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Titolo: Womens Worlds RR, Live Report

Womens Worlds Road Race, Live Report...
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Bruce

 Bruce
Slugfest, riders are breaking away, left and right!
09:47 CEST
The riders are now on the second climb of the course, where there are a lot
of names and countries' names painted on the road. Some flags are being
waved, as a French rider is currently leading the bunch.
09:52 CEST
Johanna Buick (New Zealand) is also at the back, while Siobhan Dervan
(Ireland) is really struggling.
As Australia's Oenone Wood is winning this year's World Cup, the Aussie team
will be working for her if its comes to a sprint but its likely they will
throw Olivia Gollan and Sara carrigan into breaks if they can.
09:56 CEST
Annette Beutler (Switzerland) is now at the front, with Katleen Vermeiren
(Belgium) on her wheel. The speed is still high and the bunch is stretching
out.
And we have the first attack in this race: it's Elodie Touffet (France), who
jumped away when riding out of a right hand corner.
09:58 CEST
Touffet's got a small gap there, as the road is slightly uphill. The bunch
is getting organised for the chase.
10:00 CEST
They've got her back. Nina Ovcharenco (Ukraine) and Katheryn Curi (United
States Of America) are now sitting in front.
10:02 CEST
Bettina Kuhn (Switzerland) is now trying to get away, but the girls are
taking care of her too.
10:06 CEST    42km/84km to go
The pack is now crossing the finish line after the second lap. Four laps to
go after 1.04.48.

 
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Interesting...
10:27 CEST
The sun is out now, as the next attack goes: Modesta Vzesniauskaite
(Lithuania) tries on a false flat drag but gets Luise Keller (Germany)
clinging on her wheel.
The Polikevicuite twins haven't been seen much this year and while it was
thought that they were retiring... but both are excellent teammates for
Lithuania.
10:31 CEST
Annette Beutler (Switzerland) is now leading the bunch again, with Keller
watching her.
The peloton is split at times, as some of the women have trouble holding on
on the uphill parts. It all comes back together again once the terrain is
flat or downhill, but one can sense that it might only a matter of time
until the race falls apart.
10:34 CEST
The race comes down the Plaza de Castilla - and now the pack is really
strung out...

 
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10:48 CEST    70km/56km to go
Emma Pooley (Great Britain) has crashed as things are really getting
underway in front. She's still laying on the ground, talking to the race
officials but not daring to move.
10:50 CEST
Pooley is being taken away in an ambulance. It looked bad but the fact that
she's conscious is a good sign.
Ouchie!

 
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This is a knife fight in a phone booth!
11:01 CEST
But the bunch is able to bridge back to the leaders and all is together
again - this must hurt as so many riders are testing their rivals to wear
them down eventually... Thürig is still on the front though, dragging the
pack along the boulevards.
note..
I am up late watching Rita on CNN here in the states and following the
worlds on CN, ha, CN and CNN!
B-

 
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This is actually unique to the whole world, only on CN and only in English.
Anyway...
11:09 CEST    84km/42km to go
Judith Arndt (Germany) is on Thürig's wheel, as well as the rest of the
bunch. They're getting to the line again: 2.07.33. Two laps to go. Average
speed: 40.35 km/h - the pace has picked up since the race start.
  KM  -  miles
      40.00 24.85
Ouchie!

 
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Interesting...
11:35 CEST
Off the right hand side, Theresa Senff (Germany) is taking a Swiss rider
with her on another attack. They're back in the bunch as Olivia Gollan
countered, making Arndt react.
The peloton is still together - they're looking at each other. Priska
Doppmann (Switzerland) is next to increase the pace.
11:37 CEST
Svetlana Bubnenkova (Russian Federation) also tries as the riders approach
the line for the final lap. It's very fast racing now.
Go Bouba!!!!!!!!

 
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An extremely dangerous sprinter to be in the final sprint!!
11:47 CEST
A Russian rider bridges up to them, it's Olga Slyusareva (Russian
Federation). She's trying but the bunch is also following not far away.

 
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Arndt and Brandli are racing well!
12:02 CEST    120km/6km to go
Two Germans pulling the bunch now: Senff and Worrack. The French and Swiss
on their wheels. Judith Arndt has moved up again too.
12:06 CEST
Nicole Brändli (Switzerland) and Erinne Willock (Canada) are leading now...
but they're caught too. The Germans really control this race.