Road World Championships (Spoilers)

[HF2300]

Team GB long list just announced:

Men’s elite road race – eight places qualified
Steve Cummings
Alex Dowsett
Andy Fenn
Chris Froome
Pete Kennaugh
David Millar
Luke Rowe
Ian Stannard
Ben Swift
Geraint Thomas
Scott Thwaites
Sir Bradley Wiggins
Adam Yates
Simon Yates

Men’s elite time trial – two places qualified
Alex Dowsett
Steve Cummings
Geraint Thomas
Sir Bradley Wiggins

Women’s elite road race – six places qualified
Lizzie Armitstead
Alice Barnes
Hannah Barnes
Anna Christian
Lucy Coldwell
Lucy Garner
Nikki Harris
Annie Last
Sharon Laws

U23 men’s road race – five places qualified
Hugh Carthy
Scott Davies
Owain Doull
Tao Geoghegan Hart
Dan McLay
Tom Moses
Dan Pearson
Alex Peters

U23 men’s time trial
Scott Davies
Jon Dibben

Junior men’s road race
Gabriel Cullaigh
Nathan Draper
Matt Gibson
James Shaw
Steve Williams

Junior men’s time trial
Matt Gibson

Junior women’s road race
Megan Barker
Grace Garner
Beth Hayward
Mel Lowther

Junior women’s time trial
Grace Garner
Mel Lowther

 

[rich p]

Tough call on who to add to Wiggins for the TT.
Cummings has beaten Dowsett recently, Thomas was on fine form post TdF and beat Dowsett in the Nationals. Dowsett is a TT specialist.
Wiggins won't do the RR will he? Or maybe he will if Froome doesn't!

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

I'd be minded to maximise the number of non-SKY riders

 

[Basil.B]

Where is Cav then?

 

[themosquitoking]

At home i reckon, it's late.

 

[tug benson]

Heard froome saying in a interview last week that the route suits ben swift the best

 

[400bhp]

Cancellara not doing the TT apparently.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Heard froome saying in a interview last week that the route suits ben swift the best

If Froome says so, it must be true. The best of a few people that Froome knows, of SKY riders, of GB team or of the world?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Where is Cav then?

Where is he now, never mind then?

 

[rich p]

Where is he now, never mind then?

Opted out apparently

 

[The Couch]

Cancellara is not participating in the ITT, to focus completely on the road race

 

[rich p]

Cancellara is not participating in the ITT, to focus completely on the road race

That's Swiss for, "I know I have no chance of beating Tony Martin"

 

[SWSteve]

Odd there is no women's itt long list. The statement from BC was also a bit rubbish as well.

Can anyone beat Tony Martin? And why is Wiggo a shoo in compared to Dowsett the national TT champion?

 

[Louch]

Wiggins won this years tt ?

 

[rich p]

Odd there is no women's itt long list. The statement from BC was also a bit rubbish as well.

Can anyone beat Tony Martin? And why is Wiggo a shoo in compared to Dowsett the national TT champion?

No, Tony Martin is a cert but I haven't even seen the parcours. Is it pan flat?
Dowsett is pretty average in ITTs these days and Wiggins is national champ, and probably nearest to TM in world terms assuming he's trained properly. Cummings has TTed better than Dowsett recently

<edit> Just read this...
The 36.15 kilometre long TTT course for the elite women features only one climb with a maximum gradient of 10%. The men's elite race is 57,10 kilometre long and includes two short climbs. The majority of the course is flat..
TM FTW