2021 World Championships in Flanders - Time Trials

[BlueRoads]

This is the joint race thread for all Worlds' Time Trials this year:

Men Elite ITT - Sunday 19 (43,3 km)
Men Under 23 ITT - Monday 20 (30,3 km)
Women Elite ITT - Monday 20 (30,3 km)
Women Junior ITT - Tuesday 21 (19,3 km)
Men Junior ITT - Tuesday 21 (22,3 km)
Team TT Mixed Relay - Wednesday 22 (44,5 km)

all of them in September... starting in Knokke-Heist, finishing in Bruges.

If you are interested in the details of all routes you can find those here:

Races | Flanders 2021

An overview of all Flanders 2021 races

www.flanders2021.com

The elite men's ITT looks like this:

Startlist: https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/world-championship-itt/2021/startlist

Among the favourites: European Champion Stefan Küng, The new Tom Cruise Filippo Ganna, road race favourite Wout van Aert, hot headed youngster Remco Evenepoel and the always stylishly bonneted Stefan Bissegger.

And for the women profile and course look like this:

I haven't found a complete startlist yet, will be added when available.

 

[Bonimenier]

I don't see Küng repeating his victory in the EC here. 20 km feels like the perfect distance for him. Likely a battle between Ganna and van Aert for gold.

 

[Eeslliw]

Pogačar for the win, to make the other part of forum alive again. He was just sandbagging EC ITT...

 

[Red Rick]

Van der Breggen isn't starting. Seems to be a fatigue issue and they did blood tests and all. Road race seems still up in the air.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Pogačar for the win, to make the other part of forum alive again. He was just sandbagging EC ITT...

Yup, just like he did at the Slovenian TT championships. Kung will be the second man again, like at the Tour TT. Remco will be third again, ashamed of the defeat and hidden behind Pogi's back.

In all seriosness though, I somehow feel that Remco will win it. Better distance for him than the previous one and his form has been improving. Not sure why Pog takes part following the EU TT champs failure, it's not a profile for him, even less so given his current form. Why not preparing longer for road races (at the WC and further up the road)?

 

[TomBonnen2005]

My prono:
*** Ganna, Van aert
** Kung, Dennis, Evenepoel
* Bissegger, Affini, Asgreen, Pogacar

I don't think the distance will change much for pogacar and evenepoel. Kung has clearly progressed and his performance at the olympics indicates he can cope with long distances. Dennis can always surprise (if he participaes)

 

[Mayomaniac]

My prono:
*** Ganna, Van aert
** Kung, Dennis, Evenepoel
* Bissegger, Affini, Asgreen, Pogacar

I don't think the distance will change much for pogacar and evenepoel. Kung has clearly progressed and his performance at the olympics indicates he can cope with long distances. Dennis can always surprise (if he participaes)

Yeah, that's pretty much also my list, but I don't rate Pogacar in his current shape this highly.
Italy is bringing Ganna, Affini and Sobrero (3 spots because of having the current WC). All 3 of them will also ride the mixed relay, that's some serious firepower.

 

[MADRAZO]

Looks like Rohan Dennis is not starting, based on the now published Entry List that also matches the team Australia presented earlier with no riders for the Time Trial. Does not make much sence given his good form in Britain? Does anyone know why?

 

[WKA311]

My prono:
*** Ganna, Van aert
** Kung, Dennis, Evenepoel
* Bissegger, Affini, Asgreen, Pogacar

I don't think the distance will change much for pogacar and evenepoel. Kung has clearly progressed and his performance at the olympics indicates he can cope with long distances. Dennis can always surprise (if he participaes)

Add Tony Martin to the 1-Star list and this looks good.

 

[SafeBet]

Ganna will skip the RR to focus on the ITT (and the mixed TTT).

 

[Nirvana]

Ganna will skip the RR to focus on the ITT (and the mixed TTT).

I think it has more to do to be fresher ahead of track Worlds, RR is after the ITT and mixed relay so won't change anything for that races skipping it. I can see him going straight to Montichiari for a couple of weeks.

 

[sir fly]

Power courses.
Ratio to the weight's gonna be of less significance.

 

[Pantani_lives]

Ganna, Küng
Van Aert, Evenepoel
Pogacar, Cavagna, Asgreen
Lutsenko, Uran, Bjerg, Martin

I'm not convinced Küng is a specialist of the shorter distance. Ganna was at his best in the olympic team pursuit, but he hasn't done well on the road lately. Van Aert and Evenepoel might have a better chance in the road race, but a week in between should be enough to fully concentrate on this too. Pogacar isn't in Tour shape. There will probably be some surprising outsider in the top 5, but it's hard to predict which.

