6º Lacroix9º Pacheco ( Cabrasverdes
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10º VanDerVlies -->
in a free role 11º Rodionov
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Splendid results of my both hillsclimbers.
And the 10º place of VanDerVlies without TC bonus in a free role is a to me very surprising, outstanding result.
However ;
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individual Russian battleThe rival of Basov was Rodionov who finished 4º GC in the Vuelta.
Basov his season was already over after the Tour de France, and Rodionov had to finish outside the top 11 in Lombardia.
But unfortunately he finished as 11º, what was just enough to beat Basov with just 7(!) points.
Too bad, almost the very first ever nation jersey of my team.
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the maybe "battle" for 1A podiumplaceAn almost mission impossible before (and after) Lombardia.
Situation report before Lombardia ;
737 points behind rival Cabrasverdes, and we both had a good Lombardia selection with a very good teamcaptain,
and even more important ; it will be his 2 hills specialists versus my 2 TT specialists in the 2 WC races.
To close the big gap ; my team had to race a better Lombardia ; ánd score many more points than Cabrasverdes in the world championship.
My team has no hills specialist and his team has no TT specialist.
After an excellent Lombardia the big gap decreased and it is now
522 points, that is a lot in this situation.
Cabrasverdes has hills specialists Lustig (this season 3º LBL) and Conte (won 2 NT races in his career), both are high in the golden hills ranking.
So, only with real top results in the WC TT my team has still a little chance to beat Cabrasverdes.
Perhaps it even means that Bell has to win, and unfortunately he is not one of the favorites.
Also a disadvantage, the nr1 and nr 4 favorites have an active weather icon, and Bell does not have that.
But he has a chance, because he can challenge the top 3 favorites.
Although I estimate there are many, many more rivals who are very close in GV to the favorites. Maybe anything can happen this evening.