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

[postmanhat]

Thomas appears to be the only Brit left

And we're back!

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Thomas appears to be the only Brit left

And we're back!

Nothing to see anyway. Just very wet men riding in a group

 

[Gigs_98]

WC: "hey you can show live pictures again."
Eurosport: "no, I don't think I will"

 

[Simurgh]

Is every team really content to just ride around in a group, shedding guys one by one as they get hypothermia?

Perhaps its like that Dauphine stage a few months ago - the weather was so, so bad, that no one had the courage or strength to roll the dice. Just before this round of commercials, France were pushing the peloton hard.

 

[spalco]

WC: "hey you can show live pictures again."
Eurosport: "no, I don't think I will"

It's live on ORF (online too) if you're interested.

Commentators aren't even too terrible too.

 

[HelloDolly]

Genuinely think Nibali would have been brilliant in this race

He would definitely be still there

 

[SafeBet]

Visconti was pulling the peloton before so I doubt he stands a chance.

 

[42x16ss]

SBS had "good enough" fixed camera footage

 

[Velolover2]

Betancur!

Having an extra layer of fat could be an advantage in this kind of weather.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

My prediction is that everything completely explodes as soon as there is a serious move. Most doms are gone, everyone is miserable and tired.

 

[Red Rick]

Genuinely think Nibali would have been brilliant in this race

It's so bad even Antonio would do well

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Bennett dead

 

[Velolover2]

Bennett looks done.

 

[42x16ss]

Sam Bennett out the back

 

[Simurgh]

Bennett cooked

 

[Mayomaniac]

He was very good in Canada in 200km races. Or course this is a different beast but maybe on a sunny day he would've had a chance

Yes, but he still has a history of underperforming in +250km races and has a rep for not being a great descender and not having great bike handling skills.
In the end it won't matter, it's not like many other guys were in great shape and missed out because of him.
Cassani only made one big mistake and that was selecting the wrong guys for the 2014 WC.
Ulissi had some clinic related problems and he still didn't bring Gaspa or Rebellin...

 

[Orbit501]

Plenty left, Trentin, Colbrelli, Degenkolb, Matthews, VdP of course

La Porte and Bole if we go down the tiers a bit.



Bennett just gone pop unfortunately.

 

[Brullnux]

The BBC just started talking about Bennett being quiet and having a good chance just as he gets dropped. Feel bad for him but it was an amazing moment of commentators curse

 

[spalco]

My prediction is that everything completely explodes as soon as there is a serious move. Most doms are gone, everyone is miserable and tired.

Van der Poel maybe?

Too bad Remco's gone already, he could have at least tried something.

 

[Velolover2]

Asgreen done as well.

Less than 20 riders will finish this race.

 

[Sestriere]

Absolutely brutal race. Whoever wins deserves our respect, even if it might not be the fan favourite.

 

[Breezy1985]

It's pretty standard fare at the Worlds for the Irish of recent years. The last decent showing I can remember is Mark Scanlon. As a Junior.

The team passed me on the way to the start line this morning and they really didnt look comfortable or up for it.it was 8am and freezing so it wasn't just them looked moody though

 

[42x16ss]

Rojas, Dion Smith and Pedersen out

 

[Red Rick]

Bring out the Weening memes

 

[Vesica]

Asgreen and Pedersen (both DEN) gone