2019 UCI Road World Championships Men's Road Race : 284.5km

[Rollthedice]

Yates behind cars.

Yes but the cars are going slower than if he rides alone.

 

[tobydawq]

Carapaz and Quintana in the break.


It's time for Movistar tactics bois

Man, what is Valverde doing?!?

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Movistar tactics

- Oxymoron

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

Is that Rohan Dennis right on the front with a clearly branded BMC bike? Not covered like the time trial

 

[glassmoon]

Is that Rohan Dennis right on the front with a clearly branded BMC bike? Not covered like the time trial

yep. looks like it

 

[tobydawq]

Is that Rohan Dennis right on the front with a clearly branded BMC bike? Not covered like the time trial

Nice catch! It is him indeed.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

I look forward to the peloton hitting the "Price Pejtersen Puddle"

 

[hayneplane]

Wow 3 grand tour winners in the break of the day. Potentially legendary stuff in the making. Whatever happened to the break being made up of the Chinese Taipei, 5th Pole and 4th Lithuanian rider.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

World championships in GB, and for some reason we are all mildly surprised, that there is heavy rain....... we never learn

 

[Pantani_lives]

Big names in the break, but no real favourites. As long as Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Italy don't have anyone in the break there's not much danger.

 

[RedheadDane]

Welcome to the World Championships in Surprise Triatlon!

 

[sir fly]

Without helicopter images, we should sense a taste of the radioless racing... kind of.

 

[wrinklyvet]

World championships in GB, and for some reason we are all mildly surprised, that there is heavy rain....... we never learn

True up to a point, but at this time of the year the weather is often very settled and warm, even in Yorkshire. "To Autumn" was composed by John Keats in mid-September 200 years ago - "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness" and all that.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

True up to a point, but at this time of the year the weather is often very settled and warm, even in Yorkshire. "To Autumn" was composed by John Keats in mid-September 200 years ago - "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness" and all that.

Keats apparently got inspired by a 200 year event

 

[Gigs_98]

This Vuelta was crazy already, but not even I imagined the gc battle would continue full throttle like this, even two weeks after it ended.

 

[RedheadDane]

Some issues on the route.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1178242520641392640

 

[Gigs_98]

Looking at this weather, Wellens will cruise to victory

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Looking at this weather, Wellens will cruise to victory

Aquaplaning?

 

[Pantani_lives]

Out on the wiley, windy moors,
We'd roll and fall in green.

 

[Keram]

Early break of the season ! Only mising there is Bernal and we would have GT triple there.

Edit: I know Bernal is not starting but still

 

[Red Rick]

This Vuelta was crazy already, but not even I imagined the gc battle would continue full throttle like this, even two weeks after it ended.

Even more crazy

It is happening under the watchful eyes of Giggles

 

[Pricey_sky]

Wow, the flooding on top of the climb. Crazy.

 

[Rollthedice]

This stellar break is not going anywhere.

 

[Lequack]

The grand tour winner trio of Roglic, Carapaz and Quintana all in the breakaway. The real breakaway specialists
Give the cold weather maybe the breakaway is the best place to be to stay warm.

 

[Brullnux]

It's not even raining. Incredible incompetence of the UCI once again. Cutting the distance and the two hardest climbs is in the advantage of MvdP, Sagan and Matthews. It's a big disadvantage for climbers like Alaphilippe and Fuglsang.

Are you for real? The descent of Buttertubs is just a lake, visibility at the top of the two climbs is non-existent, and the rain has picked up again (because, guess what, in the moors the weather is extremely changeable even between towns 20k m apart). It's not like they wanted to cut the climbs is it? Yorkshire paid a decent amount to showcase them to the world especially for today. They clearly made the right decision. Whether they should've added another circuit is another matter (I personally think they should) but it's impossible to disagree with the decision to alter the route. Blame the Gods, not the UCI.