 

[Rackham]

Looks like Rohan Dennis is not starting, based on the now published Entry List that also matches the team Australia presented earlier with no riders for the Time Trial. Does not make much sence given his good form in Britain? Does anyone know why?

He probably can't be bothered to ride another TT on an Ineos Pinarello bike & wants to get his hands on the JV Cervélo as soon as possible.

 

[Riek s]

hmm seems like a nice TT for power riders indeed.

Power courses.
Ratio to the weight's gonna be of less significance.

Agree, Evenepoel will need the form of his life to get on the podium imo.

Ganna, Küng
Van Aert, Evenepoel
Pogacar, Cavagna, Asgreen
Lutsenko, Uran, Bjerg, Martin

I'm not convinced Küng is a specialist of the shorter distance. Ganna was at his best in the olympic team pursuit, but he hasn't done well on the road lately. Van Aert and Evenepoel might have a better chance in the road race, but a week in between should be enough to fully concentrate on this too. Pogacar isn't in Tour shape. There will probably be some surprising outsider in the top 5, but it's hard to predict which.

Given this parcour i would put Asgreen before Evenepoel. Pogacar shouldn't be on the list imo... but you probably gave him two watermelons just in case he 'finds' his Tour shape and his tour TT capabilities.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

hmm seems like a nice TT for power riders indeed.

Agree, Evenepoel will need the form of his life to get on the podium imo.




Given this parcour i would put Asgreen before Evenepoel. Pogacar shouldn't be on the list imo... but you probably gave him two watermelons just in case he 'finds' his Tour shape and his tour TT capabilities.

Asgreen was nowhere near Evenepoel last week on a shorter and more technical flat course. Not sure how that order would be reversed now.

The only guy i could see get in the mix with the 4 favorites is Bissegger.

 

[hayneplane]

Ganna or Van Aert should be Gold and Silver between them with Remco trying to hold off the Swiss powerhouses Kung and Bissegger for Bronze by my reckoning. Very surprising to see no Aussies meaning no Rohan Dennis threat.

Think it would be a fair upset if anyone outside the 5 discussed already got amongst the medals.

 

[Netserk]

*** Ganna, Küng, Van Aert
** Evenepoel, Bissegger
* Affini, Walschied, Asgreen, Cavagna

It's a bit weird that none of the Olympic medallists are participating.

EDIT: Maybe not so weird, given that the Olympic champion has never participated in the WCTT in the same year.

 

[Sciatic]

*** Ganna, Küng, Van Aert
** Evenepoel, Bissegger
* Affini, Walschied, Asgreen, Cavagna

It's a bit weird that none of the Olympic medallists are participating.

EDIT: Maybe not so weird, given that the Olympic champion has never participated in the WCTT in the same year.

Wow, that’s interesting.

 

[danielovichdk2]

Van Aert won't be in top 3.

Is Tom D racing the ITT? If yes, he will be top 3.

Kung or Ganna for this one. If Primo had raced it he would win it.

Dennis would have been a good bet. Asgreen will do top 5.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Van Aert won't be in top 3.

Is Tom D racing the ITT? If yes, he will be top 3.

Kung or Ganna for this one. If Primo had raced it he would win it.

Dennis would have been a good bet. Asgreen will do top 5.

Tom Dumolin ended his season because of an injury. He not there

 

[Krzysztof_O]

Ganna, Kung, Van Aert and Evenepoel are main favourites. I won't rank them cause I think any of them has a decent chance for the championship and none is way above the rest. It will be shocking if none of them becomes the champion and it's very likely that the podium will be consisted of 3 of those guys. No Dennis, no Roglic so Bisseger seems to have the best chance for a podium place outside of those 4. I don't think Pogacar is even able to be close to the podium here. My prediction? Somehow I feel a Belgian will win.

 

[memyselfandI]

*** Küng, Van Aert, Pogi
** Evenepoel, Ganna, Asgreen
* Affini, Cavagna

Pogi was in top shape in EC but was bit freewheeling it when Remco went, he seemed to let it go quite easily (or maybe he thought it was bad move because of who got there with Remco).

If Pogi could just hit nuclear mode like TdF tt'ing and go like 65k straights w/ long freewheelings to the turn giving shy smiles to the moto cam same time..topkek

 

[gregrowlerson]

Shame that there are no Aussies here, as I hear we are going nuclear (along with America and Britain)

 

[Bonimenier]

*** Ganna, van Aert
** Kung, Evenepoel, Asgreen
* Bissegger, Cavagna, Affini, Walscheid