Mendrisio

Looking to the time trial in Mendrisio to prove that her surprise silver medal in the contre la montre in the Beijing Olympics was "not a fluke", she flopped with 11th place, then was left devastated a few days later after her confidence seemed to desert her in the road race, on a vicious course that seemed tailor-made for her climbing.

Emma Pooley confirms her place among the world's elite William Fotheringham 2010

The two hills on the course will suit her climbing talent but the issue, as it was last year in Mendrisio, will be whether she can get away from the rest of the field.

Emma Pooley confirms her place among the world's elite William Fotheringham 2010

But the course (last year) in Mendrisio suited me better and (this season) I geared my year (with the Worlds not being an objective).

Evans ends a year of honoring the rainbow jersey with aggressive ride 2010

On the similarities with last year’s course in Mendrisio — in terms of total elevation gained in the final 160km, just 40 meters separate the two — Gilbert said he rates the second climb of the Geelong circuit harder than the one in Switzerland and considers it an ideal launch pad for a classic Gilbert-style attack.

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China has quietly doubled its gold reserves in the last 6 years Mendrisio, which is one corner of Italian is spoken and roughly one-third of the world's gold is refined into bars and ingots, business is booming.

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“The [entire] course may not be quite as hard as Mendrisio but the [first] hill is,” says Trevorrow.

World Championships: Dissecting the road race parcours 2010

(In 2009), a few things went wrong at the start of the year – which sort of (was) a blessing in disguise – but it helped me come round for the end of the year in Mendrisio.

Evans ends a year of honoring the rainbow jersey with aggressive ride 2010

Once in Geelong, a pair of short, sharp hills – just like Mendrisio

World Championships: Dissecting the road race parcours 2010

Cancellara missed out on a road race medal last year, despite being one of the main protagonists in the tense final lap of an epic race in Mendrisio in his native Switzerland.

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Bloomberg News An employee pours molten gold to make bars at the Argor-Heraeus SA plant in Mendrisio, Switzerland.

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