Nicolas Roche (Ireland)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Spain on the Worlds course(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Marianne Vos (Netherlands)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
France checks out the Ponferrada road course(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The team from Germany hits the course(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Team Norway doing a recce(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) enters the Worlds under an injury cloud but could he be bluffing?(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The entire peloton were out in force as they trained ahead of the Worlds(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Alexander Kristoff and Edvald Boasson Hagen(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Peter Sagan (Slovakia)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Teams check out the 2014 course in Ponferrada(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The Norwegian team for Worlds 2014 (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The Norwegian team for Worlds 2014 (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The 2014 German team for Worlds(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
John Degenkolb (Germany)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Lars Petter Nordhaug climbing(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Germany's road team for the road race at Worlds(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Will the Belgians be on the front this much during the race?(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Belgium line up for Worlds with two former winners in their rank(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
The Belgian nation team training at Worlds(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Johan Vansummeren (Belgium)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Gilbert drops back to ride with the Belgian team(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Simon Gerrans and Philippe Gilbert(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Jelle Vanendert Belgium)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
Sep Vanmarcke (Belgium)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
John Degenkolb (Giant-Shimano) will lead Germany at Worlds(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)
After yesterday’s conclusion in the time trial events all attention at this year’s World Championships in Ponferrada, Spain turns to the road races.
With no races taking place on Thursday the fields for the juniors, men’s under-23, and elite women’s and men’s races had the chance to scope out the course their races.
For the first time in several years every field, including the elite men, will complete their entire race on the same 18.2 kilometre circuit.
Featuring two climbs and a final tricky descent this will be the first time that the majority of the riders will have seen the course and number of teams were out riding reconnaissance with photographer Tim de Waele on hand to capture the action.
