Posted by: ram« on: May 22, 2012, 17:56 »You mean you knew and you didn't log it in the Man Down thread?!?!My mistake. Hasn't Cav already got the gobsh*te hormone, along with every other top rider? Posted by: DinZ« on: May 21, 2012, 23:24 »I'd have liked a little more coverage on this race - luckily the Norwegian cycling sites are pretty comprehensive but coverage on English language sites has been really weak. yeah i have had to make do with twitter updates during stages. it is amazing to compare the reports / information available in english between this, tour of japan and An Post Ras Posted by: brassyn« on: May 21, 2012, 20:59 »I'd have liked a little more coverage on this race - luckily the Norwegian cycling sites are pretty comprehensive but coverage on English language sites has been really weak.
Really chuffed for Russ Downing bagging a stage win. Posted by: Dim« on: May 21, 2012, 20:16 »Yeh, at the moment we have 3 riders with world tour points, so would go in with the very bare minimum. To be honest this year I dont think GB will be concerned. Last year they needed to build as much of a train as they could, this year realistically they only have a handful of riders who could do well at the worlds, Wiggins, Stannard, Thomas, Millar, maybe Hunt and Tiernen Locke as extras.
Likely the 6 will look something like Stannard, Thomas, Millar, Hunt, Cummings, Kennaugh. Cant see much beyond that. Wiggins will do the TT and the TTT. They may even leave Thomas out of the RR and put Swift or someone in if the TTT is a focus for Sky. Posted by: Fus87« on: May 21, 2012, 19:59 »Points in the Continental Tours count inasmuch as countries not qualified via the WorldTour can obtain up to 6 starters via the relevant Continental Tour. If Britain is high up (1-7 or so) in the Europe Tour nations ranking in mid-August (after taking out the countries already qualified via a top-10 in the WorldTour), they will qualify 6 riders for the Worlds. Additional riders could be spread if small countries with few riders are in the WorldTour top-10 (you only get as many places from there as you have ranked riders).
Sounds confusing? It is. In short, Britain should get 6 starters for the Worlds courtesy of Endura winning all those points. If Cavendish wins a whole lot of stages and Wiggins does well in the Tour, Britain may even be in the WorldTour top-10 at the deadline for Worlds qualification... However, it's far from certain that there will be 9 British riders with WorldTour points at that time, in which you would only get the number of riders ranked. Posted by: sublimit« on: May 21, 2012, 17:53 » Nice win for Russel, doesn't JTL's points in the Euro tour standings count toward Worlds qualification?
If they dont we are fucked this year. Posted by: Capt_Cavman« on: May 21, 2012, 13:40 »Aye, it was in Lincoln, would've been crazy if he recovered from that.You mean you knew and you didn't log it in the Man Down thread?!?! What's next? Cavendish gets done for Human Gobshite Hormone and nobody bothers to put it in the doping section? Posted by: Capt_Cavman« on: May 21, 2012, 13:21 »Not a Worlds course that GB will be competitive on regardless of how big the squad is (except JTL of course).Got to be in it to win it, as annoying people tend to say. Even so, we need to get bodies on the startline to get the experience even if victory this year is unlikely. Posted by: ram« on: May 21, 2012, 13:20 »Aye, it was in Lincoln, would've been crazy if he recovered from that.
Posted by: Capt_Cavman« on: May 21, 2012, 13:18 »was JTL riding in Norway? i saw his name on the startlist. Did he do anything?No, he didn't race, broken Collarbone apparently, possibly at the Lincoln GP. According to the Endura website, he's only raced 4 days since pulling out of the Coppi e Bartali in mid March. He's not down to race again until Route du Sud - la Dépêche du Midi from the 14th June. Posted by: DinZ« on: May 21, 2012, 12:43 »Nice
 Posted by: benotti69« on: May 20, 2012, 20:32 »Not a Worlds course that GB will be competitive on regardless of how big the squad is (except JTL of course). was JTL riding in Norway? i saw his name on the startlist. Did he do anything? Posted by: Jamsque« on: May 20, 2012, 19:48 »Not a Worlds course that GB will be competitive on regardless of how big the squad is (except JTL of course).
Posted by: Dim« on: May 20, 2012, 17:23 »nah, not world tour..
Think the olympics will screw up gb's words squad.. Wiggins, Cavendish and Thomas have picked up points, but Kennaugh and Swift done nothing and not likely to unless they ride Poland and Eneco. Posted by: Capt_Cavman« on: May 20, 2012, 17:19 »Brilliant for Russ. How about the GC?Also, does this count towards GB's points for the worlds? Posted by: Dim« on: May 20, 2012, 16:04 »That gives Eddy victory.. and white, and points, and the team classification
The final Sprint ToN 12-5 Posted by: ram« on: May 20, 2012, 15:48 »Brilliant for Russ. How about the GC?
Posted by: kanari« on: May 20, 2012, 15:45 »top 10, stage 5
1 DOWNING Russel Endura Racing 2 CLARKE Simon Orica – GreenEdge 3 VAN DER SANDE Tosh Lotto-Belisol Team 4 DEMPSTER Zakkari Endura Racing 5 KREDER Raymond Garmin-Barracuda 6 BOASSON HAGEN Edvald Sky Procycling 7 VAN ASBROECK Tom Topsport Vlaanderen 8 ISTA Kevyn Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda`s 9 SISKEVICIUS Evaldas La Pomme Marseille 10 COLLI Daniele Team Type 1 Posted by: DinZ« on: May 20, 2012, 12:03 »Break of 6 have 2.30
De La Fuente (Caja), Kostyuk (Lampre); Voss (Endrua), Skujins (La Pomme), Reihs (Christina) and Neyens (Lotto) Posted by: kanari« on: May 19, 2012, 23:28 »Well, it was just because you said this: Ahhh... Was supposed to be Clarke, Firsanov and EBH, I guess my fanboyism got the best of me...  GC: |
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