seppomadness

What the hell is King Gee doing???

Rogers in a friggin canter...he is burning inside.

marqueemoon

Do team tactics come into play at all in this race? I've never had a chance to actually watch it.

Duke of Kent

Watch a video of the 2006 version. Or, specifically, the last 2k or so. That should answer your question pretty well.

ed073

2002 in Zolder as well. Raced to perfection by the Italians and aussies....but there's only one arc en ciel given out....

Or 1996 Lugano for an example of the more traditional azzuri implosion.

patentcad

Ryanf.

Namenda

Is Zabel starting? Surely, no national bias is being shown when the Germans choose which suspected and/or proven dopers to bar from "their" race.

botto 

yep, he's starting.

the organizers definitely know how to put together a clusterf***

seppomadness

Is anyone covering it on the net (live feed)?

YMCA

Sure, until he finds his way into a 4 man move w/ Valverde forcing him to lead out! ('06 Worlds)

Sanchez's only hope is to not have Freire or Valverde in the final move. Otherwise it's pacing time and then drifting back into obscurity.

cmh

Has the race started yet? Cyclingnews doesn't have a live report going yet - anyone know who does?

botto 

they had a budget cut and couldn't hire a psychic this year, so you'll have to wait until they actually do the race on sunday.

fly:yes/land:no

the botto is right. there aren't any races today. tomorrow and sunday are the road races.

cmh

Bah. I skimmed the cyclingnews worlds preview and saw this line "The road races kick off on Friday, after a day of rest." I didn't read on to where they say Friday is the rest day and races start Saturday. Too bad. I like following the live feed while I'm at work, but I won't sit around on a Saturday morning to read about a race on my computer.

botto 

considering that it will be the womens race, i don't blame you.

DocRay

It's unlikely Bettini will even race. The Germans want real testing and blood samples or they will pull the support.

UT_Dude

I pick.... Whoever botto picks. Then, he can't make fun of my pick.

frischtr

Good approach...

patentcad

So DR, are there any top pro racers who you consider clean? Or is it guilty until convicted by sloppy lab work that would get laughed out of any legitimate courtroom?

roadwarrior

...and that's why, for serious racing discussion from people that actually have raced real races, not around parking lots for a half hour, there are other forums...

Lithuania

why do you bother wasting your time here if we are all just worthless noobs?

roadwarrior

For laughs...and I don't frequent the racing forum very often. Except when I am bored.

roadwarrior

Absolutely. And it's really difficult when you've got top cycling countries where there are multiple riders who could pull off the win. No egos there....

botto 

good call.

looks like we'll see more of this.

UT_Dude

Argh. Not happy with that result. At all.

botto 

you'll get over it.