Race Thread

[TourOfSardinia]

Pidders!

 

[Axel Hangleck]

Didn't think he was going to reel the Pauwels pair in on the final lap; but he did, and won it at the hurdles....

So, in the calendar year he's won a World Tour race, an Elite XCO World Cup, the Olympic MTB race, and now an Elite CX race.....I'm pretty sure that's unprecedented.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

.... So, in the calendar year he's won a World Tour race, an Elite XCO World Cup, the Olympic MTB race, and now an Elite CX race.....I'm pretty sure that's unprecedented.

plus he said the F word!

 

[Bolder]

I'm looking forward to seeing how Tom Pidcock fairs this weekend with both MvdP and Wout out. Will he be the best of the rest?

Yes

 

[lemon cheese cake]

I still don't see why Pidcock is labelled along with MVDP and WVA at the moment. Yes he's now won all of what Axel has stated above but he's by no means on another level. He may have been the best as a second year Junior/U19 and also towards the end of his U23 days once Iserbyt became an elite, but he hasn't come up to elite and started, but he's not doing dominating performances like wva and mvdp did when they stepped up in 2013/14/15. He battled with Iserbyt right to the final corner today and last season only won a single race in Gavere where he beat a slightly below par Van Der Poel.

 

[RedheadDane]

plus he said the F word!

How is that unprecedented?

 

[Ricco']

Didn't think he was going to reel the Pauwels pair in on the final lap; but he did, and won it at the hurdles....

So, in the calendar year he's won a World Tour race, an Elite XCO World Cup, the Olympic MTB race, and now an Elite CX race.....I'm pretty sure that's unprecedented.

No WT race, Brabantse Pijl was ProSeries.

 

[Lequack]

Tomorrow's route in Namur

View: https://youtu.be/4ORDtxdSnmA

 

[Lequack]

Highlights from last year

View: https://youtu.be/A1jenmWScwo

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xRgiz8TKGo


Source:

https://cyclocross24.com/race/namur/

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

How is that unprecedented?

Fvck if i know.

 

[Pantani_lives]

I liked that spiral in Rucphen. At first it seems impossible that someone reaches the middle and gets back out without hitting the others, but when you try it with a pencil on paper you see it's possible to draw it in one line.

 

[Mick Dundee]

Women’s Namur a bit of borefest compared to yesterdays offering….. so far

 

[Mick Dundee]

Brand runs like a lady who’s had 6 kids. yet the apparent lack of natural athletic grace doesn’t hold her back.

 

[Axel Hangleck]

I'm still not convinced by the recent changes to the course; I think the course was better 2-3 years ago.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Well... somewhat surprising. But it fuels the fire of Pidcock not being one of the "big three" just yet.

 

[KZD]

Brutal win by Vanthourenthout and what an outstanding season he is having

 

[TourOfSardinia]

 

[Wyndbrook]

Well... somewhat surprising. But it fuels the fire of Pidcock not being one of the "big three" just yet.

Maybe, but also just building his form after his break.
He said it will do him good being beaten, and not yet able to cope with two hard days.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Sandbagging?

Mathieu van der Poel: I'm not sure I can follow Van Aert but I hope to surprise myself

Dutchman makes return to cyclo-cross after 'stupid crash' that nearly wiped out his whole season

www.cyclingnews.com

 

[Spine Concept]

Sandbagging?

Mathieu van der Poel: I'm not sure I can follow Van Aert but I hope to surprise myself

Dutchman makes return to cyclo-cross after 'stupid crash' that nearly wiped out his whole season

www.cyclingnews.com

Don’t think so. After the dominance shown by Wout in the races he has contested I don’t think it’s crazy to say that he probably won’t be able to challenge Wout from get-go. Especially when you look at where Mathieu will be making his CX debut…

 

[Gwbert]

Don’t think so. After the dominance shown by Wout in the races he has contested I don’t think it’s crazy to say that he probably won’t be able to challenge Wout from get-go. Especially when you look at where Mathieu will be making his CX debut…

he'll be starting from the back as well, right?

 

[Axel Hangleck]

Not in World Cups he won't; I think there is a specific rule enabling riders to start from the 4th row providing they have a high ranking in road/MTB. Neff started in Waterloo from the 4th row despite not racing CX for nearly 2 years - but I'm sure her MTB ranking put her there.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

Not in World Cups he won't; I think there is a specific rule enabling riders to start from the 4th row providing they have a high ranking in road/MTB. Neff started in Waterloo from the 4th row despite not racing CX for nearly 2 years - but I'm sure her MTB ranking put her there.

I don't understand the uci cx rankings, because as far as I understood, all the cx rankings would be reset to 0 for the start of the season, yet riders like van Aert and van der Poel still had points when I looked at one point in early november.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

I don't understand the uci cx rankings, because as far as I understood, all the cx rankings would be reset to 0 for the start of the season, yet riders like van Aert and van der Poel still had points when I looked at one point in early november.

Doesn't it rotate around the last 12 months?

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

I think the points were reset but still include the world championship...so MvdP has 400 points placing him 37th still.