2024 GRAVEL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (BE)

[Coffeeplanter]

There is some solace in this result: Van der Poel will show the rainbow about as much on gravel as he did in the road.

 

[scribers]

How impressive it must be to be a pro and watching mvp flying by you lapping

 

[Didinho]

How impressive it must be to be a pro and watching mvp flying by you lapping

They’re 50km behind. Hope they all get out the way in time. Must be a weird feeling dropping everyone and still have riders in front of you.

 

[ice&fire]

Bit of a lazy job there by that Dutch rider that got passed by Van der Poel. Pull for your team leader maat.

When the best you can do to help is not disturbing

 

[scribers]

For a race leader it must feel very empowering to have markers you’re closing quickly.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Genuinely, Paris Tours is more of a gravel race today than this race. A bit absurd to call this gravel.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Belgians: "We have an army."
Dutch: "We have a Hulk."

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

I do have to say, this is night and day different from, say "Crusher in the Tushar" in the US, although, as you might expect, that race is a climb fest.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Just enough gravel to enjoy the wannabe specialists who fancy themselves in Unbound getting murdered

Or, way to little to show these guys how much a race like Unbound would destroy them. Just ask Mohoric.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

I do have to say, this is night and day different from, say "Crusher in the Tushar" in the US, although, as you might expect, that race is a climb fest.

Racing an entire race at Colorado elevation, with actualy gravel, would be a humbling experience for these guys. Bike paths do not a gravel race make.

 

[Didinho]

That doubled rider with the perfect timing to be behind Mathieu on the finish straight.

 

[Didinho]

Petition to ban that celebration. Sir this is cycling, not weightlifting

Another 3 year extension with Canyon for this celebration.

 

[Unchained]

There is some solace in this result: Van der Poel will show the rainbow about as much on gravel as he did in the road.

We can only what his start money will look like for upcoming events!! And what this will do for Canyon. CEO said his world championship had them selling thousands of bikes they didn't the year before!!

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Mohoric got *** by mechanicals.

Unbound takes preperation to get the bike setup right. For pure watts it's absolutely nothing for elite WT riders.

Have fun with all that. So far, all of the WT guys who showed up, left humbled. And a ride like SBT, Crushar, and particularly Leadville, would humble them as well. You have fun watching the bike path world championship, and pretend it's gravel.

And yea, actually prepareing and knowing wnat you're doing is part of the races...it's hard when you don't have people massaging your taint and making sure your butt is wiped clean, which is not part of a race like Unbound.

 

[ice&fire]

Or, way to little to show these guys how much a race like Unbound would destroy them. Just ask Mohoric.

Mohoric will tell you how Unbound destroyed his bike

 

[scribers]

lol that sprint for third

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Mohoric will tell you how Unbound destroyed his bike

...yeah, proper equipment choices is part of racing. Is this a new concept?

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

No need. I got to watch Swenson get dusted by retired Valverde last year. That's all ya need to know.

Seriously part time riders like Thijs Zonneveld being in the lead group before a mechanical in Unbound tells you everything.

It was a bike path race last year too...and Kegan got 5th against WT pros. You should start a BIke Path section for this forum. It's all you seem to know about gravel racing.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

It's funny watching you guys sh!t on riders like Beers and Swensen. Sure, I understand that these riders have massive motors, and if they proerly prepared, and raced regularly, they would dominate...but they don't, so the UCI creates a "gravel" race to showcase people rather than a race. It's not an actual gravel race, and I for one would LOVE to have some of these guys over to race. But lets see them show up at Leadville or Cape Epic, and see how much fun it is to see them get shelled.

 

[ice&fire]

...yeah, proper equipment choices is part of racing. Is this a new concept?

Retired Ten Dan finished 4th in Unbound 2023, just 6s behind the winner. Does that make Ten Dam a better rider than Mohoric?

 

[AmRacer]

Have Mathieu won any MTB worlds?

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Retired Ten Dan finished 4th in Unbound 2023, just 6s behind the winner. Does that make Ten Dam a better rider than Mohoric?

You do know ten Dam specifically races and prepares for US gravel races, right? He raced that well, because he actually prepared, unlike Mohoric who showed up thinking he could mail it in and beat up on the locals. Funny, he didn't cross the finish line...must have been humbling.

EDIT: And I love Mohoric. No doubting his talent and engine. Still, an actual gravel race is not a road race with some bike paths thrown in to make them ride 35's. That was not a gravel race, but I hope and pray Mathieu will show up at Unbound next year.

 

[jmdirt]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeN_-gShDE8

 

[Lequack]

So now it's time for MVDP to go on a USA gravel tour and just dominate every race, Pogacar style. To show that he's the king of gravel.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

So now it's time for MVDP to go on a USA gravel tour and just dominate every race, Pogacar style. To show that he's the king of gravel.

Would be great to see him at Unbound and Crusher in the Tushar.