and coaches seem to feel obliged to aim for every big race going, and I dare say linked to how people reacted with disappointment to Cav's finishing outside the top 20 in the Olympics road race.
Archie
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No, not really. Which made it inexplicable why Cavendish and Rowe were on the front of the peloton for the early part of the race. Can't see why it was GBs place to dictate the tempo.
Ironic that the commentary justification was it would keep the team out of crashes.
thom
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Rod Ellingworth has been talking to the press - he was not impressed. Articles in the broadsheets - here is an excerpt from the Daily Telegraph:
Asked if the team’s capitulation had been down to a lack of spirit, Ellingworth said: “Yes. I think it may be that simple. A lot of people were talking the talk beforehand and didn’t see it through. No excuses. Each and every one of them underperformed.”
Wiggins kept his own counsel but Geraint Thomas, the last of the team to abandon with five laps of the 16.6km Fiesole circuit left, said: “Maybe the whole Giro thing is still playing on Brad’s mind a bit. When it comes to fighting for position around corners and stuff, he just puts the brakes on too much and loses position. Once that’s happened, it’s hard to come back.”
Asked if the team’s capitulation had been down to a lack of spirit, Ellingworth said: “Yes. I think it may be that simple. A lot of people were talking the talk beforehand and didn’t see it through. No excuses. Each and every one of them underperformed.”
Wiggins kept his own counsel but Geraint Thomas, the last of the team to abandon with five laps of the 16.6km Fiesole circuit left, said: “Maybe the whole Giro thing is still playing on Brad’s mind a bit. When it comes to fighting for position around corners and stuff, he just puts the brakes on too much and loses position. Once that’s happened, it’s hard to come back.”
thom
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Thing is, once Cav was picked in the team, there wasn't much else he could have done and looked like he was contributing given the parcours. Maybe the GB team didn't have the guts not to pick him...
He must have been reading some of our comments on here Thom!
lukesdad
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Well take a leaf from the womens TT and don't feckin enter any of 'em.
Pedrosanchezo
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Get the feeling that they weren't united as a team. One must now seriously wonder is Froome and Wiggins can ride together effectively. Seems to be the case that they won't go that extra mile for each other. The result would likely feel like a leaderless team and in that respect it is no wonder they started dropping like flies.
All for one and one for all!!!
All for one and one for all!!!
Flying_Monkey
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I am surprised no-one predicted Rui Costa... again. He's been doing this all season, and he still seems to be able to fly under the radar. You think people (yes, including all of us) would have twigged by now. And Purito has been coming second all season too!
Agree that the British performance and direction was a disgrace. In those conditions, and for that length of race, they absolutely should have gone out to support a hard man like Stannard or, if he was in better form, Thomas, and supported them with dedicated, fit and hungry riders. Cav did his job as did Rowe. It wasn't worth even selecting Wiggins - we knew that already - and Froome is not really a useful support rider in this kind of race.
Agree that the British performance and direction was a disgrace. In those conditions, and for that length of race, they absolutely should have gone out to support a hard man like Stannard or, if he was in better form, Thomas, and supported them with dedicated, fit and hungry riders. Cav did his job as did Rowe. It wasn't worth even selecting Wiggins - we knew that already - and Froome is not really a useful support rider in this kind of race.
Noodley
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You could say that about a few riders tho; I suppose it's good to have open races where the winner can fly under the prediction radar as it means that we don't have a predictable procession.
you've got to unite around something - a plan.Get the feeling that they weren't united as a team. One must now seriously wonder is Froome and Wiggins can ride together effectively. Seems to be the case that they won't go that extra mile for each other. The result would likely feel like a leaderless team and in that respect it is no wonder they started dropping like flies.
All for one and one for all!!!
Would Froome have stood a chance in the dry?
