Worlds - Who's your Money on

SwissToni

Worlds Champs Odds, What Ya think?

Peter Sagan 9/2
Yauheni Hutarovich 200/1
Nelson Oliveira 500/1
Mark Cavendish 9/2
Daniel Bennati 200/1
Ryan Anderson 500/1
Andre Greipel 9/2
Eduard Grosu 200/1
Alex Dowsett 500/1
Marcel Kittel 7/1
Sonny Colbrelli 200/1
Christopher Juul Jensen 500/1
Nacer Bouhanni 11/1
Adam Blythe 200/1
Matej Mohoric 500/1
Alexander Kristoff 14/1
Ramunas Navardauskas 200/1
Adrien Petit 500/1
Fernando Gaviria 16/1
Stephen Cummings 250/1
Kristoffer Skjerping 500/1
Tom Boonen 18/1
Silvan Dillier 250/1
Zakkari Dempster 500/1
Greg Van Avermaet 25/1
Jurgen Roelandts 300/1
Sergey Lagutin 500/1
Caleb Ewan 25/1
Bob Jungels 300/1
Jonas Ahlstrand 500/1
Dylan Groenewegen 33/1
Soren Kragh Andersen 300/1
Cyril Lemoine 500/1
John Degenkolb 33/1
Ben Swift 300/1
Carlos Barbero 500/1
Giacomo Nizzolo 33/1
Christophe Laporte 300/1
Borut Bozic 500/1
Arnaud Demare 33/1
Vasil Kiryienka 300/1
Grega Bole 500/1
Michael Matthews 50/1
Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg 300/1
Luke Rowe 500/1
Edvald Boasson Hagen 50/1
Mathew Hayman 325/1
Rigoberto Uran 500/1
Elia Viviani 50/1
Tony Martin 400/1
William Bonnet 500/1
Magnus Cort Nielsen 50/1
Daniel Oss 400/1
Dylan Van Baarle 500/1
Jens Debusschere 66/1
Jose Goncalves 400/1
Jens Keukeleire 500/1
Danny Van Poppel 66/1
Marc Sarreau 400/1
Maciej Bodnar 500/1
Niki Terpstra 66/1
Sven Erik Bystrom 400/1
Scott Thwaites 500/1
Luka Mezgec 80/1
Alexey Lutsenko 400/1
Koen De Kort 500/1
Heinrich Haussler 80/1
Michael Morkov 400/1
Francisco Ventoso 500/1
Sam Bennett 80/1
Matti Breschel 400/1
Geraint Thomas 500/1
Mark Renshaw 80/1
Rohan Dennis 400/1
Eugert Zhupa 500/1
Juan Jose Lobato 100/1
Guillaume Boivin 400/1
Daniel Teklehaymanot 500/1
Matteo Trentin 100/1
Jan Barta 400/1
Matthias Brandle 500/1
Sondre Holst Enger 125/1
Lars Ytting Bak 500/1
Youcef Reguigui 500/1
Lukasz Wisniowski 125/1
Tanel Kangert 500/1
Stefan Kung 500/1
Tom Dumoulin 150/1
Geoffrey Soupe 500/1
Jarlinson Pantano 500/1
Daniel McLay 150/1
Jacopo Guarnieri 500/1
Martin Elmiger 500/1
Jempy Drucker 150/1
Hugo Houle 500/1
Ryan Mullen 500/1
Alejandro Valverde 150/1
Ian Stannard 500/1
Marco Haller 500/1
Alexander Porsev 150/1
Yukiya Arashiro 500/1
Fabio Sabatini 500/1
Jasper Stuyven 150/1
Eduard Prades 500/1
Marcel Sieberg 500/1
Oliver Naesen 150/1
Dion Smith 500/1
Gregory Rast 500/1
Taylor Phinney 150/1
Fabricio Ferrari 500/1
Murilo Fischer 500/1
Maximiliano Richeze 150/1
Edwin Avila 500/1
Yohan Offredo 500/1
Patrick Bevin 200/1

Pudsy33

My actual money is on Gaviria and Boonen

godtabh

I know its mind games but has Sagan confirmed yet?

pelevin

Hard to look beyond Yauheni Hutarovich.

pelevin

Sam Bennett at 80/1 is genuinely attractive with his late season form.

spock.

Would love to see GVA do a Olympic - World's double

Pudsy33

pelevin wrote: »

Sam Bennett at 80/1 is genuinely attractive with his late season form.

As much as I love Bennett, and I have been impressed by him, he's mostly beaten nobodies. I hope I'm wrong but I can't see it.

SwissToni

Yea that Mark Cavendish chap he beat a couple of weeks ago in the Giro della Toscana isn't up to much.;)

petethedrummer

pelevin wrote: »

Hard to look beyond Yauheni Hutarovich.

