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2012 Worlds

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  • September 12, 2012 at 7:26 am #16805
    Stumps

    Whilst its still a week away from the TT just wondering what peoples thoughts are about the races and can Cav defend his road race title 😕

    Its a big ask but you never know !

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  • September 12, 2012 at 10:18 am #700183
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    TERatcliffe26

    For the TT my orginal draft
    For the TT my orginal draft involves taking a risk

    Ive left out Martin basically in favour of having what could/should be much stronger set of DS’s, especially with an apparant lack of form and the hilly nature of the course

    Anyone else thinking this?

    As for the road race im thinking of either of these combos 😕 Gilbert/valverde or Boonen/Rodriguez

    September 12, 2012 at 9:08 am #700181
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    livestrongnick

    No not this year
    Already
    No not this year 👿

    Already decided that i more than likely won’t be picking out and out sprinters, just all the punchy all rounders. 😉

    As for the 4/5 split, i hope so too, especially when it comes to the TT 🙂

    September 12, 2012 at 8:59 am #700179
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    Stumps

    Checked the route profile and
    Checked the route profile and your probably right. Looks like a good old Gilbert / Boonen / Gerrans type of route but any sprinters still there at the last 2km will fancy their chances.

    If you look at the official site it has the profile and climbs 5 + 6, although not steep are long enough to shell a few out of the back if the hammer goes down, personally i think thats where it will be lost by the sprinters.

    September 12, 2012 at 7:39 am #700177
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    drheaton

    In a word… ‘Probably
    In a word… ‘Probably not’.

    I expect the Aussies, French and Spanish in particular to push the pace and break as many sprinters as they can (including Boonen) before the summit of the final climb.

    Nobody really expects a sprint finish and very few ‘proper sprinters’ are likely to make it to one anyway so I don’t think that’ll be Plan A for many countries.

    What I’d like to know is, is the 4/5 split going to be in place because I’d quite like to pick about 6 stars for this race.

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