2020 World Championships - now confirmed for Imola, Italy.

[Wvv]

U23 and Juniors won't race this year.

Sad.

 

[RedheadDane]

U23 and Juniors won't race this year.

That sucks! They couldn't give them a different route, at a different time?

 

[Breezy1985]

That sucks! They couldn't give them a different route, at a different time?

Probably worried about the depth in the peleton if it was somewhere else.
I can imagine alot of nations couldn't be bothered if they were not already sending pros down to the worlds

 

[Sestriere]

That rumoured course looks like it could still favour the climbers over classics specialists. Have seen a route on Twitter with the traditional Tre Monti (4.9 km @ 4.1 %) starting the lap. Then second climb 1.4 km @ 9.4 % and the final climb 1.4 km @ 10.6 %. Lets see what happens, but this course would be very demanding for sure.

 

[Mayomaniac]

That rumoured course looks like it could still favour the climbers over classics specialists. Have seen a route on Twitter with the traditional Tre Monti (4.9 km @ 4.1 %) starting the lap. Then second climb 1.4 km @ 9.4 % and the final climb 1.4 km @ 10.6 %. Lets see what happens, but this course would be very demanding for sure.

There's also rumours about the road part passing Cesenatico, as a Pantani tribute. Carpegna before the circuit would be awesome!

 

[Red Rick]

3 climbs like that would be absolutely amazeballs

 

[Eshnar]

Official.
The circuit will be different from the one posted, seemingly it has two climbs, for a total of 3 km at average 10% (max 14%) for every lap. 29 km x 9 laps.

 

[Rollthedice]

That rumoured course looks like it could still favour the climbers over classics specialists. Have seen a route on Twitter with the traditional Tre Monti (4.9 km @ 4.1 %) starting the lap. Then second climb 1.4 km @ 9.4 % and the final climb 1.4 km @ 10.6 %. Lets see what happens, but this course would be very demanding for sure.

Cassani must've sneaked a few more climbs along the route. I mean, to hold a WCRR in Italy just to throw away any chance of an Italian winning would be a bit foolish.

Just saw Eshnar's post. Yes.

 

[Red Rick]

Official.
The circuit will be different from the one posted, seemingly it has two climbs, for a total of 3 km at average 10% (max 14%) for every lap. 29 km x 9 laps.

Finally

Some good *** news.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

First post updated with the news about Imola today.

 

[Zoetemelk-fan]

At first when I read the headline about Imola, I was deeply dissapointed since I thought they would only include the Tre Monti climb.
But those two final steep climbs on each lap looks a lot better and a fine substitute for Martigny.
(Edit: or are the two steeper climbs only for last lap? In that case I think UCI has forgotten Innsbruck)

 

[RedheadDane]

Good thing that the ITT doesn't overlap with the final stage of the Tour any longer.

* And now every hotel in Imola - and surrounding areas - gets super busy with people ordering rooms. *

 

[Climbing]

So Cassani just blew Nibali's last chance at becoming World Champion.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

27 k of climbing, with an average gradient of 10 %, for the men.
15 k of climbing, with an average gradient of 10 %, for the women.

Still on track for a Fuglsang/Ludwig double

 

[Broccolidwarf]

So Cassani just blew Nibali's last chance at becoming World Champion.

Not at all, the route suits him very well!

 

[Climbing]

Not at all, the route suits him very well!

Only if there's more up and down hidden in the course, possibly.
Doesn't really look a climber course though.

 

[Broccolidwarf]

Only if there's more up and down hidden in the course, possibly.
Doesn't really look a climber course though.

27 k at 10 % is a lot of climbing, on a 260 k "up and down" route, is a lot.

It will be similar to LBL in many respects, so it's for the climbers and the "climby" puncheurs.

 

[ice&fire]

So Cassani just blew Nibali's last chance at becoming World Champion.

Fuglsang approves

 

[Red Rick]

LBL has like 11 categorized climbs total.

This worlds is like doing the hardest single one 18 times.

 

[Red Rick]

One thing I know is for certain.

Remco would have won.

 

[Mayomaniac]

LBL has like 11 categorized climbs total.

This worlds is like doing the hardest single one 18 times.

If the informations are correct it should look like this, way harder than LBL.

 

[Blanco]

We're now waiting that Bala finds his form in the 3rd week, and we have one medalist

 

[Climbing]

Ok it's tough, still not sure climbers are gonna get rid of VA MdV Ala or the like, and certainly not Fuglsang.
Longer climbs are key for that.
A lot depending on relative form and tiredeness from people getting out of the TdF.

 

[Red Rick]

Ok it's tough, still not sure climbers are gonna get rid of VA MdV Ala or the like, and certainly not Fuglsang.
Longer climbs are key for that.
A lot depending on relative form and tiredeness from people getting out of the TdF.

Birdsong big, big favorite. I don't think the TdF helps on a route this hard. It's way too hard for Van Aert, Van der Poel or Alaphilippe IMO

 

[Blanco]

Ok it's tough, still not sure climbers are gonna get rid of VA MdV Ala or the like, and certainly not Fuglsang.
Longer climbs are key for that.
A lot depending on relative form and tiredeness from people getting out of the TdF.

I think it's going to be too tough for Van Aert and Van der Poel, maybe even for Alaphilippe. For Fuglsang it's a tailor made, but also for Roglic for example...