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No Wiebes for the Worlds:
https://www.knwu.nl/nieuws/sterke-n...ite-vrouwen-en-junioren-naar-wk-weg-in-zurich
Selectie Elite vrouwen

Demi Vollering
Puck Pieterse
Marianne Vos
Riejanne Markus
Pauliena Rooijakkers
Shirin van Anrooij
Mischa Bredewold

Tijdrit

Demi Vollering
Ellen van Dijk / Riejanne Markus*

Is the course that hard that Wiebes would have no chance to win?
https://www.procyclingstats.com/ima...ionship-we-2024-result-profile-9933ef7f6c.jpg

It should be too hard for Wiebes, yes. They will presumably ride for at the EC in Belgium, which suits her a lot better.
 
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The men's ITT of the Zürich World Championships is now confirmed to start on the Rennbahn Oerlikon

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No Wiebes for the Worlds:
https://www.knwu.nl/nieuws/sterke-n...ite-vrouwen-en-junioren-naar-wk-weg-in-zurich
Selectie Elite vrouwen

Demi Vollering
Puck Pieterse
Marianne Vos
Riejanne Markus
Pauliena Rooijakkers
Shirin van Anrooij
Mischa Bredewold

Tijdrit

Demi Vollering
Ellen van Dijk / Riejanne Markus*

Is the course that hard that Wiebes would have no chance to win?
https://www.procyclingstats.com/ima...ionship-we-2024-result-profile-9933ef7f6c.jpg
There's probably a reason Bredewold is the only (other) SD Worx rider on the team if they're backing Vollering.
 
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No Civiglio in Il Lombardia

But no evidence that the routes currently shown in Tweets are anything other than "Well I guess this is an option in that case"

Edit: I see now that the newspaper article is three weeks old, so old news, but some Twitter activity over a La Flamme Rouge prediction last night:
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How is that better than the one in Armchair's tweet?

No climbing after Ghisallo seems too little for this race.
Yeah that race would just be a Pogacar 40km solo, but it is a shame not to have the Muro in the race and a triple ascent of San Fermo di Battaglia is quite boring.

Honestly, best option might be same route as normal but with no Civiglio. San Fermo isn't hard enough to wait for, but is hard enough for a final move, so there might still be action from Sormano and definitely from the Madonna del Ghisallo.

Sad news about Civiglio, but at least it's not a organiser choice and will be back once the road is clear.
 
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How is that better than the one in Armchair's tweet?

No climbing after Ghisallo seems too little for this race.
1) it means it's firmly a climber's race rather than being closer to an Ardennes one, as Lombardia should be
2) it makes the finale about four times as long
3) there are actually some decent kickers after Ghisallo - that first hill is 850 metres at 9%
4) with a start in Bergamo, you can include more climbing before Ghisallo/Sormano/Ghisallo than in the profile

Of course, Pogacar is heavily favoured on any possible Lombardia route, but that doesn't mean you should go for 2014 levels of lame route.
 
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1) it means it's firmly a climber's race rather than being closer to an Ardennes one, as Lombardia should be
2) it makes the finale about four times as long
3) there are actually some decent kickers after Ghisallo - that first hill is 850 metres at 9%
4) with a start in Bergamo, you can include more climbing before Ghisallo/Sormano/Ghisallo than in the profile

Of course, Pogacar is heavily favoured on any possible Lombardia route, but that doesn't mean you should go for 2014 levels of lame route.
You're right, sometimes my brain still lives in the early 2010s where such a route was much more likely to be a disaster than these days.

I still don't love it, though, because, yes, the finale would be long but if it's just an 80k Pog solo, then long does not equal exciting.
 
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No Civiglio in Il Lombardia
When I first read that a couple of weeks ago, my expectation was a re-run of the 2022 route, but with the first half of the Civiglio descent climbed and then continued to Tavernerio and then with the main road back to the 2022 route as substitute for Civiglio.


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How is that better than the one in Armchair's tweet?

No climbing after Ghisallo seems too little for this race.
I think the one in Armchair’s comment would be bad news for the race—because even if the plan for this year is meant to be temporary, organizers will realize that money to be made from VIP tents along the finishing circuit will want to keep that as part of the race, as they did at RvV. Really prefer that monuments stay away from repetitive finishing circuits. It’s okay at world’s because the course is different every year.
 
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Cycling News has banner ad to Get Soda Out of Sports!?
Huh? What? We have had decades of bipolar swings in information, currently pro riders and high level hobbyist and age grade athletes are using sugar substances of all kinds, drinks, gels, bars, blocks, cubes. Current Vuelta Espana leader is bucking the keytones trend and guzzling a can of Coke immediately after the stage, numerous riders seen getting canned soda in late race feeds. Kern Pharma? Don't know if they do carbonated.. But US market for sports drinks is big, all my local races are sponsored by soda companies to some degree. Most frequently used start finish line props are large inflated Powerade @20 ft tall structures!!
$26 billion dollars in US..
I am personally not conflicted even a little bit, please keep dumping money into sports..thank you sugar water, sugar cubes, sugar syrup industry!!!