Race Thread

[Barkintheeye]

He's going to get far more support as a Dutch rider than a Danish rider........so it's really a 'no brainer'. I think Andreassen was the last Danish World champ in CX (Juniors in 2015, Tabor). And he has hardly ridden much CX since then......,Degn & Bohe have ridden CX as young riders, but I don't think the Danish federation supports it much after that. (like other countries)

Without knowing too much about Danish cycling I take it road is prioritized. They are a small nation (6 million inhabitants) yet have lots of strong riders especially on the road.

Isn’t it so that only in Belgium and the Netherlands cross riders are properly supported?

 

[Wyndbrook]

Nice bonus watching racing tonight from Woerden.
Good to see both races with a high number of younger riders, especially as the seperate junior men's race had over 60 starters.

 

[theyoungest]

But he also does MTB (about which I know nothing): might he have better chance of selection, and still decent support, by availing in that discipline of the Danish element of his background? I don't know what is a good site for researching his representation history in those races.

Usually the choice of which nation to represent depends more on the chances they have of making the Dutch team at championships. You have the Kopecky siblings, who represent the Czech Republic but are as Dutch as Gouda cheese (albeit with a Czech father). They don't make that choice because the Czech federation offers better support, of course.

Bailey Groenendaal apparently has some Danish blood (his mother, maybe?) and I suppose the reason for riding under the Danish flag is similar. If that is indeed what he's doing and it's not some mistake by these cycling databases.

Pcs and First cycling both say Danish, cyclocross 24 say Dutch, so two to one he must be Danish
Is he related to Richard?

They don't seem to be related, even though they're from the same region in the Netherlands and Groenendaal is not that common of a last name. It's definitely a Dutch name though, not Danish. The meaning is actually the same as Valverde

 

[Davesta]

Nice bonus watching racing tonight from Woerden.
Good to see both races with a high number of younger riders, especially as the seperate junior men's race had over 60 starters.

Where did you find the coverage?
I couldn’t see it on Discovery+

 

[CXXC]

Where did you find the coverage?
I couldn’t see it on Discovery+

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN1XDa6B30Q&t=11444s


Just caught up with livestream at You Tube, coverage is not the best .

 

[Lequack]

So how come MVDP and Wout are not riding? They basically stopped their season after the Tour, with some smaller races just to show up. So you'd think they got plenty of rest.

 

[Wyndbrook]

Where did you find the coverage?
I couldn’t see it on Discovery+

I used a link on Weilerflits.

 

[jono]

So how come MVDP and Wout are not riding? They basically stopped their season after the Tour, with some smaller races just to show up. So you'd think they got plenty of rest.

The earliest either rider has started their 'cross seasons since 2020 is the last weekend in November.

Both riders competed for GC in their one-week tours in August (Deutschland for Wout, Renewi for Mathieu), and MVDP had major goals in September (MTB WC) while not over his illness. Wout traveled to Canada and back for the September races there. As long as they are expected to ride the Tour in summer and have a productive classics campaign, I don't think a full cyclocross season is realistic.