[UCI] Road World Championships - Road Race 2017

Road World Championships - Road Race 2017

How it works

Predict who is going to win the race; that's all. Entries close when the race starts. Since it's a one day race just enter your predictions below.

Once the cycling and Formula One seasons have finished I will create a special winner's event for everyone who correctly predicted a race giving them a shot at some nice games.

Race Preview

This could be a very historic race but will the weather play a big part?

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• Only one name could be first here; Peter Sagan. If he wins it would be his third consecutive world title; a feat never performed before. Rumors are he's ill but his team has denied this, saying he just has a sore throat.
• When you mention Sagan, you can't help but mention Greg Van Avermaet as well these days. The last two seasons he finally managed to rid himself of his second place curse and no doubt he'll be fighting for the title on Sunday.
• Michał Kwiatkowski has beaten both of the above on his day and could do it again here.
• Michael Matthews had a good season and his team(Sunweb) has had amazing success at the World Championships so far; if he could win it would be the cherry on the cake.
• Norway could have a win with Edvald Boasson Hagen; he hasn't had the greatest of seasons but who knows what a home advantage can do?
• With four wins in the Giro, Fernando Gaviria will be hoping for a sprint finish; if he still has the energy he'll be hard to beat.
• France hasn't had a World Champion for twenty years and is looking at Julian Alaphilippe to do it this year.
• Italy is bringing a strong team with multiple possible winners; men like Matteo Trentin, Diego Ulissi, and Elia Viviani.
• Does Holland have a shot with Lars Boom? The start of his season was terrible but he has certainly been finding his form recently.

Women's Race Preview

I can't help but mention the women's road race since the Dutch are so strong. :D

I'll just quote a cycling website:

Back when Marianne Vos was the supreme dominant force in women’s cycling, there was a clear hierarchy in the Dutch team come the World Championships that positioned her as the squad’s clear leader and everyone else in supporting roles.

The set-up was extraordinarily successful, with Vos amassing three gold medals and five silver medals between 2006-2013 in the elite road race.

Now, the Dutch team looks as strong as they’ve ever been, but to the extent that it is not obvious which rider should lead the line.

Anna van der Breggen is perhaps the best candidate, given her status as WorldTour and Olympic champion, but Annemiek Van Vleuten has been sensational in the past few months, and even Vos herself is on resurgent form having won the European Championships.

When you consider that the likes Lucinda Brand, Chantal Blaak and Ellen Van Dijk would command leadership roles if they were representing almost any other country, it will be fascinating to see how the Dutch team manages to balance all these stars – if coherent they’ll be near impossible to stop, but internal rivalry could lead instead to an almighty civil war.

Giveaways

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