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168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Michal Kwiatkowski is considered an outsider for this year's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:road race world title on Sunday, possibly because he does not ride 𝕴for one of the leading nations who will field a full team of nine, strong riders. However the Polish rider is a very dangerous outsider: He won the world title in Ponferrada in 2014 with a solo attack and has since shown his huge talent by winning the Amstel Gold Race, E3 Harelbeke and this year's Strade Bianche, Milan-San Remo and Clasica San Sebastian.

He worked for Chris Froome at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France and is also the Polish time trial champion. The width and depth of his talents means he will always be a contender when the rainbow jers🧸ey iಞs up for grabs.

Kwiatkowski was part of the Team Sky squad that finished third in last Sunday's team time trial. He did not ride Wednesday's time trial but stayed in Bergen, training and studying the rolling road race circuit so he is at his best for the 267km𒅌 race.

In 2014 when it rained for much of the day on the Spanish course, Kwiatkowski attacked before the final climb to catch a break and then courageously jumped away alone. He held off Simon Gerrans (🦩Australia) and Alejandro Valverde (Spain) to win the worl﷽d title at the age of just 24.

"It's on of the most important races of the season for me and not only because I'm a former world champion," he told Cyclingnews, proud to represent P🌟oland and clearly hoping for a similar race to Ponferrada.

"I'd be happy if it's a really harꦚd race and if it comes down to a battle between Peter Sagan, Greg Van Avermaet, Philippe Gilbert, myself and a few others."

"I know the sprinters will want to keep the race all together but at the end of the day that's never as easy as it seems because the world championships is always🗹 a different race because we race for our co♛untries and not our professional teams. The strength of the teams is different."

"I'm sure the Belgians will try to split the peloton and shake it up at some point, as will the French for Julian Alaphilippe. The Italians have real strength in depth, while Sagan will probably isolated ꦅbut he's used to racing that way and still often wins."

Mentally strong for any kind of weather

In 2014 Poland had a nine-rider squad to back Kwiatkowski. A poorer national ranking – despite Kwiatkowski's personal success - means he will only have five riders to help during the 267km race and 11 circuits aro♛und Bergen.

"We don't have a full nine-ride🦂r squad like the bigger nations but we'll adapt and we do have the experience and strength, so we hope t♌o be up there to the very end," he explained.

Kwiatkowski has been forced to train in the rain in Bergen👍 🍰this week. Forecasts are predicting dry conditions for Sunday's road race but Kwiatkowski is ready for anything, knowing rain will produce a far more selective race.

"Rain wi🐠ll change the race a lot. Racing for 267km is already a challenge and even more so if it rains, especially at this late point in the season," he pointed out.

"Some guys here will be mentally tireဣd and that can make it even difficult to finish in the bunch. A lot of riders could just climb off when they're distanced, making for a smaller peloton in the final laps.

"It rained in Ponferrada but we took control of the race and it worked out perfectly for us. For sure if I feel strong, I▨ can win again, even in the rain. Wheဣn you're strong, the rain is worse for your rivals. Lets hope I'm on a good day again."