posted Sep 29, 2008

Plan C to the rescue!

The Italians did a great job, and whether the “move” of Bettini was planned or accidental - it worked! The fact is too many riders were focussed on him, and it cost them. And any complaints that “star” riders may have are unwarranted because the world championships road race should never be about providing an armchair ride for a sprinter, and generally the courses rightly don’t cater for such a thing to happen. By way of proof the Madrid race Boonen won has already been deleted from my grey matter hard drive – anyone else remember anything notable of this race?

And Russell Downing does deserve a mention. He showed he was up to staying with the best of world, unlike so many other international trade team riders. Sometimes talent goes unrecognised....

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posted Sep 29, 2008

This was brilliant tactics - Ballan goes for broke, Cunego and Rebellin follow in the wheels. If Ballan makes it ok, if they catch him on the line the other two go for it. Once they had 3 in that final group an italian was always going to win. Fantastic race.

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posted Sep 29, 2008

great stuff by Pfannberger ! pity he did not manage to make it onto the podium ....

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posted Sep 29, 2008

<Stevo's predos - re Oscar Freire in a tight sprint (see 1320). So that's one less Boonen will need to worry about.>

Ouch GS... That hurt. I know im not on a roll at the moment with predictions, but at least that was a possible one.

Read like it was a great race, not seen any coverage yet though. Congratz to Ballan

Goodbye Bettini :,[

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posted Sep 29, 2008

Are you Stevo?
I did add a winking smiley with the original post, it was all said in jest. I was following the premier league live text at the same time, so I'm still fully supportive of Stevo. Don't worry lad, you'll get 'em right one of these days!

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posted Oct 1, 2008

comment by omgidbi (U8078647)
"And Russell Downing does deserve a mention. He showed he was up to staying with the best of world, unlike so many other international trade team riders. Sometimes talent goes unrecognised...."

Fair enough.
Russell Downing performed so well against so many other international trade team riders, that maybe British Cycling should build a road race team around him...

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posted Oct 2, 2008

Jophine - you missed the point, and seem to be on a mission to seek ambiguity in my every post.

That said, in this particular instance, would that (supporting RD) have been the wrong thing to do?

Hindsight is a wonderful thing though, and if we both had it and i can tell you the following. Your 5 picks for the race would have been better, and my picks would have been chosen to lose to you! In doing so perhaps such unnecessary antogonism could have been avoided.

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posted Oct 2, 2008

i forgot the smiley (and the big air kisses).....

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posted Oct 3, 2008

"Jophine - you missed the point"

You had a point?

It was...?

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posted Oct 4, 2008

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