Copenhagen 2011: Junior Women TT 13.9km & Men Under 23 TT 35.2km

[RedheadDane]

Just a question. Is Pauliena Rooijakkers related to Piet Rooijakkers, or is Rooijakkers just a relatively normal Dutch name? Just as neither of the Sørensens are in any way related...

 

[Magnus]

Did Durbridge change bikes mid-race?

Looking at the cyclingnews gallery he rode three (3) different bikes (one in photo 2, another in photo 5 and 6 and a third in photo 11 and 13)...
Seems very strange.

Edit: seems pics has been added to the gallery and the numbering I'm referring to is no longer coherent.
Kathrin Watt's and Bettini's pics show differrent bikes than the others.

 

[pastronef]

Did Durbridge change bikes mid-race?

i had the same question, maybe the pictures on cyclingnews are not correct or mixed. he finished on the dark frame (scott)
see the pictures where he raises his arm
i did not see the start

 

[maltiv]

Great performance by Durbridge, he showed Quaade how to push a big gear and still maintain a calm and aerodynamic position without too much sideways motion. Except from the Australians the technical level of the time trialing was surprisingly low I think, seems like many of them have barely trained on their TT bikes at all.

 

[katkotom]

he only rode one bike, the black Scott

 

[Kazistuta]

he only rode one bike, the black Scott

Yes indeed, this was my picture from Durbridges start in Copenhagen:

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Rooijakkers is pretty common. Not nearly as common as De Vries, de Jong, Janssen, Van der Berg and Bakker though

 

[Cimber]

Great ride by Quaade on home field. Durbridge in a league of his own. Quada lost by 50se last time they rode against eachother iirc, this time 35 sec.

 

[Magnus]

he only rode one bike, the black Scott

Or he changed bikes three times

Though the 'Triple bike shift theory' is not as likely as the 'Somebody messed things up in the gallery theory'.

 

[this_is_edie]

Looking at the cyclingnews gallery he rode three (3) different bikes (one in photo 2, another in photo 5 and 6 and a third in photo 11 and 13)...
Seems very strange.

Edit: seems pics has been added to the gallery and the numbering I'm referring to is no longer coherent.
Kathrin Watt's and Bettini's pics show differrent bikes than the others.

You'd think that if he switched bikes so many times that it would be written up in the story. CN often will use photos from other races without putting in the caption that it's an archive photo - I assume this is what happened here.

 

[Magnus]

You'd think that if he switched bikes so many times that it would be written up in the story. CN often will use photos from other races without putting in the caption that it's an archive photo - I assume this is what happened here.

I only thought they did that when they had no pics from the actual event.

 

[Jolleh]

Great performance by Durbridge, he showed Quaade how to push a big gear and still maintain a calm and aerodynamic position without too much sideways motion. Except from the Australians the technical level of the time trialing was surprisingly low I think, seems like many of them have barely trained on their TT bikes at all.

According to danish media the danish coachs have a hard time getting quaade out training on a normal road bike but yes quaade looks like **** on the TT bike!

 

[Midnightfright]

How so? His name is Quaade btw, not Quadde.

It's pronounced something like Kvade (A pronounced as the "A" in Andy", and "de" pronounced a bit like "the").

Im sorry my grammar is terrible and altough its no excuse I always mispell even names due to my dyslexia. Pretty happy with the result I'm cheering for the danish this world championship, along with the brits.

 

[greenedge]

Le Bon and Koch did not match up to my expectations. Jungels as well. I was close with Brandles' guess, i said he would finish top ten but he finished 12th. Nice ride by all podium men. Hepburn i feel sorry for as he could have maybe got silver, without crashing. Durbridge sat up near the end. Quaade did a courageous ride and narrowed the gap from the last Chrono he competed against with Durbridge, even if Luke did sit up.

The question is whether Durbridge will sign for a PT team now or just stay in the AIS program up until the Olympics.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Aussie Aussie Aussie! Oi Oi Oi!

Congrats to Durbridge and Hepburn! Lets hope the Aussie domination continues.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

It would be his average for the 43 minutes.

that's f;n impressive!

 

[simonk]

Great first day at the Worlds. Was surprised how many people there was at the end of the day with the U23 finish. Was a great great experience, really looking forward to the next days.

Also fantastic for Denmark that the big hope, Quaade, took the silver. Now the worst pressure is off Denmark.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Great first day at the Worlds. Was surprised how many people there was at the end of the day with the U23 finish. Was a great great experience, really looking forward to the next days.

Also fantastic for Denmark that the big hope, Quaade, took the silver. Now the worst pressure is off Denmark.

The worst pressure? The Elite men will have the most pressure on Sunday.

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

The worst pressure? The Elite men will have the most pressure on Sunday.

You don't get it. The pressure on Denmark to get at least 1 medal on this entire worlds. Now they got it already. So the worst pressure is gone. The honour is saved.

 

[Green_&_Gold]

Go the Aussies. Well done to Jess, Luke, Michael and Damien. Two golds, 1 bronze and a top 10. Not a bad first day. Lets keep it going.

 

[simonk]

The worst pressure? The Elite men will have the most pressure on Sunday.

Quaade was our big hope, and the last couple of days the pressure on him from media, fans etc just got bigger and bigger. There is pressure on the elite mens because they have to do a good race, but there is not really any pressure when it comes to a good result. Its not easy to find a man on that team who can make it into top 10-15. Maybe Michael Mørkøv on a very good day.

I hope for at least 1 more medal though. U23 and junior men have ok chances in the RR imo..

 

[Midnightfright]

The worst pressure? The Elite men will have the most pressure on Sunday.

And with Mattis injury and Alex doing a Rasmussen they probably believed he was there only chance, where as with u being a luck ****** Aussie you can probably expect 4 models. Even if 2 are silver and bronze behind Voss. What I don't understand is how can people watch all the impressive riders Aussiestralia are bringing through and still not consider them a cycling super power?

 

[Midnightfright]

Quaade was our big hope, and the last couple of days the pressure on him from media, fans etc just got bigger and bigger. There is pressure on the elite mens because they have to do a good race, but there is not really any pressure when it comes to a good result. Its not easy to find a man on that team who can make it into top 10-15. Maybe Michael Mørkøv on a very good day.

I hope for at least 1 more medal though. U23 and junior men have ok chances in the RR imo..

I was would say the best hope of win now would be a late solo attack by Late Name and the chances of that are very slim

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

And with Mattis injury and Alex doing a Rasmussen they probably believed he was there only chance, where as with u being a luck ****** Aussie you can probably expect 4 models. Even if 2 are silver and bronze behind Voss. What I don't understand is how can people watch all the impressive riders Aussiestralia are bringing through and still not consider them a cycling super power?

That's beyond me as well. They've been doing extremely well for years now.

 

[Midnightfright]

That's beyond me as well. They've been doing extremely well for years now.

Yeah guess its because there not a traditonal country.