The Mall on Saturday.

[skyhuck]

The breakaway group did very,very well, I was expecting them to get caught.

 

Years ago I went to Goodwood to watch the world championship, a small group broke away, they got three quarters of a lap in front of the main group, if they had managed to lap them they would have won with ease, but they were slowly but surly hunted down by the pack and not one of the breakaway group was placed.

[skyhuck]

What a finish for Kazakhstan! Fantastic move. Shame the interview was so crap - why ask someone who can barely speak English what he though of everyone being "against Britain"? Typical British stuff - instead of being positive in congratulating the winners, we get all negative about the GB team!

 

I was very pleased for the winner, he broke his leg 2 years ago and nearly retired, he can now retire on a massive hight

[born2trot]

Ah well what a big disappointment

Had time to reflect and I'm thinking team GB tactically got it wrong today . They flung all their eggs into one basket and it backfired dramatically . Why did they not cover the breakaway ( it was no ordinary breakaway with top class cyclists in there ) by sticking someone like David Millar or Froome with them just in case ? Stannard i agree was heroic , teeth gritted pounding away , but it was in reality a very worrying sign , especially when Wiggins took over driving the front with well over 20kms still to go ... Cav must have known at that point it was all over .

But with every dark cloud theres a silver lining , that is Vinikourov who is probably the toughest man in the world ( apart from skyhucks dad )

I just love the guy and love Kazakhstans team Estana ( at least Pedros happy )

[likeitorlumpit]

Really enjoyed the race and feeling frustrated for team GB.

This sport and cycling is going to even more boom now. Eldest (looked like) competitor winning's good to see.