Yep, first on stage 7 of La Tropicale Amissa Bongo earlier in the year. 135th in the Vuelta in 2010, 134th in 2014. Nice progression to his form there. Could peak for these worlds.

Pudsy33

SwissToni wrote: »

Yea that Mark Cavendish chap he beat a couple of weeks ago in the Giro della Toscana isn't up to much.;)

Fair enough, but the rest of the field was weak. I sincerely hope I'm wrong! The fact it'll be a hard race probably suits him though.

dastardly00

SwissToni wrote: »

Worlds Champs Odds, What Ya think?

What I'm still trying to figure out is what way is the list of riders in the OP sorted?

It's not alphabetical. It's not by size of the odds. It's puzzling me!

SwissToni

dastardly00 wrote: »

What I'm still trying to figure out is what way is the list of riders in the OP sorted?

It's not alphabetical. It's not by size of the odds. It's puzzling me!

Well I wasn't going to make it easy for ya, I wanted you to consider all the options *




*copy and paste fail 🙃

DominoDub

Just watched a replay of last years on Eurosport .. what a great race , I was once again shouting for SAGAN

Unless the WIND plays a big factor in this years race I don't see how we will see that type of excitement !

JK.BMC

Greipel. All the way.

9/2 for the 3 top favs then 7/1 bar in such a big field isn't the best of value. It's very much an event where in-running punting can bring rewards.

Hutarovich is also a previous Tour de France lanterne rouge winner; could heasily add a world's to that,?????

neris

Magnus Cort nielson could be an interesting wild card at 50:1 going on his 2 wins in the vuelta

Beasty

dastardly00 wrote: »

What I'm still trying to figure out is what way is the list of riders in the OP sorted?

It's not alphabetical. It's not by size of the odds. It's puzzling me!

It's Paddy Power's fault!

They are listing in 3 columns so you will see the 3 favourites are at 1, 4 and 7 above, with 4th favourite at 10 etc and Hutarovich top of column 2

nailik

Caleb Ewan at 25/1 could be worth a punt.

That said, I think Greipel is going to win.

dastardly00

Just a bit of fun... Cyclingnews website have a short quiz about the favourites for the Men's World RR.

How well do you know the likes of Sagan, Greipel, Kittel and... Hutarovich :pac:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/how-well-do-you-know-the-world-champion-favourites-quiz/

I scored 8 out of 12

Beasty

Sam's in to 50-1 - probably still worth an e/w bet.

pelevin

JK.BMC wrote: »

Hutarovich is also a previous Tour de France lanterne rouge winner; could heasily add a world's to that,?????

Don't see why not.

pelevin

petethedrummer wrote: »

Yep, first on stage 7 of La Tropicale Amissa Bongo earlier in the year. 135th in the Vuelta in 2010, 134th in 2014. Nice progression to his form there. Could peak for these worlds.

Hutarovich has the form all right. No denying that.

MPFGLB

I think Kristoff at 14/1 is a good bet ...Won alot in the desert in spring

If there are winds he could do well and the length will suit him

I think though the tempretaure of this race wil be the deciding factor...no shade whatsoever so maybe Matthews at 50/1 or even Gegenkolb at 33/1 maybe be worth an each way bet ?

I think either way it will come down to strong men as opposed to pure sprinters

Sagan maybe a bit weary

koutoubia

I think whoever manages to cope in the heat so maybe an Aussie - Caleb Ewan!
Just saw a clip of a crash in the womens TTT and the rider was clearly suffering in the heat.
Just seemed to ride straight into a kerb/barrier and was clearly not in a good state when she got back up. Very disorientated.

Thud

petethedrummer wrote: »

Yep, first on stage 7 of La Tropicale Amissa Bongo earlier in the year. 135th in the Vuelta in 2010, 134th in 2014. Nice progression to his form there. Could peak for these worlds.

Sky are likely to snap him up and turn him into a Tour contender with form like that, smart money is on him winning the TT in next years Tour

Rambling Man

Thud wrote: »

Sky are likely to snap him up and turn him into a Tour contender with form like that, smart money is on him winning the TT in next years Tour

Yeah, also I heard he has asthma, so it all points to an exciting future for the lad.

neris

just watched the orica backstage pass and barely anyone out watching. an utter joke of an event and a farce that the uci sent the worlds to an oven in the middle of a desert with zero cycling history.

pelevin

neris wrote: »

just watched the orica backstage pass and barely anyone out watching. an utter joke of an event and a farce that the uci sent the worlds to an oven in the middle of a desert with zero cycling history.

