Belgium, Italy, Great Britai𝐆n, Au๊stralia, Norway, Denmark train in the heat for first time
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The Ital🌼ian team lead the impromptu training group(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Boonen opted for no sock o♈n his first ride in Doha(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The Australians head up the training pack(Image credit: Sirotti)
Elia Viviani and Filippo Pozzato in Doha(Image credit: Sirotti)
Filippo Pozzato (Italy)(Image credit: Sirotti)
Daniel Oss especially pleased to be𒁃 reunited with his Italian teammates(Image credit: Sirotti)
The Danish team rides in Doha(Image credit: Sirotti)
The Norwegian team tests the Worlds course(Image credit: Sirotti)
The Norwegian team tests the Worlds course(Image credit: Sirotti)
Mark Cavenꦫdish leads Great Brꦉitain in its training ride(Image credit: Sirotti)
The Italian ♏and Chinese women check out the Worlds route(Image credit: Sirotti)
The Swedes train in Doha(Image credit: Sirotti)
The Australian🧸 team takes its sighting lap in Doha(Image credit: Sirotti)
The Australian te🙈am takes its sighting lap in Doha(Image credit: Sirotti)
The German team is♏ riding high on ♏three medals so far in the Worlds(Image credit: Sirotti)
The French team checks out the course in Doha(Image credit: Sirotti)
Daniel Oss and Matteo Trentin are enjoying their warm-u🍸p in Doha(Image credit: Sirotti)
Greg van Avermaet and Tom Boonen arrive at theꦺir hote𓄧l in Doha, Qatar(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The long road straight road in the desert(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The Belgian riders naturally formed an echelon in 🏅th♑e wind(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Tom Boonen does a turn on the front with Jens Keukeleir🎐e(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
There was little to see out in the desert(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The heat was fierce in the desert(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The riders start in ꦅthe shadows of t🗹he Doha skyscrapers(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Greg van Avermaet does a spell on the front (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The Belgian team headed 💃into the desert to get a taste of the heat and wind(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Greg van Avermaet leaves the underground garage(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Th🌼e Australia team leads the group through the finish area (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Mark Cavendish in Great Britain colours(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Elia Viviani shows of his special gold Pinarello (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The Italian team for Sunday's elite me💯n's road race(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
F🐻ilippo Pozzato is first rese♌rve for the Italian team(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
There༒ were several groups out trainin⭕g in the heat on Wednesday(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The Italian women's team also chec🅺ked out the finis🅰h(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
France rides through the finish(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The Belgian riders get ready to roll (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Belgium's Iljo Keisse arrives꧒ at the team hotel on Doha before the Worlds road race(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Jasper Stuyven, N🐬ikolas Maes, Jens Debusschere, Iljo Keisse, Jens Keukeleire and Olivier Naessen crowd into a lift in Belgium's hotel in Do𒀰ha.(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The Belgians men’s squad lead by Greg van Avermaet and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tom Boonen checked into their hotel on Tuesday evening, with the Belgian media there to greet them and immortalise t💟he moment they collected their room keys.
On Wednesday morning the Belgian team hea🐷ded out into the desert for their first training ride in the heat and humidity of Qatar as they try to quickly acclimatise to the testing conditions. At the same time other riders from Italy, Great Britain, France and Australia formed a training group that sneaked onto the finishi🐽ng circuit on the Pearl artificial island before the women’s time trial race for a first look at the finish area.
Mark Cavendish was out with the Great Britain team, while Michael Matthews was part of the Australia team. The Italians stopped to pose for photographs at the pit area of the road circuit, with Elia Viviani and first reserve Filippo🅷 Pozzato showing of their special bikes for 💖the world championships.
Following the completion of the time trial events on Wednesday, the road rꦏacing begins on Thursday with the under 23 men’s road race. The junior races are on Friday, with the elite women’s road race over 134km on Saturday and the 257km elite men’s race on Sunday.
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