with half the races gone, we have a bit of an update as to how the tipping is going.  shane has displayed a great knowledge of time trialling and managed to pick the winners in all three categories.  there are 2 races left and although shane has a decent lead, there are no guarantees in a road race.  since there are only 5 tipsters in this comp, we will make it winner takes all rather then trying to split out the pot.

results – u23 tt

tipping

• toby – taylor phinney – 100
• dr ronny – taylor phinney – 100
• shane – taylor phinney – 100
• peter – luke durbridge – 80
• john g – michael vink – 0

results – elite women’s tt

tipping

• toby – amber neben – 60 – 160
• dr ronny – judith arndt – 80 – 180
• shane – emma pooley – 100 – 200
• peter – alexis rhodes – 0 – 80
• john g – melissa holt – 0 – 0

results – elite men’s tt

tipping

• toby – tony martin – 70 – 230
• dr ronny – richie porte – 60 – 240
• shane – fabian cancellara – 100 – 300
• peter – peter velits – 0 – 80
• john g – fabian cancellara – 100 – 100

results u23 road race

tipping

• toby – benjamin king (usa) – 0 – 230
• dr ronny – alex dowsett – 0 – 240
• shane – benjamin king (usa) – 0 – 300
• peter – michael matthews -100 – 180
• john g – stefano agostini – 0 – 100

as most of you are aware, the cycling world championships are being held in geelong, victoria this coming week.  as such a couple of things are happening.

firstly, i am going over there to watch.  add to the comments if you are heading over too and we will see if we can catch up.

secondly, as i didn’t get around to setting up a vuelta tipping comp, we will be running one for the world championships.  there is a page set up under the tipping comps tab and all the race details are there.  usual  rules apply.  $10 per team and you can enter as many teams as you like.  you must tip a rider in every race including the U23 and women’s events and the top 10 finishes will get points.  the team with the most cumulative points wins.  prize money for the top three teams.  all entry goes to the prize pool so the more people that enter the bigger the prize is.

thirdly, a mate of mine lives in geelong and has been taking photo’s of the pro’s training on the world’s circuit.  check out his page here.