2020 World Championships - now confirmed for Imola, Italy.

[OldCranky]

I've seen some images with quite some blood involved, but no horrific wounds or luxations (yet).

Edit: ok, I take this back. Not the prettiest sight.

Edit 2: only click if you really want to

Christ, she's not going to be jogging that off.

 

[Bolder]

Now Virenque is dissecting her trajectory through the curve. "Faut de trajectoire," he says. Absent tire failure, it does seem that she might have turned in too sharply, and if she was up in the bars her COB would have been higher...still, awful crash in a really bad year already.

 

[Breezy1985]

Roglic has been really flexing his child since the TT.

"Who needs a Tour win when you are a fulfilled and happy family man, right? Right?"

Smh it's probably not even his child - a child actor hired by Jumbo PR reps.

Some cruel trolling MF dressed the child in yellow

 

[Breezy1985]

I don’t know if it’s the case in Italy, but in the US the top of that kind of guardrail Can be like a ragged razor edge, which might explain the deep gash she has,

Usually in Ireland they feel like the were machine cut and never sanded down so can be sharp if hit at that kind of speed and angle

 

[Breezy1985]

Old man takes his kids out for a ride

Hey Confidis might actually win something

 

[Red Rick]

Rainbow bands on a national kit?

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Sad state of Spanish cycling if Valverde is their best option.

 

[Lequack]

And the single representative for Rwanda

 

[Bardamu]

Yes, as an inexperienced motorcyclist, i once made a similar mistake 20 years ago, braking only with the front brake. As soon as your front wheel starts to slide, there are two options. Either it's over immediately and your bike will slide from under you. Or when the initial slide is not "that" bad, you will try to compensate, but will overcompensate and your wheel goes the other way, and you try to compensate again, and again... resulting in a wobble that you can't stop anymore. In my case it ended with a crash against two parked cars.

How did you end up?

 

[Lequack]

Colombians

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

How did you end up?

A bit in shock. I was driving in the city center, so i was going slowly when it happened. Broken helmet, banged up bike and damage to the cars. No physical injuries. Except a bruised ego.

 

[Escarabajo]

Colombians

They keep showing Nairo Quintana in the team here: https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/world-championship/2020/startlist
So strange because I thought he was going to be replaced by Cristian Camilo Muñoz
Maybe someone can confirm this.

 

[Nacho23]

Muñoz is already training with the Colombian team in Italy.

 

[tobydawq]

They keep showing Nairo Quintana in the team here: https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/world-championship/2020/startlist
So strange because I thought he was going to be replaced by Cristian Camilo Muñoz
Maybe someone can confirm this.

What about Higuita, is he really ready after his injuries from the Tour?

 

[Nacho23]

Higuita is also training in Italy. He was interviewed by Colombian TV today and said that he was feeling good and that the hand was healing well.

 

[BlueRoads]

Higuita is also training in Italy. He was interviewed by Colombian TV today and said that he was feeling good and that the hand was healing well.

I really had not expected that.

 

[TomLPC]

Michael Matthews at 40/1 is far too tempting not to have a go each way, guy can roll in these races and no gerrans.

 

[Koronin]

Weather forecast for Sunday: cloudy sky in the morning, with more rain in the second part of the day. Temperatures between 12 and 15 degrees celsius

That sounds better. Also sounds like it's possible the rain could hold off until closer to the end of the race or just after it's over.

 

[Red Rick]

No, it must rain cats and dogs. Only debate is whether it should literally or figuratively

 

[Koronin]

Old man takes his kids out for a ride

LL Sanchez isn't that much younger, but otherwise, yes.

Has anyone else ever put rainbow bands on the national kit before? As impossible as this set of colors is to work with, this one is one of their better kits.

You can tell he's having fun. That's a good sign. Now to keep the rain away or just a light rain on Sunday.

 

[Pantani_lives]

My stars for the time trial:

****Dennis, Dumoulin
***Ganna, Thomas, Küng, Cavagna
**Van Aert, Campenaerts, Bjerg, Dowsett
*Bevin, Durbridge, Craddock, N. Oliveira, Asgreen

It's hard to predict how the riders from the Tour will perform against those who prepared out of competition. I'm also curious to see the young Bjerg, now that young pros are doing so well.

 

[SafeBet]

Should be windy today.
35/40 km/h from southwest.

 

[Jagartrott]

Campenaerts is in good form, and the parcours is very suited to him. Not saying he's going to win, but to me he's much more of a favourite than Dumoulin. At Tirreno, he broke the TT course record as well, only Ganna was better, but the distance suited Ganna much more.

I think the top-3 could be Ganna, Campenaerts, Küng. Cavagna & Dennis as podium candidates. I'm not counting on Van Aert on this course.

 

[Jan the Man]

Smart money would be a podium of Ganna, Dennis and Campenarts. Suspect Ganna and Dennis will be 1 and 2 (in what order I do not know). WvA strikes me as most likely to break into that 3 as it is a pure power course. It’s all about how he’a recovered after the tour.

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

Off-topic, but I didn't see this thread pinned yesterday when the Worlds started....
(and now I'll take my grumpy old face off)