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And here are the ladies:
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ - SUEZ - Futuroscope)
Emma Norsgaard Bjerg (Movistar Team)
Julie Leth (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team)
Rebecca Koerner (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team)
There's no clear favorite in that team but it's still the second or third best team in the race after Belgium and France. Six of these riders can potentially be around to try something in the last lap.
Koerner is a bit of a surprise, considering she hasn't raced any UCI races for three months (since she crashed out of RideLondon with a concussion) and has only finished one Belgian criterium in that period, but I guess that says something about the level of the alternatives.
I doubt it'll even be among the five best teams on paper, but that doesn't mean it can't achieve a great result. I don't have high hopes though.
Not a big a surprise as Jodie Talbot who got a spot in the Australian women's team - She's a 26 year old with limited RR experience who is currently riding for a club/conti team in mainly .2 races.
Well she is the Oceanian champion, so they could either select her or only send six riders.
Since when does the Oceania champion get a direct spot on the Worlds team - I have checked the past records and this has not been an automatic right - For example, Katrin Garfoot won the 2013 Oceania and was not selected for the Australian team - No wonder there were appeals from the women's side.
If the rules were the same in 2013, then Garfoot didn't have a guaranteed spot, because Australia already had 7 spots. You can only bring an eighth rider, if it's the reigning world champion.
Is this an UCI rule ? If so it's a flawed rule, especially if it applies to Australia which is one of the stronger nations. Does this also apply to the European champion or Asian Champion etc. I can understand Australia not choosing Gigante with her lack of racing BUT it seems strange they would overlook Bradbury who could compete for the under 23's.
It's two teams
Team A
Van Aert
Van Hooydonck
Hermans
Stuyven
Team B
Evenepoel
Lampaert
Serry
Dewulf
Team Belgium:
Remco
WVA
Stuyven
Serry
Hermans
Lampaert
Van Hooydonck
Dewulf
Yeah I was listening to Bennett and Bewley talk about that recently on the social distance podcast, blows my mind that if it doesn’t involve an Olympic medal the association doesn’t care.No surprise as a number of National Federations - For example, New Zealand cyclists have tp pay their own way to Wollongong for the World's.
It's two teams
Team A
Van Aert
Van Hooydonck
Hermans
Stuyven
Team B
Evenepoel
Lampaert
Serry
Dewulf
I think it's mindblowing not to take Philipsen (who still seems to be in fine form). He is the perfect insurance in case attackers don't make it, so he complements Van Aert well. He'd have been the second most likely Belgian winner of the road race.
When it's over will remember the great champions, but there are going to be a lot of riders missing, it's a triple whammy of cost, trade trade team relegation concerns and also apparently focus on winning world tour is also having an impact.Yeah I was listening to Bennett and Bewley talk about that recently on the social distance podcast, blows my mind that if it doesn’t involve an Olympic medal the association doesn’t care.