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Vos:
3 Andrew Morse 26 0: 09" 225 Plopsala
8 Alex Ablett 29 0: 25" 140 Aspigarri
18 Kenneth Jackson 29 0: 42" 30 Astanadena
Very good results. 8)
Unfortunately teamcaptain Morse had no helper in the s4 front group of just 6 cyclists,
including free role Ablett* ( =very nice ! ), the also isolated Ukrainien teamcaptain, and 50% of this s4 front group was Russian.
Best helper ( thanks to weather icon* ) Jackson* came close, he was on 0:09" in the s4 chasing group of just 7 cyclists.
But he scored a few points himself, and also good to see that many young helpers finished not far outside the points.
The only other free role, Ronnald, seemed to have an off-day ( 26th on 0:50" ), because very unexpectedly, he dropped in s3 already.
Together with just one other ( also dissapointing ) Australian helper, all other 7 Australians were in the s3 front of 39 cyclists.
Australia scored a very nice total of 395 points in this race. Only Russia ( with thé top favorite ) did better, they scored 510 points.
Also very beneficial in this NT race 5 ;
no points of the former nrs 3 and 5 of the season ranking, the still nr 4 scored 100 points, and the former nr 2 just 20 points.
All other countries are doing a good job to devide the points more or less equally this season, what is very benificial to Australia. :)
TOP 5 season ranking after 5 races :
1. 1.805 8)
2. 945
3. 935
4. 815
5. 780
--- Quote from: Aurora Australis on March 13, 2023, 10:51:56 AM ---Looks like they've probably done enough for Australia to limp over the line in 1st for the season in the final race.
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Yes, it seems / looks like that this NT race 5 was successful enough to achieve another world championship,
and that we can affort to have a ( expected ) NT race 6 with zero or almost zero points.
The current gap towards the nr 2 is huge at the moment, but still too soon to tell / it is not certain yet.
For example nr 2 Russia has the best ranked hillsclimber ( NT race 6 ) and the nr 3 ranked flat-cobble ( NT race 7 ).
And perhaps there will be another rival nation ( besides Russia ) after the unpredictable NT race 6, if it scores an enormous total points.
But for now it looks very promising due to the current big gap in points + at least top10 is expected in NT race 7.
And if all other nations keep on dividing the points more or less equally, the current total Australian points might be enough already.
Anyway, for sure too soon to cheer already with still 2 NT races to go, where Australia does not score many total points.
Vos:
RACE 6 : ANDORRA
34ºC
Andorra,
Hopefully the Australian teamcaptain is good enough to score some points.
The helpers are the just 2 other ( very low ranked- )golden hillsclimbers, ánd even 2 silver cyclists are selected for extra support.
Because of the low Australian quality in this hillsclimb race, there is a lot of space for xp cyclists.
Australia NT selection :
Liam Chester ( 29 ) Flandria ( debut )
Don Ford ( 30 ) Naram ( debut )
Charlie Blixter* ( 27 ) alasbravasagain ( debut )
Cody Embley ( 30 ) MohoricSLO
Dudley Bell ( 25 ) AmericanChow ( debut )
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Rick Cann ( 27 ) Atlanterhavet
Shaun Sifford ( 21 ) Villavante
Walt Furey ( 21 ) Villavante ( debut )
Colin Ronnald ( 24 ) MortoviaCycling
Vos:
3º Liam Chester 0:13"
A perfect race with a surprising, amazing result ! 8)
Thanks to a great helper's job of Don Ford, who was still with his teamcaptain in the s4 front group of 27.
Italy ( 380 ) and Colombia ( 380 ) scored the most points, but no "potential rivals", because too far behind in the season ranking.
France ( 230 ) was third and just 5 points better than Australia ( 225 ), so, we did better than "rivals" Russia and the Netherlands.
TOP 5 season ranking after 6 races :
1. 2.030 8)
2. 1.065
3. 1.035
4. 1.010
5. 980
Despite there is still one NT race to go, it is already official due to the current enormous lead in the season ranking :
For the 13th time in a row ;
Australia = world champion !
Big thanks to all managers that trained or raced with Australian top cyclists, who made this 17th( ! ) Australian world championship possible ! 8)
Vos:
RACE 7 : BRESKENS
21ºC
Breskens, the Netherlands,
The start and finish is in the Netherlands, but almost the whole race is in Belgium.
It is up to Pernom to try to get a nice race result, in this to me unexpected great NT season with again a world championship title. 8)
Australia NT selection :
Bob Pernom ( 26 ) TeamEuroscalt
Gilbert Ray ( 27 ) Thorboassonarvesen
Angus Dixon ( 23 ) ICSluj
Markus Harris ( 26 ) CajaRuralZamora
Dave Adams ( 26 ) Kroton
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Shaun Sifford ( 21 ) Villavante
Gus Furlong ( 21 ) HTCHungria ( debut )
Alex Caan ( 22 ) Mlb ( debut )
Rick Cann ( 27 ) Atlanterhavet
Vos:
NT race 7, final top 3 =
1 Erol Ryazanov 26 0: 00" 300 PDM_cycling_team
2 Bob Pernom 26 0: 00" 250 TeamEuroscalt
3 Brage Hope 27 0: 06" 225 Atlanterhavet
Unfortunately Pernom lost the sprint-á-deux for victory, but 2nd is still more than an excellent result.
And a great way to finish this amazing NT season ! :)
With an unexpected ( relative-)very high 2.280 total points, ánd a huge gap to nr 2 Russia that scored 1.365 total points.
--- Quote from: Vos on March 19, 2023, 09:35:56 PM ---
For the 13th time in a row ;
Australia = world champion !
Big thanks to all managers that trained or raced with Australian top cyclists, who made this 17th( ! ) Australian world championship possible ! 8)
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