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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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anyone got the top 20 results?
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
standard: 2,6,9,10
purist: 6,9,10,13
Standard - 1,9,10,16.
Purist - 2,6,9,10,17.
Not bad.
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
1st, 6th, 9th and 12th purist, 3rd, 6th, 9th and 12th standard, should be okish
My last minute decision to swap out Pozzato for Ulissi cost me 4 points for both teams, but other than that not too bad
Crap day, glad I didn't have any GB riders in my team
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.
Voeckler last man home?
2,6 & 12 purist 3 & 6 + Barta standard
At the moment but I think a few will come in 30 mins down
1-2-3-9 should be really good
i shud think so dude, prob take it all with that
Anyone got a full result? Just waiting on 11-20 and last man before scores go up.
6,9,10,12,20 std
Just his nibs for my purist .....oh well
I think they would have probably climbed off a lap early if they were that far behind.
There's this - http://static.sportresult.com/federations/uci/CR2013/
but it might not be complete.
Voeckler last man! You have go and beat me again!
Someone had 1,2,3 anyway so they will win I think
I just want the Lanterne Rouge badges.
Ok then, scores updating. I got a disappointing 53 and 41.
I was very close to picking Costa because today looked a bit like the stages he won in the Tour but I thought he was too expensive at 26 credits or whatever he cost, oh well...
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and not too much else 
I'd love to know what poor Purito said to Rui Costa when he bridged across!
Looked to me as they were both trying to work for Valverde, but he was too far behind and they said, lets have at it
Rui Costa was working for no one those last few kms. Really wanted Purito to take it, and not just cos he was in my team.
A few riders got points even though they didn't finish the race.
Not too far off, well done me. But of course none of those I picked were in that group.
Which riders, no rider should score if they didn't finish, but that's upto Dr to do
I was nowhere near (!) picking Costa and Joaquim was way (!) down on my list of Top 20 on the stage... That (!) was a surprise (!)...
My fault, I'd part completed the scores mid-race with breakaway points for Chtioui, Brandle and Godoy who all then dropped out. I also missed that Cardoso (Portugal) DNF'd and therefore shouldn't have gotten team points for Costa winning.
Scores are updating as I type.
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!
Good shout!
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