2023 World Championships team selections

[Valv.Piti]

Well, guess what, Pidders doesn’t give a damn what you think.

I think nobody cares what we think on CN, so might as well shut it down if thats the logic

He must REALLY love his mountainbike and thats great for him innit, just that nobody outside of hardcore cycling fans gives a damn.

 

[tobydawq]

Or, maybe he'll literally take the gold.
Sentjens will win, and then Withen - having finished second - will just take the gold medal, and run off!

No, that's not what he meant.

 

[tobydawq]

Well, guess what, Pidders doesn’t give a damn what you think.

That's not really the point, is it? I think it's very sensible to question the hell out of such a strange piece of prioritising.

 

[DNP-Old]

That's not really the point, is it? I think it's very sensible to question the hell out of such a strange piece of prioritising.

But it’s not strange. It just comes down to personal preference, and there is no right or wrong. Pidcock is not a road racer. He is a racer.

 

[Lequack]

Will be a bunch sprint.

 

[RedheadDane]

No, that's not what he meant.

But I took the idea.
And ran with it! 🏃‍♀️

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

So now we can post our blogs here?

Not everybody. But he can.

 

[Wyndbrook]

I think nobody cares what we think on CN, so might as well shut it down if thats the logic

He must REALLY love his mountainbike and thats great for him innit, just that nobody outside of hardcore cycling fans gives a damn.

What are you talking about?

 

[Valv.Piti]

What are you talking about?

Im talking about the fact that riding your mountain bike generates infinitely less interest and therefore is a lot less prestigious than the road race. That's the big prize, everybody knows that.

Of course, there's your cycling addicts that will basically watch anything cycling-related, and then there's your mountain bike enjoyers, but generally speaking that segment is extremely small compared to people who watch the road racing. That's just how it is, and therefore there are obviously people on this forum who think its weird that he'd prioritize like he does.

Of course, Im not too fond of anything else than male road racing, so Im biased, but literally everyone I know IRL (who watches cycling) has absolutely no clue about anything else other than road racing and the occasional Van der Poel-Van Aert rivalry in the winther if you randomnly find such a race on your screen.

Yes, I don't understand it at all.

 

[tobydawq]

But it’s not strange. It just comes down to personal preference, and there is no right or wrong. Pidcock is not a road racer. He is a racer.

Yes, it is strange.

 

[tobydawq]

Will be a bunch sprint.

No it won't.

 

[King Of The Wolds]

I think nobody cares what we think on CN, so might as well shut it down if thats the logic

He must REALLY love his mountainbike and thats great for him innit, just that nobody outside of hardcore cycling fans gives a damn.

He gives a damn.

 

[DNP-Old]

Yes, it is strange.

Nope. But fine, I'll bite. Why is it strange?

 

[tobydawq]

Nope. But fine, I'll bite. Why is it strange?

For the reasons, Valv already has laid out. He would have a shot at the road race which is an infinitely more important event.

 

[DNP-Old]

For the reasons, Valv already has laid out. He would have a shot at the road race which is an infinitely more important event.

All I see are subjective thoughts, including yours.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

All I see are subjective thoughts, including yours.

Wait, you actually think a MTB world title and a road world title are equally prestigious?

 

[Netserk]

All I see are subjective thoughts, including yours.

Prestige is social, so try intersubjective.

 

[Lequack]

No it won't.

Okay, a reduced bunch sprint.

 

[DNP-Old]

Wait, you actually think a MTB world title and a road world title are equally prestigious?

I never said that. What I am saying is that terms like interesting, prestigious and every other comparable word in the book has no factual description, and the only one to give meaning to such terms is the person itself, i.e. Pidcock. If he finds it to be that way, it is not strange.

 

[frisenfruitig]

All I see are subjective thoughts, including yours.

MTB, like CX, is a tiny sport compared to road racing so in that sense it is objectively less important.

He doesn't have anything left to prove in that discipline either so it is kind of a weird decision to skip the road race. Him winning the MTB title is rather meaningless compared to a win on the road. "In the land of the blind" and all that.

He might think he has almost no chance of beating MVDP/WVA/Evenepoel, in that respect I understand going for a safe bet at MTB. Pretty lame decision as far as I'm concerned but ok.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I never said that. What I am saying is that terms like interesting, prestigious and every other comparable word in the book has no factual description, and the only one to give meaning to such terms is the person itself, i.e. Pidcock. If he finds it to be that way, it is not strange.

So there is no objective difference between a world title in football and a world title in, say, korfball?

 

[DNP-Old]

MTB, like CX, is a tiny sport compared to road racing so in that sense it is objectively less important.

To you. 'Important' has various meanings and descriptions.

He doesn't have anything left to prove in that discipline either so it is kind of a weird decision to skip the road race. Him winning the MTB title is rather meaningless compared to a win on the road. "In the land of the blind" and all that.

He is yet to be a world champion in XCO, so he has plenty to prove and to gain.

He might think he has almost no chance of beating MVDP/WVA/Evenepoel, in that respect I understand going for a safe bet at MTB. Pretty lame decision as far as I'm concerned but ok.

He is going up against the greatest to ever do it, Nino Schurter. Furthermore, Van der Poel will be there as well.

 

[ManicJack]

All I see are subjective thoughts, including yours.

Pidcock has openly stated his desire to win all 3 of his preferred discipline's world titles and the MTB course in Glasgow suits him very well. I'd say he has a much, much better chance at ticking off the MTB rainbows this year than he does on the road. After the Olympics next year he may give up on the MTB racing and will have many years of chasing road rainbows ahead of him.

 

[DNP-Old]

So there is no objective difference between a world title in football and a world title in, say, korfball?

To some people, there is indeed not. It is all personal preference, there is no factual view of 'interesting'. I, for one, couldn't give a damn if The Netherlands won the world title in football, but I'd be ecstatic if they did in basketball.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

To some people, there is indeed not. It is all personal preference, there is no factual view of 'interesting'. I, for one, couldn't give a damn if The Netherlands won the world title in football, but I'd be ecstatic if they did in basketball.

That is not how prestige works…