2017 Worlds BERGEN, NORWAY, RR ELITE, SUN 24th 277KM!

[Climbing]

Moscon said the got back to Ala, but group got back around the last kilometer. (RAI interview)

 

[Frankschleck]

I am still in shock that cort attacked, and didn't wait for sprint

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Re:

I just don't want a sprinter to win

Sagan is the real deal guys. He is such a beast!! Another year with the rainbow jersey

I'm confused are you happy with a sprinter winning or not? Your second post reads like celebrating a sprinter winning a bunch sprint.

 

[movingtarget]

it always depends on which wheelsucker wins of course. Moral indignation seems to be quite mild at the moment.

 

[Cance > TheRest]

Re:

I am still in shock that cort attacked, and didn't wait for sprint

He says that it was chaotic and that he suddenly found himself on the front.
But yeah, epic mistake in hindsight

 

[Baldinger]

Re:

I am still in shock that cort attacked, and didn't wait for sprint

That was a stupid but brave decision. The Danish team did really well.

 

[rick james]

Re: Re:

I just don't want a sprinter to win

Sagan is the real deal guys. He is such a beast!! Another year with the rainbow jersey

I'm confused are you happy with a sprinter winning or not? Your second post reads like celebrating a sprinter winning a bunch sprint.

Leave the enigma alone

 

[GuyIncognito]

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So at least the Gaviria hype train derailed today.

Much harder than a Giro flat stage.

Didn't help that for some weird reason he tried an attack earlier.

Didn't help that he was out for months with an injury, then caught a flu and another crash on his first race back.

He was the first to say he'd be unlikely to even finish. It's honestly amazing he was 8th.

 

[Pirazziattacks]

Belgium did not deserve to win. They had a team to get rid of Peter when he was riding in the back.

It's almost reached the point where there's no point in picking Gilbert and GVA in the same team. They'll both be there at the end, but they'll never work together.

 

[More Strides than Rides]

I need to come up with a google extension that replaces every instance of "wheelsucker" with "cyclist".

Because that's just cycling. Sometimes it's your job to drop everyone else, but sometimes it's everyone else's job to drop you. You might as well criticize the guy for eating and drinking during the race.

 

[DFA123]

I think it's time the WC was valued less than the other monuments. Certainly lower than PR , RVV or LBL. It's basically been an easy version of Milan Sanremo these last few years. Kudos to Sagan for winning, but the fact that he can still put out such a strong sprint compared with the other monuments, shows how relatively easy it has become.

 

[winkybiker]

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The race itself wasn't bad at all I don't think, much better than the previous two years. But the podium is pretty terrible, a vidication of wheelsucking. At least Norway did something I guess.

Sprint finishes are a part of cycling (duh). It was up to others with different strengths to make the pace high enough to drop the semi-sprinters like Sagan and Matthews. They didn't, and so the race was won. If they couldn't drop Sagan on the hills then he's strong enough and deserves the win. I don't really see the problem.

 

[Ruby United]

Re: Re:

I just don't want a sprinter to win

Sagan is the real deal guys. He is such a beast!! Another year with the rainbow jersey

I'm confused are you happy with a sprinter winning or not? Your second post reads like celebrating a sprinter winning a bunch sprint.

Leave the enigma alone

Extreme bias is not so hard to understand.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

LOL Sagan on Kristoff: "He's riding at home, I'm sorry". Haha!

 

[Brullnux]

Re: Re:

I just don't want a sprinter to win

Sagan is the real deal guys. He is such a beast!! Another year with the rainbow jersey

I'm confused are you happy with a sprinter winning or not? Your second post reads like celebrating a sprinter winning a bunch sprint.

Portugal11 is borderline did. During the Vuelta his views on Nibali went "overrated, will get what he deserves when he is crushed by the true greats" to "too good for the tour", through various stages in between.

 

[GuyIncognito]

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it always depends on which wheelsucker wins of course. Moral indignation seems to be quite mild at the moment.

In my case it's because I know Sagan has some very staunch defenders here and I don't want to pick a fight. This was a Gerrans win, as most of his are, but I'm letting it go because I don't have 4 hours.

 

[portugal11]

Re: Re:

I just don't want a sprinter to win

Sagan is the real deal guys. He is such a beast!! Another year with the rainbow jersey

I'm confused are you happy with a sprinter winning or not? Your second post reads like celebrating a sprinter winning a bunch sprint.

Sagan is not a sprinter to me. He is a classicomano (for me), he has potential to win milan san remo and harder races like liege or roubaix

 

[TMP402]

GVA also did poorly compared to expectations.

 

[ice&fire]

Did Lappartient say something about boring bike races? He'd better work at the races UCI is responsible for.

 

[Andy262]

Think smaller teams would make for a better race. Not sure why Belgium didn't do more to get rid of the sprinters.

 

[movingtarget]

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I need to come up with a google extension that replaces every instance of "wheelsucker" with "cyclist".

Because that's just cycling. Sometimes it's your job to drop everyone else, but sometimes it's everyone else's job to drop you. You might as well criticize the guy for eating and drinking during the race.

That makes too much sense. It always depends on which rider is winning. Fans will be fans.

 

[jaylew]

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The race itself wasn't bad at all I don't think, much better than the previous two years. But the podium is pretty terrible, a vidication of wheelsucking. At least Norway did something I guess.

Uh...it's cycling. Virtually the entire sport is shaped around "wheelsucking" if this was an example of it. This was just normal racing - a sprint finish. This wasn't like a Gerrans-Cancellara at MSR situation.

Well, at least we witnessed history. Credit where credit is due - love him or hate him, Sagan is a marvel

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

As much as I like Sagan. This worlds leave a 'meh' taste. We have not seen the first 3 on screen anywhere in the race, until the final 200m.

 

[markene2]

Dont think it was a boring race at all tbh

 

[silvergrenade]

A different winner would've bee nice.
Chapeau Peter!