Road World Championship 2010

[Skip Madness]

Profile for tomorrow's women's ITT:

And the start list:

Verónica Leal (Mexico)
Kimberley Yap (Malaysia)
Chanpeng Nontasin (Thailand)
Kathryn Bertine (St Kitts and Nevis)
Lesya Kalitovska (Ukraine)
Valeria Muller (Argentina)
Mariana Mohammad (Malaysia)
Tatiana Panina (Belarus)
Yelena Antonova (Kazakhstan)
Dinah Chan (Singapore)
Svitlana Galyuk (Ukraine)
Patricia Schwager (Switzerland)
Shara Gillow (Australia)
Tara Whitten (Canada)
Grace Verbeke (Belgium)
Doris Schweizer (Switzerland)
Rosa Bravo (Spain)
Monrudee Chapookham (Thailand)
Evelyn Stevens (United States)
Melissa Holt (New Zealand)
Emma Johansson (Sweden)
Katazina Sosna (Lithuania)
Tatiana Guderzo (Italy)
Anne Samplonius (Canada)
Charlotte Becker (Germany)
Belen López (Spain)
Jeannie Longo (France)
Vicki Whitelaw (Australia)
Tatiana Antoshina (Russia)
Emilia Fahlin (Sweden)
Emma Pooley (Great Britain)
Noemi Cantele (Italy)
Regina Bruins (Netherlands)
Amber Neben (United States)
Olga Zabelinskaya (Russia)
Linda Villumsen (New Zealand)
Alexis Rhodes (Australia)
Judith Arndt (Germany)

Embarrass yourselves me with your predictions, comrades:

(1) Arndt (2) Whitelaw (3) Neben

Looking forward to this, if not the early start. 0550-0810 on the BBC red button, or some time in the afternoon on Eurosport.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

With that course, Pooley had got to be in with a shot - I am being hopeful with 1. Pooley, 2. Neben, 3. Arndt.

 

[dmoan]

I'll go for Pooley, Whitten, Longo*

For the men's race, I have a sneaking feeling that Filippo Pozzato might just pull this one off for the Italians ...



*what the hell - I've got a thing for mad Jeannie!

 

[zacklaws]

Cav talks himself up...

http://www.cyclingne...pionship-rivals

The guy's complex, perhaps even damaged. I read it as mind games but perhaps he's genuine. Perhaps he's not the sharpest tool in the box, and just perhaps he doesn't see the irony in what he says.

It looks like Cav's had a rethink:-

http://www.melbourne...-display&id=635


He should have gone onto Bikeroute toaster or Bikehike and plotted the course beforehand like us mere mortals

 

[BigSteev]

Whitelaw - Arndt - Pooley

 

[raindog]

Phinney takes the under 23s as expected. Dowsett was matching his time but rolled a tub off his rear rim. Slap on the wrist for his mechanic.

1 Taylor Phinney (United States Of America) 0:42:50.29 2 Luke Durbridge (Australia) 0:00:01.90 3 Marcel Kittel (Germany) 0:00:24.01 4 Nélson Oliveira (Portugal) 0:00:27.96 5 Rohan Dennis (Australia) 0:00:46.87

 

[BigSteev]

2 out of 3 ain't bad!

Woop!

 

[raindog]

Pooley takes the ladies TT.
Fantastic Jeannie Longo in 5th - she's almost 52!!

1 Emma Pooley (Great Britain) 0:32:48.44
2 Judith Arndt (Germany) 0:33:03.61
3 Linda Melanie Villumsen (New Zealand) 0:33:04.24
4 Amber Neben (United States Of America) 0:33:26.10
5 Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (France) 0:33:32.38

 

[BigSteev]

Love Emma's Cérvelo earrings.

 

[Skip Madness]

Awesome stuff there. No question mark for me over whether or not she was the rider of the season already, but what a lovely little cherry to plonk on the top. The most impressive thing was the time she continued to take out in the second half of the course. Disappointed with Whitelaw, pleasantly surprised by Longo.

Can't wait for Saturday morning now.

And yes, I noticed those Cervélo earrings!

 

[rich p]

Well done to Pooley indeed.
Did GB only have one entrant in this?

 

[Skip Madness]

Yeah - Emma Trott was down to ride initially I think but for one reason or another didn't make it in the end.

 

[Genman]

Pooley takes the ladies TT.
Fantastic Jeannie Longo in 5th - she's almost 52!!

1 Emma Pooley (Great Britain) 0:32:48.44
2 Judith Arndt (Germany) 0:33:03.61
3 Linda Melanie Villumsen (New Zealand) 0:33:04.24
4 Amber Neben (United States Of America) 0:33:26.10
5 Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (France) 0:33:32.38

Pooley's win wasn't all plain sailing apparently.


http://tinyurl.com/37kwwob

 

[raindog]

Pooley's win wasn't all plain sailing apparently.

Yes, that was mentioned on CN during the race.
On another note, she praised the fact that team radios are banned this year "You just have to go out and race flat out" or words to that effect.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Woo-hoo for Pooley! Bad luck for Dowsett though I suspect Phinney would have taken it anyway.