European Road Championships 2022, Munich, August 14-21

[Mayomaniac]

Why would you even ride on the track to begin with living in Italy? I have no clue, I can understand it being Danish and having to train from october-march on the road, but Italy? C'mon man

Yeah, I don't get it either. Maybe if you live in Milano or Roma.
I get why Mtb would be popular because it's fun and safer than training on open roads and therefor parents are also not opposed, but I don't really get track cycling that much, maybe during the winter but that's about it.

The funny thing is that Italy only has 1 indoor velodrome, and that one is closed half the time because the roof is leaking. Italy becoming a track nation has to do with good coaches who actually want to develop riders long term (unlike most u23 and junior teams) and the talented riders, clearly not because of the great infrastructure.

 

[Lequack]

So today is the men's and women's TT. It's 25km and not too hilly. Live video stream available on Eurosport/GCN.
Women start @ 14:00 CET, men start @ 17:30 CET

Firstly, you can also watch the free live stream here:

UEC- Article

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www.uec.ch

OR

If the embedded live stream doesn't work click here as well:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8cypmf

Full startlist:

European Continental Championships ME - ITT 2022 Time trial results

Stefan Bissegger is the winner of European Continental Championships ME - ITT 2022, before Stefan Küng and Filippo Ganna.

www.procyclingstats.com

European Continental Championships WE - ITT 2022 Time trial results

Marlen Reusser is the winner of European Continental Championships WE - ITT 2022, before Ellen van Dijk and Riejanne Markus.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[Lequack]

I think the Ganna, Kung and Bissenger battle will be interesting.

 

[Lequack]

The women's TT has started! And so has the live stream, either Eurosport/GCN or check my above post for a free stream.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

First climb is surpisingly nasty, I wonder what gearing they've gone for because some look to have a super slow cadence.

 

[Lequack]

First climb is surpisingly nasty, I wonder what gearing they've gone for because some look to have a super slow cadence.

Yeah really hard climb, maybe the could use the road bike for the first km and switch ath the top

 

[Lequack]

Just 5 more riders left to start for the women, the last being Ellen Van Dijk.

 

[Lequack]

Final time trial of Lisa Brennauer, who is retiring

 

[Lequack]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1559884253202190342

View: https://twitter.com/Domestique___/status/1559884253202190342

 

[Lequack]

Riejanne Markus smashed the TT

 

[search]

to put it into perspective, though: the first time check is after 1 1/2 minutes

 

[Lequack]

This route is much more interesting and varied than the road race course. This should have been a road race loop as well.

 

[Lequack]

Reusser smashed the intermediate time by 30 seconds.

 

[glassmoon]

possible double gold for Switzerland?

how's Austrian mathematician doing today?

 

[Lequack]

Van Dijk 9 seconds down with 10km to go

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Reusser wins with that weird neck warmer helmet, good for her, she had collected a lot of second places in recent years.

 

[glassmoon]

Slight miscalculation by the professional mathematician Anna Kiesenhofer and the 5th place

 

[Lequack]

Reusser wins with that weird neck warmer helmet, good for her, she had collected a lot of second places in recent years.

That really is a weird helmet.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Redemption for Reusser who retains the title. Van Dijk was again able to crawl back some time in the end, so perhaps the result could have been different, if Brennauer had been able reach a higher level in her final season, though she obviously also used energy on the track before this event.

Markus once again proves that she's become a fine TTer.

 

[yaco]

I suspect the results will be reversed in the World's with it's longer course.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Reusser said to Markus and Van Dijk that she liked the new Dutch kit. That should be enough to get disqualified.

 

[glassmoon]

ITT medals for the 13min effort... this is a joke. Seeing XCO course an RR few days ago I'd say the whole UEC is a joke. A rather bad one.

EDIT: sorry, didn't realize that esp changed the coverage... 30mins are OKish. still, remaining points stand.

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

ITT medals for the 13min effort... this is a joke. Seeing XCO course an RR few days ago I'd say the whole UEC is a joke. A rather bad one.

What do you mean? It was half an hour?

 

[QueenStagiaire]

ITT medals for the 13min effort... this is a joke. Seeing XCO course an RR few days ago I'd say the whole UEC is a joke. A rather bad one.

13 minutes is the Tour of Denmark course. The EC is almost half an hour which is still too short imo

 

[glassmoon]

oh... sorry... didn't realize that esp switched the coverage... yeah 30min is fine... still a bit short imho but fine. sorry.
(uec is still a joke though... just for those XCO courses last time and this year too)