Originally Posted by
Bacciagalupe
So what you're saying is, you don't want Cavendish to win. Got it.
actually, this is the WC, not some 1 day classic - so it would be nice to have all elements of a road race in it, hills, technical and even potential for prevalent winds which might call for echeloning.
If a sprinter wins while having covered a serious road course, so be it.
Cav did win Mil-SanRemo on '09, which is certainly way more serious and technical than this course, and at 298 km, another 32 km longer...
This might be a juniors road course...
Anyone would be a fool to attempt any break before the last 50 k of this race. Which means we can almost be 90% certain that this will end in a mass sprint. Hardly the test of the World's best road racing cyclist.
This course should never have been awarded.
As for Cav, this is not pro team racing, it is national team, so it will be every man for himself - and himself better be ready to ride all 266 k, and then slice and dice with the rest, cause he ain;t breakin away. If he remembers how its done, he might have a chance. Otherwise it'll only be a nice day's ride in the flatlands for him.