The rule is as close as possible to 50 minutes. What's better? 47.5 minutes for the winner, or 56?
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I'm no fan of the rule itself, but it was applied correctly. There's no reason women can't race for an hour. But I think shortening all elite races to 45 or 50 minutes would make things more interesting, especially when MVDP is riding.
Hold on. If you're not allowed to get mechanical assistance outside the pit, are you allowed to change shoes?
Wasn't there their team bus in Dublin?
I saw an instagram story from Michels this weekend with their bus.
I believe riders can only ride for their trade teams in the elite category (in World Cups). In U23s they must ride with national team.
Alvarado was originally on the startlist for Dublin but withdrew due to illness/fatigue.
I can confirm the Alpecin team bus was in Dublin as i walked right by it. I was a bit surprised as with no Pieterse, Alvarado or Van De Putte, it took me a bit to think what rider was there.
The Jumbo team bus was also there which also seemed a bit much for just two riders, but I guess one is the World Champ.
The crowd was well down on last year and so hard to know if there will be another year in Dublin. It is an enjoyable day out and I have to been to every edition, but I think it might be better if it was rotated every second year or something. We just don't have the hard-core support like in the Cyclo-cross heartlands and this is the problem with trying to expand to the non-traditional countries. Possibly a UK round could be added and rotated with the Irish round.
I was happy to see Lucinda beat Fem. I was also happy that Eli did not win the men's race.
I guess you wouldn't recommend mountain biking with their chainsaws then.
I thought the crowd looked a little thin this year, obviously nothing like the first year when Van Aert and Pidcock were there, but field this year was comparable if not better than last year.
Perhaps it needs a more creative way of marketing it, free vouchers for a pint handed out in the bars on Saturday evening or something.
Hope you enjoyed yourself, noticed Ester Wong has suddenly become Irish,she seems to be a good solid multi discipline rider with potential.
Wish I was able to have made it across, maybe next year.
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Huh? I was sure I saw the change happen right after the pileup... as in; they showed the pileup, and the next thing they showed the shoe change, too quickly for Boros to have made to the pit.
I was not! I've got both Van Empel and Iserbyt on my team for the CX game.
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IIRC the Dublin round was introduced because British Cycling were unable to fill the place they were offered.
Crowd was way down this year. I've been to each year in Dublin and it's clear the novelty factor is wearing off. CX in Ireland is one of the tiniest of sports we have and even road cycling is not healthy right now..
It simply has to have the big road riders otherwise there is no point having another year unless CX are happy to have an empty "stadium".
Was a great race though this year.
It simply has to have the big road riders otherwise there is no point having another year unless CX are happy to have an empty "stadium".
Was a great race though this year.
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