2021 World Championships in Flanders: Road Races

[Armchair cyclist]

I had assumed that the director had turned off his mike feed for the last few hundred metres, for fear of the volume/content of his inevitable late loss of composure, but he seems to have managed to contain his anxiety and celebration in unvoiced gesture.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

If they are going do this for half the race - whey not just shorten the race for the ladies?

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Not usually a fan of biased commentary but in specific circumstances it can be really great.

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"Where were The Germans, and frankly, who cares"

It would have been total scenes if Kirby had been on there as well.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

If they are going do this for half the race - whey not just shorten the race for the ladies?

Let's go ahead and shorten the Tour de France as well
But if they had started the race closer to the Leuven circuit, it would have been better, but Antwerpen is paying for it.

 

[Volderke]

If they are going do this for half the race - whey not just shorten the race for the ladies?

It almost looks like a charity ride…

 

[Libertine Seguros]

If they are going do this for half the race - whey not just shorten the race for the ladies?

No different to the first half of most men's races, just that there's often a completely irrelevant TV time break of the day in the men's race. Christ, in 2020 we had a Tour stage where they stayed like this the whole way.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

No different to the first half of most men's races, just that there's often a completely irrelevant TV time break of the day in the men's race. Christ, in 2020 we had a Tour stage where they stayed like this the whole way.

And nothing interesting will happen on that part of the course tomorrow either.

 

[wheresmybrakes]

And nothing interesting will happen on that part of the course tomorrow either.

You mean we have to wait a little longer for Remco to attack? Boring!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

You mean we have to wait a little longer for Remco to attack? Boring!

He's become old and predictable now.

 

[sir fly]

Seems a proper selection will happen around Overijse.
Whether the Brits or someone else's gonna do it remains to be seen.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Eri Yonamine decided to ride this race because of her love for cycling and for her country instead of resting before she's meant to undergo surgery for iliac artery endofibrosis. So it isn't a huge surprise she was dropped a short while ago.

 

[Volderke]

First hour: 41k/hr
second hour: 40.5k/hr

impressive!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Demi down!

 

[Volderke]

When even the pack-fillers aren't trying to attack...
I mean: some of the women here can have their 5 minutes of fame riding in front of the peloton / anticipating the next climb...

But nothing / nil / nada...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

This is not Vollering's day so far.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Another problem for Vollering. This is not her best day...

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Why did the Dutch hire the 2009 Vuelta neutral service team?

 

[Volderke]

The SRAM misery for Vollering makes this race a total doozefest (the Dutch won't force it now)

 

[memyselfandI]

Jeebs what an amateur.pic @ Dutch team car, watching the paint dryesque..

 

[BlueRoads]

Looks good for Lucinda Brand so far.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Why did the Dutch hire the 2009 Vuelta neutral service team?

She probably should have made the change before Moskestraat though. But the mechanics didn't do her any favours there.

 

[tobydawq]

No different to the first half of most men's races, just that there's often a completely irrelevant TV time break of the day in the men's race. Christ, in 2020 we had a Tour stage where they stayed like this the whole way.

Hehe, nothing is ever wrong with women's racing in your opinion, is it?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Hehe, nothing is ever wrong with women's racing in your opinion, is it?

Sometimes Lizzie Deignan wins

I'm not suggesting that that opening hour was exciting, but the response was not to suggesting that the race was boring (remember Copenhagen 2011?) but that this was a justification for shortening the race, considering we've only just started getting races of this kind of length. I rail against shortening men's races too

 

[RedheadDane]

I think Vollering has filled her quota of bad luck by now!

 

[Red Rick]

Crashes and no communication are the name of the game innit?