I think that was awarded to them in 2012 so chapeau to our man McQuaid for that.

neris

pelevin wrote: »

I think that was awarded to them in 2012 so chapeau to our man McQuaid for that.

he woulda been better giving it to china, at least they use bikes.

JK.BMC

Meanwhile, anybody got any official race cards and formbook for the camel racing? To be honest, that is probably the only viable form of competitive racing worth staging in Qatar. Not the mention the appalling treatment of children forced to ride the beasts. From here, it looks like a lego-land kip of a place.

Still think Greipel won't give a toss and take victory anyway. Then get outta dodge on the first helicopter

Finnrocco

I think Colbrelli - I know he's not a bunch galloper, but he is fast in a small group, and he is in good form.

I don't think the race will follow the script, the winds and heat could split it to pieces.

neris

https://twitter.com/faustocoppi60/status/786467418088452096

Eamonnator

I watched the U23 men's race, just now. I've seen bigger crowds at Mark Mullen league races.

neris

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXh8M-uotZ0

JK.BMC

Can anybody tell me where to watch the men's road race Sunday? Doesn't appear to be live in eurosport- and I know the rules about foreign illegal streams etc. Just wondering about terrestrial TV

neris

JK.BMC wrote: »

Can anybody tell me where to watch the men's road race Sunday? Doesn't appear to be live in eurosport- and I know the rules about foreign illegal streams etc. Just wondering about terrestrial TV

uci channel on youtube. its free and they show all events on there aswell. theres no ad breaks and the commentary get a bit dull to say the least but to be expected

Pudsy33

JK.BMC wrote: »

Can anybody tell me where to watch the men's road race Sunday? Doesn't appear to be live in eurosport- and I know the rules about foreign illegal streams etc. Just wondering about terrestrial TV

Usually on BBC as far as I'm aware

dastardly00

BBC2 from 2.30pm 'til 5.30pm.

manwithaplan

JK.BMC wrote: »

Can anybody tell me where to watch the men's road race Sunday?

There's plenty of room over there.

JK.BMC

dastardly00 wrote: »

BBC2 from 2.30pm 'til 5.30pm.

That's hardly LIVE is it? Unless it is being staged in the city under lights. At this stage nothing would surprise me with these Qatari folk. Do any of them actually own a bicycle?

dastardly00

JK.BMC wrote: »

That's hardly LIVE is it? Unless it is being staged in the city under lights. At this stage nothing would surprise me with these Qatari folk. Do any of them actually own a bicycle?

Apologies, you are correct. That won't be a live feed. It didn't dawn on me

According to the official schedule, the Men's Elite RR will be on from 10.30am to 4.35pm. That's local time, so it is due to finish at 2.35pm Irish time. SO I don't think there will be any live coverage on terrestrial TV (i.e. Eurosport/BBC).

So the only option as far as I can see is the UCI YouTube channel.

(Here is the list of all the TV broadcasters in various countries that are showing the World Championships)

dastardly00

Just throwing this in here...
The Men's Junior Road Race is starting this morning at 11.15am Irish time. It's 135 km around The Pearl and is due to finish around 2.30pm Irish time. There are three Irish riders taking part: Jake Gray (#147); Ronan Tuomey (#148); and Xeno Young (#149).

Are any of the lads handy in a sprint?

MPFGLB

We are calling kids Xeno in Ireland now ??

longshanks

MPFGLB wrote: »

We are calling kids Xeno in Ireland now ??

His parents are fans of warrior princesses and photocopiers.

Carawaystick

JK.BMC wrote: »

Can anybody tell me where to watch the men's road race Sunday? Doesn't appear to be live in eurosport- and I know the rules about foreign illegal streams etc. Just wondering about terrestrial TV

If you get the next flight and queue straight off the plane you should get a view from a barrier before the crowds arrive...

pelevin

Juniors Race live here on UCI's YT channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5xxvz2trZE

pelevin

Racing is full on, which is a nice reward for the spectator I saw 20 seconds ago. Good to see him out in force.

pelevin

Norwegian rider not having crashed in close to convulsions cos of presumably heat on side of the road. Not comfortable viewing.

pelevin

Weepsie wrote: »

Wasn't there a rider in another race who had convulsions or something due to heat?

Farcical place to have the event. Farcical part of the world to be having any major sporting event where the conditions are barely conducive to getting around properly.

Edit, Enzo Wouters collapsed from heat exhaustion.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/u23-rider-wouters-recovered-after-collapsing-in-heat-at-worlds-in-doha/

In a way they can count this Worlds a success if they got out of there without anyone dying.

dastardly00

Less than 7km left in the Men's Junior race

pelevin

Exciting finish.

dastardly00

Chapeau to the winner. Hopefully the Men's Elite race is as exciting.