On this sunny Thursday morning, national teams had the opportunity to recon the road race course on closed roads. With weather forecasts predicting rain starting late Friday afternoon and continuing through Sunday, the course previewed this morning may radically differ from the one they compete on.
The Netherlands.
Australia rounds a corner.
Team USA.
Americans Tyler Farrar, Brent Bookwalter, Lawson Craddock, Alex Howes, Ben King, and Taylor Phinney.
Tayler Wiles hugs the corner.
Merhawi Kudus and Eritrea.
Winner Anacona.
Slovenia.
Cannondale Garmin teammates Dylan van Baarle of the Netherlands and Kristijan Koren of Slovenia.
Sweden.
Canada.
Denmark.
Daryl Impey.
Latvia super tucks on a descent.
Canadians Ryan Roth and Guillaume Boivin.
Ukraine.
Defending world champion Michal Kwiatkowski with Maciej Bodnar and Michal Golas.
Descending.
Ana Sanchis.
Luis Leon Sanchez, Ruben Plaza, and Juanjo Lobato.
Tom Boonen leads Belgium.
Matt Hayman on the front of Australia.
Chris Juul-Jenson with Denmark.
Adam Yates and GB.
Alex Dowsett.
Team USA.
Lithuanians Ramunas Navardauskas and Gedaminas Bagdonas ride with a pair of Americans.
Rui Costa and Portugal.
Coryn Rivera.
Slovenia.
France, Canada, and Denmark climb Governor Street, the last hill before the false flat into the finish.
Super tuck for Canada.
Sep Vanmarcke.
A Czech rider corners after a speedy descent.
Suitzerland descends.
An Australian rider and Jens Keukeleire wait for cars to pass before flying downhill.
Swiss riders Gregory Rast and Michael Albasini.
The 23rd Street climb is cobbled.
A Belgian rider records the climb.
Thailand.
Brake Through Media and other photographers position themselves to snap the riders.
Gatis Smukulis.
Merhawi Kudus.
Positioning will be key as the peloton hits the 23rd Street climb which suddenly changes from a wide and paved road to a narrow, cobbled climb.
USA.
Ramunas Navardauskas places a gentle hand on a young American to navigate him out of the way in order to pass.
Kanstantsin Siutsou.
Sep Vanmarcke and Peter Sagan.
Germany turns.
